For the short piece that I wrote for the Red Room, I read hundreds of stories of refugees seeking asylum in this country; the Refugee Council provided me with some of the source material. All of these
Condemned as a "libel on the British people" when it was first produced in 1951, Absolute Hell is set in a decaying West End drinking club at the end of the Second World War. The 1995 production at th
It's the Bombay wedding season when ambitious mothers hunt for future brides and grooms to the music and dancing of the Hijras, the crude, rude and lewd cross-dressing men who, according to Hindu trad
Dr. David Kelly was the British Government's chief advisor on Iraq's chemical and biological weapons programme. After being named as the source of media claims about the political 'sexing up' of a gov
An anthology of short essays on the concept of freedom, curated by Belarus Free Theatre, and published to coincide with their 10-year anniversary celebrations.
The tide was turning - though local governments disagreed, it would soon be illegal to segregate black Americans from white Americans on public buses, in waiting rooms or in restaurants. And yet - in
1948: George Orwell is attempting to finish his final novel -Nineteen Eighty Four - before ill-health forces him off the solated Scottish island he has made his home. Holed up with a shotgun and liter
The harvest is ripe in a Black Country pear orchard. Seasoned hands settle to familiar tasks and the ritual education of newcomers. But corrupted lands yield a bitter crop. The weather turns, friction
Paul faces the usual struggles of growing up: struggles for understanding with his father; struggles to work out what girls are all about. But he also faces a more pressing problem. Reality seems to b
The Mammoth Sails Tonight! is inspired by the ballad of Sir Patrick Spens. This thrilling musical takes the reader on a wild voyage of adventure blending timewarps and mystery. It tells the story of a
An entertainment devised by the writer, theatre critic and broadcaster Sheridan Morley, drawn from the songs, letters, poems, films and diaries of Noël Coward. Performed in the West End at the Comedy
Between 1987 and 1989, Scottish director Paul Bright created a series of radical performances based on James Hogg’s The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. In 2010 the artists at Un
Outside a South African town a silent woman, Ruth, goes through her self-imposed rituals, a child's crib strapped to her back. An observer, Simon, who has loved Ruth since childhood, tells her story.T
Charlie isn’t sleeping. His neighbor’s cat has been dismembered. And worse, he’s being haunted by an urban fox. In a haze of neon-soaked insomnia, lines blur between reality and fantasy.An exhilaratin
Trevor's in trouble with the law - again. But this time it's serious. He faces twelve years behind bars.Roddy, Trevor's dad, came to Britain in the '60s and has done the right thing ever since - worke
Four new short plays inspired by the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta by internationally renowned playwrights Howard Brenton, Anders Lustgarten, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Sally Woodcock.
The Future Show is a piece that tells the story of Deborah's future, starting from the end of the performance and going until the end of her life, that is consistently re-written to be both site and t
Commemorating the exact centenary of the deportations that began the Armenian Genocide, I Wish To Die Singing - Voices From The Armenian Genocide is a controversial documentary drama uncovering the fo
