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An ambitious, poetic reworking of the story of Myrrah from Ovid's Metamorphosis, Poor Beck is a rich exploration of love, language and the senses. Poor Beck is Laurens' third play. The Three Birds, won her the Critics' Circle Most Promising Playwright Award and the Time Out Award for Most Outstanding new talent, and Five Gold Rings opened at the Almeida Theatre in December 2003.

At a time of turmoil, wise Tobit is struck blind. Suddenly penniless, he sends his son Tobias to reclaim an old debt. Tobias is afraid but a stranger arrives and offers to guide him. An orchestra, a company of singers, a choir and two choruses drawn from Lambeth and Southwark accompany Tobias across mountains towards love and self-knowledge.

Jack Tops sets out to avenge the murder of his father, drawing him deep into London's violent underworld. It's a dark and dangerous place but Jack is a survivor. This is a tale of murder, revenge and retribution, set in an East End underworld of betting-shops, back-room gambling, debt collection and working-class skulduggery.

A play about an intelligent young girl and her relentless refusal of the establishment. When suddenly a people's revolution breaks out and a mercenary soldier intrudes the family home, the conflict between the regime and the unconquered girl is revealed.

Can a family find hope for the future? This play explores the possibility that love might return, and redemption be found, for a couple whose lives have been battered by the experience of parenting a violent son.

An isolated house in a forgotten valley has only the litter and noise from the surrounding motorway above as company. A flash of lightning and a freak car crash leave three runaways stranded and seeking refuge. As society whizzes by all around, they enter a world of dreams and nightmares.This new play for our time is brimming with savage humour, touching humanity and visual invention. Lost Monsters was in production at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre Liverpool Everyman Theatre in May-June 2009.

Winner of fourteen top South African awards, including Best New South African Play.

An intriguing new play from a critically acclaimed performance poet.

Classic play adapted by award winning writer, Tanika Gupta.

From Fringe First winner Inua Ellams comes a new story about two foster brothers building a global t-shirt brand.

During a heady hot summer, a young girl's sexual awakening is coloured by shadows of her early childhood. This work dramatises the unconscious world of instinct where the lives of humans, plants and eels are all ruled by the primal rhythms of the wetlands.

Takes a humorous and subversive look at the world we live in today - one of multi-culturalism and blurred boundaries.

"Pumps out oneliners like a Schwarznegger Woody Allen."--Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph

An exploration of ageing and grief by Eve Leigh, The Trick is a magic show about the parts of life we don't talk about - the realities of getting older and coming to terms with loss.

This rhythmic, sizzling solo show conjures the violence of a city and imagines a more beautiful world beyond it.

A controversial 1912 classic: one of the first plays in modern British history to feature a female working-class protagonist.

The acclaimed English Touring Theatre adaptation.

It's a simple idea, really. Wear a uniform. Protect who you love. Let nothing get in your way.

Based on the spoken testimony of veterans of the First World War, collected by the Sound Archive of the Imperial War Museum in 1970, this book contains memories of the war.

A new play by the multi-award winning Australian dramatist Lachlan Philpott, one of the most acclaimed queer playwrights.

Part living-room gathering, part play, part gig session, Rantin draws on storytelling, live music and the Scottish folk tradition.

Seen from a British perspective, The Spalding Suite gets to the heart and soul of the gravity-defying game of basketball.

When reclusive crime writer Daniel Quinn receives a mysterious call seeking a private detective in the middle of the night, he quickly and unwittingly becomes the protagonist in a thriller of his own. As the familiar territory of the noir

While learning about stand-up comedy, Gary met a boy called Donald. This is Donald's story.

Drawn from a lost Greek play, The Storm is the most popular of Plautus' Roman comedies.

Explores the tensions between parental attitudes from an older culture and the realities of inner-city life for their children.

Rena is 17 and nothing gets to her. Not even when her parents kick her out and her older brother has to take her abroad with him. In Uganda, at a school for ex-child soldiers, she meets Alice, a girl her own age who has seen and done worse than Rena ever did. As friendship develops, so does the risk of betrayal.

What makes a country? What makes a citizen?

Inspired by real events, Hannah Patterson's latest play Eden is a modern-day David and Goliath drama about the importance of fighting for what's right - whatever the outcome.

From Pride in Poland and Windass at Wembley, to City of Culture and Brexit Britain, Us Against Whatever is an electrifying cabaret about the places we keep in our hearts, with support from Hull's finest voices - you!