Kirjahaku

Residing in Hawaii, a short-tempered, University professor lives a double life. Though masquerading as a school teacher, her real passion lies in the field, fighting creatures who scour the earth in search of blood. She now embarks on a journey. She will face a cocky vampire with a strange connection to her deceased mother, a sister who thinks the world is out to get her, a new partner with a sordid history, and a man from a past she can't remember. Not to mention the scores of shapeshifters, werewolves, and vampires alike who are bent on her complete and immediate destruction. While facing love and loss, she will come within inches of her death.

Residing in Hawaii, a short-tempered, University professor lives a double life. Though masquerading as a school teacher, her real passion lies in the field, fighting creatures who scour the earth in search of blood. She now embarks on a journey. She will face a cocky vampire with a strange connection to her deceased mother, a sister who thinks the world is out to get her, a new partner with a sordid history, and a man from a past she can't remember. Not to mention the scores of shapeshifters, werewolves, and vampires alike who are bent on her complete and immediate destruction. While facing love and loss, she will come within inches of her death.

A radical, modern-day re-interpretation of Arthur Schnitzler’s taboo-breaking 1897 play La Ronde, with its 'daisy chain' of sexual encounters. In place of Schnitzler’s soldiers, poets and aristocrats in fin-de-siecle Vienna, Alexandra Wood's play Unbroken gives us the interns, rockstars and office workers of 21st-century London, all inextricably linked by sex. Unbroken was first performed at The Gate Theatre, London, in 2009.

This is an astonishing human story based on the bestselling novel translated in 36 languages by Jung Chang. It is adapted for the stage by Alexandra Wood. China, at the heart of the 20th Century, is a nation transformed beyond recognition. Through the eyes of one fiercely courageous family, "Wild Swans" takes us on a journey from the early days of Communist hope and struggle, through the chaos and confusion of Mao's Cultural Revolution to the birth of a superpower. This first ever stage version premiered at the Young Vic, London, April 2012. This is the worldwide best-selling novel adapted for the stage.

A play confronting the challenges we face in a foreign land, asking where, or to whom, we belong. Dubai seems to offer British twenty-somethings Greg and Holly everything they could want: tax-free income, a brand-new apartment and an exotic landscape waiting to be explored. But surviving on the edge of a desert, in a society they don't understand, proves more difficult than they could have imagined. They soon start to question why it is they came, and whether they'll ever get home. Alexandra Wood's play The Empty Quarter was first staged at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London, in September 2013.

A thrilling tale of altruism, greed, and the search for a way to belong. When a British couple are seized by Somali pirates, an East London taxi driver decides to rescue them. Meeting disbelief with determination, he dismisses the fears of his wife and flies out to negotiate their release. Speeding from the banks of the Thames to the now unfamiliar world of his homeland, he confronts the family he left behind and the bravado of the defiant men he once called brothers. Alexandra Wood's play The Initiate premiered at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a production by Paines Plough, where it won a Fringe First Award, before touring.

A man turns up at Lucy's door claiming to be the brother she hasn't seen in ten years. But why has he come? Is it really him? And what happens when there's another knock at the door? An intriguing tale of loss, renewal and knowing who to trust, Alexandra Wood's The Human Ear was first produced by Paines Plough in their pop-up theatre, Roundabout, at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, before touring.

Spain, 2013. Against all odds, young graduate Sofia has got a job as PA to one of the wealthiest bankers in the country. But her mother has her doubts – did Sofia give more than a good interview to get it? In a subtle game of cat and mouse, split loyalties and questionable morals, Alexandra Wood's thrilling two-hander looks at the complexities of a mother-daughter relationship, the growing argument between rich and poor, and a young woman stuck in between. Merit was performed at the Theatre Royal Plymouth in 2015, and received its London premiere at the Finborough Theatre in 2016.

Three women, forty years, one ever-evolving bond. Fake sick days, Stonehenge, roller skates, champagne and glow-in-the-dark stars. The Tyler Sisters is a funny, heartening exploration of time, and the unassuming moments that make up our lives. Alexandra Wood's innovative play explores the deep and unruly waters of sisterhood. It premiered at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London, in December 2019.

An arresting 60-minute debut play about dislocation, manipulation and power. From rural backwater to shiny new capital city in one easy move. Perfectly formed. Politically constructed. When your leader plays pin the tail on the donkey with the nation's map, the bureaucrats are bound to be moved and everyone will follow. You can't stop the march of progress, no one can. Alexandra Wood's play The Eleventh Capital was first staged at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in February 2007, and won the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

National Theatre Connections 2026 draws together eight new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK’s most exciting and popular playwrights. These are plays for a generation of theatre-makers who want to ask questions, challenge assertions and test boundaries, and for those who love to invent and imagine a world of possibilities. The plays offer young performers an engaging and diverse range of material to perform, read or study. Wrestling with themes like the Youth Custody Service, conspiracy, the climate crisis, exam pressure, grief and friendship, this collection lays bare a rich and complex terrain in which students can fully immerse themselves, explore and discover. This 2026 anthology represents the full set of eight plays offered by the National Theatre's 2026 programme, as well as comprehensive workshop notes that give insights and inspiration for building characters, running rehearsals and staging a production.