A driver picks up a young man crossing Europe. Two police officers work a surveillance case. A passenger directs her taxi to the edge of a bridge. Three conversations grow increasingly uneasy. From aw
Yusuf needs a break – his philosophy degree from NYU isn't opening any doors, but his new job would help him pay his overdue rent; Xiomara doesn’t want to settle for the marriage scenario her Dominica
Maureen Duffy’s double-bill tells the story of two remarkable women.The Choice is the story of a very unsaintly saint. Hilda of Whitby, who brought Christianity to the Anglo-Saxons, was a businesswoma
An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids – theirs is an ordinary
Following his acclaimed performance in the hit film Dunkirk, Oscar and three-time Tony winner Mark Rylance returns to the stage in Farinelli and the King. This captivating new play arrives on Broadway
There are many skills one needs to produce a piece of dance. In this text book, Bruce describes the basic foundation or ingredients of his version of Dance Theater as: Movement, Drama, Sound and Visio
A fresh insight into the mind of one of the UK’s greatest playwrights via intimate letters to and from his first wife, Pamela Lane. John Osborne was the original ‘Angry Young Man’ of British Theater.
A readable and enjoyable guide to writing and a writing career from award-winning screenwriter Ron Hutchinson, based on anecdotes and real experiences from throughout his impressive 40 year career, wi
Performing children have a very special existence which sometimes sets them apart from their peers. Parents are often excluded from this world but are expected to support them all the way. There is ve
A linguistic kaleidoscope of caustic cartoons, crackpot prophecies and demented erotica. A dense, poetic blend of the hallucinogenic and the hardboiled... dirty jokes, venomous poetry and tall tales t
Beverly is having a party and you are one of her guests. There are games, drinks, shared conversation, energetic dance and heartbreaking moments as she bravely gives a raw and honest account of surviv
Boo, Bo and Pickle have all made plans tonight. But someone has to stay home and look after Princess.People are waiting, start times are looming. No one’s budging and petty bickering soon spirals into
James Dean. Hollywood’s hottest star steps out of his crashed car and looks back on his short life. A timely look at how the Hollywood powerful use sex, drugs and power to make and break careers.A no-
This collection includes the plays Native Gardens, The Book Club play and Destiny of DesiresThe Book Club Play“Book Club is like Lord of the Flies with Wine and Dip”A hit comedy about books and the pe
“We have to make sure we make the right choices. If we do, we're ok and you'll have a career, be someone who is employable and commissionable. Get it wrong and it's 'like' all over.”Poet Bev Hemmings
A bawdy, vibrant and tumultuous adaptation of James Joyce's classic.Leopold Bloom’s odyssey is a pandemonium of live music, puppets, dancing, clowning, bowler hats and kazoos. It’s Ulysses as you’ve n
In a society where private lives become political and freedom of expression is not an option, Irene finds herself imprisoned. As tales of her incarceration spread overseas and her growing exposure bec
On a stage that might be a painting or a page torn from a book, award-winning live art and experimental theatre group Sleepwalk Collective present Domestica: a woozy, deadpan, and extensively-annotate
One woman attempts to articulate her experience of physicalpain. Pain with no apparent cause. Also, she’s met someone,and they want to make this work. Words, light and an original sound score collide
Graeae has been a force for change in world-class theatre since it was founded in 1980, placing D/deaf and disabled actors centre stage and challenging preconceptions.A Work In Progress contains the f
Thomas, Matthew and Richard walk.They walk the first Saturday of every month. Walking and talking. But this walk…Maybe they should have cancelled, but they needed the walk today. Out in the Peaks, the
It’s the future. But only slightly. There are blackouts. No one knows what’s causing them, but that doesn’t stop people going missing in them.Now Steph and Bell, a schoolgirl and barmaid, have to sear
Alex and Sara are worried. Their daughter Lee starts school soon and they think her best friend Ernie is going to be a problem. It isn’t that he is badly behaved or mischievous, the problem with Ernie
Bea meets Aaron. He’s intelligent, handsome, makes her laugh and, most importantly, has a high rating on his genetic profile. What’s not to like?Char is on the brink of landing her dream job and has b
‘Everybody just stared at them and loved them and wanted to be them – but nobody was.’Betty is rich; Betty is lonely; Betty’s busy working on her truck; Betty wants to talk about love, but Betty needs
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
Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, award-winning comedian and activist Mark Thomas takes a look at our NHS, what state it's in, where it's going, and what we need to do to ke
“That fire – I know you feel it. If you wanted, you could take everything…”Bobby’s out of school and out of work. There’s nothing going and nowhere to go. A job with Mike seems like everything he need
“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
The global economy is a mess. The crash has landed, the tide’s swept out, and it’s taken our hope with it. There’s less in our pockets and more to be spent. The rich have got richer, the middle’s sque
Me & My Bee is a new comedy for children and adults alike. Plant the seed for change, join the Bee Party.Save the world one bee at a time: our fuzzy little friends need our help and multi award-winnin
It’s 1992. In a small town in Fife, a girl is busting to get out into the world and see what's on offer. And an ad in the local paper declares: BAND SEEKS SINGER.Grunge has just gone global, scruffy i
“There is an instinctive revulsion against taking a human life. And that revulsion can be conquered.”A controversial new gaming experience is inspiring a generation. In Killology, players are rewarded
Selected and edited by the award-winning American playwright Reginald Edmund, who produced Black Lives, Black Words across the US, which premiered in Chicago, July 2015. This ongoing international pro
