This is the story of two Welsh names bruised, but not beaten, by media speculation: Gareth Thomas, 100 caps for Wales, now the world’s most prominent gay sportsman; and his hometown, Bridgend, itself a victim of tabloid intrusion following the deaths of several young residents. Working with Gareth himself, and young people in Bridgend, Out […]
22 Oct 2014
“It is as if we find ourselves at the beginning of time…” It’s 1789. Ideas of revolution and democracy are in the air. In the South Pacific, Fletcher Christian overthrows his captain in the famous mutiny on The Bounty. With salty humour and growing horror, Richard Bean charts the colony’s bloody descent from a new […]
04 Dec 2013
“Most of what she told me about herself is a cover story. She is a British Intelligence Officer. How far would she go to get information out of me? The answer is, quite far.” A young woman is found dead. Her sister sets out to find out what happened, and stumbles into a world of […]
13 May 2013
A month after stating “we will stop the top-down reorganisation of the NHS that has got in the way of patient care”, the government launched the biggest top-down reorganisation the service had seen in its 65-year history. With characteristic wit, tenderness, and dives into surrealism, Stella Feehily’s play explores one family’s journey through the digestive […]
24 Apr 2013
“We are talking about criminals, often hardened criminals. They have a habit of vice and crime. Many criminals seem to have been born that way. It is in their nature.” Inspired by real events, Our Country’s Good is the true story of a ragbag cast of convicts who put on a play under the guidance […]
10 Apr 2012
“You get a cook, a cleaner, a driver and you get paid. I’ll be watching out for you.” A seasoned humanitarian worker and her idealistic young colleague embark on a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo. For Mathilde it’s an induction into a life less ordinary. For Sadhbh (pronounced “Sive”) it’s back to madness […]
13 May 2011
One of the seminal plays of the twentieth century, Top Girls flashes with razor-sharp wit and ingenious theatricality. An Out of Joint and Chichester Festival Theatre production. We follow two sisters in the early day’s of Thatcher’s England. Hard-nosed, successful businesswoman Marlene; and Joyce who has stayed true to their working class background in rural […]
16 Feb 2011
Susan, a science teacher from Manhattan, starts work in a small rural Kansas town that’s been ripped apart by a tornado. When one of her pupils – the damaged, articulate Micah – takes offence at an off-the-cuff remark about how life on Earth began, Susan is thrown into an ethical storm about science and faith […]
20 Oct 2010
New York, 1972. Michael Doyle, a young fireman, joins the IRA. Soon his Bronx apartment is overrun with a fast-quipping Irish killer; a beautiful woman he really mustn’t fall in love with; and charismatic boss David Costello, the “Big Fellah” himself. Over three turbulent decades their lives veer from farce to deadly danger. The Big […]
18 Oct 2010
Irritable, generous, seriously depressed yet a great wit: meet Samuel “Dictionary” Johnson – poet, essayist and lexicographer. This evening of stories and conversation brings to life some of the most colourful figures of the eighteenth century. BUY THE PLAYTEXT REVIEWS “A rare treat” -Michael Billington, The Guardian “Ian Redford is as close to the real […]
03 Sep 2010
