A practical guide to creating verbatim theatre by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner. Verbatim theatre is an increasingly influential form of theatre, fashioned from words spoken by real pe
A leading playwright of her generation, Lucy Kirkwood is a writer of savagely funny, highly intelligent, and beautifully observed plays that tackle the pressing issues of our times.With an introductio
Brings the fabled figures of Jonathan Harker, the archetypal innocent abroad, Mina Westerman, his anxious fiance, Renfield, Van Helsing and, of course, Count Dracula himself, in an adaptation for the
Grazyna Antkiewicz lived. Robert Dziekanski died.Two people from Poland. One real, one imagined. What happened - or might have happened - between there and here? The distance from living the dream to
Young men are dying and everyone assumes they’re just casualties of London’s chemsex scene. Everyone, that is, but Anthony, who is determined to investigate. Tumulus by Christopher Adams is a chilling
An inspiring, practical guide to working with young people on their voices, from a highly experienced teacher, actor, and director. This book is for all youth-theatre leaders, workshop facilitators, a
McMillan has been writing about theatre in Scotland for more than three decades. During that time she has borne witness to an extraordinary cultural and political renaissance in Scotland. Compiled by
Inspired by "La Ronde", and portraying the same 'daisy chain' of sexual encounters, this work offers a re-interpretation of Arthur Schnitzler's taboo-breaking 1897 original. In place of Schnitzler's s
Tessa has set up a business: a brothel where mature women specialise in offering the 'Girlfriend Experience', a surprisingly caring and sympathetic service.As the women stoically strive to make a liv
Emma is a dedicated ESOL teacher (English for Speakers of Other Languages), teaching British citizenship to people from Somalia, Serbia, the Congo, India and Egypt. At the same time, Tetyana, Mahmood
Harriet Walter is well known for her performances at the Royal Court (Cloud Nine, Hamlet with Jonathan Pryce), the RSC (Nicholas Nickelby, Macbeth with Antony Sher) and the National Theatre (Arcadia),
1665. When the plague arrives in Eyam, the villagers are tasked with examining their civil responsibility, as they must decide whether to stay quarantined, or flee and risk spreading the deadly disea
A new edition of the acclaimed play by the award-winning James Fritz. Written for the National Youth Theatre. The Fall asks how much can a younger generation, dispossessed and disenfranchised, truly
Gloria is gravely sick. When her time comes, the celebration begins: the traditional Jamaican Nine Night Wake. But for Gloria's children and grandchildren, marking her death with a party that lasts ov
A romantic drama with music inspired by the days of music hall and beyond, from the author of the modern classic Kindertransport. First performed at the Watford Palace Theatre in February 2016.
2nd May 1997. An historic victory. The Tories, eighteen years in power, are defeated as New Labour sweeps into government. From the euphoria and despair, three deeply personal stories emerge.Tory MP R
Dornoch, northern Scotland, 1727. In the claustrophobic heat of summer, a woman's apparent ability to manipulate the power of land and sea stirs suspicion. Janet Horne can cure beasts, call the wind
India and Treasure come from very different backgrounds but soon become the best of friends. Together they escape from their problems by writing diaries, inspired by their heroine, Anne Frank. But whe
How Plays Work has grown out of David Edgar’s teaching in the University of Birmingham’s MA course in playwriting studies, which he founded twenty years ago. Through historical and modern examples, th
Wheeler is a high-flying comprehensive kid destined for university, while football-mad Fitz is struggling to cope with his dysfunctional father and his schoolwork. They live down the road from Walber
Katherine's life has come to a standstill. Her husband Tom has left her for a younger woman and her once-glamorous mother Dorothy is slowly losing her mind.As Dorothy's condition worsens, Katherine's
A chance encounter at a conference hotel plays upon Kitty's mind as she struggles to balance personal freedom with family life, fidelity and a testing job.Her husband seems more interested in misplac
The year is 1913 and war with Germany is imminent, Rudyard Kipling's determination to send his myopic son to war triggers a bitter family conflict which leaves Britain's renowned patriot devastated b
“This extraordinary memoir brilliantly evokes one of the most formidable and influential figures in recent British cultural history, Peggy Ramsay…Those of us who loved her will be astonished by the vi
“The teenager, the bride to be, the exhausted young mother, the lonely widow . . . they are funny and often touching in these four monologues deftly written by Joanna Murray-Smith. Little gems,
George Orwell's 1945 satire on the perils of Stalinism has proved magnificently long-lived as a parable about totalitarianism anywhere - and has given the world at least one immortal phrase: 'Some are
The latest in NHB's series of Good Audition Guides. Forty fantastic female speeches for teenagers, all written since the year 2000, by some of the most exciting and acclaimed writers working today, fr
Somalia Seaton's Red is an unflinching and bold exploration of the internal lives of young women. It is part of Platform. Aimed at addressing gender imbalance in theatre. Platform comprises big-cast p
Abandoning theatre and living a life of squalid splendor, August Strindberg practices alchemy. As his grasp on reality weakens, his first two wives try to bring him to his senses, but their interventi
In a small town in Syria, soldiers are celebrated as heroes and grieving families are nourished on propaganda.As coffins pile up, a local party leader decides on a radical compensation scheme: a goat
Dan and Will climb mountains. Aged eighteen, they climbed Everest. They became legends.Rachel isn't interested in being a character in Dan's story. She intends to make her own. But with the thrill of
It’s the sticky summer of 1977. At a birdwatching spot jutting out into the North Sea, Martin, Jack, Michael and Carol are staring out into the future, their lives intertwined.A friendship, a marriage
Winnie’s no ordinary nun. She swears, smokes, drinks Guinness, and loves a sing-song with Stephen. But soon everything’s going to change.Stephen’s lost his way. Finding solace in music, he knows he mu
Michael Simkins' immensely charming stage adaptation of Dear Lupin, the witty and touching collection of letters from a father to his son that became a huge bestseller, winner of The Sunday Times Humo
A rich evocation of a world poised on the brink of Stalin's Great Terror, based on the 1994 Oscar-winning film written by Nikita Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov.General Kotov, decorated hero of the
Sometime in the twenty-first cnetury, the British Isles are dissolving into the sea. Amidst the chaos, one man clings to his traditional British values and his love of meat.For Londoner Saul Everard,
Set against a backdrop of fading Empire, war, the Suez crisis, vintage champagne, adultery and vicious Tory politics at the Ritz, Howard Brenton's Never So Good paints the portrait of a brilliant, wit
One woman, five men. One by one we see into each of her relationships, apparently existing in separate worlds.There's Dan, the ever-patient husband; Duncan, the dying and irascible father; Roy, the I
Condemned and banned for five years in Moliere’s day, Tartuffe is a satire on religious hypocrisy. Tartuffe worms his way into Orgon’s household, blinding the master of the house with his religious "d
Wilde's subtle satire of the British hypocrisy of the late 1800s toys with the vulnerability of public figures and the powerful playing card of dirty secrets. An Ideal Husband portrays the delicate b
