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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Going to the Theatre (But Were Too Sloshed to Ask, Dear) - SIGNED COPY

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Going to the Theatre (But Were Too Sloshed to Ask, Dear) - SIGNED COPY

By West End Producer

West End Producer, the masked man of theatreland and author of the definitive guide to acting, returns with the ultimate guide to the theatregoing experience – for anyone who’s ever been to the theatre, or who thinks they might like to try it one day.

The Evil Doers

The Evil Doers

By Chris Hannan

A chaotic, violent, comic odyssey through the dismal streets of 1980s Glasgow.

Evoking (and forgetting!) Shakespeare

Evoking (and forgetting!) Shakespeare

By Peter Brook

Renowned theatre director Peter Brook on the essential questions facing anyone performing Shakespeare today.

The Excellent Audition Guide

The Excellent Audition Guide

By Andy Johnson

An engaging, upbeat guide for any student thinking of applying to drama school.

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Exiles

Exiles

By James Joyce

James Joyce's only play, a startlingly modern portrait of a marriage.

Exploring Shakespeare

Exploring Shakespeare

A Director's Notes from the Rehearsal Room

By Bill Alexander

A Shakespeare masterclass from an acclaimed theatre director, going inside the rehearsal room to reveal – in unprecedented and captivating detail – exactly what happens there. An essential book for directors and actors, and a fascinating insight for anyone interested in Shakespeare.

Exquisite Agony

Exquisite Agony

By Nilo Cruz

A play about the heart—its passions, its failures, and its ability to connect.

Extreme Exposure

Extreme Exposure

Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century

Edited by Jo Bonney

An anthology of excerpts from the works of more than fifty solo writer/performers including: Eric Bogosian, Laurie Anderson, Lenny Bruce, Andy Kaufman, Richard Pryor and Whoopi Goldberg.

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Eyam

Eyam

By Matt Hartley

A play about an outbreak of the plague in a small Derbyshire village in 1665.

F*ck the Polar Bears

F*ck the Polar Bears

By Tanya Ronder

A raucous family drama about the cost of living the life of our dreams.

Fabulation

Fabulation

By Lynn Nottage

In Fabulation, playwright Lynn Nottage reimagines Esther (the character from her companion play, Intimate Apparel) as Undine, the public relations diva of today, who spirals downward from her swanky Manhattan office to her roots back in Brooklyn.

Published in volume Intimate Apparel & Fabulation: Two Plays
    Facing the Fear

    Facing the Fear

    An Actor's Guide to Overcoming Stage Fright

    By Bella Merlin

    The first book of its kind written specifically for actors, Facing the Fear provides all the tools actors need to understand, confront and ultimately overcome stage fright and its effects, thereby regaining control over their lives and careers.

    failure project

    failure project

    By Yolanda Mercy

    A warm and witty one-person play exploring grief, the strings attached to success, and what it means to 'fail'. Premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024.

    Fair

    Fair

    By Joy Wilkinson

    A powerful drama about the potent appeal of far right policies to young people in the UK.

    Published in volume Fair & Felt Effects: two plays
      Fair & Felt Effects: two plays

      Fair & Felt Effects: two plays

      By Joy Wilkinson

      Two plays that combine innovative dramatic form with a rare emotional power.

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      A Fair Country

      A Fair Country

      By Jon Robin Baitz

      A play in the tradition of Arthur Miller: an impassioned exploration of the impact of politics on an American family.

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      The Faith Machine

      The Faith Machine

      By Alexi Kaye Campbell

      Travelling from America to Britain to a remote Greek island, The Faith Machine explores the relationship between faith and capitalism and asks fundamental questions about the true meaning of love.

      The Fall

      The Fall

      By James Fritz

      A funny, moving and candid look at young people's relationships to older people, confronting the frightening prospect of ageing in a country undergoing crises of housing and care.

      Family: three plays

      Family: three plays

      By Riccardo Galgani, Linda McLean and Iain Crichton Smith

      A triptych of short plays on the theme of family from three generations of Scottish writers.

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      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.

      Fanny

      Fanny

      By Calum Finlay

      A joyful and irreverent comedy about Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny, celebrating music, family and – at last – the work of a composer overlooked because of her sex.

      Fanny & Alexander

      Fanny & Alexander (stage version)

      By Ingmar Bergman Adapted by Stephen Beresford

      Ingmar Bergman’s magical study of childhood, family and love.

      Fanny and Faggot

      Fanny and Faggot

      By Jack Thorne

      A two-part play presenting two distinct moments in the life of Mary Bell, the eleven-year-old Newcastle girl who was convicted of the manslaughter of two toddlers in 1968.

      Fantasio and other plays

      Fantasio and other plays

      By Alfred de Musset

      Four plays by the great French Romantic poet Alfred de Musset (1810-57) in accomplished modern translations by American theatre practitioners.

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