Trish leads a youth theatre group designed to bring together Asian and White teenagers. As she struggles to share her artistic vision with a cast who think acting is “gay”, the compelling stories of the young stars unfold, along with a moving history of their town. Take your seat at their final dress rehearsal… with […]
15 Jul 2010
Celebrated children’s writer Hans Christian Andersen arrives, unannounced, for a stay at Gad’s Hill Place in the Kent marshes – home to Charles Dickens and his large, charismatic family. To the lonely and eccentric guest, the members of Dickens’s household seem to live a life of unreachable bliss. But with his broken English, Andersen doesn’t […]
15 Jul 2010
‘Mum, I had a dream last night where I threw you down the stairs. It’s not right.’ For Hildy, political activism comes easier that dealing with the disorder of her family life: Her druggie son; her philandering husband; her father, misbehaving in a hugely expensive retirement home. And then there’s her mother – a charismatic […]
10 Feb 2009
“You can tell a German because he knows his Bach & Beethoven. You can tell a Canadian because he separates his rubbish. And you can tell a Brit because he knows how to sue his neighbours…” Where did Father Christmas originate? How do you feel about men holding hands? What should you do if you […]
11 Feb 2008
On a ship bound for Australia, a group of convicts are ordered to put on a show set in the criminal underworld of London that they’ve left far behind, never to see again–a world packed with such larger than life characters as highwayman Macheath and his lover sweet Polly Peachum. Cue stormy seas (and stormy […]
11 Feb 2008
The handsome young heir to the throne is in love. His fiancee is attractive, intelligent, cultured – and a Muslim. Suddenly it’s not only the future of the Royal Family under question but the very identity of Britain itself, as a panicked Prime Minister grapples with the possibility of a Muslim monarchy. In Alistair Beaton’s […]
11 Feb 2007
Jonathan’s eighteen. Bright boy. Great future. People expect things – especially now that his dad’s walked out, his mum’s got her career and Danny needs looking after. Danny – his brother with Down’s syndrome and a love of creative swearing. But Jonathan’s best friend needs him too. It’s hard work burgling houses all on your […]
11 Feb 2007
1994: An American family arrive in beautiful, tiny Rwanda and find themselves out of their depth. Struggling academic Jack Exley makes enemies when he tries to solve a mysterious disappearance. His teenage son finds adult trouble in Kigali’s nightclubs. And his ambitious new wife goes on a sightseeing trip that not even her Detroit childhood […]
11 Feb 2006
‘You were supposed to love me. You said it in front of sixty of our friends and family – Even my father cried.’ Neil’s come a long way from The Evening Press. But he’s still restless. Back from Sudan with a head full of nightmares, he takes a hammer to his life. Is Sarah the […]
11 Jan 2006
Talking to Terrorists is a play commissioned by the Royal Court and Out of Joint. The writer, director and actors interviewed people from around the world who have been affected by or involved in terrorism. They wanted to know what makes ordinary people do extreme things. Peacemakers, journalists and hostages. Significant figures from recent history. […]
11 Feb 2005
