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Ex-boxer Taylor Flint wants to put the past behind her. Yet back on the Hull estate where she grew up, she is drawn into running a boxercise class. Amanda Whittington's play is inspired by Hull's original Mighty Atom, Barbara Buttrick.

A one-man comedy-drama about a small-time drug dealer in Cardiff, from critically acclaimed writer Alan Harris.

A historical drama about the 18-year-old Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, and the protestant reformer, John Knox.

A darkly funny political thriller, winner of the 2017 Tony Award for Best Play.

An affecting play, based on a true story, about what happens when our world is turned upside down.

Funny, fresh and packed with razor-sharp wit, Kevin Elyot's landmark drama questions the nature of fidelity and the limits of love.

A tale of friendship, love and rivalry over thirty years from award-winning playwright Elinor Cook.

A barnstorming new play about Britain's famous warrior Queen. Published alongside the world premiere at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London. AD 61, Britannia. On the furthest outreaches of the Roman Empire - at the very edge of the known world - rebellion is brewing.Queen Boudica has returned. And she will make Rome quake in fear.

A comedy about getting away from it all - the debut play from the BAFTA Award-winning co-writer and co-creator of Peep Show, Fresh Meat and Four Lions.

A collection of five plays by Alexi Kaye Campbell: The Pride, Apologia, The Faith Machine, Bracken Moor and Sunset at the Villa Thalia.

A moving, truthful and darkly comic play about one woman's experience of a women's refuge.

Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.

A backstage view of Ancient Rome at its most bloody and brutal, adapted by Mike Poulton from Robert Harris's bestselling The Cicero Trilogy.

Winner of the 2016 Theatre503 Playwriting Award, Andrew Thompson's debut play is about the adventures of three extraordinary women spanning 80 years, against the backdrop of humanity's journey to the stars.

A tender but truthful exploration of love and ageing, asking how we choose to live in the face of soaring life expectancies. Winner of the 2017 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Two plays by award-winning writer James Fritz, each asking urgent, pointed and complex questions of the times we live in.

A searingly powerful play about what one individual can do to effect change. Winner of the Judges' Award in the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

A play for two actors - or many more - exploring just how much wild we're comfortable with.

A heartbreaking, powerful and bitterly comic account of what it is to be a woman in wartime.

In the ruins of a garden in rural England, in a house which was once a home, one woman searches for seeds of hope. Albion is a new play by Mike Bartlett, premiering at the Almeida Theatre, London, in October 2017 in a production directed by Rupert Goold.

Annie Baker's mesmerising play about a young couple struggling to stay together.

A beautifully observed, moving account of a second generation immigrant family navigating the familial conflicts between generations and cultures.

An exhilarating play about human triumph, ambition, self-doubt, and pride, set in the world of boxing.

A collection of short plays curated by Sue Parrish, Artistic Director of Sphinx Theatre.

A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.

A sharply funny, moving play set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and celebrating women's strength under siege.

A heartwarming, joyful and dazzlingly funny exploration of bittersweet nostalgia and the enduring power of friendship.

A riotous celebration of sisterhood, showing that while life may throw up unexpected turbulence, friendships will last the course.

Kate Bowen's taut, funny and powerful play follows three pioneering young women in the world's most dangerous workplace.

A funny, touching and thought-provoking comedy drama about the members of a village choir.