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iGirlStylishly, mysteriously, and with a soaring imagination, Marina Carr has upended the definition of feminism.Independent on SundayGirl on an AltarMesmerisingly compelling . . . Carrs words are a delight to hear, even at their most bleak. Bracingly good.Evening StandardAudrey or SorrowAll facets of Marina Carrs precious mineral are on display in this startling play.Irish TimesTo the LighthouseGloriously ambitious and inventive . . . Woolf and Carr are an inspired match, the Irish playwright detecting the absolute truths of Woolfs work with laser-sharp focus and mining them to their fullest effect. Irish ExaminerThis collection also includes Gilgamesh, Carrs adaptation of the ancient Sumerian epic, a bold exploration of its enduring themes of power, love, mortality and our ruinous relationship to the natural world.

Two raw and revealing plays about family, Ireland, secrecy and shame, by the award-winning playwright Carys D. Coburn.Set in 1980s Ireland, BÁN is a reworking of Lorcas The House of Bernarda Alba. Five sisters, bound together under their mothers watchful eye, spend their lives longing for escape, power and the one local eligible bachelor. Dark, raucous and with a tender heart, BAN was nominated for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2025.In Absent The Wrong, a woman looking for her child is lied to; an artist pitches a memorial that is never built; a landlord raises rents; and thousands of children disappear. An intimate and sweeping play about seventy years of adoptees and their search for answers, it premiered at the Abbey Theatre as part of the 2022 Dublin Theatre Festival, where it was named Best New Production.

And what happens when the pendulum swings too far? We push back.In the 1970s, one enigmatic old lady wielded extraordinary influence, fighting against what she believed was the UKs moral decline. Armed with only a typewriter, this seemingly harmless grandmother took on the BBC and the godless media in a culture war that divided the nation.Inspired by real events, Caroline Birds wickedly funny play delves into Whitehouses most explosive battle her infamous blasphemy trial against Gay News and explores her formidable resolve to push back the tide. Was she a pearl-clutching prude or the most dangerous woman in Britain?A fascinating investigation into freedom and censorship, The Last Stand of Mrs. Mary Whitehouse was co-commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse, Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Pakenham Projects. Premiering at Nottingham Playhouse in 2025, it was directed by Sarah Frankcom and starred Maxine Peake and Samuel Barnett.

You have this idea in your head of the person you could be.On a journey West to rediscover himself, Jake unexpectedly meets Chris a kindred soul working the same night shift at a Costco in a rural American town.As their bond deepens, so does their sense of adventure. Maybe they could finally give life new meaning by chasing something more like the intrepid American explorers who came before them. Together, they grapple with questions about sexuality, family and lifes dead ends.Samuel D. Hunters emotionally intimate play Clarkston is a modern frontier story that blazes a trail through friendship, acceptance, love and the hope of new discoveries.It was first performed at Dallas Theater Center, Texas, in 2015, and won a New Play Award from the Edgerton Foundation. It received its British premiere at Trafalgar Theatre, London, in 2025, directed by Jack Serio and starring Joe Locke, Ruaridh Mollica and Sophie Melville.

1978. Holly, a young heiress, sits in a California prison awaiting trial for her role in a string of armed robberies that have captivated the nation. Her only hope? Her hotshot lawyer, Robert - who might make his name, if he can save hers.2017. Robert, now one of the most famous attorneys in America, faces a different kind of trial: the court of public opinion. In a last-ditch bid for redemption, he turns to the one former client who could help him plead his case. But will she?Katherine Moars play Ragdoll, inspired by the trial of Patty Hearst, plunges us into the psychedelic swirl of celebrity, violence, and scandal of 1970s America. It is premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2025.

I am remembering something and becoming something all at once.In a last-ditch attempt to be happy and sane, Bryony uproots her life to go and live with her young son in a tumbledown cottage in the wilderness. Bryony Kimmingss play Bog Witch is about being the least likely eco-convert, the last person to let go of their capitalist trappings. It explores what happens when ordering things online, drinking booze and coffee, and stuffing your face with Deliveroo no longer brings happiness. Have we been disconnected from our ecosystems for too long? This is the story not of dropping out but of plugging back in, and one that changes absolutely everything.A spellbinding play by an acclaimed artist renowned for her tearjerking and hilarious autobiographical theatre creations, Bog Witch was premiered at Soho Theatre Walthamstow in 2025, co-produced by Avalon and Tellus Studio, and co-directed by Kimmings and Francesca Murray-Fuentes.Kimmings is an artist of exceptional integrity, compassion, imagination and gutsGuardian

Maybe thats what cooking is, you know. Home in a pocket.Ty, Leroy and Daniel have signed up to a new Caribbean cooking group. Its led by their Occupational Therapist, Naomi, who really needs it to go well. Believing in the healing power of food, Naomi is brimming with plans to evoke memories of Sunday dinners at home with family, to get the men to talk, share and create something special.But when youre locked in a secure hospital, too much food for thought can be a bad thing.Each Sunday the hospital is transformed with the smells and flavours of home, and together the four embark on a challenging journey of self-discovery where its not just the pans that threaten to boil over. As the heat in the kitchen rises, the group is forced to reckon with uncomfortable truths not only about who they really are, but also to face what they did that led them to become trapped within the system.The funny and affecting debut play by Sophia Griffin, After Sunday is a searing examination of the intertwining lives of four people as they fight to find hope for a better future. Premiered at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, and the Bush Theatre, London, in 2025.

An intimate and rousing new musical experience by real-life couple Abigail and Shaun Bengson, known for their evocative indie-folk music and deeply personal storytelling. When Shaun turned his back on the church, he found a new home in music. Confronted now with acute degenerative hearing loss, hes making the choice to live joyfully in the face of lifes many unanswerable questions. Featuring creative captions, Ohio is an exhilarating and celebratory true story about losing faith and finding hope in the darkest of places. It had its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025 before playing at Bristol Old Vic and the Young Vic, London.

A system is people. These walls and bars didnt build themselves.Inside the walls of HMP Drummond, long-term prisoners Baxter, Norton and Lenny pass the time with poker, banter and the kind of gallows humour only lifers can muster.When Lennys body starts to give out, young prison officer Mark keeps an eye on him. What begins as a duty of care becomes an unexpected friendship, exposing the cracks in a system built to punish, not to support.Darkly funny and unflinchingly honest, Evan Placeys play Lifers challenges what we think we know about crime, punishment and redemption. Do some crimes make a second chance impossible? And when the world moves on without you, what does justice really mean? Produced by Synergy Theatre Project, it premiered at Southwark Playhouse, London, in 2025, directed by Synergys Artistic Director Esther Baker.

Hold on to your neck ties, boys. Charleys aunt is here!Scheming students Charley and Jack must somehow navigate the curmudgeonly Spettigue in order to declare their feelings to love interests Amy and Kitty. The promised arrival of Charleys immensely rich aunt gives them their opportunity but the course of true love never did run straight or smooth...Mistaken identities, false identities, the discovery of true identities: will love old and new triumph through it all?Brandon Thomass celebrated farce Charleys Aunt, fantastically successful when first performed in 1892, is brought bang up to date in Rob Madges riotous and glamorous adaptation. It opened at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury, in 2025, directed by Sophie Drake.

It doesnt happen all the time. That you really connect with someone. Its rare to meet someone like you.Gabriel Dolans never been up to much. Thats what everyone says. Until she meets Alex, a young, ambitious woman who sells essential oils for a multi-level marketing company called Paradise and overnight, Gabriel is drawn into a bright, new, floral-scented world.In Paradise, youre your own boss. In Paradise, you could make a fortune. Embraced by a new community of women just like her, Gabriel rises through the ranks of the company like a shooting star. But when she gets to the top, it doesnt quite feel like she thought it would.Margaret Perrys play Paradise Now! is a funny and raging drama about ambition, exploitation and the search for connection in a fractured world. It was first performed by an all-female cast at the Bush Theatre, London, in December 2022, directed by Jaz Woodcock-Stewart, and was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre at the Oliver Awards.This revised edition was published in 2025.

Loves strange, isnt it? You think youre going to feel it in your chest, or your gut. But I swear, I can feel it in every cell.Jess and Robbie. A chance meeting, some disastrous dates, an extraordinary transformative love. Its the stuff of fairy tales. Or is it?Lost Atoms is a wild ride through a life-changing relationship, or Jess and Robbies recollection of it. Together they scale the soaring highs and crushing lows, relive the beats of connection, the moments of loss. But are their stories the same? And can their memories be trusted? By turns hilarious and devastating, Anna Jordans Lost Atoms tells a timeless story which explores how love shapes our lives and how we remember it. It was commissioned and produced by Frantic Assembly in 2025, as their thirtieth-anniversary production, in a co-production with Curve, Mayflower Southampton and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, and directed by Frantic Assemblys Artistic Director Scott Graham.

Emma Woodhouse thinks she has it all figured out. Fresh from Oxford University and back in her hometown for the summer, shes ready to do what she does best: sort out everyone elses lives, whether they like it or not.Her closest friend Harriet is a total dating disaster, her father keeps disappearing on mysterious errands, and George Knightley refuses to stop pointing out the flaws in her flawless plans. But Emma knows best... right?Emma is Jane Austens timeless classic of romance, friendship, and the tricky business of figuring out what truly makes us happy. Ava Picketts irresistible adaptation joyously pulls the story into the twenty-first century, swapping drawing-room duets for dance-floor fillers. It premiered at Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames, in 2025, directed by Christopher Haydon.

Are they hydrated? Are they oxygenated? Are they motivated? Is the medical care they are receiving in line with their values and desires? Do they have meaningful support in their lives? Has the dog been left alone in the house? How do they take their tea?On the longest night shift of the year, a hole appears in the roof of a crumbling and understaffed A###E department.Senior Charge Nurse Crea strives to deliver safe and effective care while porter Billy angles after a date. Staff Nurse Ani juggles her bursting caseload, knowing that no one is at Mr Hoppers bedside for his final moments. Septuagenarian Tersia is trapped in a disco-fuelled fever dream, while a disgruntled Fred Turnbull prepares his strongly worded complaint. And student nurse Lina has No. Idea. What. Is. Going. On.A forensic examination of life and death within the NHS, Black Hole Sign opened at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in September 2025 and transferred to the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in October 2025.

Your woman ranting, who said this, who said that, who said the other, all boils down to the usual rigmarole. The Oracle says dont. The clodhopper says I will if I want. The Oracle flattens him, the clodhopper cuts out his eyes or the other clodhoppers cut them out for him, the clodhopper repents, the Oracle relents, everyone dies and they all live happily ever after until the whole malarkey begins again. Marina Carr brings a contemporary lens to the pain and beauty of Sophocles Theban trilogy, in two new plays published together here. This epic, darkly funny retelling of the story of Oedipus and his family continues Carrs vivid conversation with the foundations of modern drama. The Boy and The God and His Daughter opened at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in September 2025. The Boy was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in September 2025.

All my life, all your life, Ive struggled with this - was what I did wrong?Germany, 1945. Thomas, one of thousands of children stolen by the Nazis from Eastern Europe during WWII, is under the care of Ruth, a UN relief worker. She must choose whether to try to find his parents or leave him with those hes grown up with. The choice she makes will shape his life.London, 1990. Years later, Thomas visits Ruth. As they untangle the past, the decisions Ruth made as a very young woman are called powerfully into question.David Lans remarkable play explores the shapeshifting nature of memory and morality. It opened at the National Theatre, London, in September 2025.

Em Fragmentos Invisíveis, somos convidados a olhar para a vida sob uma perspectiva íntima e descomplicada, onde cada história é um pequeno reflexo de um mundo maior e complexo. Através de 24 personagens, a obra nos leva pelas ruas, salas e coraçes de pessoas que, apesar das diferenças, compartilham uma coisa fundamental: a busca por algo mais por sentido, por recomeço, por um jeito de se sentir vivo novamente. Cada capitulo e um pedaço de um todo maior, uma historia que se entrelaça com as de outros, como se todos estivessemos conectados por fios invisiveis. As vidas desses personagens, com seus erros, dores, alegrias e descobertas, no so apenas paginas em um livro; elas so ecos de nossas proprias experiencias, pequenas luzes que brilham mais forte a medida que nos permitimos recomeçar. A beleza de Fragmentos Invisiveis esta na sua capacidade de nos mostrar que, mesmo nos momentos mais dificeis, sempre ha espaço para a transformaço seja no simples gesto de um sorriso de um estranho ou na deciso de finalmente olhar para dentro de si. No e apenas uma historia para ler, mas uma historia para viver, repensar e sentir. A cada nova leitura, voce encontrara uma peça nova, uma cor diferente, uma emoço esquecida.

Cábala Viva - Sabiduría Mística para la Vida Cotidiana" Por Lyra Kadesh Cábala Viva abre puertas secretas entre lo visible y lo invisible, guiándote a través de símbolos, meditaciones y misterios que, durante siglos, se mantuvieron resguardados en silencio. Aqui, la antigua sabiduria mistica no se presenta como una teoria lejana, sino como un mapa vivo para el corazon humano: el Arbol de la Vida revela sus senderos, la Shejina se acerca con ternura y el Tikun se convierte en un llamado a la reparacion interior. Cada capitulo es una llave; cada llave abre una nueva percepcion. Al avanzar por las paginas, no solo lees: atraviesas portales. Este es un libro para quienes sienten que la vida guarda sentidos ocultos y desean despertar a una espiritualidad profunda, practica y luminosa. Cabala Viva Sabiduria Mistica para la Vida Cotidiana es un libro sobre la Cabala Viva, que une la tradicion judia con el autoconocimiento contemporaneo. Es una verdadera obra sobre sabiduria mistica, que presenta el Arbol de la Vida como guia y las Sefirot cabalisticas como espejo del alma. Tambien es un libro sobre el Tikun espiritual, que muestra como reparar los fragmentos interiores, y un libro sobre la Shejina divina, revelando el femenino sagrado. Con practicas de meditacion, se convierte en un libro sobre meditacion cabalistica y medicina espiritual. Asimismo, es un libro sobre misticismo judio y desarrollo interior, perfecto para quienes buscan expansion y equilibrio.

Rituales de Anubis - Protección Eterna - Eduarda Maat En las arenas del tiempo, donde el Nilo se encuentra con el desierto, los antiguos egipcios aprendieron a ver la muerte no como un final, sino como un pasaje sagrado. Este libro rescata esa poderosa vision, invitandote a un viaje junto a Anubis, el guia divino que no ofrece respuestas prefabricadas, sino la seguridad de su compañia. Aqui, rituales milenarios se revelan no como misterios lejanos, sino como herramientas de fortaleza interior para tus propias travesias. Es una invitacion a acoger los cambios, honrar la memoria y descubrir que, en cada final, reside la promesa de un renacimiento. Dejate guiar y encuentra la proteccion que siempre ha existido dentro de ti. Uniendo investigacion y sensibilidad, este es un libro sobre mitologia egipcia que va mas alla de lo academico, presentandose como un verdadero manual de espiritualidad egipcia. Descifra los simbolos del Antiguo Egipto y los rituales de Anubis para ofrecer un poderoso libro sobre proteccion espiritual. Al narrar el viaje del alma y la creencia en un libro sobre la vida despues de la muerte, la obra se convierte en una guia de autoconocimiento y meditacion. Es, en esencia, un libro sobre equilibrio interior y un sensible libro sobre rituales para el duelo, uniendo pasado y presente.

As Chaves de Hécate - Um Guia Prático de Rituais e Trabalhos com as Sombras - Valen Aethyr Alguns livros chegam como tochas acesas em momentos de travessia. As Chaves de Hécate é um guia que organiza a jornada interior com metodo, simbolos e ritos acessiveis, para quem busca proteço sutil, recomposiço de forças e autonomia espiritual. A obra apresenta praticas progressivas do altar liminar a respiraço dirigida, da ancoragem coerente ao cuidado com os ciclos lunares integrando corpo, emoçes, mente e espirito. Sem promessas faceis, ensina disciplina, registro e limites eticos, para que a espiritualidade se torne habito transformador no cotidiano. Ao reconhecer os limiares e dialogar com as sombras, o leitor encontra uma pedagogia do sagrado: clara, segura e praticavel. E um livro para atravessar portais internos e retornar com presença, lucidez e proposito. Este e um livro sobre cura energetica que oferece metodo e etica para a pratica; um livro sobre proteço espiritual com rituais de Hecate claros e seguros; um livro sobre trabalho com sombras que integra emoço e consciencia; um livro sobre higiene vibracional para manter o campo limpo; um livro sobre respiraço dirigida e um livro sobre ancoragem coerente para centrar e estabilizar; um livro sobre altar liminar que traz o sagrado ao cotidiano; um livro sobre ciclos lunares para sincronizar intenço e tempo.