The apprenticeships are only meant to last a year - there were never any guarantees beyond that. For Ava, Liv, Mason and Trent, they're just trying to get through the day. They don't know why there's an endless stream of strangers passing through, but no-one ever tells them anything. In a couple of months they'll be kicked out anyway, and God knows what happens after that. Who's looking out for them?Scissors is a play about family, heritage and legacy, and is part of Chris...

'Three options, as I see it – they'll kill it off entirely, you'll let it die of natural causes, I'm going to make it live again.'When the owner of a Sheffield scissor manufacturer dies, the future of the factory site falls into uncertainty. Can it be reborn as a fashionable music venue, converted into luxury apartments, or somehow reinvigorated so the old business can survive?There's more than just money or bricks and mortar at stake. It's about knowing where you ...

'We stand on the edgeOn the threshold ofOn the entrance toStepping out fromOn the cusp…'Set in and around a swimming pool, Chris Bush's play The Changing Room follows a group of teenagers full of excitement, impatience and uncertainty. They know change is coming, but not what it'll look like.Written specifically for young people, The Changing Room was part of the 2018 National Theatre...

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'I am the Labour Party candidate. Now ask me why.''Why?''Because I am the best damn person for the job.'The top candidate without question, Vanessa was made to be Mayor. Thirty years prior, Josie just wants things to change and seeks a seat on the local council.Chris Bush's play Steel explores the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.The play premiered at Sheffield Theatr...

'We'll tell the same old stories, all over again. And we won't complain. Because it's Christmas.'It's Christmas Day, sort of, and Alice, Mike and Tess – three generations of the one family – are busy preparing a feast, singing songs, spinning yarns and squabbling about snacks… like only a close family can. But someone is missing from the table.Telling their stories in turns, and breaking off for the odd musical interlude, the family pass the time waiting for Tess's...

'Oh, if you knew the lives we women leadYou'd understand the Devil is a catch.'In this radical reimagining of the classic cautionary tale, Johanna Faustus makes the ultimate sacrifice and sells her soul to wrestle control of her own destiny. She travels through time and changes the course of human history, but can she escape eternal damnation?Chris Bush's devilishly provocative play Faustus: That Damned Woman is inspired by the works of Mar...

'Jo and Harry are changing.Harry is changing more than most, undeniably.And change is beautiful. Necessary. Terrifying.'Break-ups aren't just about who gets the CD collection. As Jo and Harry begin to untangle themselves from each other, new worlds start to open up – worlds filled with new partners, new identities, new possibilities…What kind of women do they want to be, and do they have the courage, or the permission, to get there?

'I'd watch you eat. I'd eat you up. Look at you. You get it, don't you? You're real.'Lori is a professional chef. Bex waits on tables to make ends meet. One night together in a walk-in fridge and it's the beginning of something beautiful.Lori has big plans, while Bex is struggling. If we are what we eat, then Bex is in real trouble. It's not her fault – the system is rigged. No one on minimum wage and zero hours has the headspace to make their own yoghurt.C...

Packed with songs, mischief and mistaken identities, this riotous and joyful play transports Shakespeare's most beloved characters to the chaos of a busy modern-day hospital. Romeo and Jules are recovering from an accidental overdose, Antony and Cleo are reminiscing in the waiting room, and Beatrice and Benedict are bickering over the cause of the latter's knee operation. As night falls on A&E, and Pharmacist Puck starts to dole out medicine, a very midsummer madness begins to take root… C...

'People don't need scissors. They don't need beautiful, handcrafted, ninety pound scissors, however impressive they might be. But they do need somewhere to live.'Faye and Mel have been together forever. Two kids, a mortgage and a diabetic hamster. A regular, unexceptional existence. They work hard, they get by, they do their best. So if it's true - if Faye's father really has left the factory to her - they'd deserve it, wouldn't they? The site could be worth a fortune - no...

As winter's first snow falls, there's not much Christmas cheer in Sherwood Forest. Cupboards are bare, the nights are cold, and the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham squeezes his citizens for every penny they're worth.But deep in the forest, in the heart of the Major Oak, Robin and Marian are plotting an audacious scheme to bring some festive joy to all…This charming retelling of the Robin Hood legend by Chris Bush, with music by Matt Winkworth, was first performed at Rose Theatr...