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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.

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.

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.

As long as you only have one sort of person telling the stories, well then our world will end up looking very like that one sort of person. It makes sense, doesnt it?1841. Mary Ann Evans is of marriageable age - just. Her father, Robert, has recently moved with her to Bird Grove House, with the sole purpose of finding her a suitable husband through the local church. But Mary Anns remarkable intellect and growing self-confidence are forming progressive new ideas in her mind; ideas that challenge her fathers most strongly held beliefs.Fuelled by every new book she reads and a burgeoning friendship with local radicals, Mary Ann finds it increasingly difficult to accept the rules of the world around her - bringing her into direct and bitter conflict with the father she adores. But perhaps that is the only way forward: to break every societal convention expected of her, find her voice, and become the writer she has always dreamt of being. After all, who can suppress the astounding gifts of future literary titan, George Eliot?Alexi Kaye Campbells witty and topical new play, Bird Grove, questions how we can live alongside those we disagree with, and places centre stage the untold story of one of Englands greatest writers, in a poignant exploration of family ties and self-determination.It is premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 2026.

Two plays from an award-winning playwright. When an out-of-work actor takes a job playing a ghost at an old countryside manor, he expects a few cheap scares but soon uncovers something far more frightening.It Walks Around the House at Night is a spinetingling new stage play, toured by ThickSkin in 2026.A late-night screening of a certain Steven Spielberg classic causes carnage on a university campus. What starts as a misunderstanding about the film quickly spirals into mass redundancies and bizarre conspiracies. The fight for academic survival is on.Jurassic is a ridiculous satire about fake news and fossils, premiered at Soho Theatre in 2025.

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.

In finance, man makes his own miracles. Jazz, Broadway and the Great Depression. In 1930s New York City, international financier Gregor Antonescus luck has finally run out. As news of a catastrophic business deal ripples across the world, he flees to the apartment of his estranged son Basil.There, Gregor will need all of his ruthlessness and ingenuity to save his reputation and keep his empire from collapse. But will he risk using his only son as a pawn in one last power play? A sharp and gripping tale of paternity and corruption, Terence Rattigans play Man and Boy was first performed in London in 1963. This edition was published alongside a revival at the National Theatre, London, in 2026. It features the original version of Rattigans play, with an authoritative introduction by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato and an afterword by Anthony Lau, director of the revival.

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.

And so yes, well, Id simply dropped that whole idea of being a good person, Id dropped it right down into some hole in the street, and down it had gone into the citys sewers, and no one ever saw it again. Set in a rather privileged world of intelligent and gentle people, a father, mother, son and the fathers long-time mistress tell the intimate story of their lives. Wallace Shawn, a student of morality whose plays have brought us frank truths about politics and sexuality, here takes on the subject of love - suffocating and freeing. Remorse, resentment, joy and sorrow play out against the background of a pleasurable and sophisticated but violent city.We dont understand ourselves, and we dont know why we do what we do. Ideally, then, dangerous weapons should be kept out of our hands at all times, but in romantic, sexual, and familial relationships we carry the weapon of our own feelings strapped to our chests whether we like it or not.Wallace ShawnWhat We Did Before Our Moth Days premiered at the Greenwich House Theater, New York, in March 2026.

People are capable of anything. Including this. Including you.At their twenty-week scan, an expectant couples lives are changed forever.Compassionate, unflinching and painfully funny, Guess How Much I Love You? is a story about impossible choices and enduring love. Luke Norriss play opened at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Jeremy Herrin and starring Rosie Sheehy and Robert Aramayo.

Theres something perverted about a Christmas tree I think theyre weird theyve got an aura like a malicious kind of an aura it looks perverted and it gives me the creeps. In an abandoned building somewhere above the Northern Line, with foxes prowling the deserted streets outside, a Jewish family gathers on Christmas Day. Sam Grabiners viciously funny play about family, belonging and the rituals we perform with the people we love opened at the Almeida Theatre, London, in December 2025.

Dealers ChoiceI feel its my duty to proclaim it from the rooftops: this is it, this is the play that will remind you, at the end of a year that has contained too few stand-out new-writing hits and far too many musicals, why we go to the theatre - and just how good it can get.TelegraphCloserPatrick Marbers searing follow-up to Dealers Choice establishes him as the leading playwright of his generation.Independent on SundayOne of the best plays of sexual politics in the language: it is right up there with Williamss Streetcar, Mamets Oleanna, Albees Virginia Woolf, Pinters Old Times and Hares Skylight.Sunday TimesHoward KatzAfter Dealers Choice (1995), his gripping study of self-destructive gamblers, and Closer (1997), a thrilling account of love, sex and betrayal, this third instalment of his trilogy set in contemporary London tackles the biggest themes of all - life, death, God and the human soul. Its great to see a contemporary dramatist wrestling with such material.TelegraphDon Juan in SohoOne of the foremost dramatic chroniclers of modern British life. Line by line, this is the best written of all Marbers plays. You want to hang around its phrases (how often does that happen in the theatre?): hardly a minute passes without a satirical swipe, a gutsy joke.ObserverThe Red LionMarber, in this riveting new piece, uses the world of non-league, semi-pro football to explore issues of trust and loyalty and the larger division between individual ambition and the collective ethic. If big issues emerge naturally from the action, it is because Marber is writing about a world he knows intimately. Everything feels right. Guardian

Simple, wise, and endlessly meaningful, Aesops Fables presents a collection of short stories that have taught moral lessons for centuries. Using animals and everyday situations, these fables convey insights about honesty, humility, wisdom, and human behavior with remarkable clarity. Their brevity and symbolic power make them accessible to young readers while offering deeper reflection for adults. Passed down through generations, these stories remain relevant in any era, reminding readers that fundamental truths about life and character never change. A timeless classic that belongs in every library.

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