A portrait of idealism and democracy floundering in a society of conservatism and opportunism, considered by many to be Ibsen's dramatic masterpiece. Johannes Rosmer has resigned as parish priest following the suicide of his wife. But his increasingly liberal ideas make him an object of suspicion to the local worthies, who also disapprove of the presence in his house of a much younger woman, Rebecca West, formerly his wife's companion. As their relationship deepens and their isolation builds, the increasing moral pressures they face force them inexorably towards their fate. . .

works Moliere's playful rhymes into robust, clever and hilarious Scots-English

Three bumbling terrorists cling to their values as the modern world invades the land of their fathers. An archaeological discovery in the valleys leads to the scientific coup of the millennium. And in Sainsbury's, a man who can't even choose a pasta sauce struggles to choose the perfect life.

A powerful play about the growing culture of human exploitation in the UK, delving below the surface to reveal a personal account of life as a migrant worker. In Ukraine, Victor had a business, a family and a home, but things have changed and he's fled to the UK in search of a better life. Now he's doing everything from gutting fish to picking carrots. But Victor's a strong-minded man. He's not staying at the bottom of the economic food chain, he's going to build a business of his own and play the gang masters at their own game.

A humane, funny and ultimately haunting exploration of what it is to be male and to be quintessentially English. A fleeting moment of connection between two very different men. Jonah, 26, has a chance encounter with Otto, 62, in a walled garden near the south coast of England on a warm summer's evening. The moon is full. On parting, neither will ever feel quite the same again.

One of the longest novels in Western literature, Tolstoy's War and Peace intertwines its epic account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia with the tale of three aristocratic families. Painted on a vast canvas of locations, characters and experiences, Helen Edmundson's stirring adaptation is an intricate saga of families, love and friendship against a backdrop of war.

A gripping and darkly comic tale of young lives on the edge. The lads have just left their mother's funeral. At the beach, they see something floating in the sea. It can't be what it looks like. Can it? On the rain-lashed coast of Scotland, teenage brothers Callum and Gussie are desperate to discover what lies under the waves. When they spot the runaway Harriet, their search is thrown into chaos and brother is pitted against brother.

A humane, funny and ultimately haunting exploration of what it is to be male and to be quintessentially English. A fleeting moment of connection between two very different men. Jonah, 26, has a chance encounter with Otto, 62, in a walled garden near the south coast of England on a warm summer's evening. The moon is full. On parting, neither will ever feel quite the same again.

A wild and slippery fantasy from French-Canadian writer Olivier Choinière, translated by Caryl Churchill, exploring our insatiable appetite for private lives made public. Welcome to Wal-Mart. On their break, a cashier and her fellow workers flick through celebrity gossip magazines. 'See You Later, Celine,' says a headline. What's wrong with Celine? Why is she turning her back on her glamorous public life, her adoring fans? And how is her story connected to the story of an unknown woman on the facing page? It's not. Until the Oracle intervenes.

Death never used to be for the young. An urgent new play by debbie tucker green. You get up. You go bout your business. You expect to come back. About a murdered black teen

A fascinating portrait of Harold Macmillan in an epic play about the decline of British fortunes in the middle of the twentieth century, from the author of The Romans in Britain and Paul. Set against a back-drop of fading Empire, war, the Suez crisis, vintage champagne, adultery and vicious Tory politics at the Ritz, Never So Good paints the portrait of a brilliant, witty but complex man, at times comically and, in the end, tragically out of kilter with his times. Harold Macmillan, the Eton-educated idealist who rushed, with Homer's Iliad under his arm, to do his duty in the Grenadier Guards, is tormented by the harsh experiences of war and an unhappy marriage. His career in the 1930s is blocked by his loyalty to Winston Churchill, and he nearly loses his life in the Second World War. When at last he becomes Prime Minister he is brought down by the Profumo scandal.

A timely, provocative and witty look at the campaign to redefine Britishness for a multicultural society. Who is head of the Church of England? How many members are there in the Welsh Assembly? What is the main function of the Council of Europe? Emma is a dedicated ESOL teacher (English for Speakers of Other Languages), teaching British citizenship to people from Somalia, Serbia, the Congo, India and Egypt. At the same time, Tetyana, Mahmood and Chong have their own, very different reasons for wanting to pass the citizenship test. As the Home Office worries away at the questions in the test, Emma faces a challenge to her deepest-held beliefs.

An electrifying portrayal of a dangerously charged romance between a fifteen-year-old and their teacher. Step into a faded hotel room where a couple is having an illicit weekend away. Amidst the peeling wallpaper, they laugh, quarrel and make love, but they don't dare go out. After all, at just fifteen years old, one of them is just a child... the other their teacher.

Part political thriller and part personal drama, The President's Holiday draws on the diaries of Raisa Gorbachev to tell the story of a family under seige an an idealist who unwittingly destroys everything for which he has fought.

A Man and a Woman in purgatory - a soul-less white room. Each is interrogated in turn by the other. Each is groping for forgiveness and contrition. But one of them has done something unforgiveable. . .

Vanya and his niece, Sonya, work relentlessly to keep their meagre estate going. Sonya finds relief in her undisclosed love for Astrov, the local doctor. But all hope of relief is banished when their lives are invaded by Sonya's selfishly destructive father and his beautiful new wife.

A chance encounter at a conference hotel plays upon Kitty's mind as she struggles to balance personal freedom with family life, fidelity and a testing job. Her husband seems more interested in misplaced apostrophes than his marriage, her parents are looking down the barrel of oblivion and, although she might toy with joining a gym, Kitty's running out of time for big changes. I'm wondering at what point it became acceptable for you to stand in this house on which I pay the mortgage, drinking the drink I bought out of the glasses I washed in front of the cake I baked and talk that fucking talk. All - and I think this is a lovely touch for which I must take full credit - while I'm wearing an apron. Lucinda Coxon's Happy Now? dares to ask just that, in this painfully truthful, darkly comic take on contemporary life and how to survive it.

A funny, vibrant and moving version of Chekhov's Three Sisters, set amongst the Jewish community in wartime Liverpool. Liverpool, 1946: A year after the sudden death of their father, sisters Gertie, May and Rita Lasky share their once grand home on Hope Street with their asthmatic brother Arnold, Auntie Beil and old family friend Dr Nate. Each sister continues her search for meaning amidst hte shattered remains of their city, in a rapidly changing world

A chance meeting reunites Jayne and Blodwen after twenty five years of separation. Jayne has almost no recognition of the village where she lived as a young child. She returns for the first time and finding herself in a foreign landscape, has never felt more alone. Cariad is a dark, rural comedy. It is the story of one life making an irrepressible impression on another - Who remembers you better than someone you forgot?

An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism. Sephy (a Cross) is the daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister. Callum is the son of a Nought agitator. United by a shared sense of injustice as children, and separated by intolerance as they grow up, their desire to be together begins to eclipse all family loyalty - sparking a political crisis of unimaginable proportions. 'I wanted to turn society as we know it on its head, with new names for the major divisions, i.e. Noughts (the underclass) and Crosses (the majority, ruling society)' Malorie Blackman

A small town in the south east of England. Eddie returns home for a peaceful family Christmas for the first time in many years. But neither he nor his parents can forget or forgive themselves for the death of their other son, Richard, and the unanswered questions that surround it. But not for much longer - it seems that Richard had secrets that are about to erupt into their lives. Dormant conflicts begin to surface as Eddie's family are confronted with the ghosts of Christmases past - along with some unwelcome revelations about the present.

The famous 'daisy-chain' play of sexual coupling, set in Vienna in the 1890s. The play is a series of ten scenes depicting couples in different sexual liaisons. Each of the ten characters appears in two adjacent scenes, forming an endless chain of sexual links across all the layers of Viennese society. Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen (its original title, conventionally translated as La Ronde) was written in Vienna in 1896/7 but, because of its scandalous subject-matter, was not performed in full until 1920. It has been adapted often (notably by David Hare as The Blue Room), and filmed several times (including by Max Ophuls, 1950; Roger Vadim, 1964; and Otto Schenk, 1973).

The year is 1913. War with Germany is imminent. Rudyard Kipling, the British Empire's greatest apologist, is at the peak of his literary fame. This play explores the nature of a man who loses his balance when devotion to family and country clash. World War I breaks out, and Kipling's son, Jack, is determined to fight, but the Army and the Navy both reject him because of his extremely poor eyesight. Undaunted, Kipling uses his influence to land Jack a commission in the Irish Guards, sparking off a bitter family conflict. Jack goes to war and is reported missing, believed wounded, in his first action. The Kipling family live in vain hope for two years, before finally learning of Jack's death. The effect on Kipling is profound and irrevocable, as he struggles to confront his appalling sense of guilt and loss. The play is a powerful and moving account of the anguish at the heart of a man whose storytelling continues to delight millions throughout the world.

A large-scale historical romp in the terrain between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens - co-written by David Edgar, Britain's leading political playwright. Set against the backdrop of the threatened Napoleonic invasion of 1804, A Time to Keep is the story of an unlikely but passionate romance between a well-born but feisty young woman and the youngest son of a family of notorious smugglers. With over 100 characters, from George III and his court to the criminal classes, the play is a rollicking example of the community play, originally written for the Dorchester Community Players but easily adaptable for smaller (and larger!) companies alike.

A fresh and genuinely thrilling adaptation of the classic tale, and one that keeps close to Stevenson's original story. When young Jim Hawkins is left a treasure map by the dying buccaneer Billy Bones, he sets sail on the Hispaniola in search of the island. Among the crew, the one-legged Long John Silver becomes his greatest friend - but Silver has a shocking secret in store, and when they reach their destination, Jim faces danger and adventure greater than he could ever have imagined. Script includes production notes with ideas for casting and staging the play. Suitable for young people to watch and perform.

When a well-behaved Indian girl is filmed with a boy in her classroom, the video clip spreads like a virus. Transmitted from person to person, it infects firstly the local community and then seemingly the entire country with a burning moral outrage. Free Outgoing sets the rampant technology of the modern world against the conservatism of a traditional society.

A unique collection of five surprising and exciting plays from Mexico, selected by the Royal Court Theatre, London. Edited by Elyse Dodgson, Head of International Development at the Royal Court.

Florence, 1501. A vast block of Carrara marble known as II Gigante becomes the centre of conflict between two great artists, as Leonardo da Vinci and Michaelangelo compete for a prestigious commission to carve a statue of David.

Faustus, Mephistopheles and Helen of Troy are all present - but then comes the strange inclusion of Jake and Dinos Chapman. The Chapmans? Who let them in? The Chapmans are, of course, masters in the art of aesthetic hijacking - the most notorious recent example being their purchase of Goya's etching series Disasters of War in order to deface it with clowns and puppies' heads. They entitled the result Insult to Injury. Goold adds further insult to injury by interleaving scenes from the Renaissance play with a new scenario, devised with Ben Power, detailing the Chapmans' scheme to purchase and "rectify" the Goyas. It sounds like an act of hubris on a Faustian scale, yet unlike the necromantic doctor, Goold gets away with it. - Alfred Hickling, Guardian

A bittersweet drama about life, love, loss, and sculpture. One night, deep in the forests of 12th-century West Wales, the celebrated rebel Prince Emrys is hunted to his death by his brother Prince Geraint. Eight hundred years later nothing much has happened to the town of Treianto, and the town council have decided to erect a statue to its Prince. But what did he look like? How was he killed? Why was the page left holding the horse? And does any of this matter with a juicy grant cheque in the offing?

The provocative story of a modern family consumed by fear and hope, by the Swiss-born Lukas Bärfuss, a rising star of contemporary German theatre. When Dora's parents release her from her tranquillisers, they're not prepared for her potent sexual awakening.

A darkly humorous play about the people behind the tabloid stories of migrant workers and sex-trafficking in today's Europe - the first play in English by an award-winning writer who is well-known in her native Croatia. London 2007: an aspiring actress from Croatia, a Serbian stand-up comedian, a Bulgarian mafioso, a Norwegian journalist, a sex-trafficking victim... Big city, big dreams, big fall.

A harrowing, intense drama about people-trafficking, set inside a container lorry. A freight container, somewhere in Europe. Inside are five people with one common aim: to reach England and start a new life. Can they trust the agent to get them there? Can they rely on each other? And how far will each of them go to get what they want?

A remarkable play from the author of Bedbound and Disco Pigs, about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives. Visceral and tender, The Walworth Farce combines hilarious moments with shocking realism. It's 11 o'clock in the morning in a council flat on the Walworth Road in London. In two hours' time, as is normal, three Irish men will have consumed six cans of Harp, fifteen crackers with spreadable cheese, ten pink biscuit wafers and one oven-cooked chicken with a strange blue sauce. In two hours' time, as is normal, five people will have been killed.

A pitch-black comedy complete with wickedly entertaining songs, from the Edinburgh Fringe First-winning writer of Food. The Wild East of England: Charlie sells bull semen for a living, Dim is the oldest paperboy in the village, and Lefty is playing his Last Legs Tour of the pubs. When a dark family secret is unearthed, Charlie and Dim's lives collapse around them and an old fashioned showdown is on the horizon...

A hypnotic noir thriller set in a beguiling world of dream, danger and fantasy. Stepping out of her home, away from her husband, Chris goes looking for help. Waiting in the darkness are other men. Men who want to listen. Nice men. Men who want all sorts of things.

Set in Paris in the 1880s, The Enchantment tells the story of Louise Strandberg, a young Swedish woman who finds herself swept up in a passionate and tragic affair with Gustave Alland, famous artist and philanderer. The play is a startlingly honest reflection of the Victoria Benedictsson's own experiences.

England 1837: a country on the cusp of revolution. A young girl is propelled on a journey from a London slum to the servants' quarters of a great house, and from first love to murder. In her flight from authority she comes across the Chartist William Lovett, a man striving to steer a middle course between the brutal coalition of Parliament and Industry and the angry forces gathering against it. But can his rational, moderate voice be heard above the din of government militias on one side and the roaring

The prize-winning debut play from Ben Musgrave, a tender and funny play about growing up in Romford in the shadow of Canary Wharf. 1995. Big buildings are rising in London's Docklands. But marooned miles to the east, half-in and half-out of the city, Romford has not been invited to the party. Confused about its identity, the inhabitants of the 'only town in London with its own ring road' are trying to cope. The relationships they forge have painful implications, in this poetic and passionate play that explores growing up, identity and loss.

A new, highly acclaimed stage adaptation of Dickens's famous ghost story
"A show that's as warming as a glass of mulled wine on a winter's day. Could there be higher praise than that?" Daily Mail
First Performed at: Derby Playhouse, December 2003, directed by Stephen Edwards

A blackly comic vision of Dublin infested with singing serial killers, avenging angels and lovesick demons
'hilarious, stunning, surprisingly touching and enormously satisfying" Irish Times
World Premiere: Abbey Theatre at the Peacock, Dublin, 9 June - 7 July, directed by Mark O"Rowe
ISBN: 978 1 85459 986 5 " £8.99 " Script available now

A caustic social satire about liberal hypocrisy premiered in the UK at Dominic Cooke's Royal Court
'devastating" Independent 'terrifically entertaining" Telegraph
Premiere: Royal Court Theatre, 14 June - 21 July, directed by Dominic Cooke
ISBN: 978 1 85459 584 3 " £8.99 " Script available now

Both parts of Kushner's masterpiece about the collapse of a moral universe during the Reagan years, available for the first time in one volume published alongside Headlong's major UK tour.
'the finest drama of our time... one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century" New York Observer
Revival: Headlong Theatre at Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 18 June - 22 July, directed by Daniel Kramer
ISBN: 978 1 85459 982 7 " £12.99 " Script available now

An extraordinary 1937 family drama set in Depression-era Chicago when racial politics collide with the American Dream - rediscovered at the Almeida Theatre. "I doubt if there exists any more enthralling or important play about the struggle of blacks to survive in pre-Second World War America" Evening Standard. UK Premiere: Almeida Theatre, London, 11 May-30 June, 2007. directed by Michael Attenborough

Ionesco's fiercely comic, Cold War-inspired reworking of Macbeth, in a new version for the RSC by Tanya Ronder (adaptor of Vernon God Little).!caustic satire... Tanya Ronder"s acid new version" Daily Telegraph. World Premiere of this version: Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 25 May-21 July, 2007, directed by Silviu Purcarete

A biting comedy about voice-over artists taking strike action, from the award-winning writers of Our Boys (Donmar Warehouse) World Premiere: Menier Chocolate Factory, London, 23 May-7 July, 2007. directed by Jonathan Lewis

Further adventures of the foursome from the smash-hit Ladies' Day. These likely lasses from the Hull fish docks made their debut in Ladies' Day, where they won a fortune at the races. Now the four of them - Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda - are celebrating with the trip of a lifetime to the land of Oz. While Shelley dreams of luxury and glamour, the rest of the gang decide to go native and camp out under the stars at Uluru. But Shelley soon discovers there's more on offer than posh hotels, stunning beaches and sun kissed surfers; and Pearl finds that she's got a mountain of her own to climb. . .

The wedding feast is over and his father's dancing the bhangra, but the groom himself is busy on the net. When it's time for bed. he's so woefullv inhibited by the proximity bf his parents, let alone his brother's childish pranks, that his beautiful virgin bride remains just that Six weeks later, the whole family start to panic. A hugely warm-hearted. comic tale of close-knit Indian family life in England

"My two big bruised brothers. . .I love you both so much you know. . " A sister searches her brothers for empathy and answers to her family's self-destruction. All three are trapped for ever in an obsessive need to remember and relive their treatment at the hands of a sadistic, brutalising father and of a mother over endowed with forbearance

50 years after the ravages of Hannibal, the Roman Republic is doing well. That is, fine. Taxes have risen and there doesn't seem to be as much money around for wine, villas and boys with good complexions. The Senate is under pressure to make Rome rich again. Consul Cato is a practical man and knows Carthage is the solution. If the Senate hears a clamour of voices against the old enemy, order could be restored. Carthage has too much money. Carthage is stockpiling weapons. Carthage is a threat to Rome. Delenda est Carthago - Carthage Must Be Destroyed! Cato thinks Senator Gregor is just the man to put the wheels into motion. He's practiced in the art of having just enough power to guarantee privilege without ever having so much that it brings responsibility. Gregor is about to encounter the sharp end of politics... Set against the backdrop of the Third Punic War, Alan Wilkins' Carthage Must Be Destroyed is a compelling story of political intrigue, double dealing and the ruthless realities of taking a nation to war.

It's Friday at the Sheriffs office. Vemon sits in his underpants, staring at his Nikes. His best friend Jesus went and killed all their classmates, then himself. Normal times just ran howling from town.