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Category: Plays
Cover Title Author
Parlour Song
Jez Butterworth

A blackly hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia.

Far from the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy Adapted by Mark Healy

Thomas Hardy's popular and enduring novel, adapted for the stage by Mark Healy.

Fuente Ovejuna
Lope de Vega Translated by Laurence Boswell

When the people of the town of Fuente Ovejuna revolt against their tyrannical overlord and murder him, the authorities attempt to find out who is responsible, leading to one of the most memorable acts of resistance in world drama.

Realism
Paul Galloway

In 1939 in a small Moscow theatre, a company of actors begins rehearsals of a play to commemorate Stalin’s 60th birthday. It’s a tough gig, because for artists working towards the Radiant Future, ‘the show must go on’ is an order you can’t refuse.

Burnt by the Sun
Peter Flannery

General Kotov, decorated hero of the Russian Revolution, is spending an idyllic summer in the country with his beloved young wife and family. But on one glorious sunny morning in 1936, his wife's former lover returns from a long and unexplained absence.

Poor Boy
Matt Cameron, Tim Finn

Jeremy Glass is an untroubled little boy until his seventh birthday, when he suddenly announces that he is really a grown man called Danny, who died some years before. How can his parents indulge his conviction that he must find his real family? And how can his eerie insistence on his true identity not resurrect painful memories for Danny's widow?

Secrets
Jacqueline Wilson Adapted by Vicky Ireland

India and Treasure come from very different backgrounds but soon become the best of friends. Together they escape from their problems by writing diaries, inspired by their heroine, Anne Frank. But when secrets start jumping off the page and into real life, Treasure and India find themselves in deep trouble.

The Suitcase Kid
Jacqueline Wilson Adapted by Vicky Ireland

Ten-year-old Andy used to live happily at Mulberry Cottage with her family: Mum, Dad, and Radish the rabbit, who lives in Andy's pocket and shares all her secrets. But then it all went wrong: Mum went to live with Bill, and Dad went off with Carrie. And Andy is expected to shuttle between the two - living out of a suitcase - and come to terms with her strange new families.

August: Osage County
Tracy Letts

When the large Weston family is reunited in Oklahoma after the disappearance of their father, they let loose a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets.

A fast-moving, exhilarating play about teenage hopes, dreams and frustrations in a rural part of England.

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