What skills did Shakespeare's actors bring to their craft? How do these skills differ from those of contemporary actors? Early Modern Actors and Shakespeare's Theatre: Thinking with the Body examines
In September 1769, three thousand people descended on Stratford-Upon-Avon to celebrate the artistic legacy of the town’s most famous son, William Shakespeare. For three days, attendees paraded through
From acclaimed author and ardent bibliophile Stuart Kells comes an exploration of the quest to find the personal library of the world’s greatest writerMillions of words of scholarship have been expend
A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man is finding it hard to talk. James Fritz's new play about grief, masculinity and the power
1665. When the plague arrives in Eyam, the villagers are tasked with examining their civil responsibility, as they must decide whether to stay quarantined, or flee and risk spreading the deadly disea
A landmark collection of 7 contemporary plays by British East Asian writers.Exploring subjects such as cultural identity, the fragmentation of communities, tradition, invisibility and discrimination;
A new edition of the acclaimed play by the award-winning James Fritz. Written for the National Youth Theatre. The Fall asks how much can a younger generation, dispossessed and disenfranchised, truly
A selection of the best work of Stephen Jeffreys. Included here are his first big success, Valued Friends, The Clink, A Going Concern, and Jeffreys' smash-hit, The Libertine. Rounding off the volume a
Drip Feed is a fast, infectious, dark comedy about the messiness of being youngish, female and queer in Ireland.Cork. 1998. Brenda and her best pal are part of the city's furniture.Dancing on tables a
Brian and Donna's son is nine years old and he's struggling. That's what his teacher says. Says he should see a psychologist. But Brian and Donna - recently separated - never liked school, never liked
Buggy Baby is a horror comedy about trying to build a normal life when nothing about life is normal.Jaden, Nur and baby Aya have escaped another country and ended up in a rotting room in London. While
A surprising and touching tale about a couple, their experience of Alzheimer's, and their enduring efforts to hold their relationship together through the years. A new play from the writer of the Shak
A celebrated war photographer, A young Syrian, six months pregnant, on an ageing fishing boat in the Mediterranean, sinking fast under the weight of refugees. Through two alternating monologues, Borde
It's now 50 years since The Night of the Barricades in Paris (10-11 May 1968), when thousands of students protested and built barricades against the police, leading to hundreds of arrests and student
