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In the 1970s, one enigmatic old lady wielded extraordinary influence, fighting against what she believed was the UK's moral decline. Armed with only a typewriter, this seemingly harmless grandmother took on the BBC and the 'godless media' in a culture war that divided the nation.

Inspired by real events, Caroline Bird's wickedly funny play delves into Whitehouse's most explosive battle – her infamous blasphemy trial against Gay News – and explores her formidable…

The Party Girls
Amy Rosenthal

The glamorous Mitford sisters once cut a swathe through pre-war high society. But as fascism rises and political storm clouds gather, the bonds of sisterhood are threatened by new and treacherous desires.

Nancy aspires to be a celebrated novelist, Diana and Unity fall for the dangerous, charismatic leaders of the far right in Britain and Germany, and Debo sets her cap at a Duke. Meanwhile, Decca crosses continents in her own passionate pursuit of love – but can she ever escape…

In this new comedy with Georgie Parker, A Country Practice addict and self-professed fanatic Melanie Tait, imagines what it was like for the writers to pen the episode that became a defining cultural moment in the nation's TV history. Whether you're a diehard fan of this iconic TV series or simply a lover of a cracking Australian story, you'll be rolling in the aisles with laughter at How to Plot a Hit in Two Days.

Juniper Blood
Mike Bartlett

Lip and Ruth have left the city behind for a new life on a farm; trying to live differently, live better. But when Ruth's stepdaughter and her incendiary best friend arrive, this quiet rural project is thrown into chaos, as conflicting visions of the future come crashing into the present.

Poignant and powerful, Mike Bartlett's play Juniper Blood explores the true cost of pursuing our ideals in an imperfect world.

Frame Narrative
Emily Sheehan

Emily Sheehan's Frame Narrative is a labyrinth of a play that whisks its audience from gothic thriller, to 90s trashy horror, to psychological drama. 

Radha and Ryan
Nick Parsons
A white man stops a student. Different people from different worlds. The same gnawing fear. ‘Men are seriously confused and angry – but when men get angry they want to hurt someone … And mostly the first person they hurt is themselves.’
Red Like Fruit
Hannah Moscovitch

Meet Lauren: a journalist reporting on a high-profile domestic violence case with a growing sense of unease. Now meet Luke, whom Lauren has asked to tell her story.

Lauren's been thinking about a series of sexual events from her adolescence, and something has started to crack. Are these experiences just part of being a woman, or are they trauma? And does Luke have what it takes to help her understand her own life?

Powerful and provocative, Red Like Fruit interrogates…

Poor Clare
Chiara Atik

Clare has it all. She's a noblewoman living her best life in medieval Italy, trying out hairstyles, and sharing the latest gossip with her sister and maids.

Everything is on track for her to marry some super-rich nobleman and live super-richly ever after. But on the streets of Assisi, she meets Francis, who's sharing some of the wildest ideas Clare has ever heard. And when she listens to what he has to say, her eyes are opened to a whole new way of living.

Chiara Atik's play…

What's Yours
Keziah Warner

Funny, messy, heart-breaking and hopeful, What's Yours offers new and unique insight to the growing childfree-by-choice movement, celebrating the enduring power of women's friendship and lives lived on their own terms.

sitting, screaming
Madelaine Nunn

At the doorway between innocence and maturity, simply getting through the day can feel like an eternity—especially when loneliness, grief and abuse of power get in the way. Shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award and longlisted for the Griffin Award, sitting, screaming is a raw and gripping exploration of how vulnerable young people slip through the cracks. 

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