A surprisingly modern look at men's continuing inability to see women as professional equals and colleagues. In a solicitor’s office in 1930s London, the office manager sees the pretty new 19-year-ol
For Commander Vimes, Head of Ankh-Morpork City Watch, life consists of troubling times, linked together by, well, more troubling times. People are being murdered, but there's no trace of anything aliv
Eddie's a handy man, Doreen keeps a clean house, John's got a new hat and Paul's back from college - but the Jacksons are living under siege. Sudden violence blows open all their lives in this darkly
Animals is a wicked satire set in a world where everyone over 60 is tossed on the scrapheap, children are hothoused, and being a 'burden on society' is the ultimate crime.
When a late-night robbery goes wrong, a young banker’s life ends and his attacker’s takes a dramatic turn. A tale of difference and greed in contemporary London, Dominic Savage’s debut play takes a de
In the pre-WWI Lancashire town of Hindle, Fanny's parents discover that she's involved with a wealthy young man who's engaged to someone else. They set out to ensure that he'll do the right thing and
It's 1887 and Nancy Astley sits in the audience at her local music hall: she doesn't know it yet, but the next act on the bill will change her life. Tonight is the night she'll fall in love... with th
Mrs Barbour's Daughters (**** The Herald, **** The Scotsman) by award-winning playwright AJ Taudevin (Some Other Mother, Chalk Farm) charts a family history of sisterhood and betrayal interwoven in a
“A thousand people are taking a sip of coffee within the city limits of Johannesburg, each unaware of the other doing it, each one necessarily thinking they are the only one.”An attempt to get to grip
“Have you ever tried to sustain a relationship with a twat? It’s hard work and you need to be completely not a twat yourself if you want any success in this. Which is really hard when you’ve just star
Sam wants to tell you about five encounters he had on a site called Craigslist.Sam is anxious about the way he gets to know people. About the way he self-sabotages his attempts to communicate and reac
We live in a time where old orders are collapsing: from the postcolonial nation states of the Middle East, to the EU and the American election. Through it all, tech savvy and extremist groups rip up p
“This is family. Real flesh and blood, not out of a catalogue or an Oxo advert.”Vira hasn't seen her sister Deesh for years. Deesh's kids, Amy and Bill, want to know why but nobody's telling them anyt
