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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.

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'.

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

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

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

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

A surreal and wildly original story about connection - to our families, our memories, our moment in time, by one of the USA's leading playwrights.

Two interlocking monologues about two brothers; a poignant story of two complex, wounded lives.

Inspired by the birth of rave culture in the 1990s and its subsequent demonization, Beats uses immersive storytelling to explore contemporary society.

Winner of a Scotsman Fringe First Award 2013. Shortlisted for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award 2013 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2013. A searing monologue from an F16 fighter pilot , grounded when she falls pregnant, an subsequently reassigned to America's drone programme.

" A new play chronicling life in modern India, fusing verbatim testimony with Islamic folktale tradition to create a highly individual piece of contemporary drama. A story of conflict, family and football. "

A gloriously theatrical story of the birth and decline of the American Dream, told through the relationship of an immortal Dutch couple. From one of the USA's leading experimental theatre companies.

A stunning series of interlocking stories about the moments when life offers you a choice between heroism and compromise, and what happens after you choose, from Fringe First winning playwright and theatre-maker Chris Thorpe.

A witty and acerbic comedy exploring the trials of middle-class family life.

An electrifying dark morality tale by multi-award winning playwright and screenwriter Dennis Kelly.

Doonreagan explores the doomed relationship between Ted and Assia during their brief but intense spell in Connemara: an ultimate test of conjugality and family life, at which neither of them had excelled so far. A new play by Ann Henning Jocelyn.

Ghosts is published to coincide with the Gate Theatre's production of Amelia Bullmore's new translation of Ibsen's classic.

A year on from the hugely successful Wah! Wah! Girls, writer Tanika Gupta returns with a hilarious and touching story of love, attachment and what we mean by home.

A play about a boy who is growing up under the influence of soul music in Philadelphia from an award-winning actor and writer.

The story of four middle-age mothers on a night away from their kids, as they get together to watch the 2008 US election. A new play on race and political correctness by Sarah Rutherford premiering at the Park Theatre.