Three generations of a family come to terms with change over the course of a year. Stephen Churchett's elegiac new play considers how we deal with what's handed down to us, both the tangible and the not-so-tangible. How do we confront our morailty, and if we do live on in some way, what is the nature of our immortality?
“Come here. Come closer. I want to show you something.”Katie and her girlfriend Hope work at their local corner shop. The bell tinkles as familiar feet tread into the aisles, the sign swings gently from open to closed and they steal kisses beside tins of baked beans and instant noodles. For Katie, the little shop is a sanctuary. A place where she can hold onto Hope without anybody watching. But when new employee Michael arrives,everything unravels. He’s lovely. He can juggle. He can name every bone in the human body. But as Michael is tugged into the tight knit universe of the corner shop, the sands start to shift and the air begins to thicken.
400 millilitres. That’s how much liquid was drained from Michael’s left testicle when he was a teenager. That’s more than a can of coke. He should have told someone sooner, but who could he turn to? His dad died ten years ago and besides, school is full of rumours about what the giant bulge in his trousers actually is. Who wants to stop that?A true coming of age comedic play about Belfast, masculinity, friendship, family, love, grief and testicles.
A pantomime script based around the "Sleeping Beauty" story. Princess Aurora suffers a curse from the evil Carabosse, and falls asleep for hundred years. With a kiss from Florizel, and a little help from the audience in solving a riddle, Carabosse is defeated and all ends happily.
The light-hearted and entertaining play concerns four elderly actresses passing their days in a Home for Retired Artistes. They bicker and banter, showing the different parts of thier profession. Only Dame Anthea's dresser, Gladys, keeps an observant distance, injecting pithy comments into the actresses' small talk. Needing a man for their projected Christmas play, they enlist the help of newcomer Arthur Pendragon. But it is the dapper Antony Redfern who devises an entertainment ideally suited to their personalities, whilst the redoubtable Gladys in installed as costume mistress, as usual!|5 women, 2 men
"There's me 'out there', in public, and there's me in here. I know you think they're not the same. But they're not as far away as you think."Created by the Almeida Young Company and written by Molly Taylor, Cacophony tells the story of a young woman's rise to fame after speaking up at a protest outside a controversial rape trial.Weaving a complex web of fame and shame, Cacophony explores the power social media has to liberate brave new voices and, just as quickly, bring them crashing to earth. Inspired by the ideas in Jon Ronson's book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed."When public shamings are delivered like remotely administered drone strikes nobody need think about how ferocious our collective power might be. The snow ake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche." JON RONSONCacophony received its UK premiere at the Almeida Theatre from 26-28 July 2018, and transferred to the Yard Theatre from19-22 February 2019, in a production directed by Michael Bryher.
It's an unremarkable Tuesday night in October. Jill and Peter Wilson live together in an immaculate Ikea-furnished flat in north-west London. Jill is pregnant. Peter has bought wine and ordered a takeaway pizza. Jill has packed her suitcases and written Peter a letter.
“This is a true story and it’s a love story. This is our love story. And the first thing I want to tell you is this: Love is not a castiron set of symptoms. Love is whatever you feel it to be.”Blink is the story of Jonah and Sophie, two introverts thrown together by grief and fate. Newly arrived in a city too busy to notice them they embark on a heartfelt romance without ever exchanging a word. Will their relationship rescue them from loneliness or are their scars too deep to heal? A sweet, off-beat romantic comedy from multi-award-winning playwright Phil Porter.
Inspired by the true, heartfelt stories of students, COOKIES follows seven teenagers dealing with the effects of sexting, radicalisation, cyberbullying and our wider digital world...Sosa is a streetwise Londoner who finds solace in the tunes of her favourite rap artist, but her world comes crashing down when she finally meets her idol.Meanwhile Eva, an aspiring vlogger, splits with gamer Simon and is forced to deal with the devastating effects of sexting and repetitive online abuse.Selena, infatuated with pop star Zayn, starts chatting with another faceless superfan online. As their friendship deepens the young Muslim woman begins to grapple with her faith and is persuaded to make a long journey to an unknown fate.
A daring tale full of live music, laughter and bravery, book now for a heroic Christmas adventure.Robin Hood returns home to find the greedy Sheri of Nottingham starving the local people of Sherwood Forest. Courageous, kind and headstrong, Robin can't stand by and watch friends and family suffer. Robin, the most skilful archer in the land, vows to be braveand stand up for the local people.Join the fearless, witty hero and a host of lively friends as they set off on a mission to steal from the rich and give to the poor.This hilarious new adaptation is written by acclaimed children's author Laura Dockrill. She has written numerous bestselling books and poetry collections including the popular Darcy Burdock series.
‘’Timmy Creed’s explosive one-man show...this intense production fearlessly tackles Irish masculine stereotypes.’’ SUNDAY TIMESTimmy plays hurling, the fastest field sport in the world. He loves it. He hates it.Honest, brave and hard-hitting, Spliced is a visceral account of his struggle to become an individual outside of the sporting institution that raised him. He wants to talk about identity, masculinity and mental health in a sports club.From one of Ireland’s exciting up-and-coming writers comes a fun, fierce, site-specific show with thrilling music and video.
Katie has gone from a little girl who used to climb trees, ride bikes and go on adventures to an adult who worries about everything. But now Katie is a mum, she must be brave in a whole new way.Determined that her young daughter will never lose the powerful, fierce magic she arrived into the world with, Katie sets off on a mission with the help of a stolen BMX, a policewoman with bad hair and a pigeon in a bag as she rides around Newport to find what she’s really made of.By listening to the unheard voices of the city, she begins to discover what the women who have gone before can teach her about how to be brave.Siân Owen’s one-woman play is about what we are made of, what we leave behind, and learning to be brave when your world is falling apart.
It’s the end of the 90s: Take That, Tamagotchis and Pog swaps. When Bobby and Amy meet, hundreds of cows dot across the fields and the sun always shines.But when the cows begin to burn, Bobby and Amy’s sleepy Cotswold town faces a catastrophe that will change their home forever.Bobby & Amy explores friendship, heartache, and what happens when our way of life is threatened by those who don’t understand it.A dark comedy about foot-and-mouth disease by Fringe First winner Emily Jenkins.
How Not To Drown was first performed on 4 August 2019 at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.“I don’t know why my Dad let me go... I was too young, too weak, to make this journey. I wouldn’t have sent me… He wouldn’t have sent me unless there was a reason.”In 2002, in the turmoil after the end of the Kosovan War, Dritan is sent on the notoriously perilous journey across theAdriatic with a gang of people smugglers to a new life in Europe. He relies on his young wit and charm to make it tothe UK. But the fight for survival continues as he clings to his identity and sense of self when he ends up in the British care system.Painful yet uplifting, How Not to Drown shares a story of endurance for a little kid who wasn’t safe or welcomeanywhere in the world.Award-winning theatre company ThickSkin (Chalk Farm, The Static) returns to the stage with an action packed, highly visual production.
This historical romp finds diarist and 'father of the Admiralty Samuel Pepys rescuing lovely singer Mrs Knight from a violent pickpocket, then slyly arranging a musical tryst with her that evening. His dinner guests include young francophile dandy Pelham Humphries and brazen Mrs Pierce and Mrs Knepp, but Pepys declares he has urgent business at the Navy office. His attractive wife sees him dress up, and knowing his ways with women, doesn't believe his story. Back home Sam and wife confront one another with various accusations, protestations and extractions of mutual promises of fidelity. It is now past midnight, their adventures are over... and so to bed.| 10 women, 12 men
Actress Zoe Lang attends a most unusual improvisational workshop and finds herself auditioning to be the bait for a real-life serial killer known as "The Surgeon". As Zoe and the police home in on their target, they soon discover that the target has never been that far away from them...
The story of Wilf Cotton, a young writer; he gets a short story broadcast on the radio, and so decides to leave his home in a mining village to work in a city, and to try to write a novel. It is also the story of a young woman who moves back to the city she left a few years earlier, and their relationship. Ask Me Tomorrow was produced at the Sheffield Playhouse in 1965, and as a radio play in 1966. The playscript was published by Samuel French in 1966.| 3 women, 4 men
Whitewash premiered at Soho Theatre in a co-production between Francesca Moody Productions and Soho Theatre.It's hard parenting a child that everyone thinks you've kidnapped. Spanning thirty years, from Jamaica to London, Whitewash is the story of Mary and Lysander, a mixed-race woman and her very white son.When Lysander tries to redevelop the housing estate Mary brought him up on he believes he's helping, but is he really just trying to erase his past?Inspired by Gabriel's own experience, this hilarious and devastating new play is an exploration of the intersection between race and class, identity and belonging. Who are you when you don't look like your own family and no longer recognise the changing city around you?
Marcia's parents, own a country cottage intended for quiet week-ends. It does not, however, work out that way on some occasions. The place is never quite ready and neighbours drop in at inconvenient moments. Marcia and her husband arrive to join the party, but the couple are not on the best of terms. Miranda, a young guest, is emabrassingly devoted to Denys, Marcia's young brother, who is attracted to the more glamorous Rowena Marriott, with whom he arrives. Mildred has to cope with the complications which develop in such an ill-assorted party. Adrian Barasford, a bachelor neighbour, is divided between fishing and his devotion to Mary Jarrow, a charming middle-aged woman living nearby. Everything seems to be going wrong.| 8 women, 5 men
A comedy play by the British writer first staged in 1953. A successful hit, it ran in the West End for 370 performances. A stockbrocker tries to cope with the extravagant behaviour of his daughters.| 6 women, 6 men
Finding a house is hard. Finding a place to call home is harder. When their mother dies, Jean and Gary are suddenly back together and getting to know each other all over again. On the surface, things look di erent but it's funny how little has changed. When old friend and useless estate agent Ian offers to help them find a place together, long-buried tensions threaten to derail their already strained relationship. Can they ever escape their pasts?A compelling new comedy-drama exploring our capacity to accept change - in others as well as ourselves - All Mod Cons engages directly with current conversations about our complex relationship with gender, consent, and individual responsibility.
A one act comedy in the Viennese style. The scene shows two private rooms in a restaurnat in a Central European capital about the year 1900. In one, a vain but ageing actor, Max, who still believes he can dazzle a pretty young dancer, hopes to make love to the innocent and romantic Elsa. In the other, Julia, an older glamorous actress is entertaining a young playwright, Florian, who believes - or pretends to believe - that he is being wined and dined merely to talk about his new play.|2 women, 2 men
A quiet, domesticated couple, Fred and Norah, live in a London suburb. They have married later in life than most people and are devoted to one another. It is Fred's practice to go out for a glass of bitter in the evenings and on this particular occasion, while he is away, Norah has a visitor - a flash-looking young woman, Evie and Norah is faced with a decision difficult to make.|2 women, 3 men
On his way to work at the bank one morning, the manager Mr Kettle freaks out. He goes back home changes into his casual clothes and sets about enjoying himself. No one apart from Mrs Kettle can understand him and why he is behaving in this way. Mrs Kettle joins him in his rebellion. The bank officials employ a doctor to hypnotise Mr Kettle and get him back to his former self.|3 women, 6 men
Ever Since Paradise he described as 'A Discursive Entertainment, chiefly referring to Love and Marriage in Three Acts'. Three couples are made up of the Musicians, the Commentators and the Example, and together they illustrate various aspects of relationships, accompanied by appropriate music on two pianos.|3 women, 3 men
Stella Kirby spent nine years running away; leaving home to find her freedom as an actress. Now she has decided that the only role left to play is the prodigal daughter returned, hoping to discover herself in the familiar surroundings of her childhood home.|3 women, 4 men
As bankrupcy looms, the ever-optimistic Jim Cornelius, partner at import firm briggs and Murrison, is fighting to keep his creditors happy and his spirits up. Tensions rise with the arrival of Judy, the beautiful, young typist who shows Cornelius the life he could have led... Written for Ralph Richardson in 1935, Priestley observes the politics and tensions of daily office life with searing wit and humanity in this hilarious and heartbreaking story of friendship, unrequited love and business.|5 women, 17 men
The musical tells the story of Nellie Bly, America’s first female journalist. In a profession dominated by men, in the late-19thncentury, Nellie was determined not only to join the profession but to become one of its brightest lights.To get herself noticed, Nellie undertook a series of daring and outrageous stunts, including committing herself to New York’s infamous insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island. The subsequent articles and book she wrote about her experiences forced the authorities to radically reform the asylum system.In 1889 Nellie undertook her most famous and seemingly impossible stunt – a solo journey around the world to try to beat the eighty days taken in Jules Verne’s famous novel. After many exotic adventures she returned triumphant to New York in just seventy-two days.By turns comic and tragic this is the story of a woman who opened a door previously closed to all women: the story of a brave pioneer who sacrificed love and happiness to achieve her ambition.
A humorous portrayal of how mothers are treated in a family. It was first performed as a play in 1953. |3 women, 2 men
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