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An RSC commission to commemorate the first celebration of Shakespeare's life and works. A mischievous satire on the foundation of the Shakespeare industry. This irreverent comedy dissects the cult of the theatrical personality, with guest appearances from the Bard himself and Sir Peter Hall.

Set around Limehouse Cut and the Lee River in East London, "Herons" is the story of 14-year-old Billy, whose life has been made a misery by his father's actions. As the teenagers that surrond him on his estate step up their campaign of bullying, the play escalates to a violent climax.

Foley is the last of his family, among the last Protestants in the Republic of Ireland. He is attempting to recall his life, but memory is a fickle thing.

A new edition of Doug Lucie's most celebrated plays - "Fashion", "Progress", "Hard Feelings" and "Doing the Business".

The timing and setting of Bond's latest play is non-specific, with the theme being timeless. It is a tragedy about the futility of war. In wartime, as communication and society break down, both soldiers and civilians are led to acts of barbarism and self-destruction.

D'you ever look in the mirror and you don't recognise the person looking back at you?

The term "Boston Marriage" is 19th century slang for the implied relationship between women who lived together, independent of men. This play examines the shifting and ambiguous relationship between two such women, Claire and Anna.

Strictly Dandia, Tamasha Theatre Company's new play, takes us into the competitive world of the Navratri Festival where regional and caste rivalries abound in a bid to outdo each other with smart moves and step variations.

Life for Faz and his twitty assistant, Twoo, has become listless and lacking in sparkle. That is, until Faz invents skungpoomery, or "thinking up a word and then doing it". And so saying, Faz and Twoo bunkjam jarmer into the world outside. Ken Campbell has also written "Furtive Nudist".

One of a series of drama texts published to coincide with theatrical premieres of new plays and translations.

"The most important playwright to have emerged north of the border in years." (Scotsman)

Writer Lee Hall and director Marcello Magni (co-founder of the Theatre de Complicite) rework Carlo Collodi's classic tale of Pinocchio in slapstick commedia dell'arte style which should appeal to all ages.

Mark Ravenhill's play "Mother Clap's Molly House" explores the gay subculture of 18th-century London.

In financial and emotional despair, Suzanne returns to live with her mother. Instead of finding peace of mind however, her already complicated life becomes even more chaotic. A rocky relationship with her foster son Luka, a one-night stand and having to handle her mother's boyfriend doesn't help.

With "The Sanctuary Lamp" the author takes a hallowed institution and populates it with social misfits who desecrate every convention in both thought and action.

A major new play, with its world premiere at London's Almeida Theatre

"Thrilling...unforgettable, maybe even life-changing...it has the inevitablity and much of the monumentality of a Greek tragedy" (USA today)

A new play by an exciting young American writer, presented at London's Royal Court Theatre

Winer of a 1994 Time Out Theatre Award and TMA/Martini Award for Best UK Touring Production

A grocer and his wife dissatisfied by a play's progress invade the stage and commandeer the play to suit their tastes. A chaotic play within a play erupts, as each group attempts to carry on despite the unscripted interventions. Written in 1607, this is a comedy from a successor of Shakespeare.

Written in 1926 and originally entitled Ritz Bar, Semi-Monde was considered too daring for its time. A visually daring comedy that provides a metaphor for Coward's own sexuality.

Set amongst the ruins of post-war Berlin, this play follows a young soldier, sent for a weekend to guard a deserted British army office. In the corrosive atmosphere of Cold War power struggles, he finds his conscience is on trial.

Saturday night, small town Wales, one pub, one party and three lads stuck with their school reputations - the gimp, the geek and the bully. Their dream - to get the hell out. A Paines Plough production directed by Vicky Featherstone.

Displaying his characteristic disdain for bourgeois hypocrisy, in "The Good Hope" Heijermans takes up the cause of exploited fisherman. Set in Whitby, this fresh adaptation by Lee Hall aims to breathe new life into a European classic.

It's the 1960s and we're in the back of a porn cinema in Gateshead. Abel Stein takes a dislike to a cockney punter, knocks him out and stuffs him in a cupboard. Then they find out that the infamous Kray twins are in town. What do you do when you've inadvertently kidnapped England's scariest man?

Angel Cruz, a poor Puerto Rican, isn't sure why he's in jail after shooting Reverend Kim, the born-again Christian who brainwashed his best friend. But when the Reverend dies in hospital, Angel lands in solitary confinement next to Lucius, a card-carrying Christian serial-killer.

A new executive breed is emerging on the outskirts of Dublin - where once there was a sense of history and socialism, the corporate moguls have enslaved the idealists and turned them into entrepreneurs. But Marion and Kevin find their emotional prosperity threatened by an economic squall.

A stunning new play by the award-winning writer of The Glee Club ("Dramatic Dynamite" - Evening Standard)

"The most distinctive, the most restless, the most obsessive imagination at work in the Irish theatre today" Brian Friel

"Michael Frayn has the rare ability to construct farcical comedy around philosophical principles and the laughs and the ideas effortlessly intermesh" (Guardian)