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A novel of identity and resistance from one of Palestines most striking literary voiceswritten entirely from behind bars Nur, a Palestinian refugee from a camp near Ramallah, is often mistaken for an Ashkenazi Jew. Fluent in Hebrew and with a degree in archaeology, he dreams of freedom beyond the fence, and of writing a novel about Mary Magdalene based on the Gnostic Gospels. When he discovers an Israeli ID card in the pocket of a secondhand coat, he assumes a false identity and is hired for an archaeological dig near Megiddo. Passing as an Israeli, he moves through a world previously off-limits and gains insight into the lives of those hes been taught to perceive as enemies. As Nurs borrowed identity deepens, so does the rift within. Through an exploration of this internal conflict, Bassem Khandaqjis Arabic Booker-winning novel offers a meditation on the personal toll of occupation and the elusive desire to belongfully, honestly, and without fear.

The first novel written about the enigmatic literary legendAustralia, 1901. Miles Franklin, the young daughter of poor bush farmers, manages to publish her first novel against all odds. A work of remarkable boldness and passion, it becomes an immense success in the English-speaking world. While she strives to maintain her anonymity under a male pseudonym, her identity is revealed and she is exposed to the misogynistic prejudices of her time. Alone and penniless, she sets sail for America where a life of service to the most vulnerable, and feminist causes awaits her. She forges countless friendships, experiences magnificent loves, and, through it all, nurtures her passion for writing and her ambition for literary success. Guided by her generosity and sense of humour, she embarks on numerous adventures across Europe before returning to her homeland. There, she will deliver a final blow to the critics who proclaimed that her wit and her genius had dried up.

It takes just a moment to make history.Based on the incendiary short story by Hilary Mantel, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher is darkly funny and dangerously tense a gripping psychological thriller for our politically violent times.Written by Alexandra Wood, this daring play is an audacious game of power, class and conviction that asks the biggest what if? of them all.Its late summer, 1983. Out in the street, the world is waiting to greet Margaret Thatcher as she emerges from hospital. Just routine surgery what on earth could go wrong? But here in this room her life is up for deadly debate and history is holding its breath.Two people. One window. One gun.If the time comes to pull the trigger, which side of history will you be on?Premiered at the Liverpool Everyman in 2026.

An epic family drama takes us to the very boundaries of love and devotion in the age of climate catastrophe.When Alice returns from a gruelling Antarctic odyssey, she finds that everything has changed. Theres been a flood, a funeral and a new romance.At 1:30am, her daughter Alba is sleeping. Her mother, Eve, has never been more awake. And Alice? Maybe the cracks she discovered in the Antarctic ice have followed her home.Martha Loaders play Albatross is toured in the UK by Menagerie Theatre Company in 2026.

dis is my home. My whole life. My history here. And de only future I go have is here.As colonial Trinidad advances towards political independence, a downtown Port of Spain gentlemens club becomes entangled in a different kind of custody battle.ALMA promises its guests a comfortable environment to relax and indulge. Owned by Englishman Mansion, its governed by Pearl and coveted by beguiling Ruby. Then Diamond drifts in. His impetuous deal with a corrupt US Marine imperils ALMA, and all their lives are collateral damage. One wrong move and everything could shatter.Martina Lairds debut play Driftwood is set in the 1950s in the Caribbean, a deeply evocative story of self-determination and the search for family and belonging. It is premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in association with Kiln Theatre, London, in 2026.

Thank you for trusting us with your pleasure!The Dancing Bears strip club is failing. Ten covers on a Saturday night. One booking next week. The new club down the street are packing fifty women a night with their twelve-inch synchronised dicks.When the bosss daughter shows up, she realises theyre gonna need a bigger show.Dave Harriss play Tender tells a steamy, boisterous and tender story about breaking free from masculinitys seductive cage. It is premiered at Soho Theatre in 2026.

Its funny what people do and what they tell. Were all hiding bits of ourselves. The bits were not proud of. I can see that now.Its Friday night and Franky is back at her local pub for the first time in years. Pints are poured, Motown music drifts from the tinny speakers, and karaoke starts at eight. Its reassuringly familiar. Like nothings changed. But, haunted by grief, Frankys family are quietly unravelling around her. Her dad is hiding himself away, and buried family secrets are leaking through the cracks in every room.A bittersweet, tender exploration of the long tail of grief and the fickleness of memory, Heart Wall asks where we go when the walls start closing in and home has become somewhere you dont know.Kit Withingtons play is premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2026.

An epic, Lovecraftian horror novel in the vein of Black River Orchard and American Elsewhere about a small town that becomes obsessed with a series of random objects left strewn across their town in the aftermath of a storm. From the Bram Stoker award-nominated and bestselling author of Come with Me. The residents of Mariners Cove are changingIn the aftermath of a violent storm, a collective obsession is rapidly developing among the people of this quaint suburban neighborhood. Random, everyday items left scattered upon the lawns, the streets, and the shoreline all seem to call out to them. There is an item for almost everyone, and each item has a certain hold over the person who finds ita hold that soon turns into unwavering infatuation. They hide their items from each other, obsess over them, and they will do anythinganythingto protect them.The collective hum of bees wings...A young boy finds himself the possessor of a strange and inexplicable power. Is the arrival of this power linked to the increasingly odd and dangerous behavior of the residents of Mariners Cove? Has he been granted this power in order to thwart whatever is about to happen in this small, bayside community, or is there a more sinister purpose?All hail the Dragon...All eyes are on him now.The residents of Mariners Cove are watching.They move as one, like a solitary organism, and will do anything to succeed in their single-minded purpose.They will not be stopped.

A riotously sharp novel about self-righteousness, control, and the unexpected afterlife of a dogRose Cutler prides herself on her principlesveganism, feminism, eco-consciousness, and general moral superiority. She runs a yogurt business she quietly despises and lives alone, comfortably distanced from the mess of human relationships. But, when her brother and sister-in-law let her watch her six-year-old nephew Nathan, things go spectacularly wrong. After Roses dog kills a corgi at the park, Nathan begins to bark, overeat, and claim that the dead dog has possessed his body. Rose assumes this is trauma. Nathan insists its metaphysical fact. As Rose embarks on a misguided quest to free Nathan from his canine passenger, what begins as an attempt at childcare devolves into a surreal, anarchic spiral of suburban chaos. Brimming with unhinged charm and moral ambiguity, The Hitch is a biting satire of the stories we tell ourselves to stay saneand the havoc we wreak when those stories fall apart.

This house is full of secrets.Soon after inheriting her familys stately home, eccentric artist Fenella Harford discovers a stash of hidden diaries and enlists a young academic, Marva, to confirm their authenticity.Joined by Marvas brilliant but overlooked mentor, Abi, the three women come together to seek the truth, soon realising that secrets at the heart of Harford Hall were darker than they could have imagined.A gripping gothic psychological thriller, Winsome Pinnocks new play The Authenticator is premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2026.

O que é a vida, se você não para um instante para repensá-la?Hoje considerado a obra-prima de Goliarda Sapienza, este romance, escrito ao longo de dez anos, foi rejeitado por editoras durante duas dé

Beauty, to us physicists, is something weve never seen before.A PhD student hunting dark matter collides with A disillusioned illusionist A teenage medium with a secret A murdered mathematician A trail-blazing astronomer Together, they investigate the greatest unsolved mystery of the universe. Aether explores physics, faith, and magic in rich theatrical spectacle to uncover humanitys insatiable fascination with the unknown.Emma Howletts play was first seen in TheatreGooses production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025. It published alongside a run at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2026.

A spellbinding tale of female defiance and rageIn a time outside time, in a world hemmed in by dark woods and silence, the villagers of Les Montées endure a life of hardship and submission. The land is stingy, the Lords are merciless, and for the village women, resistance is a futile dream. One day, a foundling appears at the edge of the forest. Madelaine grows up to be mysterious, magnetic, and shockingly adept with an axe. One day, she slaughters a stag in defiance of the Lords decrees. The land, the laws, and the lives of those around her tremble in response, and a new destiny begins to take root. Madelaine Before the Dawn is a wild, lyrical novel about the inheritance of silence and the fire of female defiance. Collette has created an electrifying vision of revolt and resilience at the edge of civilization.

"It does not matter what is true, or not true. All that matters is what is written down."Essex, 1643. A country divided. A town on its knees. A teenage girl with a dangerous secret.Adapted by Ava Pickett from the award-winning novel by A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches is both a gripping historical drama and a fiercely modern exploration of fear, control, and what happens when womens voices are silenced.It is published alongside the premiere production by Mercury Theatre Colchester in 2026.

A great read. A box of delights which is also a thrilling satirical torture chamber. Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession An absolute riot . . . totally compulsive.Observer A modern master of funny, penetrating satire.GQIf Phoebe Waller-Bridge had a score to settle.StylistThe new novel from the bestselling author of Capital What if the years most talked about TV show was all about your marriage?Kate, thirty years into her marriage, has a seemingly idyllic metropolitan, North London life. Phoebe, a young screenwriter, is the creator of the years hit TV show, Cheating.When Kates world takes a darker turn, she thinks she sees details and intimacies in the show that only she and her husband Jack could possibly have known. But who has betrayed who? Who gets to tell whose story?A black comedy of resentment and entitlement, Look What You Made Me Do is the story of two very different women from two very different generations, heading toward a battle only one of them can win.

A saga inspired by the incredible but true story of the iconic Klimt paintingPainted in Vienna in 1910, Gustav Klimts Portrait of a Lady was purchased by an anonymous collector in 1916, retouched by the master a year later, then stolen in 1997 before reappearing in the gardens of an Italian modern art museum in 2019.No art experts, museum curators, or police investigators know the identity of the young woman in the painting, nor the mysteries that surround the turbulent history of her portrait. From the streets of Vienna in 1900 to Texas in the 1980s, and from Manhattan during the Great Depression to contemporary Italy, de Peretti imagines the destiny of this young woman as well as that of her descendants, and creates a masterful fresco that intertwines family secrets, disappearances, and thwarted loves.

Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. On their terrifying journey, they must face the pain of their own unbearable loss alongside incredible danger. Above all, they must journey to find each other again. This compassionate and beautiful play is a story of connection between friends, families and strangers.Nesrin Alrefaai and Matthew Spanglers adaptation of Christy Lefteris bestselling novel The Beekeeper of Aleppo was first seen at Nottingham Playhouse and on tour in 2023, and is revived in 2026.

A sweeping, multi-generational saga that traces the fractured bonds between three Iraqi-British sistersIn the summer of 2014, three estranged sisters are drawn back into each others orbits through the discovery of their late fathers lost paintings. As Mediha, Zainab, and Ishtar lay claim to his legacyan inheritance laced with exile, betrayal, and an Iraq they no longer recogniseZainabs son Nizar, a war correspondent haunted by his time on the front lines, returns to the family fold. As summer bleeds into autumn and the truth about the paintings unfurls, the family is forced to confront the personal and political betrayals that tore them apart. Spanning continents and decades, Floodlines grapples with grief and memory, and charts the emotional and political aftershocks of a century of war and revolution in Iraq and beyond. Inspired by the artistic legacy of Haddads great uncle, the Iraqi modernist painter Jewad Selim, Floodlines explores family, queerness, and the wounds of (neo)colonialism in haunting, visceral prose.

Hes a vampire. He sucks the life out of people because his own life bores him so much.A plague rages across Europe. On a remote island, former actress Alice and army Captain Edgar are quarantined together locked in a bitter, brutal, and addictive marriage. When an old friend arrives to help celebrate their wedding anniversary, its the perfect excuse for the couple to take their terrifying games to a new level.August Strindbergs masterpiece Dance of Death is a darkly comic portrait of psychological warfare a toxic love story that continues to thrill audiences today.Richard Eyre follows a series of revelatory Ibsen productions with this new adaptation, premiering at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in 2026.

Funny, profound, deeply moving and uplifting, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is the joyous new musical adapted by Rachel Joyce from her multi-million-selling novel, with a ravishing score (The Times) by the chart-topping indie musician, Passenger. Harold Fry was never meant to be a hero. An ordinary man in an ordinary life until a letter from a long-lost friend sends him out the front door and he keeps on walking. From Devons quiet lanes to the windswept streets of Berwick-upon-Tweed, his journey becomes a pilgrimage of love, redemption, and second chances.Strangers turn into companions, kindness appears in unexpected places, and the road reveals more than Harold ever imagined. Back home, his wife Maureen begins her own journey, one that might bring them together again. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a moving celebration of the human spirit and a reminder its never too late to start again. Following a sold-out run at the Chichester Festival Theatre, it transfers to the West End in 2026.