A startling and darkly comic drama about childhood, family and fantasy. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize 2011.

A collection of short plays by exciting new Irish writers, selected and introduced by the literary manager of the Abbey Theatre.

In this gripping adventure, the world is turned upside down in a disastrous and comic sequence of events. Seven different characters give a fresh twist of perspective – all played by one performer.

Carrie's getting them out for the lads, Charlotte's just grateful to have a job, Sam's being asked to sell more than his body, and Aidan's trying to keep his magazine from going under. Set in the cut-throat media world, Lucy Kirkwood's comedy exposes power games and privacy in the age of Photoshop.

Someone sneezes. Someone can't get a signal. Someone shares a secret. Someone won't answer the door. Someone put an elephant on the stairs. Someone's not ready to talk. Someone is her brother's mother. Someone hates irrational numbers. Someone told the police. Someone got a message from the traffic light. Someone's never felt like this before. In this fast moving kaleidoscope, more than a hundred characters try to make sense of what they know.

Mr. Melancholy is an absurd comedy of solitude and sorrow. Footprints on Water is a darkly comic parable of belief and judgement.

A disparate group of seven work colleagues in a local government office struggle to hold onto their dreams, as they desperately attempt to prevent being completely paralysed by their workplace, and by themselves.

A funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family full of longing that's losing its grip – The Last of the Haussmans examines the fate of the revolutionary generation.

Four boys face the tricky transition to adulthood in Ella Hickson's riot of a play.

Tired of spring-cleaning, Mole leaves Mole End and ventures out to the riverbank, where he befriends the resourceful Ratty, the gruff Badger and the infamous Toad of Toad Hall (Poop-poop!). Together they explore the Wide World, and the Wild Wood, and try to keep Toad out of trouble…!