Drama Plays

The winning script of our first Young Writer's Competition, The Chicken Salad of a Troubled Mind is Set in the deep and murky subconscious of a troubled mind, we follow the footsteps of Sarah as she attempts to lunch with her mum, and bond with her sister, without her inner most thoughts brimming over the edge.

Twenty Six Miles’ is a drama about the Italian marathon runner, Dorando Pietri, who in the 1908 London Olympics,  collapsed as he came into the stadium  and  was helped over the line.

Jealous and resentful of Toussaint L’Ouverture’s new-found friendship with the French, the mixed-race Mulattoes’ plot to assassinate him backfires. However Toussaint and his allies must now confront the biggest challenge of their lives, as France’s new leader Emperor Napoleon takes steps to restore slavery…

As Toussaint L’Ouverture and the rebels take to the hills, Marie is tormented by the spirits of dead slaves killed in the struggle. Help for the rebels comes from unexpected quarters when General Laveaux, leader of the French in St.Domingue, offers Toussaint an unanticipated alliance…

Black Spartacus Episode 2

As the rebels led by Toussaint L’Ouverture plot the downfall of slavery Marie, a timid but gifted house slave, must make a choice between joining the rebellion or staying with her mistress. Soon a voudou ritual will mark the beginning of the uprising…

It focuses on the life of the key player, Toussaint L’Ouverture, and his astonishing meteoric transformation from an ex-slave into a brilliant diplomat and military leader capable of uniting various factions in the country’s volatile racial mix to safeguard the country’s all-too vulnerable freedom…

Jacker & Baker recounts how the two friends - out-classed, inexperienced and beset with problems - set about preparing to take on the unscrupulous American team, in the 1500 metres at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, in what has been described as ”the greatest race ever run”.

Actors Avi Nassa, Andrew Ward and world renowned guitarist Esteban Antonio throw dramatic light upon the intense and shocking life of perhaps Spain's greatest modern poet Federico Garcia Lorca.

In Act Three of Wild Elusive Butterfly, John and Peter surprise the Furies with an invitation and shocking suggestion.  Magda gives Jack a recording (naughty!).  In the Garden of Eden, Tom can't tempt Daisy with an apple, but a red cigarette might end in a kiss. The Wireless Theatre Company, 2012

Wild Elusive Butterfly is primarily a love story. Daisy and Tom negotiate, and navigate the pitfalls that love and loss bring. The people in their lives (and sometimes beyond) help make them who they are - and try to shape them into who they were meant to be.

Wild Elusive Butterfly is a story of love.  It centres around Tom and Daisy - colleagues through work who secretly want more. When an accident at sea separates them forever, hindsight and regret, with help from friends in life and beyond, make a lifetime seem to have passed in the blink of an eye.  For the one left behind, the need to try and reclaim missed opportunity and finish what was left unsaid becomes all-consuming.

Josephine Arden March 2012

Recorded LIVE at The Roundhouse in Camden in collaboration with Roundhouse Radio, The Piper and Musicians of Bremen is one of six productions recorded over three nights this December and is a dark adaptation by Stuart Price, with music and lyrics by Michael Bruce.

Recorded LIVE at The Roundhouse in Camden in collaboration with Roundhouse Radio, The Brave Little Tailor is one of six productions recorded over three nights this December. The Brave Little Tailor is a dark adaptation of the Brother's Grimm tale by Neela Doležalová. 

Recorded LIVE at The Roundhouse in Camden in collaboration with Roundhouse Radio, Hansel & Gretel is one of six productions recorded over three nights this December and is a dark adaptation of the Brother's Grimm tale. Introducing a new-to-radio director, and actors from The Roundhouse in their radio acting debuts!

Set in St Petersburg at the time of the Czar, Gogol's black comedy sees the clerk Poprishchin sharpening endless quills for his boss while fantasising wildly about the boss's daughter. Performed exquisitely by the award winning Matthew Jure. 

Politics is not a game for innocents. Late-Victorian England and Francis is personal secretary to Lord Rosebery, a candidate in a battle to succeed Gladstone as Prime Minister.

When Patricia visits the grave of her recently deceased husband, Richard, the last thing she expects to find is another grieving woman. A story of betrayal and forgiveness, starring Rula Lenska and Jenny Runacre.

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Oscar Wilde was incarcerated in Reading, after being convicted of homosexual offences in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison. Knight Mantell plays Wilde during this time in his life.

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It's 1965 and a pregnant Karen and her two children are moving to a new estate. It looks like the future - but what does the future have in store?

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A touching glimpse into the experiences of the soliders of the first world war. This series of letters from the front powerfully evokes the horrors and emotions of the men who fought and died on the battlefield, focusing on Wilfred Owen’s eternal question

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Iris and Jerry are both in their sixties. Not too old for a teenage romance, is it? A new drama starring Josephine Tewson, Hugh Walters and Hazel Douglas.

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How do you catch a cormorant? It’s not easy….not at all.

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Ever since he was young, Larry has tried to avoid confrontation. Recently widowed, he tries to be a good father to his son Toby. When Toby is suspended from school for fighting a bully Larry faces a dilemma....

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Biddlecombe. A perfectly ordinary, past-its-best English seaside town. Except why has everyone there been turned to stone?

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A bittersweet drama about three women coming to terms with birth, death and friendship.

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Our latest offering with the wonderful Prunella Scales, and this time she's directing....

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Frozen, directed by Jenny Runacre is a dark tale of two very opposing worlds colliding; the affect two total strangers can have on each other when events spiral out of control.

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13 year old John meets a young girl and they quickly become friends. Little do they know what a unique and life changing friendship it will turn into...

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Vanessa's an addict. Marise is a collector. London-boy Sebastian sells. Polish Doctor Dylan tells people to stop. Four lives in Belfast revolve around a story of shoes.

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A play based on travels abroad relayed by e-mails between the ingenuous first-time traveller and her disillusioned home-bound sister.

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