Böcker i Oberon Modern Plays-serien

An ambitious, poetic reworking of the story of Myrrah from Ovid's Metamorphosis, Poor Beck is a rich exploration of love, language and the senses. Poor Beck is Laurens' third play. The Three Birds, won her the Critics' Circle Most Promising Playwright Award and the Time Out Award for Most Outstanding new talent, and Five Gold Rings opened at the Almeida Theatre in December 2003.

An isolated house in a forgotten valley has only the litter and noise from the surrounding motorway above as company. A flash of lightning and a freak car crash leave three runaways stranded and seeking refuge. As society whizzes by all around, they enter a world of dreams and nightmares.This new play for our time is brimming with savage humour, touching humanity and visual invention. Lost Monsters was in production at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre Liverpool Everyman Theatre in May-June 2009.

Winner of fourteen top South African awards, including Best New South African Play.

From Fringe First winner Inua Ellams comes a new story about two foster brothers building a global t-shirt brand.

During a heady hot summer, a young girl's sexual awakening is coloured by shadows of her early childhood. This work dramatises the unconscious world of instinct where the lives of humans, plants and eels are all ruled by the primal rhythms of the wetlands.

This rhythmic, sizzling solo show conjures the violence of a city and imagines a more beautiful world beyond it.

A controversial 1912 classic: one of the first plays in modern British history to feature a female working-class protagonist.

The acclaimed English Touring Theatre adaptation.

It's a simple idea, really. Wear a uniform. Protect who you love. Let nothing get in your way.

Based on the spoken testimony of veterans of the First World War, collected by the Sound Archive of the Imperial War Museum in 1970, this book contains memories of the war.

A new play by the multi-award winning Australian dramatist Lachlan Philpott, one of the most acclaimed queer playwrights.

Part living-room gathering, part play, part gig session, Rantin draws on storytelling, live music and the Scottish folk tradition.

Seen from a British perspective, The Spalding Suite gets to the heart and soul of the gravity-defying game of basketball.

When reclusive crime writer Daniel Quinn receives a mysterious call seeking a private detective in the middle of the night, he quickly and unwittingly becomes the protagonist in a thriller of his own. As the familiar territory of the noir

While learning about stand-up comedy, Gary met a boy called Donald. This is Donald's story.

What makes a country? What makes a citizen?

From Pride in Poland and Windass at Wembley, to City of Culture and Brexit Britain, Us Against Whatever is an electrifying cabaret about the places we keep in our hearts, with support from Hull's finest voices - you!

A poetic meditation on the power of female beauty by Anne Carson.

This is an emotionally charged journey through the last days of a young woman's battle with herself.

On a quiet suburban street in Dublin, a piece of graffiti tears apart a group of neighbours, exposing a deep divide between them.

A gripping and revelatory drama based on interviews from the aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown - Dael Orlandersmith journeys into the heart and soul of modern-day America.

A new verbatim play from Hassan Abdulrazzak exploring the realities of USA-UK transatlantic detention and deportation.

In a new adaptation for London's Gate Theatre, award winning British playwright Nick Payne retells the story of Sophocles Electra in a visceral and powerful new stage version.

An electrifying new version of Chekhov's Three Sisters, by visionary director Benedict Andrews.

A play for younger people, DNA is a poignant and, sometimes, hilarious tale with a very dark heart. It opened at the National Theatre in February 2008.

Follows a woman's Herculean struggle against the curse of infertility. The woman's barrenness becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a child drives her to commit a terrible crime.

A world premiere from Richard Bean, the award-winning writer of One Man, Two Guvnors, The Nap is a laugh out loud comedy thriller about love, honour and not getting snookered.

Michael hasn't been back to Ireland in almost twenty years. Having been kicked out of the seminary and exiled from his family home, he found himself in London, by accident rather than design. But now, the death of his mother sees him back in the small town where he grew up. The place that chewed him up and spat him out.Reunited with his two brothers, their partners and the local clergy, there are questions that want answering and old scores that need laying to rest. Where do you find home, when your family and faith have abandoned you? An Irish funeral brings out the best and worst in people, and a long night of truths lies ahead.

Madame Ranevskya returns from Paris as the family estate, including her beloved cherry orchard, is about to be sold to pay for mounting debts. Revelling in past glories and their extravagant lifestyle, the family ignore all offers of help.

Explores the effect of the criminal justice system on women and their families.