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Category: Plays
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Holding the Man
Tommy Murphy

Tommy Murphy's stage adaptation faithfully captures the book's heart-wrenchingly honest portrayal of a fifteen-year relationship, but also succeeds in transforming it into a unique theatrical experience that is wholly his own. The play won multiple awards and had seasons across Australia and internationally. 

An Enemy of the People
Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Thomas Ostermeier, Florian Borchmeyer

When Dr Stockmann makes a disturbing discovery about the healing waters in his local baths, he holds the future of the whole town in his hands. But doubt spreads faster than disease, and those with everything to lose refuse to accept his word. Soon, a battle is raging – and it goes far beyond contaminated water… 

A Song for Ella Grey
David Almond Adapted by Zoe Cooper

A Song for Ella Grey is a version of the myth of Orpheus that sings of the madness of youth, the ache of love, and the near-impossibility of grasping death. 

Northanger Abbey
Zoe Cooper Original author Jane Austen

This playful and surprising reimagining of Northanger Abbey is infused with the spirit of Jane Austen's original novel and fizzes with imagination and humour. 

Peter Pan
J.M. Barrie Adapted by Evan Placey, Vikki Stone

Chasing his runaway shadow, a mischievous young boy who will never grow up crash lands through an open window and meets a headstrong young girl who is desperate to be an adult.

Cold War
Original author Paweł Pawlikowski Adapted by Conor McPherson

Poland, 1949. Zula is bold and brilliant, a singer who ignites the stage. Wiktor is withdrawn and damaged, a composer longing to write. Irresistibly drawn to each other, they dream of escape. But in Communist-controlled Poland, the desire for freedom can be a dangerous thing.

It's a Wonderful Life
Adapted by Mary Elliott Nelson

Christmas Eve, 1946, Bedford Falls. Down-on-his-luck banker George Bailey feels life has passed him by, and he's at the end of his rope. But when George's guardian angel pays him a visit, he's amazed to discover what life in his beloved town would be like without him. Maybe it's a wonderful life, after all?

The Time Machine: A Comedy
Steven Canny, John Nicholson

Dave is the great-great grandson of H.G. Wells, author of the 1895 novella The Time Machine, a book that foretold (with suspicious accuracy) the future of the human species. What if the ideas in that book weren't entirely fiction? Right now, Dave and his friends Amy and Michael must set out on a journey through time… the journey of a lifetime!

Boy Parts
Eliza Clark Adapted by Gillian Greer

Boy Parts is a pitch-black psychological thriller that subverts the erotic gaze and asks what happens when our need for connection gets twisted.

Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka Adapted by Lemn Sissay

Metamorphosis is a visceral and vital depiction of humans struggling within a system that crushes them under its heel, a shocking tale of cruelty and kindness.

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