2 to 10 October
In the Studio

Short Plays 2026

5 Short Plays

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The Plays

The Candidate

by Brent Holland

directed by Carolyn Chinn

Four strangers wake up in a locked room with no memory of who they are or how they got there. With no obvious escape, they must rely on instinct to survive.
Who can be trusted? Who is really in control? And who will pay the price?

Sure Thing

by David Ives

directed by Oliver Canavan

A brilliantly witty and fast-paced comedy, Sure Thing explores the awkward, hilarious, and all-too-relatable world of first encounters. Set in a café, the play follows two strangers navigating a conversation that keeps hilariously resetting every time something goes wrong.

Say Something Happened

by Alan Bennett

directed by Jason Lever

Mrs Rhodes is busy staring out of the window while Mr Rhodes is just about to look up Helsinki when they have a caller to their Leeds terrace house. An inexperienced social worker is visiting this oldish couple with her questionnaire, whom the council want to put on an “at risk" register – but Mam and Dad, perfectly alert, able-bodied and streetwise have no intention of this!

Catherine Medbh

by Declan Feenan

directed by Alice Healey

Set in a bar, the play follows a hesitant encounter between two former lovers.
Intimate and deeply human

The Fall

by James Fritz

directed by Sarah Tansey

Two teenagers sneak into the empty house of a retired lawyer. But they get more than they bargained for when they find him unconscious on the floor, an empty bottle of pills
by his side. Any hopes of a night of passion are swiftly obliterated as they face a moral dilemma: do they run, call an ambulance, or stay with him and allow a gentle death?
This is an excerpt of the full length play