Böcker i Oberon Modern Plays-serien

Sixteen short satires attacking the decadence of Rome - hilarious monologues performed by Simon Callow.

With the true value of money and the human cost of greed firmly in their sights, Proto-type Theater tell the story of how, in the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis, Icelanders raised their voices in protest and railed against the currents.

Picture yourself as a bartender, sipping top-shelf whiskey and watching your customers descend into nightly oblivion. Your heart is broken by the world around you and, leaving the whisky aside, you hatch a devious, unthinkable plan of escape -

Animals is a wicked satire set in a world where everyone over 60 is tossed on the scrapheap, children are hothoused, and being a 'burden on society' is the ultimate crime.

Adapted from Ben Travers' classic comedy.

The Master and Margarita is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written between 1928 and 1940 but not published in book form until 1967. It is woven around a visit by the Devil to the fervently atheistic Soviet Union. Many critics consider it to be one of the best novels of the 20th century, and the foremost of Soviet satires.

It's 1887 and Nancy Astley sits in the audience at her local music hall: she doesn't know it yet, but the next act on the bill will change her life. Tonight is the night she'll fall in love... with the thrill of the stage and with Kitty Butler, a girl who wears trousers.

A funny, dramatic, and utterly enthralling play by one of the greatest Victorian dramatists.

A brilliant new piece of writing from Scottish plawright Johnny McKnight, in the style of Irvine Welsh. Certain to get attention due to its no-holds-barred approach.

'I'm having absolutely nothing to do with the theatre or the human race. They can all go to hell.' - Anton Chekhov

Full of humour and bawdy wit, this new comedy transports us into the wanton world of the English Restoration. A new comedy by Steve Trafford with songs by Henry Purcell.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller ranks as one of the greatest figures in European drama and literature.

A bracingly candid account of sex and shame, following teenager Alana exploring and struggling with her sexuality. A coming of age story about going all the way.

A fictional account of the night Muhammad Ali. then Cassius Clay, celebrated his world heavyweight title victory with Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and footballer Jim Brown. A powerful, funny play taking us to the heart of a pivotal moment in the history of a nation.

A modern take on a Feydeau classic: an ingenious look at the game of infidelity and marriage.

Seventeen is set in that time after the end of the last day of school, but just before everyone moves on. It's about the cusp of adulthood, the cusp of complete change. Funny, immature, wise and a little bit sad, Seventeen performed by a cast of septuagenarians, will turn our notions of adulthood and adolescence on their head.

A verbatim play exploring the Hillsborough disaster, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the tragedy. This play includes teachers' notes.

Produced in collaboration with Ashtar Theatre from Palestine, Brian Woolland's taut and poetic new play for Border Crossings brings together Homer's Troy and the Middle East of today.

Jay 'The Sport' Jackson dreams of being the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. But it's 1905, and in the racially segregated world of boxing, his chances are as good as knocked out.

Blending theatre, storytelling and killer moves, spoken word artist Maria Ferguson explores her relationship with the F-word (food) with the help of her first love (dance). Fat Girls Don't Dance takes us in to the world of performance, where three meals a day is up for compromise and skinny sells well. NB: There will be cake

The 306: Day is the second part of Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Williams' powerful new First World War trilogy, charting the heart-breaking journey of the 306 men executed for cowardice and desertion during the conflict and the devastating consequences for those they left behind.

A bitter sweet, dark political comedy based on one man's true story and his odyssey in search for identity.

An examination of the underclass in society and the culture of blame that followed the riots in 2011.

A thrilling and fascinating psychological play from Geraldine Alexander.

A lost village, star-crossed lovers, mysterious wolves and the extraordinary story of a community trying to save what is most precious to them, before it is too late.

From the vibrant colours of Barbados to the grey skies of Leytonstone, this bittersweet play follows one family's struggle to reconcile their faith in God with faith in one another.

The Seven Pomegranate consists of seven contemporary monologues for female speakers based on Euripides' plays. Each one looks at an aspect of mother/child relations. There is a unified structure which relates to Demeter and Persephone and the Moors Murders.

An anthology of five plays, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the internationally acclaimed ensemble The TEAM.

Christianity's key figures speak in plays for one actor in a secular re imagining of figures from the Old & New Testaments. Excellent monologue / audition pieces

And there is another planet, like ours. They can't see the sky, on that planet. Because their atmosphere is like a mirror. They look into the sky and see only themselves and the things they've made. So everything in their world can easily be understood. All they want is to be safe and comfortable. They fatten themselves on poison food. And when they look into the sky, they are struck dumb. By the greatness of their works.At the height of the Cold War, dissident writer Gavriil is detained in a Soviet mental prison as a punishment forprotesting against the government. His only escape is the prison library, a treasure store of banned literature available to the patients, but off-limits to the prison staff. His interrogator, Yurchak, offers to protect him from torture in exchange for sharing the forbidden stories. Their agreement will help them both find a kind of freedom, at the risk of their lives.Inspired by an incident in the life of writer, activist and neurophysiologist Vladimir Bukovsky, Silent Planet is a love story about our love of stories, a passionate and poetic fable about the power of literature in a world in which the wrong words can get you killed.