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Category: Plays
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Summerfolk
Maxim Gorky Adapted by Nina Raine, Moses Raine

It's a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russia's elite retreats to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs. 

When you're having this much fun, why care about anything else? But Vavara can't shake the feeling that they're living on stolen time. How long can they go on ignoring the storm that's gathering on the horizon?

A razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial, Summerfolk was written by Maxim Gorky in 1904. This adaptation by Nina…

Aether
Emma Howlett

Witty, ingenious and daringly theatrical, Emma Howlett's Aether explores physics, faith and magic in a play that tracks humanity's insatiable fascination with the unknown.

Aether was first performed at Summerhall during the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It received widespread critical acclaim and was named Best Theatre Show of the Fringe by the Telegraph. It transferred to Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2026.

The Boy at the Back of the Class
Onjali Q. Raúf Adapted by Nick Ahad

When they learn that Ahmet came to the UK after fleeing his own war‑torn country, his classmates have 'The Greatest Idea in the World' – a magnificent plan to reunite Ahmet with his family. What follows is an unexpected and often hilarious adventure, all topped off with a terrific twist.

Slippery
Louis Emmitt-Stern

3 a.m. in a London flat. Jude and Kyle return from A&E. Jude has slipped, but they're both falling. A decade after their messy breakup, their surprise reunion threatens to undo them both.

Winner of Soho Theatre's Tony Craze Award, Louis Emmitt-Stern's Slippery is a hilarious and heartfelt play for two actors about ghosts, sex and spaghetti.

The Manningtree Witches
A. K. Blakemore Adapted by Ava Pickett

The Manningtree Witches, adapted from the award winning novel by A. K. Blakemore of the same name, is a thrilling and fierce exploration of fear, control and what happens when women's voices are silenced.

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Nathan Maynard

The local footy team of the small coastal town of Cutting Cove have spent so long at the bottom of the ladder they might as well be welded to it. This year, a new hope arrives for the Currawongs: the Marngrook cousins, Sonny and Jayma. Nicknamed after the Aboriginal game that inspired AFL, their natural talent promises the team's best chance at bringing the flag home for the first time ever. What will come with that flag, however, is the cruel reminder of a far greater loss in this country's…

West Gate
Dennis McIntosh

On 15 October 1970, the West Gate Bridge collapsed, killing thirty-five men in what remains Australia's deadliest industrial accident. Dennis McIntosh's haunting and compassionate play revisits this defining moment in Australian history, honouring the workers whose lives were lost and the families forever changed.

Queen Goneril
Erin Shields

Set seven years before King Lear, Erin Shields' play puts Lear's daughters centre stage as they negotiate the patriarchal systems built to keep them relegated to the sidelines.

The Green Line
Makram Ayache Translated by Hiba Sleiman

A poetic, heartbreaking story of intergenerational queer history in Lebanon, The Green Line is a stage play that weaves together civil war Beirut with a contemporary nightclub, following one family's journey to discover their past.

Ransacking Troy
Erin Shields

A radical retelling of the ancient Greco-Roman epics, Ransacking Troy is a bold and brilliant reimagining of the most famous war story of all time, where women take centre stage as the rightful heroes. 

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