During an attack on London, 20 year old Imogen joins a campaign offering refuge to victims. Before her family have even had a chance to have a reasonable discussion, John is at their door. He is different to them. He isn't what they expected. And although they'd never admit it to themselves, he isn't necessarily what they want.
1963. In quiet Lake Charles, Louisiana, the destruction of a Confederate statue might just signal that change is in the air... But in the Gellman household things seem just the same - for now at least. Tony Kushner and Jenine Tesori's Caroline, or Change creates an uplifting and profound portrait of America at a time of momentous social upheaval.
A first collection of plays from the playwright described by the Guardian as "the voice of her generation."
The course of teenage love rarely runs smooth, but it is a white-water adventure if you are a gay boy in an all-male school in 1970s Melbourne. Still, despite the odds, Tim and John become close and for fifteen years their relationship survives everything life throws at it - until the only problem that love can't solve turns up to part them.
Drawing on the author's own experiences as a producer of theatre productions at different levels, this title takes the producers through the various stages of the process: the development of an idea, raising the money and budgeting, negotiating rights, hiring a director and production team, marketing the show, rehearsals and on to opening night.
Covers the history, theory and - above all - practice of lighting design. This work contains 450 black and white half tones, 60 colour photos and diagrams and lighting plots. It is arranged in four sections: Design; History; Life; and Mechanics.
The fourth volume of the collected plays of one of the best playwrights alive.
Offers exercises for professional and student actors, teachers of acting and voice, and those interested in vocal expression. This title places emphasis on the removal of the physical and psychological blocks that inhibit the human voice; and is dedicated to 'freeing' the voice we were naturally born with.
The tale of a man and a woman who have entered purgatory - a soul-less white room. Each is interrogated in turn by the other. Each has to reach a state of forgiveness and contrition before they can leave purgatory and move on.
A stage adaptation of Sara Ryan's powerful account of the preventable death of her son Connor Sparrowhawk while in an NHS care unit. Premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre, London.
A funny and provocative play about women's cricket, colonial India and the mythology of fair play.
100 speeches and scenes for Learners entering LAMDA Graded Examinations in Performance: Acting from Grade 1 to Grade 5.
A racy and riveting drama of intrigue at the Tudor court, based on Philippa Gregory's internationally bestselling novel.
A bitingly comic, strikingly timely satire for the stage, which asks if we can ever break free from the people we used to be.
A thrilling play about a turbulent time in Scotland's history, continuing Rona Munro's series of history plays set during the reigns of Scotland's generations of Stewart kings.
An anthology of the set selection of verse and prose pieces for Learners entering LAMDA Graded Examinations in Communication: Speaking Verse and Prose from Entry Level to Grade 8, and LAMDA Introductory Graded Examinations from Stage 1 to Stage 3 (Solo and Group).
Shakespeare's great history plays, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, brought together in a visionary new version adapted by award-winning writer and director Robert Icke.
The hit play about deception, witchcraft and football, winner of a Fringe First at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, then at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
A gripping play that examines the nature of identity and the consequences of right-wing extremist ideology against the backdrop of London's skinhead and gay scenes of the 1970s and 1980s.
A fierce, funny and intoxicating play about the enduring power - and fragility - of memory and love. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.
A tender and playful drama that examines what makes a family and what holds it together.
A riotous stage comedy about sisterhood, freedom of speech, and dissent in the face of institutionalised Islamophobia.
Two plays by Matt Hartley: his gloriously entertaining one-woman play, The Wife of Cyncoed, premiered at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, in 2024; and Idyll, a captivating play premiered by Pentabus Theatre in 2021.
Five plays by leading playwright Chris Bush: Steel; Faustus: That Damned Woman; Nine Lessons and Carols; Hungry (Paines Plough, 2021) and Not the End of the World (Schaubÿhne, Berlin, 2021).
An inspirational book on acting, tackling the fundamental questions that face any actor. By a world-leading theatre director, the founder of Cheek by Jowl.
A grippingly authentic play about living with an eating disorder, winner of the 2023 Papatango New Writing Prize.
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