A fascinating blend of dark hilarity and melancholy, woven from Patrick Hamilton’s much-loved story about an improbable heroine in wartime Britain.

Crackling with razor-sharp dialogue, Amy Ng's play asks whether we can ever escape our past, and investigates the destructive side of our search for acceptance.

A thrilling drama that takes us behind closed doors to imagine the personal conflicts behind the making of political history.

An honest and funny play about a wounded veteran seeking rehabilitation through an experimental virtual reality therapy, from an award-winning American playwright.

A smart, witty new musical by Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth about truth, celebrity and public outrage.

Terence Rattigan's epic and probing drama about the man immortalised as Lawrence of Arabia.

An intense domestic drama of global consequence – for India then and for our world now.

An urgent, moving and occasionally hilarious play about the migrant crisis and the politics of the Middle East.

A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.

A taut, funny and powerful drama about the first generation of female soldiers to serve in the British infantry in close combat.

A satirical comedy of modern manners set in contemporary Dublin. Joint winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for 2006-07.

A powerful play about the effects of Oliver Cromwell's military campaign in Ireland.

A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

A rich and poetic play set during the Russian Civil War, by the author of The Master and Margarita.

A play about the impact of war on a small town in Syria, by a leading Syrian playwright and documentary film-maker.

An absorbing study of attitudes towards outsiders, spanning two continents and sixty years.

A tough but tender portrait of urban squalor, from the award-winning Siberian-born author of Plasticine.

Ibsen's political comedy, in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.