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Category: Plays
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Song of First Desire
Andrew Bovell

When forgetting the crimes of the past is enshrined in the law, what does it take for a family to reckon with generations of secrets?

 

Water Colour
Milly Sweeney

Esme is at an all-time low, struggling with her studies and her art. Standing on a bridge, contemplating something she won't be able to take back, she meets Harris, a young chef whose own life is shifting beneath his feet. They may never see each other again, but in that moment their lives begin to change direction.

Shoelace Chaser
Madelaine Nunn

Smart, self-sufficient and secretly just holding it together, Thea has spent the last two years keeping the secret that she's a carer for her mum. But chasing a university athletics scholarship means leaving her mum behind...

Heart Wall
Kit Withington

A bittersweet, tender exploration of the long trail of grief and the fickleness of memory, Kit Withington's play Heart Wall asks where we go when home has become somewhere you don't know. It was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Katie Greenall.

Summerfolk
Maxim Gorky Adapted by Nina Raine, Moses Raine

It's a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russia's elite retreats to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs. 

When you're having this much fun, why care about anything else? But Vavara can't shake the feeling that they're living on stolen time. How long can they go on ignoring the storm that's gathering on the horizon?

A razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial, Summerfolk was written by Maxim Gorky in 1904. This adaptation by Nina…

Slippery
Louis Emmitt-Stern

3 a.m. in a London flat. Jude and Kyle return from A&E. Jude has slipped, but they're both falling. A decade after their messy breakup, their surprise reunion threatens to undo them both.

Winner of Soho Theatre's Tony Craze Award, Louis Emmitt-Stern's Slippery is a hilarious and heartfelt play for two actors about ghosts, sex and spaghetti.

West Gate
Dennis McIntosh

On 15 October 1970, the West Gate Bridge collapsed, killing thirty-five men in what remains Australia's deadliest industrial accident. Dennis McIntosh's haunting and compassionate play revisits this defining moment in Australian history, honouring the workers whose lives were lost and the families forever changed.

Based on the true story of Britain's biggest-ever libel suit, Monstering the Rocketman is a probing and provocative exploration of truth, privacy and ambition. Henry Naylor's play premiered to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025, where it received a Fringe First Award, before transferring to Arcola Theatre, London, in 2026.

Maggots
Farah Najib

As the stench in their building intensifies and infestations spread, a group of lonely tenants starts to ask questions.

The housing association will barely lift a finger and pest control 'don't deal with maggots', so the neighbours are left to grapple with their suspicions and fears alone – blurring the boundaries of their usually private lives in the process.

Farah Najib's play Maggots explores loneliness, systemic failure and what it means to build…

After Sunday
Sophia Griffin

Ty, Leroy and Daniel have signed up to a new Caribbean cooking group led by their occupational therapist, Naomi. Believing in the healing power of food, Naomi hopes to encourage the men to talk and share – but when you're locked in a secure hospital, too much food for thought can be a bad thing.

As the hospital is filled with the evocative smells and tastes of home, they must all face the truth about who they are, and what they've done.

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