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Category: Plays
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Under the Shadow
Babak Anvari Adapted by Carmen Nasr

Iran. 1980s. When Shideh's husband is conscripted to serve on the frontline, she is left alone with her young daughter in Tehran as the city is bombed. The missile strikes bring terror and destruction, but there is also something ancient and malevolent, carried on the wind.

Mackenzie
Yve Blake

What if Macbeth was a 13-year-old child star? And what if Lady Macbeth was her ruthless stage mum?

Sherlock Holmes
Joel Horwood

London, 1890. Fresh from the success of his first big case, Sherlock Holmes misuses his time, until an unknown woman and a mysterious jewel arrive at 221B Baker Street.

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
Hilary Mantel Adapted by Alexandra Wood

It's late summer, 1983. Out in the street, the world is waiting to greet Margaret Thatcher as she emerges from hospital after routine surgery. Two people. One window. A gun. When the time comes to pull the trigger, what side of history will you be on?

The Fear of 13
Lindsey Ferrentino

Nick's got a story to tell you. About how a routine traffic stop turned into a conviction for murder. About how he spent the next twenty-two years on Death Row. About how he finally petitioned the court, asking not for an appeal – but for his execution date. And about what happened next…

The Waves
Virginia Woolf Adapted by Flora Wilson Brown

A tender, thrilling story about growing up together, Flora Wilson Brown's heart-thumping adaptation of Virginia Woolf's modernist masterpiece The Waves was first performed at 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.

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…

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.

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.

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