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STING
Sophie Swithinbank
2 F / 1 M
Drama
English text

A distinctive psychological thriller centred on two women. Ash starts a new job at an archive researching historic witch trials, where she and her colleague Lily are drawn into a chilling investigation into the recent murders of three women. Meanwhile, Ash’s controlling and violent a police officer boyfriend, Dom casts an increasingly threatening shadow over her life. Blending realism with supernatural and symbolic elements, the play draws unsettling parallels between the persecution of women in the past and the ways women are treated today.

FOR DOLORES
Eva O’Connor
2 F
Drama
English text

Réaltín and Mo have been friends since their youth, but their close bond carries grief, guilt, and old wounds. When the baby, Dolores comes into their lives, they are forced to confront both the past and the secrets threatening to tear them apart. For Dolores is a darkly comic and tender story about motherhood, friendship, and the family we choose for ourselves.

Dan Bishop
2 F / 2 M
Comedy
English text

A darkly comic satire about a television company whose parent company has close ties to the government and the weapons industry. Political pressure pushes the team to develop a ridiculous pro-weapons TV show, while the creators struggle with money, ambition and their own principles. Through sharp comedy and absurd corporate logic, the play exposes the uneasy links between media, politics, big business and war.

TAKE ME BACK TO THE WILD GRASS
Titas Halder
1 F / 2 M
Drama
English text

On a storm-lashed Christmas Eve, a reclusive old man’s carefully hidden life is shattered by an unexpected visitor—and the arrival of the granddaughter he abandoned. As old debts, buried secrets and family betrayals surface, a darkly funny reunion turns dangerously savage. Take Me Back to the Wild Grass is a gripping three-hander about guilt, survival, and the brutal price of escaping your past.

Richard Curtis
Stage adaptation rights

Charles does not really believe in true love – until he meets Carrie. Between weddings, friends and bad timing, he has to figure out whether he dares to take a chance on love.

Stage adaptation rights to the delightful hit film that helped make British romantic comedies popular around the world.

by Ashley Robinson and Dan Gillespie Sells
after Annie Proulx’s novel
2 F / 4 M
Play with songs
English text

Chamber play with songs based on Annie Proulx’s famous story, which in 2005 was made into a film with Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in the leading parts. About a cowboy who looks back and speaks about his life and the impossible love affair with another cowboy in Wyoming between 1963-1983.

AN ILIAD
Denis O’Hare & Lisa Peterson
1 H
Monolog
English text

A one-actor retelling of Homer’s The Iliad. A storyteller called The Poet recounts the Trojan War—especially the clash between the rivals Achilles and Hector—blending Homeric verse with modern language. The play connects ancient battles to today’s wars, exploring rage, grief, and humanity’s enduring cycle of violence.

Gro Dahle
adapted for the stage by Hilde Brinchmann
2 F / 1 M
Children’s play
Norwegian text

Fine children’s play about a girl who has an angry (stressed) mother: The Dragon whose anger is the fire. The girl gets a dragon tamer who puts up a mirror in front of the mother, who can now see, acknowledge, and change herself so that she gets a good relationship with her daughter.

SÄG SOM DET ÄR
Adde Malmberg
2 F/ 1 M
Comedy
Swedish text

Two civil servants must deliver the devastating news to an elderly woman that her house will be demolished to make way for a new road — but nothing goes according to plan. The conversation quickly dissolves into misunderstandings, small talk, coffee, and cake, as they desperately struggle to gather the courage to tell the truth. The result is a comical and highly relatable story about awkward situations, terrible timing, and humanity’s remarkable ability to avoid saying what really matters.

Musical by Dave Malloy after Leo Tolstoy’s WAR AND PEACE
6 F / 6 M
Orchestration.: 15 PCS

Piano-Conductor, Ensemble-Guitar, Oboe/English Horn, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Accordion/Glockenspiel, Guitar, Drums, Viola, Cello 1, Cello 2, Bass, Roving Clarinet, Roving Accordion, Roving Violin, Roving Viola, Pierre (Piano/Accordion/Vocal), Click Tracks (Supplied as QLab file)

Moscow, 1812. Natasha is waiting for her fiancé Andrey when a meeting with the charming Anatole turns her life upside down. A secret romance leads to a dangerous plan and ends in scandal and heartbreak. Amid the chaos, the aristocrat Pierre meets her with understanding and compassion, becoming an unexpected source of hope. Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 is an energetic and emotional musical about love, desire, betrayal and forgiveness — and about finding hope when all seems lost.