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Category: Plays
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Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
Tim Stitz, Kelly Somes

This one-man show has emerged from conversations between Tim Stitz and his grandfather. It traces Lloyd’s romance with bees through family history, inheritance and the ripening of age.

Brontë
Polly Teale

In 1845, Branwell Brontë returns home in disgrace, plagued by his addictions. As he descends into alcoholism and insanity, bringing chaos to the household, his sisters write…

Terminus
Mark O'Rowe

Three people are ripped from their daily lives and catapulted into a fantastical world of singing serial killers, avenging angels and lovesick demons. Hold tight as the ordinary turns extraordinary in Mark O'Rowe's urban fantasy.

Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

Anna is beautiful and admired but empty – until a chance meeting throws her into emotional turmoil and a scandalous affair. Contrasting with this tale of destructive love is the story of Levin, an idealistic man striving to find meaning in life – and a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself.

Cause Célèbre
Terence Rattigan

Based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury, who, in 1935, went on trial with her eighteen-year-old lover for the murder of her husband.

Frankenstein
Mary Shelley Adapted by Patrick Sandford

One of the greatest horror stories of all time, and one that still grips readers today almost two hundred years after its first publication.

Flare Path
Terence Rattigan

A moving story of love and loyalty, courage and fear, based on Terence Rattigan's own experiences as a tail gunner in the Second World War.

Moment
Deirdre Kinahan

On a seemingly ordinary evening an Irish family sit down to tea. The difference tonight is that Nial is home – back from prison having committed a dark crime many years earlier with some news to share and a conscience to clear.

 

No Romance
Nancy Harris

Laura has a secret. Joe's has been revealed. Peg's been keeping hers for years. Rich with the absurdities, hypocrisies and vulnerabilities that course through our lives, Nancy Harris's No Romance playfully observes the longings, fears and desires we reveal - and don't reveal - in our closest relationships.

Scorched
Wajdi Mouawad Translated by Linda Gaboriau

A haunting, poetic play from one of Canada's leading playwrights, Scorched is a powerful investigation of trauma and family ties. It was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film, Incendies (2010), under its original French title.

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