A collection of new plays from some of the best playwrights whose work has been produced in London New Play Festival.

Best of the Fest

Humor & Entertainment

Aurora Metro Press

Playing for the Heart explores the struggle of young Evelyn Glennie to become a percussionist despite her profound deafness. Eye of the Storm offers young audiences a contemporary version of The Tempest, with the opportunity for disguises. Red Red Shoes uses the context of Eastern Europe to explore war, ethnic boundaries and the struggle for life and death through the contemporary reworking of an old myth.

Plays for Young People

Way, Charles

<div>First collection of plays by one of Britain's most exciting voices.</div>

Jonathan Moore: Three Plays

Literature & Fiction

Moore, Jonathan

Dramas & Plays

Includes: The Body of a Woman by Matei Visniec, Cordon by Nebojsa Romcevic, When I Want to Whistle, I Whistle... by Andreea Valean, and Soap Opera by Gyorgy Spiro.

Balkan Plots: New Plays from Central and Eastern Europe

Vișniec, Matei

Spiró, György

Romcevic, Nebojsa

Vălean, Andreea

Introduced by award-winning writer Bonnie Greer with a unique bibliography by Susan Croft, Curator, London Theatre Museum. Includes: Harvest by Manjula Padmanabhan; Made in England by Parv Bancil; Brother to Brother by Michael McMillan; Calcutta Kosher by Shelly Silas and Under Their Influence by Wayne Buchanan.

Black and Asian Anthology

Robeson, Cheryl

IIncludes: Hound by Maria Oshodi, Soft Vengeance by April de Angelis, Sympathy for the Devil by Roy Winston, Fittings: The Last Freakshow by Mike Kenny, Into the Mystic by Peter Wolf, and Peeling by Katie O’Reilly. Introduced by Jenny Sealey, Artistic Director of Graeae Theatre Company, the U.K.’s leading theatre company working with disabled artists.

Graeae Plays 1: New Plays Redefining Disability (Aurora New Plays)

One of the most prolific writers of plays for children, his intelligent adaptations of fairy tale classics appeal to audiences of all ages. This volume includes provocative renderings of of Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast.

The Classic Fairy Tales: Retold for the stage by Charles Way

A collection of six plays dealing with the new South Africa to celebrate 10 years of democracy post-apartheid. Includes Time Out Critics Choice The Playground by Beverley Naidoo, award-winning play Green Man Flashing by Mike Van Graan, internationally performed Living in Strange Lands by Anton Krueger, award-winning Fietas by Charles J. Fourie, and The Dead Wait by Paul Herzberg.

New South African Plays

Ryan just got his license. He’s in the car with his friends. Tara likes to go running. She’s on her way back home. Neither of them is paying much attention. The accident that follows impacts many lives. A moving and compelling story of recovery, told by one of New Zealand’s foremost children’s writers.

Coming Back (Aurora New Fiction)

Hill, DAVID

In a country torn by war, two kids escape from a POW camp. Chased by the enemy, they steal a car and head for Paradise. Captured by a lone soldier, the two kids are forced to fight for survival, forced to choose where and what paradise really is. A provocative, bleakly humorous play for young people.

Devotion

Butler, Leo

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