A practical, and inspiring guide to using puppetry in theatre - the perfect entry point for anyone looking to use puppets in their productions, to explore what puppets can do, or to develop their pupp
A selection of the best work of Stephen Jeffreys. Included here are his first big success, Valued Friends, The Clink, A Going Concern, and Jeffreys' smash-hit, The Libertine. Rounding off the volume a
Dickens' timeless classic, brought to life in a joyous new adaptation by the writer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. On Christmas Eve, a cold-hearted miser is transported to worlds past, present,
West End Producer, the masked man of theatreland, and author of Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Acting, But Were Afraid To Ask, Dear, returns with the ultimate guide to the theatregoing exp
One Tuesday morning, Isabelle packs her lunch box into her pannier, kisses her young daughter goodbye, and sets off on her bike through Hackney. What happens along the way is at once shocking, inconce
The present day. A residential street in South East London. The house where reclusive siblings Peppy and Daniel were born is now stuffed full of everything they have ever owned. This hoard, their ecce
Warning: Contains dancing, chocolate cake and an epic car chase. Molly cooks. Molly does the dishes. Molly gets her little brother Joe ready for school. Molly is only twelve, but she doesn’t feel much
Elsie has lived in the village for sixty years. She’s seen elections, weddings, wars, people coming, people going. It’s where her daughter grew up and where her husband died. It’s where she’s going to
In the overcrowded city, nature is getting out of control. The mice are scratching between walls, the pigeons are diseased and the foxes are beginning to rule the streets. The problem is growing. It's
Jess and Dylan are in love. They want a family. That's all they have ever wanted.This perfectly ordinary couple find themselves on an extraordinary journey when they enter the world of IVF. Forced to
Eggs is a dark comedy about female friendship; Mr Incredible is a play about love and entitlement; the world of the celebrity PA is laid bare inPrimadonna, a young boxer's talent catapults his Cornerm
The average person will speak 123,205,750 words in a lifetime. But what if there were a limit? Oliver and Bernadette are about to find out. Sam Steiner's award-winning play Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
Carl, a youngish but overweight Dublin taxi driver, owes Jackie three grand in gambling debts. Jackie wants the money, and he wants it now, not least because an armed robbery he has masterminded has
When a young executive reaches breaking point and decides to disappear, he pays a visit to a master of the craft in a seafront fortune teller's in Southend. Haunted by visitations from a pathologist
Chicago's South Side in the 1920s Struggling to keep his dreams alive and his family together, Victor Mason is an educated black man reduced to working on building sites. His loyalty to Marcus Garvey
A simple, step-by-step manual, written by a Royal Shakespeare Company voice coach, offers everything that actors need to work on their voices. Suitable for actors at all levels, from students and you
Set in 1945 during the hundred days that elapsed between victory in Europe and victory in Japan, this work follows the fortunes of a group of women in a working-class suburb of Nottingham.
Some people need help. Some people find themselves in a position to give help. And others just help themselves.7:84 Theatre Company have brought together three of Scotland's best playwrights in the sh
'Once in the East there lived a man who owned a ring of unimaginable worth...'Jerusalem, 1192. An uneasy stalemate exists between the Muslim forces of Saladin and the western Crusaders. Caught in the
Post-conflict and in search of the friendship she’s lost, Grace volunteers at a local community center, bonding with other women. As her trust in the women grows, so does her confidence. She hasn’t la
Destruction never approaches weapon in hand. It comes slyly, on tiptoe, making you see bad in good and good in bad.The devastation of war is tearing the Bharata family apart. The new king must unravel
Megan, Holly and Ben are definitely not the cool kids. But Megan has a plan. One long summer holiday to change their lives. One sure path to coolness. One amazing transformation, through the power of
Hilda is blind, lives alone, and is visited by a carer once a week. Camelia is a young offender looking for her next mark.A surprising relationship sparks into life between the two very different wome
Laugh and cry in equal measure as Emma Bovary chooses the wrong husband. Lose yourself in mesmeric love scenes featuring a procession of devastatingly attractive men. Rail at the fate of women in a pa
Working-class Alan, upper-class Catherine and middle-class Tom are part of a social litmus test, reunited every seven years to expose themselves on television to the nation. But waiting on the sofa f
Imagine that you must choose one single memory from your life and capture it with a magical camera - everything else will be erased. Imagine that choosing this memory is your only way of passing thro
Luigi Pirandello is widely regarded as one of the foremost innovators in twentieth-century theatre. Six Characters in Search of an Author caused a riot when it was first produced in Rome in 1921 and
Oedipus, the former ruler of Thebes, has died. Now, when his young daughter Antigone defies her uncle, Kreon, the new ruler, because he has prohibited the burial of her dead brother, she and he enact
Fifteen year old Billie has lived with her Dad in their little flat for as long as she can remember, but all that's about to change. A moving portrayal of the conflict between personal aspiration and
Remember the moment you became an adult? Or did you miss it? Adults are the kids that survive school right? And what if some kids don't? Plastic is a charged, poetic, unflinchingly honest new play abo
Winner of the Samuel Beckett AwardTony and Greg seem to have love all figured out. They’re in a committed relationship, but with room for a little sex-on-the-side whenever it takes their fancy. Their
Midsummer's Eve, Sweden. A night when the sun doesn't set. A night of drinking and dancing. A night to break the rules. When Julie finds herself alone on her father's estate, she throws caution to the
Following his stunning RSC adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (2013/14), Mike Poulton turns his pen to the thrilling world of Ancient Rome with a brand new version of Robe
Charles Pooter of Upper Holloway, a middle-class clerk with social aspirations far beyond his status, has decided the world deserves to hear his diary. He has one night, a troupe of actors and an empt
Joanne and Lisa were like sisters. Then Lisa left. Now she's back for one last birthday party by the railway tracks. Can their relationship be rekindled or will the ghosts of the past haunt them forev
Midsummer. The village must choose a new Daughter to sail with the fishing boats and bless the waters, keeping them safe from the roaming orcas for another year.Fan hopes with all her heart to be chos
A book for anyone who loves theatre. Whether you make it, teach it, watch it or study it, everyone can help reshape the industry as truly diverse and inclusive.This book will help you consider your cu
Adam is single. He doesn’t like it. He misses Holly. He deserves Holly. Doesn’t he?Mr Incredible takes a sharp scalpel to modern relationships and what it is to be ?in love’.This volume also contains
Arrogant and withdrawn, the mysterious Aircraftman Ross seems an odd recruit for the Royal Air Force. In fact, the truth is even stranger than the man himself. Behind the false name is an enigma?a man
West London. 1952. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbors in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marr
