A strikingly original play combining traditional storytelling with physical theatre, created by The Imaginary Body. Winner of a Fringe First at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival. Imagine that you must choose one single memory from your life./Imagine that choosing this memory is your only way of passing through to eternity./Imagine that you have just one hour to choose...

The last candidate has just left the room and the door is shut. The clock is ticking, there's a train to catch, and the panel must decide who to appoint. But what is really motivating them, and whose agenda will prevail? This play was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, in 2010 as part of the Women, Power & Politics season.

A 45-minute monologue from the multi-award winning author of The Weir. Winner of the Stewart Parker Award. Following the misfortunes of a petty criminal whose conscience beats him up when he becomes involved in a bungled kidnap. 'the writing is terse, lucid and admirably dispassionate' - Irish Times

Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life, from the author of Honour. Meryl Davenport - A mother who tells the story of her non-stop day in a rapid-fire internal monologue; Tiggy Entwhistle - A cactus lover bravely attempting to rise above her relationship crisis; Mary O'Donnell - A feisty teenage schoolgirl competing in a talent quest; Theresa McTerry - An increasingly disillusioned bride on her wedding day; Winsome...

A turbulent black comedy about love, loneliness and how we shape our future. Lucy thinks she's finally cracked the love thing. Joe, her handsome American boyfriend, is moving to London. So how come he seems to be heading for the emergency exit? Lucy's best friend Scarlet is on an endless carousel of losers, users and married men. Her dad just thinks we're all better off flying solo. But when a mysterious New Zealander arrives in their midst and starts...

The tragedy of Oedipus, who unknowingly slays his father and marries his mother, is one of the mythical cornerstones of Western civilization. Nicholas Rudall's new translation remains true to Sophocles original text while fashioning a language of grace and power, with contemporary players and theatergoers in mind.

Second Home by Charlotte Chimuanya explores the experiences of growing up mixed-race in twenty-first century Ireland. Naomi is trying to mend her broken heart. But will tackling grief and racism in a place she calls home prove to be the final betrayal? Second Home was first staged at VAULT Festival, London, in 2020, and was selected for publication in Plays from VAULT 5, an anthology of five of the best plays from the festival, published by Nick Hern...

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies. This edition contains the original version of the play, first performed at the Young Vic, London, in 1996.

Amber is trapped—by her family's rules and expectations, and by her own fears. But on the running track she feels free. As her body speeds up, the world slows down. And the tangled, mixed-up words in her head start to make sense... It's time to start a revolution: for her mother, for her sister, for herself. Run, Amber. Run. Manjeet Mann's multi-award-winning verse novel, Run, Rebel, about a young woman beginning to take control of her life, was...

White Lead by Jessica Siân explores the expectations and responsibilities of being an artist and a woman. The play is taken from Women Centre Stage; a collection of eight short plays, commissioned and developed as part of the Women Centre Stage Festival, that together demonstrate the range, depth and richness of women's writing for the stage. Selected by Sue Parrish, Artistic Director of Sphinx Theatre, these plays offer a wide variety of rewarding...