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Bold Girls
Rona Munro

It’s 1991 in West Belfast. With their husbands either locked up or killed, Marie, Cassie and Nora are just trying to get on with their lives, despite the bombs, burning buses and soldiers trampling the flower beds. Life must go on – after all, there’s still laundry to do and kids to feed. But when a mysterious young woman turns up on Marie’s doorstep and disrupts their girls’ night out, the devastating revelations which ensue will shatter dreams and threaten…

Welcome to a world where your partner can arrive by special delivery, you can replace your ex with a replica, or supplement your waning love life with regular updates. It could be the answer to all our problems… but what might we lose along the way?

Borders
Henry Naylor

A celebrated war photographer, whose audience with Osama bin Laden prior to 9/11 shaped his career. A young Syrian, six months pregnant, on an ageing fishing boat in the Mediterranean, sinking fast under the weight of refugees. Through two alternating monologues, Borders provides an urgent, moving and occasionally hilarious commentary on one of the great crises of our time.

Ellida—a lighthouse keeper’s daughter—is living a life of quiet desperation with her husband Dr Wangel in a coastal fjord town when a stranger from her past arrives, upsetting the fragile equilibrium she and Wangel had created.

Grotty is a dark and savage exploration of the London lesbian scene. A couple of little sad old basements that drip with sweat and piss, with second-hand noise pulsating from some gay-boy night upstairs. The women sit there in their uniformed black… and they are looking at you. In the solo show Brute, Poppy’s just started at an all-girls state school in a provincial English town, where there are rules with no logic,…

Good Cook. Friendly. Clean.
Brooke Robinson

Coming home one night, Sandra learns she has two weeks to move out. It’s nothing personal, her housemates just have a friend who needs somewhere to stay. No choice but to pack up and find another sharehouse. But Sandra is in her 50s and affordable places are hard to find in the ruthless Sydney rental market.

The Fall
James Fritz

Two teenagers sneak into an old man’s home for a secret meeting. A young couple try to build their future whilst looking after an ailing parent. A care home offers its residents the opportunity to unburden their children.

Mayfly
Joe White

An ethereal family drama, Joe White's debut play Mayfly explores rebirth in the aftermath of tragedy. 

The Writer
Ella Hickson

A young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.

Plastic
Kenny Emson

Kev used to be captain of the school football team. Scored the winner in the All-Essex Schools Cup Final. He used to have a girlfriend called Lisa; she wore a fitted blazer, and lit up the playground. Ben used to get beaten up most days. He stole money from his mum’s purse to pay off Wicksy. Then there was Ben’s mate Jack. Loyal, unbreakable Jack.

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