Daniel Turner has it all. A devoted wife, two beautiful children and a teaching job he loves. But when allegations are made about his past, his world begins to crumble around him.Can all the good he's
A double bill of plays from the frontline of climate change - an epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.In On the Beach, Will Paxton, a g
Step into a faded hotel room where two people are having an illicit weekend away. Amidst the peeling wallpaper, they laugh, quarrel and make love, but they don't dare go out. After all, at just fifte
The wedding feast is over and the bridegroom's father is dancing the bhangra, but the groom himself is curiously reluctant to make his way to the bedroom. In fact he's so woefully inhibited by the pro
An artist sells her work but believes she still owns it. An advertising genius hunts for the next 'big idea.' A thief steals shoes and calls it activism ... Jed just wants to do the right thing.Every
West waits in a burnt-out farmhouse on Dartmoor, in the depth of winter, for two associates from the city. The wine has been poured and the revolver loaded. But who is waiting upstairs?Jez Butterwort
Taking place over the course of twenty-four hours in Belfast, Scenes From The Big Picture charts a hot summer's day in the lives of twenty of its denizens as their stories interweave and collide. In
1943, Henley-on-Thames. The war forces Miss Roach to flee London for the Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, which is as grey and lonely as its residents. From the safety of these new quarters, her war
It’s 1963 and the Dame Dorothea Dosserdale School for Girls has a proud tradition of fostering free spirits from all walks of life. So it’s a crushing blow when the new headmistress turns out to be a
Nell Gwynn charts the rise of an unlikely heroine, from her roots in Coal Yard Alley to her success as Britain's most celebrated actress, and her hard-won place in the heart of the King. Jessica Swale
They have a beautiful home and a glamorous life. In fact, everything they could wish for. Except the one thing they want most of all. A baby.When a wealthy couple decide to adopt, they know only how
When Eva's parents fail to escape Germany, the child changes her name and begins the process of denial of her roots. It is only when her own daughter discovers some letters in their attic that Eva is
AD 61, Britannia. On the furthest outreaches of the Roman Empire – at the very edge of the known world – rebellion is brewing. The King of the Iceni has died and his widow Boudica has tried to claim h
Astrid Wentworth is a City trader, a ruthless player in a man’s world. If there is a special hell for women who don’t help each other, Astrid’s got the top table reserved. But when the young and ambit
Mary had a son, now her son is dead. That is all. Jenn is hosting a dinner party, a chance to catch up. No pressure. Nothing big. Just old friends.Darkly funny, and achingly tender, Staying Alive is a
A guide that helps students prepare for and improve their chances of getting a place in one of the UK's many drama schools. It sets out the steps that can be taken to ensure that potential acting stud
England 1873, a country in a state of turmoil. A young girl is propelled on a journey from the London slums to the servants' quarters of a great house - and from first love to murder.In her flight fr
Eight actors and directors who have worked with Harold Pinter in the theater talk candidly about what it is like to appear in a Pinter play, to direct a Pinter play, to be directed by Pinter, to work
Why is Justice blind? Is she impartial? Or is she blinkered?Friends Ed and Matt take opposing briefs in a rape case. The key witness is a woman whose life seems a world away from theirs. At home, thei
A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. On a platform out at sea, they have formed The Community a new type of society and a better way of living. But how can you change the world if yo
Someone has seen a wolf. Where did it come from? How many are there? Someone must be able to do something about them. Otherwise, how will our children get to school? And how will we all get to line-da
Yonni is a seventeen-year-old gay Jewish kid. It’s the last day of term and he’s avoiding everything. The only person he wants to be around, think about, be about... is Adam.And as his nig
Annie's not really a fan of herself. How did she get a life like this? While her perfect sister poses in hipster hats, she has to take care of her sick mother. And she keeps mistaking hot men for her
Alice wants to be a singer, Liam wants to travel, Rob wants to make a killing and Sally’s been there too long but it’s okay, it’s not forever, is it? Is it?A comedy/drama about being young, working in
Jacob doesn’t know why he’s here. He’s been at war for six years, but nobody will tell him why. The Moon is upstairs and he wants so desperately to talk to her, but they just won’t let him. Will she b
'I know exactly how much I am worth. I am worth one thousand euros because that is how much Babac paid for me. To put this in easy language, that is like two-and-a-half iPhones.'It felt empty...is a l
Jessica Swale's Blue Stockings is the empowering and surprising story of four young women fighting for their right to a university education in a world that assumed women belonged at home. First produ
Lorna and Grace do everything together. They share crisps, cigarettes and crushes. That's what happens when you're best friends forever. But when Lorna gets a place at university, and Grace gets pregn
Ben doesn’t like Anna that much. She doesn’t take life seriously enough. And then a couple years go by and he’s in absolute floods and she just wishes things could be different.A play about gender, th
Explored through Marnie’s relationship with love songs and her emotional unpredictability Box Clever explore the lengths gone to in order to escape negative relationship patterns, and her commitment t
When Sarah, a young woman with Asperger's Syndrome, visits her sister and brother-in-law, a family holiday spirals into a nightmare of accusation and intrigue.A love triangle with a twist, this moving
Set over a series of summer evenings in the 1960s and the present day, Twilight Song traces one family’s hidden liaisons over half a century.A mysterious stranger turns up in their past and present –
Three siblings, a girl and two boys, endlessly reiterate the terrible details of their childhood. They are trapped for ever in an obsessive need to remember and relive their treatment at the hands of
Set in Croydon, South London, Dean McBride by Sonya Hale is a vivid and poetic story of deprivation, loss and redemption through love, which tells the story of Dean, a young man hardened by suffering,
Frances Poet's play Adam is the remarkable, true story of a young trans man having to make that choice and begin his journey. From Egypt to Scotland, it charts Adam's fight across borders and genders
”Who'd want to join in building a fucking playground.”It's 1979, rubbish is on the streets of Bristol, and it's tricky being Fiz. She's thirteen, she's got no money, her sister's pregnant and her mum
Kate likes her men tall, dark and smoldering. She has a fatal attraction to bad men. Then she meets Steve...Steve is a feminist.Can Kate overcome her love of lipstick, cupcakes and Heathcliff? Can Ste
