The Rain That Washes is based upon the true story of Chickenshed collaborator Christopher Maphosa, and the shifting dramatic events of his life in Ian Smith’s Rhodesia and then Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. Co-written by Maphosa and Dave Carey, The Rain That Washes uses Maphosa’s account to construct the story of Mathew, a young boy (played by [...]

A dramatisation of an entire Dickens novel is no mean feat, and Jo Clifford’s adaptation of Great Expectations delivers on all accounts the fear, cruelty and horror that the novel and the countless adaptations provide. Clifford’s play, directed by Graham McLaren, provides the traditional Dickensian elements that an audience would instantly recognise – the whimsical [...]

In her play written in 1973, two years before the collapse of the Franco Regime, Diosdado’s condemnation of the Spanish dictatorship is painfully clear. Yours for the Asking follows a week in the life of national superstar model Susi Ramón, the new face of seductive and stylish perfume ‘She’, who is left suffocating – both [...]

Educating Rita follows the intellectual journey of hairdresser Rita (or Susan) whose passion for English Literature, for knowledge and for a chance to better herself brings her to the unoiled and unyielding office door of professor Frank. Frank, a tormented poet and willing alcoholic whose love for drink often lands him in trouble with the [...]