'Who said smashing things up was a bad thing?'Three strangers are about to face their demons head on. Balanced precariously on the tipping point, they might just be able to save one another – if they can only overcome their urge to self-destruct.Passionate, painful and playful, Stef Smith's Swallow takes a long, hard look at the extremes of everyday life. The play premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, as part of the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, ...

'When I walk into a room, in my uniform. There is a look that gets thrown my way. When I walk into a room, in my uniform. It's as if for second everything stops.'Jane and Toni are immaculate, iconic, accommodating flight attendants. They're here for your safety, your comfort and your pleasure. Or so you think. But 30,000 feet below them their seemingly perfect lives are rapidly unravelling.In the sky, over the sea and in cheap hotel rooms around the world, they can...

A young woman finds herself washed up back home on the Scottish archipelago of Orkney, trying to rebuild her life after a decade of addiction.The life she has left behind in London, with all its intoxicating temptations, has pushed her to the point of destruction. Now there is wildness of a different form – an alluring wilderness that she must learn to navigate.Speaking to the impact of isolation and loneliness and – ultimately – the resilience of people, Amy Liptrot's best...

Greer O’Reilly needs to start over. Her partner of twelve years has left her and she’s moved to a blueberry orchard in the Victorian hills. When she and daughter Sophie arrive to take possession, the former owner, 81-year-old jazz lover Charlie Chandler, refuses to move out. Dying and desperate to spend his last days in his old home, the unlikely pair soon form a close bond – one that will offer the strength and inspiration Greer needs.

It is the scale and range of creative collaboration inherent in theatre that sits at the very heart of National Theatre Connections.National Theatre Connections 2022 draws together ten new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting playwrights. These are plays for a generation of theatre-makers who want to ask questions, challenge assertions and test the boundaries, and for those who love to invent and imagine a world of possibilities.

In the overcrowded city, nature is getting out of control. The mice are scratching between walls, the pigeons are diseased and the foxes are beginning to rule the streets. The problem is growing. It's contagious. It has to be stopped, before it's too late.Stef Smith's play Human Animals premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in May 2016, in a production directed by Hamish Pirie.

All her life Julia Gunn has been weighed down; now she's going to do something for herself... Except en route to a new life on the coast she finds herself, courtesy of a rockslide, stuck in the remote town of Lake Grace. Yet maybe fate is on her side. Because Lake Grace is home to Rick Halloran, the man with whom she enjoyed a romance twenty years ago. Julia is finally on the verge of the life she's always wanted. Then a long-buried secret knocks at the door…

The perfect winter escape, Christmas on Primrose Hill is a spellbinding, emotional and romantic tale from the bestselling author of Christmas at Tiffany's, Karen Swan.On Primrose Hill . . .Twinkling lights brighten London's Primrose Hill as Christmas nears – but for Nettie Watson, it's not parties and presents that she wants.Promises are made . . .For Nettie, Christmas only serves as a star...

For three generations of Australian women, becoming a grazier’s wife meant very different things. For Stella in 1946, it was a compromise in the aftermath of war. For Jackie, it was a Cinderella fairytale with an outback prince. While for Alice now, it is the promise of a bright new future. From glamorous pre-war Singapore to a vast cattle property in Queensland, this sweeping, emotional saga follows three strong women as they learn how to live and love.

With her heart in tatters, Rose Bennett swaps her hometown of London for sunny Australia, but arrives to find the Shingle Valley shrouded in winter. As the weather improves, Rose starts to unlock the secrets of the valley – from bonfire ceremonies and wine-making traditions, to eccentric locals and their histories… And soon, Rose falls in love with the valley, the wines, the two children she’s caring for and with the handsome and brilliant Mark Cameron, owner of the troubled Kalkari Wines ...

Every bouquet tells a story. And every story begins at Blossom & Grow, a tiny jewel-like flower shop in the heart of Dublin. Here, Lara works her magic: translating feelings into flower arrangements that change hearts and lives.But what about her own heart? Has she really healed since she lost her chance to be a mother? What will happen when her own story takes a sudden turn?

When troubleshooting manager Tess Drummond arrives to take the reins of a Broken Creek, she's faced with some nasty surprises. For starters, her head stockman, Nate McAdam, happens to be the same gorgeous stranger she hooked up with - and ran out on - a few weeks before. Determined not to give in to her attraction to Nate, Tess sets out to do her job. But it turns out that Nate and his men aren't going down without a fight.