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Coralie Lansdowne refuses to settle down with one man. When she stays at an ex-lover's beach house, a series of visitors make her rethink her place in the world.
One hundred brilliant plays addressing the urgent issue of today: the climate crisis. One hundred different writers present a call to arms, to step up, think big, and unleash theatre's power to imagine a better future into being.
Inspired by real-life testimony, four generations of black men are trying to understand themselves in a world which tells them they have to be strong.
In this contemporary Canadian retelling of the story of Antigone, denial of what rages outside of a city's perimeter comes to a head when a young princess named Alison tries to expose the truth of her beloved cousin Henry's death.
An ordinary Tuesday turns really, really weird when the sky over the school playground suddenly rips open. Pupils and teachers are sucked up to a parallel universe, whilst a new set of people start raining down from above.
Since 2015, the Australian government has raised an estimated $2.1bn in debt from Centrelink clients in a manner which the Federal Court has since ruled 'unlawful'. Known as the Robodebt scandal, the scheme affected over 400,000 Australians, including some of the nation's most vulnerable people.
Best mates Liam and Fletch grew up together. But while Fletch was getting suspended from school, Liam was studying. And now he's going to Oxford. But with Liam gone, who's going to keep Fletch out of trouble?
Created from five years of interviews with twelve young people from across the UK, Our Generation is a captivating portrait of their teenage years as they journey into adulthood.
The remarkable true story of Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson, caught between revolutionary and parliamentary politics as she fights for a better world.
Electric Rosary is a sharp, timely and gloriously funny play by Tim Foley, asking what faith really means in the age of artificial intelligence and what it is to be human in tomorrow's world.
SLAP. BANG. KISS. tracks three young people whose stories kickstart a series of events none of them could have anticipated, transforming them into global symbols of revolution. But when their stories go viral and the whole world is watching, what will they do next?
After reading reports of the British ship Zong, where 132 enslaved Africans were thrown overboard, one man sets in motion a series of events that galvanise the abolition movement in Britain.
Sisters Asha and Bettina meet every afternoon, outside the school gates, to tackle the injustice of the world — propelled forward by battles on the school playground and battles that defined global history.
Far Gone is a profoundly moving play for one actor which tells the story of a young boy's journey from childhood innocence to child soldier, seen through the eyes of those that love him – and those that betray him.
Coming home from her sister's funeral, Grace decides that her time has come. Her daughter, Dorothy, makes it her mission to show Grace the beauty of living. But Dorothy is struggling herself and starts to worry that her mum might have the right idea.
In the old CFA hall, a small group of locals come together to sing, and to connect. Aseni, Barbara, Mack, Savannah and Totty have splintered from their original choir on a matter of principle and are intent on forging their own path. With latest recruit Peter along for the ride, they have a new name, a space to rehearse in and a public debut booked.
An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2023, London's leading festival of live performance. Fanboy by Joe Sellman-Leava, Five Years with the White Man by Eloka Obi and Saul Boyer, Honour-Bound by Zahra Jassi, How We Begin by Elisabeth Lewerenz, and I Fucked You in My Spaceship by Louis Emmitt-Stern.
Set in contemporary, post-pandemic London, full of illicit sex, political hypocrisy and the machinations of a fame-hungry elite, Scandaltown is a comedy for the new Restoration of the theatres.
Sophie Swithinbank's play Bacon is an unflinching and unexpectedly humorous look at masculinity, sexuality and power, through the dizzying lens of youth.
Gavi wants to inspire his community. Which is tricky when everyone wants to just stay at home and watch Bake Off. But, determined to succeed, he starts hosting amateur motivational meetings from his garage.
It's 2022. There's a rainbow flag in every high-street window, and no lesbian bar. Enter The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs: a lesbian choir on a mission to unite a disparate and dwindling community. Led by a world-weary conductor, the choir flirt, gossip and attempt to sing their way onto the main stage at Pride.
Fast Food looks at the gig economy through the lives of five people just trying to dream of something better. Some are there by choice, others just haven't figured out what else they should be doing. Life starts to take on a new meaning when hands are busy … and hearts and minds begin to wander.
A man kneels by his dive gear. It's late afternoon on the Limestone Coast. He has a story to tell. It starts in the water. From Mount Gambier to Thailand to the North Sea, from soaring first love to shattering loss to ultimate hope, this powerful story ponders a diver's life shaped by the ocean, and its power to both upend and heal.
Black Sun/Blood Moon by Chris Bendall follows Maddy, a ten-year-old climate champion, and Katie, the underachieving assistant of a climate-denying politician, as they set out to save the planet.
A double-dare draws six seemingly normal teenagers into the twilight bush of Black Mountain. As night falls and time shifts around, they realise they are lost. When a knife keeps turning up, despite their efforts to get rid of it, they fear they'll never come out alive.
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