Sometimes a journey is not all that it seems

If you’re given the responsibility to set off on the train with a pocket full of money to pass on to your grandmother, what is the thing you would dread the most?

Step into 1930’s Berlin to join the Young Actors' Company as they endeavour to retrieve Emil’s cash from the contemptible Mr Snow….

A classic black comedy: a sweet little old lady, alone in her house, is pitted against a gang of criminal misfits who will stop at nothing.

Christmas Eve, 1945… George Bailey, a down-on-his-luck banker, believes life has left him behind. But when his guardian angel appears, George is astounded to witness what life could be like without all of the good deeds he’s done.

A modern classic about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem that is both a gripping historical play but remains a timely parable of our contemporary society.

Discworld's motley band of characters team up and stop the elves taking over our world, make Shakespeare write A Midsummer Night's Dream ... and ensure the potato is discovered!

A smart and provocative thriller about spies, double agents, and the opaqueness of the human soul. A young woman is found dead. Her sister sets out to find out what happened.

Sir John Falstaff, a knight in financial trouble, attempts to woo two wealthy women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. On discovering that his intention is to get his hands on their husbands' money, the two wives decide to get revenge …

Traditionally seen as a pawn manoeuvred into Henry VIII's bed by an ambitious father and his friends, or as a sexually licentious predator, even a witch, Anne Boleyn in Brenton's new play is shown to be witty and confident in her sexuality, as she takes on the vicious world of Tudor court politics.

Hell hath no limits...

Doctor Faustus, a distinguished scholar, summons a demon who promises him ultimate knowledge and power. The catch? Faustus must trade his soul to Lucifer and be damned to Hell forever. Can he find a way to escape damnation without sacrificing his greatest desires?

"Thou met'st with things dying, I with things new-born."

Hermione, Queen of Sicilia, is accused of infidelity by her husband Leontes with catastrophic impact. Sixteen years later. in Shakespeare's magical play, resolution is achieved, and what's lost is found.

When good men do nothing, evil will prevail.

As the Second World War looms, Professor John Halder struggles to balance family life. But when his latest book catches the attention of the Nazis, he's pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.

Old tales. New fears. And something none of them saw coming...

Six passengers are stranded overnight at an isolated Cornish railway station. Ignoring the ghostly tales and dire warnings of the stationmaster, they decide to wait there until morning - with terrifying consequences as they unravel the secret of The Ghost Train.

Join us for this classic chilling comedy thriller that will stop you in your tracks!

“Was anything done?”

It is 1615. Shakespeare cannot write and his theatre lies in ruins. London was brutal, but can Stratford offer peace? Or have horrors followed him home?

"The course of true love never did run smooth"

Shakespeare’s riotous tale of magic and mayhem unfolds over a single summer’s night. Four lovers, a feuding king and queen of the fairies, and six amateur actors become embroiled in each other’s stories as confusion reigns in the woods.

A production devised and performed by the Junior Actors' Company

In a world drowning in uncertainty, five girls find solace in the words of Shakespeare.

Guidance - this play contains challenging themes and mild threat.

One story, four lives - navigating a twisted maze of discrimination and survival

"Somebody must have made a false accusation against Joseph K, for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong" - Franz Kafka, The Trial. Emily White's adaptation entwines the torments of discrimination and injustice into a witty physical performance as four diverse individuals play Joseph K battling within the big bureaucratic machine.

Copyright & Licence |An amateur production by arrangement with Independent Talent.

"Shall then, for that I am her brother born,
My joys be ever banished from her bed?"

Forbidden love between brother and sister leads to tragic consequences. This Jacobean masterpiece offers verse to rival Shakespeare, tragic roles as challenging as Ophelia and Juliet – and a villain more treacherous than Iago.

Guidance –This play explores adult themes and includes depictions of violence as well as exhibiting 17th century attitudes that may be abhorrent today.

A Young Actors Company production.

Grace has something growing inside her. She doesn't know what it is, but she knows it's not a baby. It expands. It has claws. But she can't contain it forever. Sooner or later something's got to give…

Guidance - mention of mild body horror imagery and violence.

Copyright & Licence
‘The IT’, is an amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

London in the Blitz, and love is fleeting: time to make hay.

Bobby, the young Earl of Harpenden, has begged for leave from the Royal Navy to marry his fiancée, Lady Elizabeth. But on the eve of the wedding a beefy American airman and an impulsive Free French lieutenant also fall head over heels for the bride-to-be.

Guidance – Some characters and dialogue reflect stereotypes and attitudes of the time the play was written (1943)

Copyright & Licence | This amateur production of “While the Sun Shines” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

Fifty years ago, Alan Ayckbourn’s acclaimed trilogy, The Norman Conquests, opened in the West End. Following the events of a weekend in a faded middle-class abode in the south of England Table Manners (set in the dining room) is the best known.

Guidance – This play was written in 1973 and reflects the language and attitudes of that time.

Copyright & Licence
This amateur production of “Table Manners” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

In the mist of deception, everyone's a suspect.
Who will reveal the truth?

Guidance – Contains the use of guns and gunfire. Some characters and dialogue reflect stereotypes and attitudes of the time the play was written (1958).

Copyright & Licence
This amateur production of “The Unexpected Guest” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

Fog on the down. Snow falls in hell. Arden must die.

Alice Arden plots to kill her husband.
With the aid of her lover, servants, neighbours and professional killers, it takes many attempts that are both savagely comic as well as tragic. Are they incompetent, or just unlucky?

Guidance – This play explores adult themes and includes depictions of violence, as well as exhibiting 16th-century attitudes that may be abhorrent today.

Looking after number one, that's all good business is.

1975. From a rundown Chicago junk shop, three petty criminals plan a robbery of a rare 'American Buffalo' nickel coin.

Guidance - Contains extremely offensive, racist and homophobic language, and scenes of violence.

Copyright & Licence –
This amateur production of “American Buffalo” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

A Junior Actors Company production.

“Finding the epic in the ordinary”

Copyright & Licensing Information
Selection from ONE MILLION TINY PLAYS ABOUT BRITAIN by Craig Taylor. Copyright © 2009, Craig Taylor, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.

A Young Actors Company production.

"When Bad Choices Lead to Unlikely Bonds, can Redemption Break the Spell?"

A group of teenagers do something bad, really bad, then panic and cover the whole thing up. But when they find that their cover-up unites them and brings harmony to their once fractious lives, where is the incentive to put things right?

Copyright & Licensing Information:
This amateur production of “DNA” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd.
on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

“Have you ever loved someone?”

Cyrano de Bergerac, a man of countless talents and one very prominent nose, yearns for the love of the beautiful Roxane.

GUIDANCE: 11+ Contains scenes of period warfare including swords and musket fire, smoke effects and scenes that some people may find distressing.

Copyright & Licensing Information:
This amateur production of “Cyrano De Bergerac (Maxwell)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals

"Sometimes, the most audacious escapes are plotted in the most unlikely of places."

In a retirement home for old soldiers, three elderly veterans while away their days with tepid suppers and tales of past glories. That is until an opportunity to make a daring escape presents itself...

Copyright & Licensing Information. This amateur production of “Heroes” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd.
on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk