Nottingham Playhouse, May 15 – June 6

THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Adapted for stage by STEVE WATERS, from the novel by Giles Foden. Published by Nick Hern Books

Book by KATE FERGUSON, music & lyrics by SUSANNAH PEARSE  

THE WOODEN LIBRARY, the latest Ikmen mystery by BARBARA NADEL. In association with Watson, Little Ltd.

NOTHING

Libretto by GLYN MAXWELL, from the novel by Janne Teller

SONG OF THE REED

By STEVE WATERS 4 episodes set over 1 year. Starring Sophie Okonedo and Mark Rylance, BBC Sounds

Theatre Uncut and Sherman Theatre. Published by Nick Hern Books

CORONATION STREET

JULIE JONES, ITV

by CHRISTINA BALIT published by Otter-Barry Books

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Stage version by SAVIOUR PIROTTA

A bold, radical adaptation by GLYN MAXWELL. Published by Bloomsbury (Oberon Methuen Drama)

LIMEHOUSE

A play by STEVE WATERS, published by Nick Hern Books

A musical version by KATE FERGUSON and SUSANNAH PEARSE, Octagon Theatre Bolton

By KATE FERGUSON and SUSANNAH PEARSE, Octagon Theatre Bolton

By Jonathan Larkin. Published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Written and directed by SUSIE McKENNA, Broadway Theatre Catford

A version by DON TAYLOR streaming on NT at Home

IT COMES IN WAVES

A new play by JAMES McDERMOTT, Eastern Angles Theatre Company, tour June 19 – July 10

Streaming on AppleTV+  adapted from the novels by MICK HERRON

By JANE UPTON, published by Nick Hern Books *Offie nominated*

Adapted for the screen from BARBARA NADEL’s  award-winning D I Ikmen novels, all episodes available on BBCiPlayer

New opera feature film written and directed by Olivier Award winner ROBIN NORTON-HALE, produced by Finite Films. In cinemas now.

Book & lyrics by SARAH WOODS, Cardboard Citizens

By CHRISTINA BALIT. Published by Otter-Barry books

IN THE SHADOW OF MAN

BBC audio drama by SARAH WOODS from Jane Goodall’s seminal work

Mark Robertson, CBeebies, *New Series, April 2026*

DANNY SPRING on the writing team for Season 3 (Blooming Media / Nickleodeon)

by STEVE WATERS. Published by Nick Hern Books

HAKIM & ARNOLD detective series. In association with Watson, Little Ltd.

A poetry anthology by GLYN MAXWELL (Picador) *Shortlisted for the TS Eliot prize*

Micheline Steinberg Associates is a literary agency, representing new and established writers for theatre, opera, television, film, radio and animation, as well as writer-directors.

News

*World Premiere* THE LIVES OF BIRDS, a new cycle of poems by GLYN MAXWELL commissioned by RSNO, reunites him with composer Elena Langer, 19-21 March, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dundee.

ROBIN NORTON-HALE adapts and directs her Olivier award-winning production of LA BOHÈME for the screen, transporting Puccini’s most-loved opera to modern day East London ‘a classic reborn’. In cinemas now.

A powerful new audio drama by KATIE FARR, Saturday 28 March, 15.00, BBC R4.