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Edna OBriens wonderful, wild and moving novel shocked the nation on its publication in 1960. Adapted for the stage by the author, The Country Girls, the play, is a highly theatrical and free-flowing telling of this classic coming of age story.This new edition of The Country Girls was published to coincide with its revival at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2019.

Dealers ChoiceI feel its my duty to proclaim it from the rooftops: this is it, this is the play that will remind you, at the end of a year that has contained too few stand-out new-writing hits and far too many musicals, why we go to the theatre - and just how good it can get.TelegraphCloserPatrick Marbers searing follow-up to Dealers Choice establishes him as the leading playwright of his generation.Independent on SundayOne of the best plays of sexual politics in the language: it is right up there with Williamss Streetcar, Mamets Oleanna, Albees Virginia Woolf, Pinters Old Times and Hares Skylight.Sunday TimesHoward KatzAfter Dealers Choice (1995), his gripping study of self-destructive gamblers, and Closer (1997), a thrilling account of love, sex and betrayal, this third instalment of his trilogy set in contemporary London tackles the biggest themes of all - life, death, God and the human soul. Its great to see a contemporary dramatist wrestling with such material.TelegraphDon Juan in SohoOne of the foremost dramatic chroniclers of modern British life. Line by line, this is the best written of all Marbers plays. You want to hang around its phrases (how often does that happen in the theatre?): hardly a minute passes without a satirical swipe, a gutsy joke.ObserverThe Red LionMarber, in this riveting new piece, uses the world of non-league, semi-pro football to explore issues of trust and loyalty and the larger division between individual ambition and the collective ethic. If big issues emerge naturally from the action, it is because Marber is writing about a world he knows intimately. Everything feels right. Guardian

I keep telling you, its different this time. Bad luck, but not this time. Well be unshackled. Start again.Where do you turn when youve got 100,000 of credit card debt and a 400,000 mortgage? For Colin, the answer is simple: fake your death in a canoeing accident in the North Sea. But as his widow Deborah enacts a complex plan to secure his life-insurance payout, the lies begin to take their tollInspired by real events, All At Sea is a witty and thrilling play about trying to keep the romance alive when everybody thinks youre dead. Alison Carrs play premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, in 2026, directed by Maria Crocker.This volume also includes a short one-person play, The Soaking of Vera Shrimp, which premiered at Live Theatre in 2014 and was subsequently performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Now what I need to explain to you, my friend, what your countrymen need to understand, is that when that day comes, and it will come, when my countrymen wake up, Im not at all sure that itll be your side that they choose . . .June, 1939. A weekend at a country house. King George VI has one chance to convince President Roosevelt to support him in the impending war. But it all seems to depend on whether the king and his wife can navigate a public picnic with the decorum expected of British royalty. The fate of nations rests upon beer and hot dogs.In Richard Nelsons humane, richly observed play, private fears and personal indiscretions spill out over a summer night, as the world waits on the brink of war.Springwood opened at Hampstead Theatre, London, in June 2026.

Atlantis is at once intimate and epic, fearless and tender, it is family drama and devastating global commentary . . . Emily White is an outstanding talent. Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, on behalf of the judges of the George Devine Award 2021Darkness. Look up. Look up there into the heavens, into the dark limitless expanse of space, and think back to four and a half billion years ago, give or take like.In a small Welsh coastal village, in a bungalow, live a family who will soon be forcibly evacuated from their home. Faced with rising sea levels and government apathy, Gwen and her granddaughter Rhiannon are galvanised into climate activism. As the years pass and the world becomes increasingly hostile, their passionate militantism threatens to rip the family apart.Atlantis opened at Theatr Clwyd, Mold, in June 2026 and transferred to Chichester Festival Theatre in July 2026.

He was dressing low-profile, but it was definitely him: red skin, horns, barbed tail, cloven hoofs, black goatee. He was unmistakable. Satan was buying soy milk and forty bucks worth of unleaded fuel.In a small town two miles north of Hell, our deadbeat narrator spots Satan filling up his red Corvette at the 7-Eleven. Satans a washed-up has-been whos totally lost his edge . . . but when their eyes meet across the parking lot, the two embark on a torrid romance, by turns screwball, surreal, terrifying and tender.Christopher Brett Baileys electrifying monologue premiered at Soho Theatre, London, in April 2026.Devilishly good nasty fun. Hilarious and perversely sexy. A literary acid trip. LYDIA LUNCHIts the ultimate road-trip into The Badlands. A pick-up at a 7-Eleven two miles north of Hell. The Devil in a red Corvette, nursing a pint of soya milk and the raging horn. Who could possibly resist? Fans of The Cramps, David Lynch and John Waters strap in - Christopher Brett Bailey is hotrodding his way to the Throne of Trash Culture and even Satan himself cant put on the brakes! CATHI UNSWORTH (author of Weirdo and Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth)Christopher Brett Bailey is a spectacularly brilliant wordsmith . . . his brain is permanently on fire. Hop on the back of his Harley, hold tight, you wont regret it. TERRY GILLIAM

I should never have let you in. I usually dont let people in.Ash is off the rails.Going straight from the sparkly sweat and tequila shots of the club to her first day of a new job, her new boss Lily is unimpressed. Their assignment: to catalogue historic cases of women accused of being witches. After an incident at work, Ashs boyfriend Dom enters the scene as a knight in shining armour, even providing Ash with the best present she could hope for: a pet rabbit. But as the women delve into researching a disturbing series of murders, Lily starts to get the sense that something is wrong with Ash. Or maybe, something is wrong with Dom.An urgent new play by Sophie Swithinbank, Sting casts a scathing light on the systemic injustice that permeates the very institutions sworn to protect us. It is premiered at the Young Vic, London, in 2026.

If she hadnt died, if you had got to Italy would you have married her for real? Its the week leading up to Kate and Geoffs wedding anniversary, and preparations for the party are in full swing. As they choose the music for their first dance, a letter from Switzerland arrives and quietly shatters their world.Buried for decades, the body of a young woman has been found in the melting ice. Is the past another country, or is it just beneath the surface?45 Years is an achingly tense, intimate and moving play, adapted from Andrew Haighs critically acclaimed film, itself based on a short story by David Constantine.The play is premiered at the Minerva Theatre at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2026, directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah, with a cast including Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James.

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Cause how am I gonna have the summer to end all summers with no one to share it with?Amani and Brianna are getting ready for a blind date, but getting there is the real test. Between teefing sisters, gentrified patties, flying bird poo, missing barbers, and a trim that could end a man, romance might not be the only thing on the lineSet to a Caribbean South London soundtrack, Tia-Renee Mullingss play A to B is about the beauty and absurdity of trying to be seen and to connect in a world that wont stop interrupting. Its about showing up: for love, family, yourself, even when youre late, lost, or covered in mud. A coming-of-age romcom where nothing goes to plan, but everything still matters.It is premiered at Soho Theatre, London, in 2026.

They travel on the wind, just like that missile, and they only land once they find someone to possess.When Shidehs husband is conscripted to serve on the frontline, she is left alone with her young daughter as Tehran is bombed. The missile strikes bring terror and destruction and something more ancient and malevolent carried on the wind.Carmen Nasrs stage adaptation of Babak Anvaris BAFTA-winning horror film is set amid the 1980s Iran-Iraq War, exploring the boundary between the rational and the irrational, and the question of whether to leave or stay.Under the Shadow is premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2026.

Im not in your Britain. Im in another Britain.Zafar flees homophobic persecution in Pakistan to seek asylum in the UK. Londoner Bilal (or Billy as he prefers to be known) is ground down by years of Grindr and the complexity of being a brown gay man.In Soho, at 2 a.m., worlds collide and Zafar and Billys lives are about to change forever.The P Word is Waleed Akhtars sharp-witted and devastating play charting the parallel lives of two gay Pakistani men as they negotiate everything from casual hook-ups to the UKs hostile environment.It was premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2022, directed by Anthony Simpson-Pike, and received widespread critical acclaim, winning the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre. The production was revived at the Bush in 2026, and this edition features the revised and updated version of the text.

Years after she walked out on her family, Helen has returned home after a war fought in her name. Her husband celebrates, her childhood friend Cee does not. Over the course of this first fragile night of peace time, wounds reopen, loyalties fracture and the true cost of a womans choice to leave her life is made clear.Ava Picketts fierce new play Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy is premiered at Stratford East, London, in 2026.

When a white teacher is killed in a black neighbourhood, four journalists race to get the headline at any cost. But when shocking new evidence pulls them into the dark heart of the case, they are each forced to confront what theyre prepared to risk to tell their version of the truth.Gripping and adrenaline-fuelled, Tracey Scott Wilsons seminal newsroom thriller was first staged Off-Broadway in 2003. It receives its UK premiere at the National Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Clint Dyer and with a cast including BAFTA Award-winner Letitia Wright, Ashley Thomas, Lorraine Toussaint and Wilf Scolding.

Equal parts hilarious and heart-breaking, Matt Andersons Shotgunned is a relatable and intimate piece of theatre about how the people we lose can shape who we become.Telling the story of Dylan and Roz a couple who unexpectedly fall out of love Shotgunned takes the audience on a non-linear journey through their relationship in a collection of fragmented scenes, like photographs in a shoebox or memories of a bygone age.Shotgunned is a poignant and humorous reflection on the messy and the beautiful in relationships, and how we can come up against a dead end, no matter how much we care for each other.It was first staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024, and returns to Assembly George Square in August 2026 as part of the Fringes Made in Scotland showcase.

The Market Deeping Model Railway Clubs chances of victory at the Annual Show have been ripped apart by vandals, and the group must rally to piece their miniature world back together. When their story goes global, Chairman Graham, his long-suffering wife Linda and the eclectic bunch of enthusiasts must face the question: what exactly is it about their everyday lives that makes recreating the England of the past in miniature so appealing?Based on a true story, William Ivorys play The Market Deeping Model Railway Club is a warm and witty celebration of community, friendship and British eccentricity. It is premiered at Nottingham Playhouse in 2026, directed by Adam Penford.Wiliam Ivory is a BAFTA-nominated screenwriter, playwright and actor. His work for the screen includes Made in Dagenham and The Great Escaper, and for the stage includes Bombers Moon and Diary of a Football Nobody.

1710, Rathkeale, County Limerick. A community flees persecution in Germany and is offered land in Ireland that should never have been given.Refuge traces their journey and explores the enduring connections between displaced communities of the past and those seeking safety today. Deirdre Kinahans thrilling new play weaves past, present and future: music and magic. Stories of longing, love and loss tear at the human need to find place, a home, a refuge.It is premiered by Fishamble: The New Play Company and Staatstheater Mainz in 2026.

Glasgow, 1957. A family destroyed. A man who insists he knows why. Between whisky-soaked confessions and half-truths swirling in cigarette smoke, William Watt and Peter Manuel share a night that will change everything. Winding through stale-aired bars, shadowed backstreets and tangled lies leading to one of the most infamous trials in Scottish history. From one of Scotlands most acclaimed crime writers, Denise Mina, and adapted by award-winning playwright Linda McLean, The Long Drop is an electrifying new play equal parts psychological thriller and pitch-black comedy. Gritty and gripping, it plunges us into a world of gangsters, gossip, and half-truths told over one too many drinks. It is premiered at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, in 2026.