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A powerful coming-of-age story set in the heart of Liverpool in 1989. A funny and ultimately heartbreaking monologue.

A fantastical interpretation of the true story of a man trapped in a tunnel beneath the trenches during World War One. A blend of physical theatre, verse, puppetry and music.

The story of a man who preserves his youth while his portrait visibly deteriorates with time.

A dark comedy from up-and-coming playwright Kieran Lynn that ponders the effects of extremism.

A contemporary classic, this is internationally renowned playwright Howard Barker's most famous and accessible play.

An elegant and spellbinding stage adaptation of Jane Austen's famous novel, Mansfield Park opened in Theatre Royal, Bath in 2012, and is back by popular demand, touring the UK in 2013.

A thrilling black comedy set in an off-motorway restaurant, from one of the UK's most exciting young writers.

The visceral struggles of South Africa are laid bare in this haunting, violent, intimate and epic retelling of Miss Julie.

A play about the Depression in Britain, explores an era that speaks to our times. A forgotten play by one Britain's greatest dramatists.

A gruelling and haunting play which follows a couple's halting, humorous and devastating attempt at the impossible - to say goodbye after a lifetime together.

Arthur W.Pinero's The Second Mrs Tanqueray was the greatest commercial success of the Victorian theatre. The Daily Telegraph described this theatrical treasure as the play 'that changed British theatre forever'.

Two plays set in London on the eve of the Olympic Games. In 'Taking Part' a Congolese security guard dreams of swimming for his country at the Games. In 'After The Party' two flailing DJs from Stratford hope the Olympics will revive their fortunes.

A verbatim play based on the moving real-life stories of disabled athletes aspiring to compete at the London 2012 Paralympics.

Adapted from 'The True Anti-Pamela', and eighteenth-century comic classic, this is a bawdy tale of sexual scandal in a provincial Welsh town.

An allegorical response to the London riots of 2011, in which the story of Peter Pan is given a disturbing, dystopian twist.

In a city overcome with death, we are finally forced to start living.

A harrowing portrait of two self-destructive individuals, in a relationship marred by domestic violence.

A haunting and deeply moving portrait of a marriage in the face of apocalyptic destruction, this play is a beautifully witty reimagining of the biblical story of Lot, exposing the human truth behind the legend, by England's greatest living dramatist.

Two years after its disastrous opening in 1896, "The Seagull" was successfully revived at the Moscow Art Theatre. Checkhov's self-mocking description of the play was: "A comedy - 3F, 6M, four acts, rural scenery (a view over a lake); much talk of literature, little action, five bushels of love".

2013 Critics Award Scotland Best Technical Presentation WINNER 2013 Critics Award Scotland Best Children and Young People's Show NOMINEE A life-affirming tale about a 15-year-old who believes he has the power to turn invisible. However his powers start to desert him when his life suffers a tragic twist of fate.

A new version of Euripides's great antiwar play.

A thriller which goes behind the scenes at the Vatican, uncovering the rivalries, the political manoeuvrings and the unspoken crises of faith that surrounded the death of 'the Smiling Pope'.

A searing, breathtaking monologue which touches on revolution, unification of Italy and the repulsion of body and mind.

A farce by the English playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The plot concerns a respectable magistrate who finds himself caught up in a series of scandalous events that almost cause his disgrace.

Three Irish road-diggers encounter some long-buried secrets in a play which mixes tales of Irish exile with Greek mythology.

A moving and comic new play by Sarah Wooley, featuring a strong female lead for an older actress. Opened at Hampstead theatre in December 2012.

A contemporary adaptation of a classic German play, a comic satire on militarization and the 'cult of the uniform'.

A tragic comedy, McGonagall's Chronicles charts the poet's life story, tries to understand how he could be so bad at what he did and gets to the heart of the dilemma that surrounds his legend - is it okay for us to laugh at someone's obvious and relentless failings?

A formally innovative play about dementia, which employs a fragmentary structure to explore memory and the ageing mind.

Full of sharp humour, this play follows a character who is forced to confront the painful secrets of the past.