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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.

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.

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.

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.

Louis Emmitt-Sterns Slippery is a hilarious and heartfelt play about ghosts, sex, and spaghetti. Winner of Soho Theatres Tony Craze Award, it is premiered at Omnibus Theatre, Clapham, in 2026.Gave it to me when he died. Thought it was a bit odd. F**k flowers. Have an espresso machine.2AM. A London flat. Jude and Kyle return from A&E. One has slipped, but theyre both falling. A decade after their messy breakup, old wounds reopen as their tender reunion unravels into something more dangerous.Also included in this volume is Emmitt-Sterns play Is This Us Fading Out, about a couple trapped in a post-breakup limbo, looking at their relationship after their relationship has ended. The play premiered as part of a digital showcase in 2020, produced by Swings&Roundabouts. It was subsequently performed at Watford Palace Theatre in 2021.

A summer of pleasure. A storm on the horizon.Its a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russias elite retreat to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs.When theyre having this much fun, why care about anything else? But Varvara just cant shake the feeling that their holiday idyll is built on borrowed time.As the party continues, how long can they ignore the storm on the horizon?Nina Raine and Moses Raines new adaptation of Maxim Gorkys razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial is premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2026.

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.

Nobody would get in this boat unless they had to. Me and my family, we had to.When they learn that Ahmet came to the UK after fleeing his own war-torn country, his classmates have The Greatest Idea in the World a magnificent plan to reunite Ahmet with his family. What follows is an unexpected and often hilarious adventure, all topped off with a terrific twist.Based on the best-selling and award-winning novel by Onjali Q. Rauf, this stage adaptation of The Boy at the Back of the Class is a joyful and heartfelt testament to the power of friendship, and a reminder that everyone needs a place to call home.Nick Ahads adaptation was first performed in a co-production between the Rose Theatre, Kingston, and Childrens Theatre Partnership in 2024, directed by Monique Touko, and was revived on a tour of the UK in 2026.

I have a voice in the University, Im in the House of Lords, I have this lovely permanent home. Everythings hunky-dory. I just need a bit of help.Jim Hacker is back - older, but perhaps not wiser, utterly bewildered by the world today. Hoping for a quiet retirement as Master of Hacker College, Oxford, instead Jim finds himself facing a very modern crisis: cancelled by the college committee.Enter the delightfully devious Sir Humphrey Appleby, who has lost none of his love for Latin phrases and obstructive bureaucracy. But when faced with meddling students, faculty Fellows and the reality of old age itself, it might at last be time for him to say, Im Sorry, Prime Minister . . . Im Sorry, Prime Minister is the final chapter of the BAFTA-winning political comedy first seen in the 1980s television series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.The play was first performed at the Barn Theatre, Cirencester, in September 2023, and transferred to the Apollo Theatre, London, in February 2026.Enjoyable and touching . . . honours a magnificent comic project.GuardianDeliciously rueful.Daily Telegraph

Charting twelve turbulent years of modern Ukrainian history, from the Maidan protests of 2014 to Russias full-scale invasion in 2022 and beyond, Ukraine Unbroken is a powerful cycle of short plays about courage, truth and survival in the face of an existential threat.Across five gripping plays by some of todays most acclaimed British and Ukrainian writers, this volume explores the resistance and resilience of a nation determined to remain free.Always by Jonathan Myerson depicts a married couple held hostage in a hotel in 2014 as their son protests in Maidan Square below.Five Day War by David Edgar takes a darkly comic and sinister look at the ambition and delusion of Russias 2022 Special Military Operation, the invasion that was not an invasion.Three Mates by Natalka Vorozhbyt, translated by Sasha Dugdale, explores the shame of survival in a darkly humorous confession from a Ukrainian man hiding from conscription.Wretched Things by David Greig tells the story of Ukrainian front-line troops who have captured a wounded soldier and must decide whether to risk their own lives to save his.Taken by Cat Goscovitch confronts the harrowing reality of the twenty thousand Ukrainian children stolen by Russia, following one mothers search for her daughter.This collection includes a foreword from Nicolas Kent, who conceived and directed the project at Arcola Theatre, London, in 2026. He produced and directed the Olivier Award-nominated play cycle The Great Game Afghanistan at the Tricycle Theatre, London, where he was Artistic Director.

It does not matter what is true, or not true. All that matters is what is written down. Essex, 1643. In the quiet town of Manningtree, most of the men have gone to fight in the Civil War. With food running out and boredom setting in, seventeen-year-old Rebecca West longs for something, anything to happen.When a tragic incident involving a local boy coincides with the arrival of the mysterious Matthew Hopkins, the town is plunged into discord. As suspicion and fear take root, Rebecca finds her own girlhood weaponised against her and is forced to make a devastating choice.The Manningtree Witches is a thrilling and fierce exploration of fear, control and what happens when womens voices are silenced. A. K. Blakemores novel was a Sunday Times Book of the Year, winner of the Desmond Elliot Prize and shortlisted for the Costa Debut and Ondaatje Prizes. This stage adaptation by Ava Pickett was first performed at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, in 2026, produced in association with Frantic Assembly, supported by Eleanor Lloyd Productions and directed by Natasha Rickman.

Am glanzvollen Hof von Ferrara ringt ein genialer Dichter mit dem Wahnsinn und der unuberbruckbaren Distanz zwischen Kunst und politischer Realitat. Torquato Tasso verstrickt sich in ein Netz aus Missverstandnissen und verletztem Stolz, das seine sensible Seele zu zerreien droht. Das Drama ist eine feinfuhlige Untersuchung des Kunstlerdaseins und der Einsamkeit, die mit auergewohnlicher Begabung einhergeht. Ein sprachlich brillantes Werk uber die tragische Unvereinbarkeit von Idealismus und gesellschaftlichem Kalkul.

Ein wilder Waldgeist dringt in eine kultivierte Gesellschaft ein und entlarvt mit seiner animalischen Prasenz die Kunstlichkeit menschlicher Sitten. Die Begegnung zwischen Naturkraft und Zivilisation fuhrt zu grotesken Situationen und schmerzhaften Selbsterkenntnissen der Beteiligten. Goethe spielt mit Tabubruchen und der Faszination fur das Ungezahmte, das unter der Oberflache jeder Erziehung lauert. Eine provokante Satire, die die Grenzen zwischen Mensch und Tier auf hochst unkonventionelle Weise verschwimmen lasst.

In diesem dramatischen Werk verknupft Heine die tragische Geschichte eines verbannten Mauren mit der religiosen Intoleranz seiner Zeit. Die Verse verstromen eine dunkle Romantik und eine Vorahnung kommender Katastrophen, die tief in der Geschichte verwurzelt sind. Almansors Rache und sein Leid spiegeln die Zerrissenheit zwischen verschiedenen Kulturen und den Schmerz des Heimatverlusts wider. Eine kraftvolle Tragodie, die heute aktueller denn je erscheint.

Konig Herodes schwankt zwischen leidenschaftlicher Liebe und paranoider Eifersucht gegenuber seiner Gemahlin Mariamne, was eine Kette verhangnisvoller Befehle auslost. In einer Welt voller Intrigen und politischem Druck wird die Ehe zum Schlachtfeld des Misstrauens. Dieses Drama fangt die zerstorerische Kraft des Besitzdenkens und den Stolz einer Frau ein, die lieber stirbt, als ihre Wurde zu verlieren. Ein monumentales Stuck uber den Konflikt zwischen Orient und Okzident und die Abgrunde der menschlichen Seele.

Eine illegitime Herkunft wird in diesem klassischen Trauerspiel zum todlichen Schicksal in den korrupten Korridoren der Macht. Eugenie kampft verzweifelt um ihren Platz in einer Welt, die sie verleugnet, wahrend politische Rankespiele ihre Existenz bedrohen. Das Drama besticht durch seine kuhle Asthetik und die unerbittliche Logik, mit der die Heldin in den Abgrund gezogen wird. Eine tragische Erzahlung uber Identitatsverlust und den hohen Preis, den Einzelne fur die Stabilitat eines Staates zahlen mussen.

This controversial and sensory-driven drama reimagines the biblical tale of the woman who demanded the head of John the Baptist. Filled with obsessive desire and decadent imagery, the play explores the lethal intersection of beauty and cruelty. The moonlit terrace of Herods palace becomes a stage for a psychological descent into madness. It is a bold, atmospheric work that continues to provoke and fascinate with its raw emotional power.

Auf der fernen Insel Tauris muss eine Priesterin zwischen dem Gehorsam gegenuber einem Konig und der Rettung ihres eigenen Bruders wahlen. Iphigenie bricht den ewigen Kreislauf der Gewalt nicht durch Blutvergieen, sondern durch die radikale Kraft der Wahrheit und Humanitat. Das Drama strahlt eine klassische Ruhe aus, unter der jedoch gewaltige emotionale Spannungen brodeln. Ein zeitloses Pladoyer fur Vergebung und die heilende Macht aufrechter Gesinnung in einer grausamen Welt.

Ein magischer Ring verleiht seinem Trager Unsichtbarkeit und stellt die Treue sowie das Vertrauen innerhalb eines koniglichen Dreiecks auf eine fatale Probe. Zwischen Konig Kandaules, seinem Vertrauten Gyges und der stolzen Konigin Rhodope entspinnt sich ein psychologisches Drama um Ehre und Scham. Hebbel untersucht hier die gefahrlichen Konsequenzen der Verletzung von Intimsphare und sakralen Traditionen. Die tragische Verstrickung fuhrt unausweichlich in den Untergang aller Beteiligten.

Hinter der Fassade einer respektablen Wirtshausgesellschaft lauern Betrug, Diebstahl und moralische Doppelmoral. In dieser bissigen Komodie deckt Goethe die kleinen Sunden und groen Verfehlungen gewohnlicher Burger auf, die alle in kriminelle Machenschaften verstrickt sind. Niemand ist ohne Schuld, und genau darin liegt die bittere Komik dieses scharfzungigen Stucks. Ein schonungsloser Blick auf die menschliche Unzulanglichkeit, der die Heuchelei der Gesellschaft mit eleganter Leichtigkeit entlarvt.