A stylish new edition of the original suffrage cookbook with vintage b/w illustrations to celebrate the centenary of women getting the vote. The perfect gift for the #Metoo generation.
A landmark collection of 7 contemporary plays by British East Asian writers.Exploring subjects such as cultural identity, the fragmentation of communities, tradition, invisibility and discrimination;
We live in an age of moving images. More than ever, creatives are hungry to find their path towards storytelling opportunities in both filmmaking and gaming. Is a degree in Media Studies or Game Creat
Meet "The Bear." A wealthy trader, a family man, a success story. But his world is about to come crashing down when he loses his job, his wife, his self-respect. But he has plan, one that takes the tr
Orwell on JuraA vivid portrait of the ailing Orwell as he struggles to complete his final novel 1984. In his dreams he is visited by the characters of his past works who address him for the last time.
When Mina's father dies, she returns to Korea to visit a family she barely knows, desperately looking for some answers. But her mother is reluctant to discuss the past, especially the war, or the reas
Although more commonly associated with Bloomsbury, Virginia and her husband Leonard Woolf lived in Richmond-upon-Thames for ten years from the time of the First World War (1914-1924). Refuting the com
The world spins and the cycle of seasons turns as the Guardians of the Year gather to tell each other stories. As a new Winter begins it is time to tell another tale. . . A kingdom is in peril, its pe
Augusta Ada Byron, now commonly known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. Her notes on the engine include what i
The stories of the Arabian Nights date back more than a thousand years and originate from Persia, India and Arabia. Neil Duffield has combined elements of many of them, keeping alive the excitement an
Bradford, in the month of Ramadan. Shaz, a local garage mechanic, is trying to keep his business going despite the terrible scandal of Asian men involved in grooming young girls for sex in the area. R
Welcome to the Press Conference from hell! Join ex-community artist and self-proclaimed people’s champion Vince Fine as he launches his ArtWorks project nationally. Vowing to end poverty, benefits, wo
In this autobiographical one-man play, performed to acclaim on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the author journeys back to his Rwandan childhood. With the help of a cassette player, he brings to life n
With grime music and Guyanese folk stories, Joseph Barnes-Phillips’ semi-autobiographical story is a comic, tragic and honest portrayal of becoming a man. The story follows Rayleigh as he negotiates t
Durban Dialogues, Then and Now is a follow-up anthology of three hard-hitting plays to Singh's successful drama anthology Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice (2013) which is now studied internationally. Th
When Colin discovers his son is on a murder charge in France, he trails his boat, The Dragonfly, across the channel to help. There he meets his granddaughter for the first time, and they embark on a j
William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck is an eccentric aristocrat whose imagination knows no bounds. This deceptively simple man struggles to come to terms with a world that is teeming with new knowledge. I
A boy goes missing during a workers’ strike in 1980s Communist Poland. A journalist in Warsaw is looking for her brother, who’s been missing for twenty years. A London financier is struggling with pan
In ancient China, the young emperor Wu is kept a virtual prisoner in his palace by his scheming guardian, Li Si. For Wu, the world outside the Forbidden City is a dangerous place. But when he hears Xi
For the first time in Britain, an all-black cast present Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.Denmark, a Black Empire of modern England, where an intelligent young student discovers the world he once knew h
Iris is visiting India from the U.S. for the first time with her fiancé, and not enjoying it. When she steps off the train for a water at Shambala Junction, little does she know that her life is about
Compiled by two leading practitioners, this is a personal reflection on the wonderful work created all over the UK, based on Ireland and Harman’s careers and working knowledge of playwriting and produ
The success of Ang Lee's films have made him an international name. Lee came to the fore in the 1990s as part of the "second wave" of Taiwanese directors and he has directed everything from
One evening, during a terrible storm, Thor, the God of Thunder, appears to Erik, an ordinary 13-year-old boy. He sends Erik on a secret mission with his daughter, to travel back in time to the Land of
A play for young people to perform by award-winning playwright Neil Duffield. It explores the way young people are attracted to go to war for adventure and money and glory. In this case they go to fig
This manic farce explores the ideas of radical psychiatrist RD Laing on the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia Association which he co-founded. His visionary ideas about the treatment of those with
Covering topics as diverse as the global financial crisis, religious faith, the sex trade, corruption and exploitation, these plays provide insight into the differing concerns of those living in a par
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is an adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel. Commissioned by The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster.With all my Love is based on a true story about the lives of a convict and his famil
