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Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke's Kingdom (stage version)

By Michael Morpurgo Adapted by Stuart Paterson

The story of a young boy's fantastic adventure after being washed up on a Pacific island.

Kes

Kes (stage version)

By Barry Hines Adapted by Lawrence Till

A tried-and-tested stage adaptation of Barry Hines' novel A Kestrel for a Knave, about a troubled young boy who finds and trains a kestrel.

Killer Joe

Killer Joe

By Tracy Letts

A tense thriller that asks where the moral line is drawn in the fight for survival.

The Kilroys List: Volume One

The Kilroys List: Volume One

97 Monologues and Scenes by Female and Trans Playwrights

By The Kilroys

A collection of monologues and scenes from The Kilroys List, a vetted collection of plays written by female and trans writers, nominated by hundreds of professional artistic directors, literary managers, professors, producers, directors, and dramaturgs.

The Kilroys List: Volume Two

The Kilroys List: Volume Two

67 Monologues and Scenes by Women and Nonbinary Playwrights

By The Kilroys

A new collection of monologues or scenes from plays written by women, trans, and nonbinary writers, nominated by hundreds of professional artistic directors, literary managers, professors, directors, and dramaturgs.

Kimberly Akimbo

Kimberly Akimbo

By David Lindsay-Abaire By (composer) Jeanine Tesori

The hearwarming, Tony Award-winning musical about a young girl with a genetic condition that leaves her prematurely aged.

Deirdre Kinahan: Shorts

Deirdre Kinahan: Shorts

Five Plays

By Deirdre Kinahan

Five short plays by the award-winning Irish playwright, full of warmth, humour and irrepressible characters.

Kindertransport

Kindertransport

By Diane Samuels

A modern classic about one woman's struggle to come to terms with her past - brutally separated from her German Jewish parents at the age of 9 and brought to England with the promise of a new life...

King Arthur

King Arthur

By Le Navet Bete and John Nicholson

A hilarious retelling of the Arthurian legends from physical theatre masters Le Navet Bete.

King Charles III

King Charles III

By Mike Bartlett

Mike Bartlett's 'future history play' explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.

King Hedley II

King Hedley II

By August Wilson

Set in the 1980s, King Hedley II is the story of an ex-con in post-Reagan Pittsburgh trying to rebuild his life. Part of August Wilson's ten-play Century Cycle.

King Hedley II

King Hedley II

By August Wilson

The story of an ex-con in post-Reagan Pittsburgh, 1985, trying to rebuild his life. Foreword by Marion McClinton.

King Lear

King Lear

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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King Leir

King Leir

By Anonymous

An anonymous Elizabethan play about the ancient king of Britain, a prime source for Shakespeare's version of the story.

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King of the Fields

King of the Fields

By Stuart Paterson

A play set in Ayrshire after the First World War, with touches of Ibsen - from the acclaimed Scottish playwright.

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King Troll (The Fawn)

King Troll (The Fawn)

By Sonali Bhattacharyya

A dystopian stage play exploring migrant experiences in all their complexity – and the troll that lives within all of us. Premiered by Kali Theatre at New Diorama Theatre, London, in 2024.

King Ubu

King Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu
    Lucy Kirkwood Plays: One

    Lucy Kirkwood Plays: One

    By Lucy Kirkwood

    Five plays by leading playwright Lucy Kirkwood: Tinderbox, it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now, small hours, NSFW and Chimerica. With an introduction by the author.

    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    By Zoe Cooper

    A tender, funny and beautifully observed study of lives in limbo, and a glimmer of hope for what lies ahead. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.

    Published in volume Inside/Outside
      Kiss Me Quickstep

      Kiss Me Quickstep

      By Amanda Whittington

      Dazzling and sequin-studded, Kiss Me Quickstep is a play about the world of ballroom dance, taking us behind the fixed smiles and fake tan to look at the real lives of those for whom ballroom dancing is everything

      Kitchen

      Kitchen

      By Enda Walsh

      A short play from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

      Published in volume Arlington
        The Kitchen Sink

        The Kitchen Sink

        By Tom Wells

        An irresistibly funny and tender play about big dreams and small changes.

        The Knight of the Burning Pestle

        The Knight of the Burning Pestle

        By Francis Beaumont

        A classic satire on chivalric romances. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        The Knot of the Heart

        The Knot of the Heart

        By David Eldridge

        A grippingly insightful play about a young woman whose social drug habit has got disastrously out of control.

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