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Category: Plays
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Hoods
Angela Betzien

Each night two hoods ride a train to a wrecking yard on the outskirts of the city. Here, in this cemetery of stories, they are storytellers with the power to fast forward, pause and rewind. Tonight, they tell the story of three kids left in a car.

Kensuke's Kingdom
Michael Morpurgo Adapted by Stuart Paterson

The story of a young boy's fantastic adventure after being washed up on a Pacific island – adapted for the stage by acclaimed dramatist Stuart Paterson from the best-selling novel by Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.

The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling Adapted by Stuart Paterson

Saved from the jaws of Shere Khan the tiger, Mowgli must learn the Laws of the Jungle from Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther to survive. A brave little man cub grows into a confident and care-free young boy, but danger is never far away and Shere Khan is hungry for revenge. As Mowgli faces each peril and pitfall, he must decide whether he belongs in the world of men or with the animal kingdom.

Stolen
Jane Harrison

Stolen tells of five young Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their parents, brought up in a repressive children's home and trained for domestic service and other menial jobs. Segregated from society from their earliest years, not all of them successfully manage their lives when released into the outside world.

Girls and Dolls
Lisa McGee

A striking play from Northern Ireland about two women and the childhood tragedy they'll never be allowed to forget.

Whipping It Up
Steve Thompson

A quick-witted satirical farce set in the Whips' office at Westminster.

Long Time Dead
Rona Munro

Grizzly, Dog and Gnome live to climb mountains. They're good at it. They're not looking for death. They love what they do and they do it to the limit. But they're climbing up to places where death is only one mistake away.

 

The Way Home
Chloë Moss

A spiky play about the clash between suburban and itinerant ways of life in present-day Liverpool.

Purgatorio
Ariel Dorfman

A powerful and poetic play, with echoes of Jean-Paul Sartre's Huis Clos and Euripides' Medea. From the author of Death and the Maiden.

The Seafarer
Conor McPherson

It's Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, ageing brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. But with the arrival of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised ever higher. In fact, Sharky may be playing for his very soul.

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