Book by KATE FERGUSON, music & lyrics by SUSANNAH PEARSE  

World première stage version by GLYN MAXWELL

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

Nottingham Playhouse, May 15 – June 6

CORONATION STREET

JULIE JONES, ITV

The first of a trilogy by KIT KANE

New version by GLYN MAXWELL, published by Bloomsbury (Oberon Methuen Drama)

The latest Ikmen mystery by BARBARA NADEL. In association with Watson, Little Ltd.

NOTHING

Libretto by GLYN MAXWELL, from the novel by Janne Teller

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

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

By Jonathan Larkin. Published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

A version by DON TAYLOR streaming on NT at Home

Written and directed by SUSIE McKENNA, Broadway Theatre Catford

IT COMES IN WAVES

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

LIMEHOUSE

A play by STEVE WATERS, published by Nick Hern Books

By KATE FERGUSON and SUSANNAH PEARSE, Octagon Theatre Bolton

By STEVE WATERS. Published by Bloomsbury (Oberon Methuen Drama)

Episodes by MARK ROBERTSON on Netflix

by STEVE WATERS. Published by Nick Hern Books

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

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

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

PEACE AT LAST

By JILL MURPHY, libretto by ROBIN NORTON-HALE. ENO

MIGRATIONS

Libretti by SARAH WOODS at Welsh National Opera

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

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

By CHRISTINA BALIT. Published by Otter-Barry books

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

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.