UK Schools Season Planning 2025-26

Need ideas for your next school theatre shows? Concord Theatricals is here to help! We’ve created a hand-picked selection of plays and musicals to fit your needs, from spellbinding musicals to cutting-edge contemporary dramas.

Happy season planning!

1. Let’s Learn Exciting CHOREOGRAPHY

Get your bodies moving in a wide variety of dance styles, including ballet, tap, jazz, old-school rock ’n’ roll and traditional Broadway dance.

42nd Street by Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble and Bradford Ropes (Also available in a Youth Edition)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 7w, 6m +ensemble)

A Chorus Line: Teen Edition by Michael Bennett, James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante, Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban (Original Edition also available) 
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 9w, 10m)

Anything Goes (2022 Revision) by Cole Porter, P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Timothy Crouse and John Weidman (Also available in a Youth Edition)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 4m +ensemble)
Visit the Cole Porter Collection for more titles!

Chicago: Teen Edition by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 10w, 9m)

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: Teen Edition by Tom MacRae, Dan Gillespie Sells and Jonathan Butterell
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 8w, 17m)

Footloose by Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, Walter Bobbie, Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman (Also available in a 90-Minute Version and Youth Edition) 
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 7w, 8m +ensemble)

Nice Work If You Can Get It: Teen Edition by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Joe DiPietro (Original Version also available)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5w, 5m)
Visit the George Gershwin Collection for more titles!

Shake, Ripple & Roll: A Rock and Roll Musical by David Perkins and Jenifer Toksvig
(Short Musical, Comedy / 5w, 5m)
Visit the Perkins Musicals for Young Performers Collection for more titles!

2019 Kennedy Center Production of Footloose (Jeremy Daniel)

2. Let’s Learn CLASSIC STORIES

Discover these classic tales from the Great Theatrical Canon, ranging from heartbreaking family dramas to chilling mysteries to raucous comedies. A mix of original stories and innovative re-imaginations.

Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 5m)

Hadestown: Teen Edition by Anaïs Mitchell
(Full-Length Musical, Drama  /  5w, 2m, 1 any gender +ensemble)

Love and Information by Caryl Churchill
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy)
Visit the Caryl Churchill Collection for more titles!

Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood: Teen Edition by Adam Szymkowicz
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m, 6 any gender)

Our Town by Thornton Wilder
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w, 17m)
Visit the Thornton Wilder Collection for more titles!

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 14m)

The Ghost Train (Revised) by Arnold Ridley
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 5m)

The Mirror Crack’d by Agatha Christie and Rachel Wagstaff
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w, 4m)
Visit the Agatha Christie Collection for more titles!

The Railway Children (Play) by E. Nesbit and Dave Simpson
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w, 5m, 5 girls, 5 boys)

The Seagull (Frayn) by Michael Frayn and Anton Chekhov
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 8m)

The Stepmother by Githa Sowerby
(Full-Length Play / 5w, 4m)

Treasure Island by Bryony Lavery
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 7w, 16m)

2008 Roundabout Theatre Production of The 39 Steps (Joan Marcus)

3. Let’s Learn the Art of COMEDY

Comedy is possibly the world’s favourite art form, and every good actor must learn to master it. Hone your comic skills by presenting one of these riotous laugh-fests, either traditional or contemporary.

A Chorus of Disapproval by Alan Ayckbourn
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 6w, 7m)
Visit the Alan Ayckbourn Collection for more titles!

Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 2m)
Visit the Noël Coward Collection for more titles!

Done to Death by Fred Carmichael
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 8w, 8m)

Fools by Neil Simon
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 7m)
Visit the Neil Simon Collection for more titles!

Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood by Ken Ludwig
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 6m)
Visit the Ken Ludwig Collection for more titles!

SHEWOLVES by Sarah Middleton
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w)

The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow and John Buchan (also available in Abridged and Even More Abridged versions)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m, 2 any gender)

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 6w, 4m, 9 girls, 8 boys)

The Shakespeare Conspiracy by Andrew Shepherd
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 8w, 8m)

The Wind in the Willows (Morley) by Kenneth Grahame and John Morley
(Full-Length Play / 22w, 22m)

2019 Palmyra Area High School Production of Amélie: Teen Edition (Hung Nguyen)

4. Let’s Learn DESIGNS

Gorgeous gowns and tuxes, playful period set designs and colourful creations of unlimited imagination… These plays and musicals will undoubtedly inspire your team to create their most impressive costumes and set works.

Alice in Wonderland (Bradfield) by Poltergeist Theatre, Jack Bradfield and Gerel Falconer
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 2m)

Amélie: Teen Edition by Craig Lucas, Daniel Messé and Nathan Tysen
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5w, 7m, 1 girl +ensemble)

Anastasia: The Musical by Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (also available in a Youth Edition)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 5m, 1 girl +ensemble)

Heathers the Musical: Teen Edition by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe
(Full-Length Musical, Dark Comedy / 10w, 14m +ensemble)

Hello, Dolly! by Michael Stewart, Jerry Herman and Thornton Wilder
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5w, 4m +ensemble)

Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn by Irving Berlin, Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 3m, 1 boy +ensemble)
Visit the Irving Berlin Collection for more titles!

Jasper in Deadland by Hunter Foster and Ryan Scott Oliver
(Full-Length Musical, Dark Comedy / 4w, 5m)

Once Upon a Mattress by Mary Rodgers, Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer (also available in a Youth Edition)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 7m +ensemble)

Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Broadway Version) by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II and Douglas Carter Beane (also available in Original, Enchanted or Youth Edition)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5w, 4m +ensemble)

Rupert and the Green Dragon by David Wood, Alfred Bestall and Mary Tourtel
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w, 5m, 6 any gender)

She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition by Qui Nguyen (Original Version also available)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 6w, 3m)

The Secret Garden by Marsha Norman, Lucy Simon and Frances Hodgson Burnett (Spring Version also available)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 10w, 12m, 1 girl, 1 boy +ensemble)

The See-Saw Tree by David Wood
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 4m)

The SpongeBob Musical by Stephen Hillenburg, Kyle Jarrow, Tina Landau, Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., David Bowie, Tom Kenny, Andy Paley and Tom Kitt (also available in a Youth Edition)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 16 any gender +ensemble)

The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew by Robert Bolt
(Full-Length Play / 21m)

The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition by L. Frank Baum, Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg and Herbert Stothart (RSC Version also available)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 5m +ensemble)

Yo, Vikings! by Sam Willmott and Marcus Stevens
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 6w, 8m +ensemble)

2020 Salina South High School Production of Dreamland (Erin Kata)

5. Let’s Learn to Work as an ENSEMBLE

Teamwork is the key to any successful theatre program. Here’s a variety of plays and musicals that will encourage your cast and crew to work together in harmony.

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 8m)

Brenda Bly: Teen Detective by Kevin Hammonds and Charles Miller
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 13w, 4m)

Clue: The Musical by Peter DePietro, Galen Blum, Wayne Barker, Vinnie Martucci and Tom Chiodo
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 5m)

Dreamland by Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 4m, 18 any gender)

Flies by Charlie Josephine
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w, 1m)

Hope Springs by Richard Conlon (also available in a Youth Edition)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 13 any gender +ensemble)

How To Eat Like a Child by Delia Ephron, John Forster and Judith Kahan
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 30 any gender, flexible cast size)

Just So (Silverman) by Jen Silverman
(Full-Length Play / 6 any gender youth)

Middletown by Will Eno
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 6w, 6m)

Our Day Out (Play Version) by Willy Russell
(Short Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 10m, 3 girls, 7 boys)

Sleepova by Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w)

Snoopy!!! (Original) by Charles M. Schulz, Larry Grossman, Hal Hackady, Warren Lockhart, Arthur Whitelaw and Michael L. Grace (London Version and The World According to Snoopy also available)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 3m, 1 any gender +ensemble)

Teechers Leavers 22 by John Godber
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 1m)

The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 10w)

Twelfth Night by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 7m +ensemble)

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised) by Charles M. Schulz, Clark Gesner, Michael Mayer and Andrew Lippa (Original Version also available)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 2w, 4m +ensemble)

2025 UK Tour Production of Spitfire Girls (Robling Photography)

6. Let’s Learn HISTORY

These plays and musicals capture real-world events, both the small moments and the seismic occurrences, and bring them to life onstage. Encourage your students to learn more about the world by researching the stories explored in these compelling stage works.

A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 6w, 1m)

Anatomy of Gray by Jim Leonard Jr.
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w, 4m)

Chariots of Fire by Mike Bartlett
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 9m)

Decision Height by Meredith Dayna Levy
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 9w)

Miss Littlewood by Sam Kenyon
(Full-Length Musical / 9w, 3m)

Oh My Nellie Bly by Annemarie Lewis Thomas and Nick Stimson
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 16w, 8m)

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!: Youth Edition by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
(Short Musical, Comedy / 4w, 5m)

Pandemonium (A Greek Myth-Adventure) by David Perkins and Jenifer Toksvig
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 7m, 10 boys or girls)

Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 7m)

Shebeen by Mufaro Makubika
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 5m)

SIX: TEEN EDITION by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 6w +ensemble)

Spitfire Girls by Katherine Senior
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 2m +ensemble)

The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 6m)

Waiting for Anya by Michael Morpurgo and Simon Reade
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 6m)

2018 Columbia High School Production of Shakespeare in Love (High School Edition) (Joy Yagid)

7. Let’s Learn LITERATURE

Here’s a category to make your English department happy! These plays and musicals are all adapted from works of literature, from Greek classics to contemporary youth fiction. Spark an interest in reading – in your cast and in your audience – by presenting a great show based on a great book.

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks and Rachel Wagstaff
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 9m)

James and the Giant Peach by David Wood and Roald Dahl
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 4m)

My Dad’s a Birdman by David Almond
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 2m, 3 any gender)

Pete the Cat by Sarah Hammond, Will Aronson, Kimberly Dean and James Dean
(Short Musical, Comedy / 2w, 3m)

Pride and Prejudice (Davies) by Jane Austen and Andrew Davies
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 13w, 7m)

Private Peaceful (Ensemble Version) by Michael Morpurgo and Simon Reade (One Actor version and Smaller Ensemble version also available)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w, 14m)

Shakespeare in Love (High School Edition) by Lee Hall, Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (Original version also available)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 6w, 18m)

Skellig by David Almond
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 6m)

Spot’s Birthday Party by David Wood
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 5m)

Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ The Musical by Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 3m, 1 girl, 3 boys)

The Boy Who Kicked Pigs by Tom Baker, Clem Garritty, Natasha Hodgson, Zoe Roberts, Oliver Jones and David Cumming
(Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 2w, 2m)

The Canterville Ghost (Kelly) by Tim Kelly and Oscar Wilde
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 14w, 6m)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon and Simon Stephens (An Abridged version also available)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 5w, 5m)

The Good Doctor by Neil Simon
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 3m)

The Happy Prince by Caroline Dooley, David Perkins and Oscar Wilde
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 8m, 4 any gender youth)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Eamonn O’Dwyer and Helen Watts
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 8w, 10m)

The Lightning Thief by Joe Tracz, Rob Rokicki and Rick Riordan
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 7 any gender +ensemble)

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and Susan Nanus
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 19 any gender)

The Sleeping Sword by Michael Morpurgo and Tatty Hennessy
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 1m)

The Worst Witch by Emma Reeves, Jill Murphy and Luke Potter
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 10w)

Tracy Beaker Gets Real! by Mary Morris, Jacqueline Wilson and Grant Olding
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 4w, 2m, 10 any gender)

Treasure Island by Bryony Lavery
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 7w, 16m)

2022 Paper Mill Playhouse Production of The Sound of Music (Jeremy Daniel)

9. Let’s Learn to SING in a Variety of Styles

There’s more than one way to sing in a musical, and these shows feature music of all styles. Inspire your cast to sing in a new form, from operetta, traditional Broadway and early rock ’n’ roll to bluegrass, modern rock and contemporary musical theatre.

As You Like It (Taub) by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 5w, 6m)

Be More Chill by Joe Iconis, Joe Tracz and Ned Vizzini
(Full Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 6m +ensemble)

Bye Bye Birdie by Michael Stewart, Charles Strouse and Lee Adams (also available in a Youth Edition)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 6w, 5m +ensemble)

Crazy For You® by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Ken Ludwig (also available in a Youth Edition)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 4m +ensemble)

Family Album: Teen Edition by Joe Iconis and John Simpkins
(Musical Revue / Cabaret, Dramatic Comedy / 10 any gender)

Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun by Irving Berlin, Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields and Peter Stone
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 6m, 2 girls, 1 boy +ensemble)

Kiss Me, Kate (Revised 1999) by Cole Porter, Sam Spewack and Bella Spewack
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 7m +ensemble)

Rock of Ages: Teen Edition by Chris D’Arienzo (also available in a Youth Edition)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 11w, 9m, 10 any gender)

The Sound Of Music by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse (also available in a Youth Edition)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 7w, 4m, 5 girls, 2 boys +ensemble)

Zombie Prom by John Dempsey, Dana P. Rowe, Mac Tumminelli and Hugh M. Murphy (also available in a one-hour Atomic Edition)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5w, 5m)

Discover more musicals and plays for your upcoming school productions on Concord Theatricals website.