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A practical, and inspiring guide to using puppetry in theatre - the perfect entry point for anyone looking to use puppets in their productions, to explore what puppets can do, or to develop their puppetry skills. Ideal for actors and performers, for directors and designers, and for teachers and students of all ages and levels of experience.

A new play by Nessa Muthy. Welcome to a world where your partner can arrive by special delivery, you can replace your ex with a replica, or supplement your waning love life with regular updates. It could be the answer to all our problems... but what might we lose along the way?

Three women. Three conversations. As the details of what they share begin to diverge, we realise that a subtle game of survival is being played.

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

A darkly comic, claustrophobic tale of voyeurism and sexual politics.

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

Autumn 1940. The Battle of Britain rages. Southampton is home to Britain's only hope of victory: the Spitfire. But when the Luftwaffe drops 2,300 bombs in three devastating raids, the city goes up in flames and the Woolston Supermarine Spitfire factory is destroyed. From the ashes, a story of chaos, courage and community spirit emerges.

A prodigiously talented young musician, an Ivy League school, a life changing allegation. Premiered at Hampstead Theatre, Amy Ng's explosive new play asks whether we can ever escape our past and investigates the destructive side of our search for acceptance.

An anthology of the three winning plays in the inaugural Heretic Voices competition, seeking out the best new writing in monologue form. First performed at the Arcola theatre, London.

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

Nine nights of music, food, sharing stories - and an endless parade of mourners. Natasha Gordon's debut play Nine Night is a touching and very funny exploration of the rituals of family. It premiered at the National Theatre in April 2018.

Fifteen year old Billie has lived with her Dad in their little flat for as long as she can remember, but all that's about to change. A moving portrayal of the conflict between personal aspiration and familial responsibility, and what happens when those you should depend on need you more than you need them.

Sarah Burgess' breathtakingly witty and virtuosic comedy exploring the vision, the vulnerability, and the vilification of those shaping - and skewing - the economy.

In 1949, Dr Jacob Bronowski installs a secret, alarmed room in his house. Fifty years later his grandson discovers his secrets, unearthing echoes from across six million years of human history, told from the perspective of a century in which every year is a revolutionary year.

Maddy and Rory are devoted parents to 3-year-old Joshua, committed to keeping him happy and safe. But when an everyday visit to a supermarket cafe turns into a far more troubling incident, their trust even in those closest to them is shattered. Fear and doubt consume them, until they reach a savage breaking point.

A step-by-step breakdown of the entire journey towards making a verbatim-theatre production - covering everything you need to consider - by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner.

A bold and exciting new approach to Bertolt Brecht, making his theories and ideas about theatre accessible to a new generation of actors, directors, students and theatre-makers, and showing how they can be put into practice.

A smart, witty new musical by Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth about truth, celebrity and public outrage. A shocking crime divides the nation. Fingers are pointed, sides are drawn, facts are hard to come by. Why did this happen? How do we move on? What must we remember?

Two plays from the talented and award-winning Izzy Tennyson. Grotty is a dark exploration of lesbian subculture in London. Brute is a solo show based on the true story of a rather twisted, horrible schoolgirl.

'I want the world to change shape.''I'm not sure theatre can do that.''Well then where am I supposed to take that impulse because I'm very serious about the endeavour?' A young writer challenges the staus quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.

Remember the moment you became an adult? Or did you miss it? Adults are the kids that survive school right? And what if some kids don't? Plastic is a charged, poetic, unflinchingly honest new play about time, memory and escape.

An urgent, moving and occasionally hilarious play about the migrant crisis and the politics of the Middle East.

Lynchburg, Virginia, fourteen-year-old Ruffrino is struggling to make sense of his place in an impoverished world filled with seemingly random killings of young black men. As his anger towards reality grows, he battles to prove by any means necessary that Black Lives Matter.

An award winning play. An intricately layered psychological thriller, exposing the startling mistreatment of those most vulnerable in our society, at the hands of those who are meant to protect them.

A radical re-imagining by playwright Evan Placey of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale, where civilised society meets seedy Soho in a thrilling collision of Victorian England with the here and now.

An extraordinary play that asks a simple question: is it ever possible to move on? Poison received its UK premiere at London's Orange Tree Theatre in 2017 following a critically acclaimed run in New York.

Inspired by the tapestries created when Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, The Glove Thiefis part of Platform. Aimed at addressing gender imbalance in theatre, Platform comprises big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by young actors.

Education, Education, Education is The Wardrobe Ensemble's love letter to the schools of the 1990s and asks big questions about a country in special measures, exploring what we are taught and why, and where responsibility lies. Winner of a Fringe First at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival.

A comic retelling of the story of Dracula, from John Nicholson and Exeter-based theatre company Le Navet Bete.