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A poetic meditation on the power of female beauty by Anne Carson.

A quirky modern fairy tale about impossible love.

The Border is an outrageous Brechtian parable that explores the lines we draw between ourselves and other people.

Challenging perceptions of what it is to live with mental illness, Gods & Kings is a bracingly honest and darkly funny real-life tale, expressing what it is to live a life ruled by mental illness.

Northern Ireland, 1989. A farmhouse window smashes, and rebellious Fianna Devlin crashes back into the life of her pious sister Alannah. Meghan Tyler's surreal Crocodile Fever is a grotesque black comedy celebrating sisterhood whilst reminding us that the pressure cooker of The Troubles is closer than we imagine.

This is an emotionally charged journey through the last days of a young woman's battle with herself.

A subtle rumination on single parenthood, sexuality and video games, James Corley's debut play is a deceptively gentle and achingly tender portrait of lives lived in the heart of the city, yet squarely on the world's edges.

On a quiet suburban street in Dublin, a piece of graffiti tears apart a group of neighbours, exposing a deep divide between them.

Inspired by the 1965 films Three Approaches To Psychotherapy (The Gloria films), The Patient Gloria is a provocative meditation on therapy and female desire.

A gripping and revelatory drama based on interviews from the aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown - Dael Orlandersmith journeys into the heart and soul of modern-day America.

In 2018, island-monkeys Becca and Louise got invited to Valletta, the European Capital of Culture in Malta. They thought they were going to drink rum with Brits abroad, celebrating their final year as Europeans, and make a play. Instead they found corruption, hypocrisy, and murder in the fight to be European.

Bubble Schmeisis is full of intimate and personal true stories about identity, home and getting schmeised (washed) by old men.

A tense thriller about a Maori social worker, supporting a couple whose child has gone missing.

Matthew Bulgo's new intellectual thriller American Nightmare dissects the battle lines that exist within the eponymous 'American Dream'.

A thrilling contemporary AI version of the classic tale of scientific hubris, exploring Artificial Intelligence, virtual reality, emotional learning and what it means to be post-human.

Jacob Zuma confronts a former head of South Africa's intelligence services.

As this far right political earthquake ripples through society, Aymeric must make his choice: resist the forces of hatred or harness them for his own success. Mephisto [A Rhapsody] is a searing contemporary response to Klaus Mann's banned, and fiercely political cult novel.

A new verbatim play from Hassan Abdulrazzak exploring the realities of USA-UK transatlantic detention and deportation.

A funny, big-hearted Mod anthem to solidarity and acceptance in an increasingly hostile world.

A brave new piece by Racheal Ofori exploring cultural and generational shifts, religion and sexuality from the point of view of a first-generation British-Ghanaian woman.

A dark comedy about the epic battles and alliances within the psyche, and the beautiful power of the mind to protect itself from pain.

In a new adaptation for London's Gate Theatre, award winning British playwright Nick Payne retells the story of Sophocles Electra in a visceral and powerful new stage version.

An electrifying new version of Chekhov's Three Sisters, by visionary director Benedict Andrews.

A play for younger people, DNA is a poignant and, sometimes, hilarious tale with a very dark heart. It opened at the National Theatre in February 2008.

Follows a woman's Herculean struggle against the curse of infertility. The woman's barrenness becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a child drives her to commit a terrible crime.

A world premiere from Richard Bean, the award-winning writer of One Man, Two Guvnors, The Nap is a laugh out loud comedy thriller about love, honour and not getting snookered.

Michael hasn't been back to Ireland in almost twenty years. Having been kicked out of the seminary and exiled from his family home, he found himself in London, by accident rather than design. But now, the death of his mother sees him back in the small town where he grew up. The place that chewed him up and spat him out.Reunited with his two brothers, their partners and the local clergy, there are questions that want answering and old scores that need laying to rest. Where do you find home, when your family and faith have abandoned you? An Irish funeral brings out the best and worst in people, and a long night of truths lies ahead.

This Songbook Edition contains the fully-transcribed piano and vocal arrangements for all fourteen songs from the show, so you can have a sherry and sing any of the glamorous roles: Prophetic Ghost! Prominent aesthete Lord Berners! Person from Didcot! etc.

Madame Ranevskya returns from Paris as the family estate, including her beloved cherry orchard, is about to be sold to pay for mounting debts. Revelling in past glories and their extravagant lifestyle, the family ignore all offers of help.

Explores the effect of the criminal justice system on women and their families.