A moving documentary play drawn from the traumatic recollections of members of the Newcastle Workers' Club, which was destroyed in the 1989 earthquake.

Cast : 7M, 9F

Sunday, 30 January 1972: Thirteen civil rights marchers are shot dead, and another thirteen wounded when British soldiers open fire during a civil rights march in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. An inquiry by Lord Chief Justice Widgery – branded the Widgery Whitewash by many – suggested that the soldiers had been attacked first. There was a strong suspicion that some of the victims had fired weapons.

A sustained campaign by the families of the victims, and new material collected by the Irish government provoked a second inquiry in 1998. Since March 2000 the Saville Inquiry has heard evidence from over one thousand witnesses including civilians, military personnel, the media, experts, forensic scientists, politicians, civil servants, priests and members of the RUC. This play is a dramatic overview of some of the evidence.

Earlier this year two leading barristers: Philippe Sands QC (for the prosecution) and Julian Knowles (for the defence) tested the evidence of the grounds for an indictment of the British Prime Minister for the crime of aggression against Iraq.

They examined a number of distinguished witnesses, including MPs, diplomats, international lawyers, civil servants, UN officials, policy advisors, intelligence experts and journalists. The arguments and testimony gathered, edited into a play by Richard Norton-Taylor, examine the criminal implications of the British Government’s decision to use force against Iraq, and allow the audience to decide whether an indictment in this case is proven.

Called to Account opens at the Tricycle Theatre in April 2007, directed by Nicolas Kent.

In 1993, black teenager Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in a racist attack by a gang of white youths. The police investigation failed to provide sufficient evidence to convict. Based on the harrowing transcripts of the public inquiry, this is a dramatic reconstruction of the hearings which reflected the national outcry at the police's mishandling of the case.

'The Metropolitan Police is riven by "pernicious and institutionalised racism"' The Stephen Lawrence Report, February 1999

'I still rate The Colour of Justice ... as one of the highlights of my reviewing life' Michael Billington, Guardian, 2002

A hilarious, real-life comedy about pensioners going in search of love - from the sublime to the downright saucy.

Maureen is a pensioner in search of passion. After 33 blind dates, 12 cruises and one broken heart, she is still determined to find Mr Right.

But when best friend Margaret beats her to the altar, Maureen has her doubts - is Margaret just on the rebound and, more importantly, will she lose her pension?

Cast : 3f, 2m

"I don't know what crime I am supposed to have committed for which not only I but my wife and children should continually suffer": British detainee Moazzam Begg. Weaving together personal stories, legal opinion and political debate, Guantanamo: 'Honor Bound to Defend Freedom' looks at the questions surrounding the detentions in Guantanamo Bay, and asks how much damage is being done to Western democratic values during the war on terror.

"It usually begins as a play put on at a theatre in North London, and then transfers to I think the BBC, maybe in this case to ITV, I do not know. But the participants and witnesses are played by actors; and there is nothing one can do to stop this. Indeed, it shows, perhaps, the appetite, legitimate appetite of the public, for information beyond the press, beyond the bare written words of what happened." (The Hutton Inquiry, 1/8/03, from Geoffrey Robertson QC's application for the proceedings to be televised) Although primarily focusing on Dr Kelly's death, the Hutton Inquiry has revealed much of the inner workings of Downing Street, the MoD and the BBC. Witnesses have been challenged and questioned on the compilation of the dossier on weapons of mass destruction, the releasing of Dr Kelly's name into the public domain, and the Government's case for war in Iraq. Opened at the Tricycle Theatre, London on 30 October 2003.

"The Tricycle has a soaring reputation for making sure that its audiences engage in what is happening in the world." Time Out

If history is told by the victors, the story of war is usually told by the blokes. Now it's the ‘sheilas' turn. Nearly a thousand Australian women had a part in the Vietnam War as entertainers, typists, consular staff and army nurses. The one thing they have in common is that their lives were changed forever by Vietnam. For many of them it was the most vital and alive they have ever felt.

Minefields and Miniskirts records the voices of those who were actually there; ordinary woman revealing how they survived a war and discovered what they believed in. Adapted from Siobhan McHugh's book, this play reveals through a collage of true stories, the extraordinary experiences of ordinary women in surviving a war.

Cast : 5F

The moving account of the life and early death of a young female activist ­— adapted from her own letters, diaries and emails.

Rachel Corrie was born in 1979 in Washington State, USA. In 2003 she went to the Gaza strip to protest about Israeli settlements. She was crushed to death while standing in the path of a bulldozer destroying Palestinian homes.

Why did a 23-year old woman leave her comfortable American life to stand between and Israeli army bulldozer and a Palestinian home in the Gaza strip?

‘A deeply moving personal testimony... Theatre can’t change the world. But what it can do, when it’s as good as this, is to send us out enriched by other people’s passionate concern’ Guardian

A 'gripping, meticulous reconstruction' ( Independent) of the 1946 War Crimes Trial.

'Theatre at its best as a moral tribunal, gripping and shaming, a challenge to your nerves and your conscience.' Sunday Times

Cast : 13M, doubling