Playscripts

Men's Business
by Franz Xaver Kroetz, translated by Simon Stephens
Bloomsbury Publishing
A love story set in the back room of a butcher's shop with a brutal bastard of a dog howling in the yard next door. Charlie's faith in the possibility of love can't be dimmed. No matter what deranged …

Lies Where It Falls
by Ruairi Conaghan
Playdead Press
At a time when shocking and divisive conflicts play out before us daily and truth and reconciliation have never been more needed, Lies Where It Falls explores the legacy of the Northern Ireland ‘Troub…

Jab
by James McDermott
Samuel French
“Last twenty-nine years... You haven’t had to make any decisions. I’ve paid every bill, made every sacrifice… But now… You made a choice. You’re gonna have to face the consequence.” Anne is tired. T…

£1 Thursdays
by Kat Rose-Martin
Bloomsbury Publishing
17 year olds Jen and Stacey are best friends. Since forever. Stacey always dreamed of being a dancer. And she’s actually got the talent for it. Only her school career advisor hasn’t even been to Lond…

Not Now
by David Ireland
Bloomsbury Publishing
The morning after his father's funeral, an unsure and still grief-stricken Matthew prepares to fly to London to audition for the prestigious drama school, RADA. When his painter-decorator Uncle Ray in…

Pennyroyal
by Lucy Roslyn
Nick Hern Books
When Daphne is diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency at the age of nineteen, her sister Christine steps in to help in the only way she knows how: by donating her eggs. For a while, the world …