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Category: Plays
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The Mandate
Nikolai Erdman Adapted by Declan Donnellan

A chillingly grotesque farce set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, banned for decades in the USSR and revived in this uproarious new version by Declan Donnellan.

The Unthinkable
Steve Waters

A hard-hitting play about the collapse of idealism in contemporary politics.

The Pull of Negative Gravity
Jonathan Lichtenstein

Wounded in the war in Iraq, a young farmer-turned-soldier returns home with injuries that have extraordinary consequences. Lust, temptation, sibling rivalry and the pressures of the past combine with the struggle to maintain a rural existence.

Shining City
Conor McPherson

Ian has left the priesthood to become a therapist. John is one of his first clients. John's wife has been killed in a car accident, and he keeps receiving visits from her ghost. John, with Ian's help, starts to recover. But what begins as an unusual encounter becomes a desperate struggle between the living and the dead – a struggle which will shape and define both of them for the rest of their lives.

Wonderlands
Katherine Thomson

In 1931, Alice, a white station owner, goes riding with her Aboriginal head stockman and friend, Jim. They come to an agreement about the running and ownership of the property. But many years later, Alice's great nephew Lon receives a letter announcing a native title claim in the area.

Ella's got a project. After ten years she has completed her piano concerto, and now she needs the help of Liz and Beth to get it performed. But first they've got some history to negotiate, and some old scores to settle.

Electra
Sophocles Translated by Marianne McDonald, J. Michael Walton

King Agamemnon, on returning from the Trojan Wars, is murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover. Now, to avenge the crime, their daughter Electra must commit one even worse and face the inevitable consequences.

Electra
Euripides Translated by Marianne McDonald, J. Michael Walton

Electra's brother Orestes returns to avenge the murder of his father, Agamemnon, by his mother Clytemnestra.

Women of Troy
Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Covering themes of religious scepticism, the injustices within roles for women and the destructive power of war, Euripides' tragedy Women of Troy is as relevant now as it ever was.

Animal Farm
George Orwell Adapted by Ian Wooldridge

A powerful and straightforward dramatisation of Orwell's enduring parable on the perils of totalitarianism.

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