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Steady Eyes
Sci-fi drama about a mass abduction event and the impact this has on a divided family
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The Mighty Corbeau
What happens when you try to be remembered by a world that has forgotten you?
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The Passport
When a family finds a lost passport, what should they do?
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The Snowman
An Antarctic explorer’s desperate attempts to return to base camp with two colleagues
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By God's Mercy
The second of two winning plays from the 2018 International Playwriting Competition.
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A Broken Heart in a Warzone
In this dark comedy set in a warzone, two thieves have come up with an audacious plan
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The Day that Lehman Died
Award-winning 2009 drama, charting the collapse of one of the world's biggest banks
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Playing With Fire
Set in a rural community engulfed by a fire, the play explores a disintegrating marriage
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The Day Dad Stole a Bus by Péricles Silveira
Why has Nayara’s Dad stolen a bus to get her to her Grandmother’s house?
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The Great Charter
Marking the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta through the debate on digital rights
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The Ravens
Kira tries to leave her life as a sex worker in Sydney but freedom comes at a price
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The Cactus Flowers
Three Zimbabwean women start a fishing business in this International Playwriting Compe...
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The Fisherman
Another chance to hear a winner of the 2012 International Playwriting Competition
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The Fisherman by Janet Morrison
A sleepy Jamaican fishing village is changed forever when dark forces come in from the sea
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Sunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence by Angella Emurwon
Why the best things can be hidden behind an unwelcome exterior.
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The Navigator
A comedy about love, redemption and the surprising effects of in-car technology.
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The Navigator
A comedy about love, redemption and the surprising effects of in-car technology.
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The Wild Neighbour And The Willing Coward
Why being a good man and a good neighbour is not always the same thing.
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The Bid
Dramatised account by Matthew Solon of England's failed bid to host the Fifa World Cup.
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Why Is The Sky So Blue?
A play written especially for the BBC to mark International Women's Day (March 2011).
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Washington 9/11
Drama about how the White House responded to the 9/11 attacks.
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Life After Life
A drama documentary about the afterlife and what it means around the world.
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The Porlock Poisoner
A comedy whodunit by award-winning playwright Marcy Kahan
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On The Edge Of The Earth
From Mikhail Durnekov, who went to the Arctic last year with the Cape Farewell project
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Why Is The Sky So Blue?
By award-winning playwright Katie Hims, starring Tanya Moodie and Ellen Thomas
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurstons ground-breaking novel, dramatised by Patrica Cumper
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The Good Doctor
Damon Galgut's acclaimed story of a medical gradute, in post-apartheid South Africa
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Stages of Independence - A celebration of 50 years of African drama
BBC World Drama presents an evening of African theatre marking 50 years of independence.
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The Ballad of Africa
A tapestry of words and music exploring issues that have dominated the African mindset.

























