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It's late summer, 1983. Out in the street, the world is waiting to greet Margaret Thatcher as she emerges from hospital after routine surgery. Two people. One window. A gun. When the time comes to pull the trigger, what side of history will you be on?
This clear and comprehensive manual contains everything you need to know in order to create and portray armed stage fights with the rapier and dagger (or just a rapier) that are dramatically effective, and, above all, safe.
It's Julie's eighteenth birthday, and she's throwing a party in her father's extravagant townhouse. Her boyfriend has just dumped her and her longsuffering best friend Christine is trying to pick up the pieces. As the revellers pile into the booze, down in the kitchen Christine and her boyfriend Jon – son of Julie's cleaner – clear up and dare to dream of the future.
TL;DR*: This book is short, but it has everything you need to make the most of your amazing skills and succeed in all your creative projects.
*Too Long; Didn't Read
'A refreshingly honest, practical and deeply compassionate guide that understands both the possibilities and the frustrations of living and creating with ADHD… offers a flexible collection of tools, reflections and strategies… The writing is raw, self aware and brilliantly identifiable… Honest, accessible and full of immediately applicable advice' — Broadway World
When they learn that Ahmet came to the UK after fleeing his own war‑torn country, his classmates have 'The Greatest Idea in the World' – a magnificent plan to reunite Ahmet with his family. What follows is an unexpected and often hilarious adventure, all topped off with a terrific twist.
Shakespeare's electrifying and timeless tale of love was brought to life in a new production directed by Robert Icke, which premiered at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London, in 2026. It was produced by Empire Street Productions and starred Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe in their West End debuts.
This edition features the version of the text used in that production, alongside an introduction by the director and an essay by author and academic Daniel Swift.
Jessica Parks is smart, compassionate, and a true maverick at the peak of her career as a London Crown Court Judge. The system needs to change, and she's challenging it one case at a time.
Is Shakespeare in this Movie? is an ode to the English teacher – a verbatim play that celebrates the complex work of teaching and the power of imagination to transform lives.
Yaga, a genre-bending comedic fairy tale meets thrilling whodunit gives voice to an antihero of epic proportions while interrogating how her story has historically been told by men.
Contemporary crime drama The Extractionist is a cry for justice for women on the wrong side of a system built to protect the wealthy and powerful. This gritty, suspenseful play will keep you guessing until the very end.
Fall On Your Knees follows three generations of a Cape Breton Island family in a tale of forbidden love, inescapable bonds, and devastating betrayals, all while harbouring secrets that threaten to shatter the family entirely.
A poetic, heartbreaking story of intergenerational queer history in Lebanon, The Green Line is a stage play that weaves together civil war Beirut with a contemporary nightclub, following one family's journey to discover their past.
In the metatheatrical tragicomedy Prince Faggot, an ensemble of queer and trans performers cast themselves in a thought experiment, imagining the future heir to the British throne as having a life resembling their own.
Set seven years before King Lear, Erin Shields' play puts Lear's daughters centre stage as they negotiate the patriarchal systems built to keep them relegated to the sidelines.
A radical retelling of the ancient Greco-Roman epics, Ransacking Troy is a bold and brilliant reimagining of the most famous war story of all time, where women take centre stage as the rightful heroes.
Two startling Canadian plays, both based on real-life events.
A tender, thrilling story about growing up together, Flora Wilson Brown's heart-thumping adaptation of Virginia Woolf's modernist masterpiece The Waves was first performed at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2026.
Impassioned and heartfelt, Stand & Deliver tells the true story of the gallus Greenock girls working at the factory and the battle against injustice that thrust them onto the world stage.
Beautifully written, funny and moving, The Drawer Boy is a multi-award winning, bitter-sweet tale of the power of storytelling, friendship, and the very thin line between truth and fiction.
Harry Houdini is the greatest illusionist the world has ever known. Arthur Conan Doyle is the creator of literature's most brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes. When their mutual admiration blossoms into a profound friendship, they discover a shared obsession with spiritualism.
'I'm not gonna stand up in front of a bunch of strangers and tell stories about you and me.'
Billie's signed them both up for stand-up comedy. Tonight, she and her husband Peter are locking themselves in their living room until they've got it down: a 'tight-five' set that's a guaranteed knock-out.
With the clock ticking and nothing but a baby monitor for an audience, they go delving through their past for material. But as questions about their future are forced to the surface, they discover that some jokes really do hurt, and laughter isn't always the best medicine.
I'm Not Being Funny explores hope, endings and how to survive if a knock-knock joke hits you in the gut. Piers Black's play was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Bryony Shanahan.
'Compelling... laughter through tears... an emotional dark comedy taking us deep into the hearts of a couple staring the worst possible outcomes in the face' — Guardian
'Touching... poignant... captures the joy, awe, exhaustion and trepidation of new parenthood' — The Stage
'A moving two-hander that manages to confront heartbreak while, despite everything, having us truly laughing by the end... Piers Black's writing navigates the difficult balance between humour and grief with real humanity... raw and affecting' — Everything Theatre
'Emotional force... instantly tear-inducing' — Reviews Hub
'A delicious concoction of humour, wit, heart, emotion and intensity... will have you smiling and crying all at once' — Theatre Weekly
'Intimate and heartfelt' — London Theatre
'Emotionally precise and structurally satisfying... an onslaught of feeling without tipping into sentimentality, balancing humour and pain with precision' — All That Dazzles
An exhilarating fever dream, Foal is a revenge thriller set in the era of the Sony Walkman; a lyrical, urgent play for one actor about masculinity, compassion and retribution.
In the kitchen of an old Devon rectory, the daughter who stayed and the son who moved away make conversation with their current and former partners, the milkman, the postman, the care workers. They talk about the weather, the roads, the toaster, the bins. About anything except the simmering tensions between them, as their father lies mortally ill in the next room.
Iran. 1980s. When Shideh's husband is conscripted to serve on the frontline, she is left alone with her young daughter in Tehran as the city is bombed. The missile strikes bring terror and destruction, but there is also something ancient and malevolent, carried on the wind.
Ash is off the rails, going straight from a sweaty night out to the first day of a new job. Her boss Lily is unimpressed. They need to focus on their assignment: cataloguing historic cases of women accused of witchcraft. After an incident at work, Ash's boyfriend Dom seems keen to look after her at home. But as the women continue their research into ritualistic murders, Lily starts to worry that something is wrong with Ash.
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