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Category: Plays
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45 Years
Andrew Haigh Adapted by Hannah Patterson

It's the week leading up to Kate and Geoff's wedding anniversary, and preparations for the party are in full swing. As they choose the music for their first dance, a letter from Switzerland arrives and quietly shatters their world. Buried for decades, the body of a young woman has been found in the melting ice. Is the past another country, or is it just beneath the surface?

Sting
Sophie Swithinbank

Ash is off the rails, going straight from a sweaty night out to the first day of a new job. Her boss Lily is unimpressed. They need to focus on their assignment: cataloguing historic cases of women accused of witchcraft. After an incident at work, Ash's boyfriend Dom seems keen to look after her at home. But as the women continue their research into ritualistic murders, Lily starts to worry that something is wrong with Ash.

Losing Face
Marieke Hardy

Travel writer Jo is turning 50 and has invited her two ride-or-dies along for an unforgettable celebration: an all-expenses-paid visit to flashy new wellness resort. But when a medical mishap turns disastrous, the women are left with some wild side effects.

Mackenzie
Yve Blake

What if Macbeth was a 13-year-old child star? And what if Lady Macbeth was her ruthless stage mum?

It's 1987. Kylie's about to hit number one, and Jess meets Billy in First-year Juniors. They quickly become inseparable: proper soulmates – the kind who finish each other's sentences and overshare about first kisses.

The Drowning Girls and Comrades
Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, Daniela Vlaskalic

Two startling Canadian plays, both based on real-life events.

SAVIOR
Happy Feraren

Happy Feraren brings first-hand insight and fearless wit to this whip-smart satire. Utopia meets The White Lotus, SAVIOR skewers the ego, excess and ethical gymnastics of corporate humanitarianism.

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
Hilary Mantel Adapted by Alexandra Wood

It's late summer, 1983. Out in the street, the world is waiting to greet Margaret Thatcher as she emerges from hospital after routine surgery. Two people. One window. A gun. When the time comes to pull the trigger, what side of history will you be on?

Shoelace Chaser
Madelaine Nunn

Smart, self-sufficient and secretly just holding it together, Thea has spent the last two years keeping the secret that she's a carer for her mum. But chasing a university athletics scholarship means leaving her mum behind...

Driftwood
Martina Laird

'dis is my home. De only home I have. My whole life. My history here. And de only future I go have is here.'

September, 1956. As colonial Trinidad marches towards independence, a gentleman's club in downtown Port of Spain is entangled in a different kind of custody battle.

Owned by Englishman Mansion, it promises its guests a comfortable environment in which to relax and indulge. But when the impetuous Diamond drifts in, cutting deals and putting lives at risk, the…

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