Paines Plough’s 50th Birthday Gala

Posted on: November 5th, 2024 by ppEditor

Join Paines Plough for a bumper celebration of new writing and writers, to celebrate the theatre company’s 50th birthday and raise funds to secure their future.

An evening of one-off performances, beautiful reunions and raffle prizes to celebrate the company’s last 50 years, and to raise money for the next 50.

It will feature an exclusive new piece by our patron James Graham, performed by Monica Dolan.

Followed by extracts from some of Paines Plough’s seminal productions, performed by guest stars:

We’ll also present a filmed segment with Olivier Award-winner Amy Trigg, who will record a scene from Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me (winner of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting in 2021), in the venue where it all began for us as a company 50 years ago.

Appearances will also include Indhu Rubasingham (Director Designate of the National Theatre), and playwrights James Graham, Roy Williams, Mark Ravenhill and Ryan Calais Cameron.

This event is part of Paines Plough’s 50 for 50 Campaign which aims to raise £50,000 to support its work at at time when new writing is under threat. There are so many stories in danger of never being heard, and we want to make sure we can spend the next 50 years finding them.

Every Brilliant Thing

Posted on: June 1st, 2024 by ppEditor

Ten years on from the play’s debut, a new production of the smash-hit comes to Roundabout, directed by Duncan Macmillan and performed by Jonny Donahoe.

You’re seven years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid. She finds it hard to be happy. So you make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything worth living for.

Ice cream.
Water fights.
Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV.
The colour yellow.
Rollercoasters.
People falling over.

A play about depression and the lengths we go to for those we love.

Roundabout at Summerhall 2024

Posted on: May 9th, 2024 by ppEditor

This year, Paines Plough celebrates its 50th birthday, and this big joyous yellow dome celebrates its 10th.

So here it is: our celebration.

We have another packed programme showcasing some of the very best new writing that the country has to offer. Just like the plays and the writers we have championed across our 50 years, these are stories that blaze with laughter, hope, love and fury.

They come from voices and perspectives you might never have heard before, speak about the world in new ways, and hold a mirror to our relationships with ourselves and one another.

We hope you love them just as much as we do.

Scroll down to see the full Roundabout at Summerhall programme…

Dissonance

Posted on: February 19th, 2024 by ppEditor

A rave, a protest to ‘kill the criminal justice bill’ and a night that will have consequences for decades to come.

Moving between 1994 and 2023, Dissonance is a play exploring the importance of protest, how each generation gets blamed by the next for not doing enough, and why we need to listen to each other.

Roundabout at Summerhall 2017

Posted on: November 17th, 2023 by ppEditor

Roundabout at Summerhall 2018

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Roundabout at Summerhall 2019

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Roundabout at Summerhall 2016

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Roundabout at Summerhall 2015

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Roundabout at Summerhall 2014

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