Newly Available for Licensing – June 2026 (UK)

Just because it’s June, here are some new plays and musicals to license! Check out these titles, newly available as of June from Concord Theatricals in the UK.

Albert’s Bridge by Tom Stoppard
(Full-Length Play (originally a Radio Play), Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 14m)
In Tom Stoppard’s award-winning first full-length radio play, a philosophy graduate named Albert is employed to help paint the cantilevered railway bridge spanning Clifton Bay. Albert spends as much time and energy on philosophizing as he does on painting, until his wife feels ignored and the council becomes concerned about the cost of the project. Witness what happens to the bridge – and to Albert’s dreams – by bringing the chaos of miscalculations, suicide and dozens of additional painters to the stage.

Blithe Spirit (Abridged) by Noël Coward and Laurence Maslon
(Short Play, Comedy / 4w, 2m)
A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic from playwright Noël Coward concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has married Ruth, but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife Elvira, who is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone’s personalities clash, it becomes clear that Charles will be haunted by “blithe spirits” into perpetuity. This version – condensed down to a one-act by Laurence Maslon – is perfect for schools and competitions!

Hidden Inside by Daniel Carlton and Nambi E. Kelley
(Short Play, Drama / 1w, 9 any gender youth)
In work commissioned specially for teen actors by the Keen Company, a novice student teacher is put in charge of Saturday school for chronically late kids. But when a standard drill goes awry, the students are forced to honestly connect with each other, transcend high school archetypes and reckon with their true identities.

Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood: The Musical by Adam Szymkowicz and Masi Asare
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 4m, 13 any gender)
With an exuberant score ranging from pop and soul to classic show tunes, this new musicals is a gender-bending, patriarchy-smashing, hilarious new take on the classic tale. Robin Hood is (and has always been) Maid Marian in disguise, leading a motley group of Merry Men (few of whom are actually men) against the greedy Prince John. As the poor get poorer and the rich get richer, who will stand for the vulnerable if not Robin?

One Way Out by Montel Douglas
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 4m)
Can we determine our fate? Or do we only have one way out? This debut play by London-based actor and playwright Montel Douglas provides an energetic yet hard-hitting look at life in the city through the eyes of four teenage boys as it asks: What challenges do young men face when they finally are open to the independent world, and how do they overcome them? As they face physical and mental challenges, their bond – or lack of it – sets the course for how their individual lives will go on in this poignant tale of resilience and resistance.

Teeth by Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs
(Full-Length Musical, Dark Comedy / 7w, 4m)
Based on the cult classic film of the same name, this fierce, rapturous and savagely entertaining new musical is crackling with irrepressible desire and ancient rage – a dark comedy conjuring the legend of one girl whose sexual curse is also her salvation – when men violate her, her body bites back. Literally. This theatrical adaptation explores teenage sexual desire, the dangers of an oppressive purity culture and what happens when myth becomes reality – balancing humor and honesty to dig into issues of sexual expression, religious repression and bodily autonomy.

The Berlin Diaries by Andrea Stolowitz
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 1m)
In this moving combination of docudrama and biography who two actors play 14 characters, Andrea Stolowitz follows stories across time, space and distant family connections to trace the path of her great-grandfather, Max, a German Jew who escaped to New York City in 1939. Though Max’s story was “verschollen,” or lost, Stolowitz uses his journal as a guide, winding her way across continents and decades. A moving tribute to the familial bonds that survive even the most horrifying events.

The Whistling by Duncan Abel and Rachel Wagstaff, from the novel by Rebecca Netley
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w, 3m)
Prepare to be thrilled and chilled in this theatrical adaptation of the hit Rebecca Netley novel! Part murder mystery, part ghost story, the show’s Gothic scenes follow a woman who arrives on a remote Scottish island to become a nanny to a young girl. Elspeth hopes to bond with young Mary… until she learns that, for reasons no one will explain, she has not spoken for months. Hypnotic lullabies drift down empty corridors. Strange dolls appear in abandoned rooms. As the nights draw in, darker questions arise: what happened to Mary’s late twin, William? Why did their previous nanny disappear so suddenly? And is the whistling Elspeth hears at night just the storm outside… or is somebody coming for her?

For more new titles, read more in our Newly Available for Licensing series on Breaking Character or visit the Concord Theatricals website in the UK for more plays and musicals.