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 community.

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 Raine and Moses Raine premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Robert Hastie.

Witty, ingenious and daringly theatrical, Emma Howlett's Aether explores physics, faith and magic in a play that tracks humanity's insatiable fascination with the unknown.

Aether was first performed at Summerhall during the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It received widespread critical acclaim and was named Best Theatre Show of the Fringe by the Telegraph. It transferred to Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2026.

In a small-town supermarket deli, two nameless women — Young One and Old One — slice meat while cutting each other down. One clings to the old rules, the other longs for more. Beneath the fluorescent lights and refrigerator hum, their everyday tasks unravel into a battle of wit, will, and survival.

With breathless hilarity, Kimber Lee's untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play jumps through time, wriggling inside of and then exploding lifetimes of repeating Asian stereotypes, wrestling with history for the right to control your own narrative in a world that thinks it can tell you who you are.

Do Not Pass Go turns hustle culture inside out to ask: when the system is built to break you, what's left to hold onto?

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.

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...

Travel writer Jo is turning 50 and has invited her two ride-or-dies along for an unforgettable celebration: an all-expenses-paid visit to flashy new wellness resort. But when a medical mishap turns disastrous, the women are left with some wild side effects.

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.

1841. Mary Ann Evans is of marriageable age. Her father has recently moved with her to Bird Grove House, with the sole purpose of finding her a suitable husband. But Mary Ann's remarkable intellect and growing self-confidence are forming progressive new ideas in her mind; ideas that challenge her father's most strongly held beliefs.

Winsome Pinnock's play The Authenticator is a gripping psychological thriller and a searing exploration of the haunting history of colonialism.

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.

A classic Australian play. Robert O'Brien is an elocution teacher whose career is going nowhere fast when a new student arrives. Benjamin Franklin is a 12-year-old acting prodigy with a stutter, a pack-a-day smoking habit and some unsettling curiosities about his middle-aged voice teacher.

Isla and Violet are a 'lethal combination'. Their self-righteous headmaster thinks that's an insult. They think it's a cute name for a girl group. But, as their cosmic connection is tested, one key question arises: will Isla and Violet be pulled apart, or will they reign supreme?

Happy Feraren brings first-hand insight and fearless wit to this whip-smart satire. Utopia meets The White Lotus, SAVIOR skewers the ego, excess and ethical gymnastics of corporate humanitarianism.

LAZARUS is the extraordinary true story of Larry Walsh (Taungurung Elder, activist and storyteller) brought to life in a heartfelt and vital story that speaks to the soul of this country. The play follows Lazarus as he rises from the ashes of injustice to reclaim his story and his spirit.

Whether you're just embarking on your career or already juggling the many demands of life as a creative freelancer, you need clear and targeted strategies for organising your finances, to eliminate confusion and minimise stress. This essential, practical guide shows you how to manage your money – so you can focus on your creative work.

The Dancing Bears strip club is failing. Meanwhile, the new club down the street is welcoming fifty women a night with their twelve-inch synchronised dicks. When the boss's daughter shows up, she realises they're gonna need a bigger show.

Steamy and boisterous, Dave Harris's play Tender is a story about breaking free from masculinity's seductive cage. It was first produced by Soho Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Matthew Xia.

'I was scared of the bees at first, but now, they make me feel alive. They are like a society in complete harmony with itself. Not like people at all, but maybe what people have the potential to be.'

Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo – until the unthinkable happens. 

When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to flee. On their terrifying journey, they must face the pain of their immeasurable loss alongside incredible danger. Above all, they must keep going in order to find each other again.

Nesrin Alrefaai and Matthew Spangler's adaptation of Christy Lefteri's compassionate and beautiful bestselling novel The Beekeeper of Aleppo premiered at Nottingham Playhouse in 2023, directed by Miranda Cromwell. It was revived in 2026 for a tour of the UK and Ireland.

'Wonderful... had me entranced from the get-go... a fascinating study of grief, migration and dislocation... brilliantly written... a profoundly moving triumph' — Theatre & Tonic

'Beautifully and unapologetically human, this moving and powerful play will stay on your mind long after you leave the theatre' — All That Dazzles

'Alrefaai and Spangler's adaptation is sparklingly assured... a cogent portrait of psychological dislocation... an impressive show that neither idealises its protagonists nor relies on cheap political point-scoring' — Telegraph

'dis is my home. De only home I have. My whole life. My history here. And de only future I go have is here.'

September, 1956. As colonial Trinidad marches towards independence, a gentleman's club in downtown Port of Spain is entangled in a different kind of custody battle.

Owned by Englishman Mansion, it promises its guests a comfortable environment in which to relax and indulge. But when the impetuous Diamond drifts in, cutting deals and putting lives at risk, the temperature begins to soar: one wrong move and everything could shatter.

Martina Laird's debut play Driftwood is a deeply evocative story of self-determination and the search for family and belonging. It was runner-up for the 2024 Verity Bargate Award, and was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, in 2026, before transferring to Kiln Theatre, London, directed by Justin Audibert.

'A bold and blistering exploration of colonialism and capitalism – it's funny, provocative and simply impossible to forget' Anupama Chandrasekhar, Verity Bargate Award judge

'So vivid you can smell the heat and taste the sweat… rich, human and full of vigour… Driftwood is a play that captures the imagination and uncovers the past' Anthony Lau, Verity Bargate Award judge

'Martina Laird's debut play simmers with political change and family tension... captures a country on the febrile brink of change... vivid and steeped in atmosphere' — Guardian

'Vivid and atmospheric' — The Times

'Riveting... a taught family drama, brimming with the heat, patois and Afro-Caribbean-influenced songs passed down through generations... There are shades of Tennessee Williams in femme fatale Ruby and the cocoon of ravaged, jaded characters... an often fascinating and a legitimate take on Trinidad's colonial past' — WhatsOnStage

'Atmospheric... Laird has a flair for dialogue and arresting scenarios' — London Standard

'Glimpses of tenderness and beauty in the darkness... built on a significant body of research which gives the text plenty of depth and texture... powerfully affecting' — The Stage

'Twisty, sexy and provocative' — Arts Desk

'A play with atmosphere to spare... steeped in the textures of 1950s Trinidad and framed by the slow unravelling of empire... evocative, thoughtful and brimming with potential... Laird is a remarkable new talent' — West End Best Friend

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.

The Manningtree Witches, adapted from the award winning novel by A. K. Blakemore of the same name, is a thrilling and fierce exploration of fear, control and what happens when women's voices are silenced.

Charting twelve turbulent years of modern Ukrainian history, from the Maidan protests of 2014 to Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 and beyond, Ukraine Unbroken is a powerful cycle of short plays about courage, truth and survival in the face of an existential threat.

Urgent and explosive, Albatross takes us to the very boundaries of love and devotion in the age of climate catastrophe, asking what we're willing to sacrifice for a better future.