Plays for Young People

Plays written specifi cally for young people to perform and study

The Plays for Young People series includes single plays and anthologies aimed at young performers to discover and perform. Exploring themes and issues that young people face today, these plays offer variety and interest to suit everyone. Which one will your students choose?

NEW FOR 2022

AUG 2022

Coming Soon

AGE 16+

Beyond The Canon’s Plays for Young Activists

Three Plays by BIPOC Women

Mojisola Adebayo, Hannah Khalil and Amy Ng Edited by Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway

This fi rst-of-its-kind anthology combines a diverse collection of award-winning produced plays from the UK’s most revolutionary Black, Asian and POC female writers with bespoke multimedia learning guides hosted on a companion website.

It offers young activists and global citizens aged 16+, as well as teachers and creatives at any level of experience, the opportunity to diversify their education and enhance their understanding of plays, world politics and social justice.

PB | 9781350294998 | £21.99

Plays include: Muhamad Ali and Me by Mojisola Adebayo A Museum in Baghdad by Hannah Khalil Acceptance by Amy Ng

Resources included on companion website:

 intimate interviews with the writers and some of the original creative teams

 photographs and video recordings detailing the plays’ research journey

 dynamic exercises that explore the language and characters in the plays

NEW PLAYS TO EXPLORE

JAN 2022 APR 2022

AGE 16+

Three Plays for Young Performers

Rory Mullarkey This collection of three plays for young performers from multi-award-winning playwright Rory Mullarkey offers astutely relevant and powerfully theatrical pieces of drama. Each play offers large and fl exible casts for non-gender specifi c performers, that are perfect for performances and study by young performers aged 16-23.

AGE 6+

To The Good People of Gaza

Theatre for Young People by Jackie Lubeck and Theatre Day Productions

Jackie Lubeck Edited by Samer Al-Saber The fi rst anthology of youth plays from Gaza and the wider Palestinian region, this timely collection ties together 19 plays produced by Theatre Day Productions, one of the foremost community theatres in the Middle East.

AGE 6+

Positive Stories for Negative Times, Volume Two

Seven Plays For Young People to Perform in Real Life or Remotely

Edited by Wonder Fools Seven exciting new plays for young people written specifi cally in response to a world in the midst of a pandemic, accompanied by a handbook from Wonder Fools with guidance for staging the plays.

AGE 16+

Bones

Tanika Gupta A play based on Catherine Corless' discovery of baby bones and skeletons in the grounds of a mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland in 2014.

PB | 9781350280632 | £10.99

The Ancestors

Lakesha Arie-Angelo Co-commissioned by the National Youth Theatre and English Heritage, this sitespecifi c play gives a voice to the Black revolutionaries imprisoned at Portchester Castle in 1796.

PB | 9781350293670 | £10.99

AGE 16-18

A Doll’s House

Adapted by Tanika Gupta

Tanika Gupta re-imagines Ibsen's classic play of gender politics through the lens of British colonialism.

PB | 9781350261075 | £10.99

Gone Too Far!

AGE 16-18

Bola Agbaje

A comic and astute play about identity, history and culture, in a world where respect is always demanded but rarely given.

PB | 9781350261037 | £10.99

AGE 16-18

Antigone

Adapted by Roy Williams

Roy Williams takes Sophocles' play and, by placing it into a contemporary setting, brings this classic tale vividly to life.

PB | 9781350260849 | £10.99

AGE 16-18

The Free9

In-Sook Chappell

A North Korean-based drama that is inspired by a true story. A play of hope, escape and cultural difference.

PB | 9781350258433 | £10.99

MORE PLAYS TO EXPLORE

PB | 9781350233362 | £19.99 | Age 8-25

PB | 9781350011281 | £10.99 | Age 14-18 PB | 9781350194779 | £10.99 | Age 14-18

PB | 9781350085190 | £14.99 | Age 14-18 PB | 9781350204607 | £10.99 | Age 16-18

PB | 9781350011144 | £22.99 | Age 12-18 PB | 9781350204652 | £10.99 | Age 13-18

PB | 9781474216999 | £16.99 | Age 14-18 PB | 9781350171879 | £19.99 | Age 13-18

PB | 9781350007505 | £11.99 | Age 11-16 PB | 9781350140523 | £11.99 | Age 13-18

PB | 9781474251037 | £11.99 | Age 16-18

For primary Drama teachers

David Wood Plays for 5-12 Year Olds

The Gingerbread Man; The See-Saw Tree; The BFG; Save the Human; Mother Goose's Golden Christmas Edited by Paul Bateson

Looking for a whizzpoppingly wonderful collection of plays for your whole class? Want some ready-made, delumptious lesson plans to accompany them?

Well, look no further because this is a scrumdiddlyumptious selection of David Wood's plays; paired with all the information and materials you need to use them in class or on stage, edited by Paul Bateson, an experienced primary-level drama teacher.