The Days
So Far.
35 original plays. 7 installments. One extraordinary experiment.
March 2, 2024
Theme: "What's New?"
Olala Chocolat
by Enrico Tessarin
Dir. Debbie Turner · Ronan Colfer, Charlotte McBurney
No One Is Gonna Know
by Maggie Bakir
Dir. Tim Faulkner · Nadav Burstein, Clare Corbett
Some Sort of Story
by Gerard Foster
Dir. David O'Mahony · Jane Perry, Harvey Schorah
What's the New
by David Spicer
Dir. David Tucker · Kezia Burrows, Calum Gulvin
Old Friends
by Carolyn Hartvigsen
Dir. Emma Lucia Hands · Hannah Balogun, John Schwab
May 12, 2024
Theme: "Up, Up and Away" · Setting: Heathrow Airport
Orange
by Victoria Latham Kelly
Dir. Clare Stearns · Jodie Bell Cortez, Calum Gulvin
Childhood Comforts
by Charlotte East
Dir. Emma Lucia Hands · Cade Brannan, Kezia Burrows, Shelton Wong
Third Act
by Markus Flanagan
Dir. Tim Faulkner · Tizz Raj Wallman, John Schwab, Manisha Patel
Nina Taylor
by Maggie Bakir
Dir. Rose Crompton · Finn Harkin, Carolyn Hartvigsen, Pablo Laguna
Red Pill, Blue Pill, Spicy Margaritas
by Ronan Colfer
Dir. Mathew McQuinn · Adam Fitzgerald, Kayley Rainton, Will Clark
October 20, 2024
Each play must contain: "That's what we're doing here" · Setting: A Town Hall
No Complaints Here
by Kate Wilson
Dir. Debby Turner · Betsy Swift, Barbara Barnes, Leopold Benedict
Me to We
by Maggie Bakir
Dir. David Tucker · Sherry Baines, Patrick Fabian, Paola Lizza
Forgotten History
by Charlotte East
Dir. Emma Clifford · Alvan Karthigan, Naomi Carney, Finn Harkin
The Epiphany
by Markus Flanagan
Dir. Emma Lucia Hands · Annie Jacobova, John Schwab, Jennifer Woodward
This Is What We're Doing Here
by David Spicer
Dir. Tim Faulkner · Callan Gallacher, Jodie Bell Cortez, Phillip Bretherton
February 23, 2025
Theme: "The Waiting Room"
What Comes First
by Gerard Foster
Dir. Matt McQuinn · Cecelia Appiah, Markus Flanagan, Olive Sparrow
S.O.S.
by Maggie Bakir
Dir. Emma Clifford · Sian Howard, John Schwab, Rosemarie Kingfisher
Fractured
by Clare Stearns
Dir. Maggie Bakir · Polly Waring, Ben Scheck, Helen Coalthup
The Quintessential Britishness of Chris Tarrant
by Garyn Williams
Dir. Clare Stearns · Suanne Braun, Melanie Gray, Laura Ann Peterson
The Useful Idiots
by David Spicer
Dir. Tim Faulkner · Cade Brannan, Jane Perry, Lokky Lau
July 27, 2025
Theme: "The Frame" · A large frame stood centre stage
Paul McCartney Died in 1966
by Garyn Williams
Dir. Tim Faulkner · Juliet O'Connor, Brian Schaeffer, Alice Bruni
In the Exclusion Zone
by James Linville
Dir. Emma Clifford · Brianna Reis Ryan, John Schwab, Lucy Buncombe
The Frame
by Gabrielle Foley
Dir. Garyn Williams · Eliza Horn, Ben Scheck, Paola Lizza
The Mirror
by Maggie Bakir
Dir. Leopold Benedict · Rachel Louise Miller, Harvey Schorah
Framing Anita
by Clare Stearns
Dir. Lola Barak · Natalie Melton, Joe Mills, Alvan Karthigan
October 26, 2025
Each play must open with: "Well I didn't expect that..."
The Bridesmaid
by Annabel Bolton
Dir. Mandy Fabian · Bailey Brook, Jodie Bell Cortez, Joe Conteh
Good Business
by Mandy Fabian
Dir. Elif Knight · Polly Waring, Sonny Pilgrem, Charlotte Greenman
Ella
by Maggie Bakir
Dir. Emma Clifford · Jennifer Woodward, Zak Labiad, Kira Williams
Well I Didn't Expect That
by David Spicer
Dir. David Tucker · Siubhan Harrison, Marta Gottardis Titon, Henry J. Taylor
Walk the Talk
by Markus Flanagan
Dir. Tim Faulkner · Ben Scheck, Brianna Reis Ryan, Ryan Crants
February 22, 2026
Theme: "Ealing Studios"
Regarding Ben
by Valerie Cutko
Dir. Clare Stearns · Alix Wilton Regan, Mathew McQuinn, Joe Conteh
Roseanna
by Gerard Foster
Dir. David Tucker · Valerie Cutko, Ben Scheck, Caroline Laborde-Croubit
Attack of the Earnest
by Jeremy Kareken
Dir. Tim Faulkner · Kezia Burrows, Finn Harkin, Mary Anna Kelly
Il Mimo
by Maggie Bakir
Dir. Jacquie Crago · Barbara Barnes, Django Bevan, Lily af Sandeberg
Kismet
by Markus Flanagan
Dir. Gavin Lister · Jennifer Woodward, Bailey Brook, Ivana Eamsova
Same Day Replays · 31 May 2026
Six plays from our archive. Revisited. Excavated. Performed.
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