Set in the notorious 18th Century lunatic asylum that gives the play its name, Bedlam is the story of how a cruel and unusual institution starts to crumble, after the arrival of an unassuming country
Autumn, and the orchard is full of cider apples: Beauty of Bath, Kingston Black, and Glory of the West. Inside the farmhouse, the rule of the matriarch Irene is challenged when her estranged daughter
Mary, the spirited youngest daughter of an angry, violent man, is sent to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife. Her strange new surroundings offer unsettling challenges, including the vicar's
When her father, a man whose anger is unleashed at the slightest provocation, sends her to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife, Mary finds her new place of employment an endless source of bo
'Leyshon is a master of domestic suspense' - Observer 'There's different ways to do it: I can slowly move closer step by step, or I can do it in one movement and bump into them. Easiest is in a pub th
Gary is a dipper, a burglar, a thief -- and this is his story: fierce, unflinching and at times unexpectedly tender. Gary is still at junior school when his father first takes him o
The Colour of Milk is the new novel by Orange longlisted author and playwright Nell Leyshon. 'this is my book and i am writing it by my own hand' The year is eighteen hundred and thirty one when fifte
Following the death of their young daughter, John and Laura visit Venice to try to escape their grief. But when the couple meet two aged sisters, one of whom claims to have psychic visions of the dead
National Theatre Connections is an annual festival which brings new plays for young people to schools and youth theatres across the UK and Ireland. Commissioning exciting work from leading playwrights
