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The Merthyr Stigmatist in Merthyr

Lisa Parry’s shortlisted Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting award play was presented for a live audience at THEATR SOAR in Merthyr Tydfil on 5th and 6th OCT 2022.

Deeply moving” **** the Guardian

Stylish, tense and taut” **** the Stage

Wonderfully human and humane” Stage Door

Chasing Hares

by Sonali Bhattacharyya

at the Young Vic

The winner of the 2021 Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award, Chasing Hares by Sonali Bhattacharyya, premiered at the Young Vic July 2022.

Seamlessly yokes the personal to the political” ***** Telegraph

“Joining up the dots from child labour in West Bengal to unethical working conditions in Britain” **** Guardian

TOOLS FOR CHANGE

Digital reimaginings of three plays from the Theatre Uncut archive that explore issues of racism, censorship, power and identity co-produced by Theatre Uncut and Traverse Theatre.

A Coin in Somebody Else’s Pocket by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan - click here to view

Re: Exhibit by Gbolahan Obisesan - click here to view

Safe by Niellah Arboine - click here to view

Playtexts available for students and staff in schools, universities and colleges to download HERE

BUBBLE by KIERAN HURLEY

What happens when a male lecturer calls a female student a slut?…

“Bubble was planned long before the pandemic, but its experimentation with online performance could have been made for this moment.” The Guardian

MORE INFO HERE


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