generations
A 30-minute drama about three generations of a black South African family who contest their relative culinary skills. But food isn't the only topic and the family numbers are declining...
Jordan
A short play that tells the true story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby boy, Jordan, rather than have him taken away by his abusive father.
trade
A short play dealing with the controversial topic of female sex tourism.
A Bed of Roses
An acerbic and funny play about middle-class hypocrisy and universal apathy.
Almost Nothing
An unnerving short play by Brazilian playwright Marcos Barbosa.
At the Table
An unnerving short play by Brazilian playwright Marcos Barbosa.
Nineteen Ninety-Two
A short play about two brothers biding their time to savour revenge - but how can they be sure they've got the right girl?
Mothers Against
A gripping account of a bitterly fought US governor's election from the Republican perspective. Part of David Edgar's two-play cycle, Continental Divide.
Daughters of the Revolution
A political thriller set in the midst of a bitterly fought US governor's election, from the Democrat perspective. Part of David Edgar's two-play cycle, Continental Divide.
Felt Effects
A play that unearths the seismic relationship between two half-sisters and their mother when they are forced together in the A&E ward of the local hospital. Joint-winner of the 2004 Verity Bargate Award.
Tearing the Loom
A searing portrait of a community divided against itself, set in a weaver's cottage in County Armagh at the time of the 1798 Rebellion.
The Hairy Ape
A nightmarish condemnation of the dehumanising effects of industrialisation on the American people.
The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution
A forensic insight into the adjustment of morality for the sake of conscience.
Schreber's Nervous Illness
A short play based on the memoirs of a judge who spent ten years in asylums as a schizophrenic.
Bird
A cutting-edge monologue that throws light on the experience of a teenager in contemporary Britain, from one of the country's most exciting young playwrights.
Where I'm From
A monologue play about a woman on the day of her release from prison.
Mr Incredible (VAULT version)
A monologue about love and entitlement by Camilla Whitehill, author of Where Do Little Birds Go?, who was described by The Times as 'a writer of huge promise'.
Amongst the Reeds
Two friends scratch out a living on the margins of society in a play commissioned by acclaimed theatre company Clean Break.