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Mumsy

Mumsy

By Lydia Marchant

A sparky, soulful comedy drama about the highs and lows of motherhood. Premiered at Hull Truck Theatre, March 2023.

Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island (stage version)

By Bill Bryson Adapted by Tim Whitnall

 

A stage adaptation of Bill Bryson's smash-hit memoir, one of the nation's most beloved books, and a brilliant dissection of the enduring quirks of our small island.

The Way Old Friends Do

The Way Old Friends Do

By Ian Hallard

A tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about two friends who form the world's first ABBA tribute band in drag.

Holy Ground: The National Black Theatre Festival Anthology

Holy Ground: The National Black Theatre Festival Anthology

With a manifesto by Dr Maya Angelou

Edited by Michael D. Dinwiddie

A collection of plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most significant events in American theatre. With a manifesto by Dr Maya Angelou.

Plays from VAULT 6

Plays from VAULT 6

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2023, London's leading festival of live performance.

Fanboy

Fanboy

By Joe Sellman-Leava

A five-star hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fanboy is a love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia, about a thirty-something, self-confessed nerd obsessed with Star Wars and Nintendo.

Five Years with the White Man

Five Years with the White Man

By Eloka Obi and Saul Boyer

A startling play about satirist ABC Merriman-Labor, the greatest Black Briton ever to have been forgotten.

Honour-Bound

Honour-Bound

By Zahra Jassi

A powerful solo show about family, anti-Blackness, and what we're willing to sacrifice for love.

How We Begin

How We Begin

By Elisabeth Lewerenz

A tender exploration of love, queerness and identity, staged at VAULT Festival, London, 2023.

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (West End edition)

By Sam Steiner

A new, revised edition of Sam Steiner's startling play about what we say, how we say it, and what happens when we can't say anything any more. Published alongside the West End production starring Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner.

The Unfriend

The Unfriend

By Steven Moffat

Steven Moffat's hilarious satirical play about middle-class England's disastrous instinct always to appear nice.

The Art of Illusion

The Art of Illusion

By Alexis Michalik Translated by Waleed Akhtar

The award-winning French play, in an English translation by Waleed Akhtar, published alongside the premiere at Hampstead Theatre, London.

Standing at the Sky's Edge

Standing at the Sky's Edge

By Chris Bush and Richard Hawley

Chris Bush and Richard Hawley's musical, a history of modern Britain told through the stories of one Sheffield housing estate. Winner of the Best New Musical award at the 2023 Olivier Awards.

Orlando

Orlando (stage version)

By Virginia Woolf Adapted by Neil Bartlett

A sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's famous fantasy, premiered in the West End with Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin leading an ensemble company.

Paradise Now!

Paradise Now!

By Margaret Perry

A funny and raging play about ambition, exploitation and the search for connection in a fractured world.

Sons of the Prophet

Sons of the Prophet

By Stephen Karam

Stephen Karam's award-winning drama - a blackly comic play about dealing with loss - published alongside its European premiere at Hampstead Theatre.

Here

Here

By Clive Judd

A tender, funny and utterly truthful play about family and feeling. Winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize.

Blackout Songs

Blackout Songs

By Joe White

A compassionate and unflinching study of love, addiction and memory after a chance encounter at an AA meeting.

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