The four plays in this first collection by Dennis Kelly are linked by their characters' desperate need to believe that there is more to life than the often brutal worlds in which they find themselves
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
A subtle, unsentimental lament for the working class in which a group of decorators misuse each other for their own advantage, Jimmy Murphy’s Brothers of the Brush won the award for best new pla
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
The latest collection of plays by Howard Barker, one of the most significant and controversial dramatists of our time. His plays challenge, unsettle and expose.This book contains the plays A Wounded K
Crafted from interviews with Neil and Christine Hamilton, Charles and Diana Ingram, Jonathan Aitken, Edwina Currie, Craig Murray and others, each talking frankly about their downfall and disgrace, th
This personal, political piece explores how possible the articulation of traumatic and private experience is. It spars across the heard and the unheard, the spoken and the unspoken, and contemplates w
Between light and shadow, science and superstition, fear and knowledge is a dimension of imagination. An area we call the Twilight Zone.Adapted by Anne Washburn (Mr Burns) and directed by Olivier Awar
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
Featuring over 200 exquisite colour and black and white photographs from 53 ballets, this book captures striking pas de deux moments across The Royal Ballet's extraordinary repertory, and features so
At their stylish country retreat, Freda and Robert Caplan host a dinner party for their colleagues and friends, all executives at a transatlantic publishing company. Young, beautiful and successful, t
The #RhodesMustFall and subsequent student-led movements in South Africa alerted the country and the world to the latent ongoing issues brought about by colonialism and apartheid in South Africa. The
Actor and official Royal Shakespeare Company member Keith Osborn tells the story of the company's extraordinary 20089 season in Stratford and London, with much drama on and off the stage. Also
Howard Barker is one of the most significant and controversial dramatists of his time. His plays challenge, unsettle and expose. These plays are among his best-known works, and their energy, poetic la
In a remote and impoverished village in the Karoo, South Africa, a young girl, Thozama, struggles to survive. A violent and terrifying incident and a chance encounter with an escaped moose change her
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
This play follows Bobby the Artist's rise to stardom and horrific drug psychosis, Johnnie's attempts to stop thieving and start pleasing Ellen in bed, and Alan Blunt, a forty-year-old truck driver who
A powerful and moving drama that shares the true stories of women whose everyday lives have been touched by the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These women, who live in our street and drink
Chaotic, fast, and furious, Zero is the new play from multi award-winning Theatre Absolute. Written by Chris O'Connell, the play is an explosive and anarchic stare at the ethics of torture, and the c
It's 1899 and all of Europe is agape at the arrival of the new century. The world crackles with possibilities and people dance to the irresistible rhythms of money, sex, love and freedom. Swinging abo
It's the Bombay wedding season when ambitious mothers hunt for future brides and grooms to the music and dancing of the Hijras, the crude, rude and lewd cross-dressing men who, according to Hindu trad
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
Peer Gynt is a dreamer, a liar and a serial womaniser. Cast out from his hometown, Peer embarks on a wild and astonishing journey in search of fame and fortune that takes him from Norway to Africa an
"There's a photo and he says he's on it even though he isn't on it but he says he is and Barry took it and it's summat to do wi' me only it were Barry that took it, only he didn't, is that it?"Ron Hu
Callisto is a swirling constellation of remarkable queer stories.Hurtle across time and space with this scintillating and extraordinary new play.In London, 1680, opera star Arabella Hunt has secretly
Each play grapples with the timeless problems accompanying two people in love. The most intimate and personal of relationships are placed under uncompromising scrutiny. Bold, elemental and structural
Woolwich. Club Paradise. Valentine’s Night. Nigerian nightclub toilet attendants Abiodun and Sophie brace themselves for the busiest night of the year. Tonight Abiodun and Sophie are also marking thei
Illustrated throughout with photographs from the plays, and with reproduced documents and rehearsal notes from the original productions, The Royal Court Theatre Inside Out considers the most notable p
