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The IT

The IT

By Vivienne Franzmann

A darkly comic state-of-the-nation play exploring adolescent mental health and the rage within. Winner of the Best Play for Young Audiences Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2023.

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

By Isobel McArthur Original author Jane Austen

A loving and irreverent all-female adaptation of Jane Austen's unrivalled literary classic, winner of the Best Entertainment or Comedy Play at the Olivier Awards.

Milk and Gall

Milk and Gall

By Mathilde Dratwa

A funny, surreal play reflecting the experience of being a new mother under Trump.

Duck Duck Goose

Duck Duck Goose

By Caitríona Daly

A viscerally charged play, full of moral ambiguity and psychological complexity, examining the nature of consent, trust and trial by social media.

Emilia

Emilia

By Morgan Lloyd Malcolm

A riotous, witty reclaiming of the life of Emilia Bassano, poet, mistress, mother, and exceptional woman – widely considered the 'Dark Lady' of Shakespeare's sonnets.

Mum

Mum

By Morgan Lloyd Malcolm

A raw and real exploration of early motherhood, from the award-winning writer of Emilia.

The Ballad of Maria Marten

The Ballad of Maria Marten

By Beth Flintoff

A thrilling play based on the nineteenth-century Red Barn Murder in Suffolk, rediscovering the lost story of the murder victim, Maria Marten.

Black Love

Black Love

By Chinonyerem Odimba

An explosion of form-busting storytelling, combining real-life stories, imagined worlds, and new songs inspired by an R&B heritage.

The Same

The Same

By Enda Walsh

A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
    Raya

    Raya

    By Deborah Bruce

    A witty and tender play about two old flames who meet again, after thirty years, at a student reunion.

    Harm

    Harm

    By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

    A thrilling and razor-sharp twisted comedy on the corrosive effects of social media and isolation.

    Little Wars

    Little Wars

    By Steven Carl McCasland

    Set in the French Alps in 1940, this thrilling play – based on truth – is an enthralling, entertaining and ultimately moving portrait of seven exceptional women.

    The Motherhood Project

    The Motherhood Project

    Monologues and Reflections on Motherhood

    By various

    A collection of dramatic monologues and real-life reflections by some of the UK's leading writers, artists and thinkers, and explores all the guilt, joy and absurdity, the regrets, pressures and taboos surrounding motherhood.

    Gloria: A Life

    Gloria: A Life

    By Emily Mann

    Emily's Mann's play about the icon of the American feminist movement, Gloria Steinem. With a Foreword by Gloria Steinem herself.

    What the Constitution Means to Me

    What the Constitution Means to Me

    By Heidi Schreck

    An acclaimed play tracing the effect that the US Constitution has had on four generations of women in the author's family. A finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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    Beautiful Man & Other Short Plays

    Beautiful Man & Other Short Plays

    By Erin Shields

    Three short plays from an award-winning Canadian, centring on the inner lives of women.

    Di and Viv and Rose

    Di and Viv and Rose

    By Amelia Bullmore

    A warm and funny play about female friendship, crackling with wit and poignant observation.

    Thunderbox

    Thunderbox

    By Genevieve Barr

    A short monologue play about a pregnant wheelchair user facing a tough decision, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

    Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
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