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A Tamil teenager is preparing for their period party – a coming-of-age ritual meant to mark 'womanhood'. But Krish isn't a girl. And this celebration feels more like the start of a never-ending performance.
As expectations mount, Krish decides to take control. With help from their best friend Brenavee and a growing chosen family, Krish imagines the degendered party of their dreams.
Set in 2010, in the aftermath of the Tamil genocide, Gayathiri Kamalakanthan's play Period Parrrty is at once a story of survival and a trans Tamil rom-com for the ages.
Bryony Kimmings's play Bog Witch is about being the least likely eco-convert, the last person to let go of their capitalist trappings. It explores what happens when ordering things online, drinking booze and coffee, and stuffing your face with Deliveroo no longer brings happiness. Have we been disconnected from our ecosystems for too long? This is the story not of dropping out… but of plugging back in, and one that changes absolutely everything.
Based on the exploits of notorious jailbreaker, poacher and thief, Coch Bach y Bala, The Red Rogue of Bala is a hilarious, fast-paced comedy about power, community and myth.
1978. Holly, a young heiress, sits in a California prison awaiting trial for her role in a string of armed robberies that have captivated the nation. Her only hope? Her hotshot lawyer, Robert – who might make his name, if he can save hers.
2017. Robert, now one of the most famous attorneys in America, faces a different kind of trial: the court of public opinion. In a last-ditch bid for redemption, he turns to the one former client who could help him plead his case. But will she?
Inspired by the real-life trial of Patty Hearst, Katherine Moar's play Ragdoll is a psychedelic swirl of celebrity, violence and scandal.
Saplings is collection of hilarious and heartbreaking stories about young people experiencing the youth justice system. It gives an honest, raw look into the adult consequences faced by some of our most vulnerable.
Jazz, Broadway and the Great Depression. In 1930s New York City, international financier Gregor Antonescu's luck has finally run out. As news of a catastrophic business deal ripples across the world, he flees to the apartment of his estranged son Basil.
There, Gregor will need all of his ruthlessness and ingenuity to save his reputation and keep his empire from collapse. But will he risk using his only son as a pawn in one last power play?
Funny, profound and uplifting, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a joyous celebration of the human spirit, adapted by Rachel Joyce from her multi-million-selling novel, with music and lyrics by the chart-topping musician Passenger.
Two startling and surprising plays by award-winning writer Tim Foley: one to make you laugh, and one to make you scream…
It Walks Around The House At Night is a haunted house story for our times. When an out-of-work actor takes a job playing a ghost at an old country manor, he expects a few cheap scares but soon uncovers something far more frightening. Filled with haunting tricks, chilling twists and a generous dose of dark humour, the play toured the UK in 2026.
Jurassic is a comedy about disinformation and dinosaurs, in which a late-night screening of a certain Spielberg classic triggers carnage on a university campus.
As the stench in their building intensifies and infestations spread, a group of lonely tenants starts to ask questions.
The housing association will barely lift a finger and pest control 'don't deal with maggots', so the neighbours are left to grapple with their suspicions and fears alone – blurring the boundaries of their usually private lives in the process.
Farah Najib's play Maggots explores loneliness, systemic failure and what it means to build community.
It's a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russia's elite retreats to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs.
When you're having this much fun, why care about anything else? But Vavara can't shake the feeling that they're living on stolen time. How long can they go on ignoring the storm that's gathering on the horizon?
A razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial, Summerfolk was written by Maxim Gorky in 1904. This adaptation by Nina Raine and Moses Raine premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Robert Hastie.
Witty, ingenious and daringly theatrical, Emma Howlett's Aether explores physics, faith and magic in a play that tracks humanity's insatiable fascination with the unknown.
Aether was first performed at Summerhall during the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It received widespread critical acclaim and was named Best Theatre Show of the Fringe by the Telegraph. It transferred to Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2026.
In a small-town supermarket deli, two nameless women — Young One and Old One — slice meat while cutting each other down. One clings to the old rules, the other longs for more. Beneath the fluorescent lights and refrigerator hum, their everyday tasks unravel into a battle of wit, will, and survival.
With breathless hilarity, Kimber Lee's untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play jumps through time, wriggling inside of and then exploding lifetimes of repeating Asian stereotypes, wrestling with history for the right to control your own narrative in a world that thinks it can tell you who you are.
Do Not Pass Go turns hustle culture inside out to ask: when the system is built to break you, what's left to hold onto?
On 15 October 1970, the West Gate Bridge collapsed, killing thirty-five men in what remains Australia's deadliest industrial accident. Dennis McIntosh's haunting and compassionate play revisits this defining moment in Australian history, honouring the workers whose lives were lost and the families forever changed.
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...
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.
3 a.m. in a London flat. Jude and Kyle return from A&E. Jude has slipped, but they're both falling. A decade after their messy breakup, their surprise reunion threatens to undo them both.
Winner of Soho Theatre's Tony Craze Award, Louis Emmitt-Stern's Slippery is a hilarious and heartfelt play for two actors about ghosts, sex and spaghetti.
1841. Mary Ann Evans is of marriageable age. Her father has recently moved with her to Bird Grove House, with the sole purpose of finding her a suitable husband. But Mary Ann's remarkable intellect and growing self-confidence are forming progressive new ideas in her mind; ideas that challenge her father's most strongly held beliefs.
Winsome Pinnock's play The Authenticator is a gripping psychological thriller and a searing exploration of the haunting history of colonialism.
A bittersweet, tender exploration of the long trail of grief and the fickleness of memory, Kit Withington's play Heart Wall asks where we go when home has become somewhere you don't know. It was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Katie Greenall.
A classic Australian play. Robert O'Brien is an elocution teacher whose career is going nowhere fast when a new student arrives. Benjamin Franklin is a 12-year-old acting prodigy with a stutter, a pack-a-day smoking habit and some unsettling curiosities about his middle-aged voice teacher.
Isla and Violet are a 'lethal combination'. Their self-righteous headmaster thinks that's an insult. They think it's a cute name for a girl group. But, as their cosmic connection is tested, one key question arises: will Isla and Violet be pulled apart, or will they reign supreme?
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.
LAZARUS is the extraordinary true story of Larry Walsh (Taungurung Elder, activist and storyteller) brought to life in a heartfelt and vital story that speaks to the soul of this country. The play follows Lazarus as he rises from the ashes of injustice to reclaim his story and his spirit.