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Set in 1916, three young women from the Scottish Women's Hospital are sent to the Russian front to support the war effort. Darkly funny and raw in its emotions, Sea and Land and Sky is a gripping and sensual tale of youth, war, memory - and the power of love.

DC Moore's Northampton-based play Town is coupled with his hard-hitting, hilarious monologue Honest.

A play by critically acclaimed and prize-winning playwright, Shelley Silas, this original and funny play explores cultural traditions and clashes.

A History of Falling Things is a gentle love story about a young man and woman forced to confront their fears of the outside world and discover what really matters to their lives.

In Saturn Returns we follow one man as he reaches a series of crossroads with three women and comes to understand how the echoes of the past have defined the orbit of his life. Moving from wry humour to touching poignancy, this new play from one of American theatre's brightest new voices unashamedly looks for answers to life's big questions.

Crash is a contemporary, political comedy, probing the feelings behind and reaction to the economic crisis and the people who caused it, by the award-winning William Nicholson, writer of Shadowlands.

Onassis portrays the last years of the life of the wealthy shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who after a notorious affair with Maria Callas, married Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of US President John F. Kennedy, in 1968.

Irish builder Noel and his wife May throw a dinner party in Dublin for their dodgy but plausible English colleagues Julian and June. It is unforgettable, for all the wrong reasons. Years later Julian and June are forced to return the compliment in London. A lot has changed, but for better or worse?

Adapted for the stage by the author, The Speckled People is a German-Irish memoir of growing up in Dublin during the 1950s. This family drama tells a profoundly moving story of a young boy trapped in a war of identity and language.

Tells about the author's brave and flamboyant life. This work reminisces and replays scenes from his life from a postwar childhood, a stint as a classical actor in the late 60s, to living in a drag commune in Notting Hill and being an active member of the Gay Liberation Front.

Following the success of Sleeping Beauty, Park Theatre's annual Christmas show returns with their second instalment of The Chronicles of Waa. With original music, magic and plenty of laughter for the whole family, Jack and the Beanstalk is a tale of friendship, love and Tupperware: lots of Tupperware!In Gazoob, the land of the Giants, evil inventor Ms Grimm wants world domination and it seems there is nothing her lovely daughter Grenthel and Geoff, the smallest giant in the world, can do to stop her.Meanwhile in Nowen, a peaceful but poor Kingdom, Jack and his mum Tina struggle to pay the rent. To make matters worse, they have to get rid of their trusted cow, Daisy. When Grimm's evil plan lands at their feet, all seems doomed. But what will save the day and unite these two kingdoms? Jack's heroic deeds at the Nowenthian Sports festival? Tina's extensive knowledge of antique Tupperware? Or will the musical, Mariachi oracles known as 'The Shepherds Gonzales' have the answer?The future of the Land of Waa is at stake!

On a farm, in a village, on the fringe of Europe, life is simple but hard. When the sweeping forces of war and progress pass through, Lizaveta must run for her life. Finding shelter on an old woman's farm, she tries to piece her life back together. But her past catches up with her and she must keep moving.Her journey through a land of mud and blood, icon painters and holy fools, takes her across continents to the other side of the world. Through Lizaveta's eyes familiar places and notions of love, family and identity become distant and strange.Cannibals is a bold and unique play by Manchester playwright, Rory Mullarkey. It is his first full-length play, written while he was Pearson Playwright in Residence at the Royal Exchange in 2011.

Writing is the hardest thing I've done. It's a grind. You see me up here and you think I've made it. But it's not all it's cracked up to be. The Beacon, Buttershaw 1990. Andrea Dunbar, acclaimed writer of Rita, Sue, and Bob Too, mum, sister, best friend, is struggling with her latest work. Her aching head is full of voices, stories from her past which have to be heard.A bittersweet tale of the north/south divide, it reveals how a shy teenage girl defied the circumstances into which she was born and went on to become one of her generation's greatest dramatists.Adelle Stripe's 'outstanding debut novel' of Andrea Dunbar's life is adapted for the stage by Lisa Holdsworth. This edition was published to coincide with the stage premiere at the Ambassador Theatre, Bradford in May 2019.

The Knot of the Heart is a powerfully honest portrait of a young woman struggling with addiction. Returning home to her mother and sister, Lucy becomes self-obsessed and self-destructive as she simultaneously wants to end her drug habit and deny that it even exists.

In 1611, John Donne was at the restless centre of a changing world, in which a new Bible, a new science, and a decadent court tore at loyalties old and new. Juggling the demands of an increasingly whimsical king and the aftershocks of a colourful youth, Donne's attempts to keep body and soul together become increasingly desperate.

A programme playtext of Philip Ridley's latest haunting work for Soho Theatre , London, from May 2008.

Using unusual narrative techniques to examine personal and political stories, Silence weaves together multiple storylines to raise questions of absence and loss; silence and noise; past and present; home and abroad, as the narrative switches between the 1990s and the present, and between Britain and Russia.

In Basildon is an epic family drama exploring inheritance and the myth of place.

This volume contains the script for the play "Restoration" as well as the written music for the play's 14 song

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Go where there's violence. Silicon Valley. The future. A rocket launches. Luke is an aerospace billionaire who can talk to anyone. But God is talking to him. He sets out to change the world. Only violence stands in his way.Christopher Shinn's gripping play received its world premiere at the Almeida Theatre on 12 August 2017 in a production directed by Ian Rickson and featuring Ben Whishaw as Luke.

All the rooms reek of lavender and rose petals. There's something dead about it. Like flowers the day after a ball.Returning to her home town in the house of her dreams, her husband with a new job on the horizon, and a feeling of change in the air. Yet, for Heather, there is only the feeling of boredom, a feeling as futile as it is fatal.A powerful and emotionally charged play about a woman's separation and isolation from the affluent, materialistic society that she has become a part of. Set in 1960s Edgbaston, Heather Gardner is a fresh and stylish new take on Ibsen's Hedda Gabler.It is written by one of the UK's most promising young writers Robin French, whose first play, Bear Hug, won the Royal Court Young Writer's Festival and was produced at the Royal Court in 2004, where it earned an extended run.

On the closing night of Edenderry's Savoy cinema, three men have gathered for an unusual wake to remember of the life of the cinema and its place in their lives.

World war breaks out in Discworld play script Discworld goes to war, with armies of sardines, warriors, fishermen, squid and at least one very camp follower. As two armies march, Commander Vimes of Ankh- Morpork City Watch faces unpleasant foes who are out to get him...and that's just the people on his side. The enemy might be even worse.

Amidst the filth and fury of Dublin 1904, the theatrical event of the century is about to explode... Will the Irish National Theatre of Ireland seize its chance for glory? This work is a gleefully innovative look at Dublin's lurid past, a rampant piece of story theatre that has delighted critics and audiences alike during its tour of Ireland.

Features two plays: "By a Thread" explores the immediate experience of adolescent insecurity and issues of responsibility, love, jealousy and death; and "The Raft" - produced by BBC Radio 4 - offers a moving and daring exploration of a young mother's struggle to survive the desolation of prison and separation from her son.

In Bernalillo New Mexico, Ray and Earl return home to mark the passing of their estranged father, Henry. Over a bottle of bourbon and a box of photographs, tales of their childhoods emerge. As they encounter Henry's bizarre collection of friends telling further stories of a wild lover, the circumstances surrounding his death provokes suspicion...

Edward's highly principled world is turned upside down when his father reveals that he has been illegally speculating with clients' money. To make matters worse, he soon discovers his scandal-fearing family would perpetuate the crime rather than risk public dishonour. This work is a portrait of an upper middle class family.

Opening at Soho Theatre, London, in September 2007 in a co-production with Talawa Theatre Company, Pure Gold is the debut work by Michael Bhim, winner of the Alfred Fagon Award.