Mummy's boy Elling and his roommate, the uncouth, reluctant virgin Kjell Bjarne, are the Odd couple of Oslo: a pair of confused souls taking their first steps in the outside world after years of isola
Following its successful launch in hardback, A Fanny Full of Soap comes out in paperback in October 2007.Leading lady and one-time telly star Eleanor Woodwarde’s life is collapsing around her exquisit
As the American War of Independence reaches its climax, the freed plantation slave Thomas Peters and John Clarkson of the British navy embark upon a journey which will redefine racial politics and ch
Crafted from interviews with Neil and Christine Hamilton, Charles and Diana Ingram, Jonathan Aitken, Edwina Currie, Craig Murray and others, each talking frankly about their downfall and disgrace, th
The present day: when Warsaw Ghetto escapee Sarah goes to the Venice Ghetto, and encounters a group of actors staging a dress rehearsal of The Merchant of Venice, she is confronted by a terrible stor
Janie's a force of nature, like some considerable disaster zone. It's baking hot, her mouth is peeling away and now she's got horns. Been on her head for yonks apparently, growing ... Roper can feel
In this witty, cutting version of Le Misanthrope, Moliere's angry hero Alceste becomes Alan - journalist, intellectual and free spirit - who finds himself adrift in a social whirl of false flattery a
An American woman who has never left Nashville searches Turkey for a deported Kurdish man who has disappeared.A darkly comic journey through a land where a language is illegal, history is drowned and
Caesar Ramsay works hard for his family. But the news his son Nelson reveals sends Caesar's seemingly ordinary life rapidly spinning out of his control!Fast, furious and very funny, Familyman asks so
Spring 1916. DH Lawrence and his wife Frieda have found a new life for themselves in the remote Cornish village of Zennor. Rejuvenated by the wild beauty around them, they persuade close friends Kath
Ricky's mates come from all over the world, and as far as they're concerned they are all 'breddas'. But when tragedy befalls one of them, Ricky's forced to ask himself the serious question - what does
"There's a photo and he says he's on it even though he isn't on it but he says he is and Barry took it and it's summat to do wi' me only it were Barry that took it, only he didn't, is that it?"Ron Hu
Which comes first, loneliness or violence? This is the story of love born in a very dark place between a man who wants to belong and a woman who wants to be forgotten. On a stormy night, they shelter
A passionate clear-sighted look at the day-to-day life of a working actor, The Dream follows Leigh Lawson as he performs with the Royal Shakespeare Company, taking a brief excursion to America to app
A woman is found wandering the streets of Fuchu City, Japan, her hands burnt and raw, her identity a mystery.Following the success of their 2006 hit The Bee, Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan's new play,
Growing up's hard to do, and in a Pennine town it isn't any easier, as adolescent Adam tries desperately to navigate his way through secondary school, first love, plenty of lust, and swimming surviva
Adriano Shaplin's new history play is set in 17th century London. The Civil War is over, the King has been executed, Oliver Cromwell has closed the theatres and the talk in the coffee houses is of rev
The village of Todos Os Santos is under threat from developers who want to clear the village and the forest for farmland. Meanwhile, the village bull won't dance the traditional bumba meu boi and the
