Beautiful Marguerite Gautier, seduced at the age of fifteen by her Marquis employer, decides on a courtesan life. She meets Armand Duval, son of the Marquis, and the two fall desperately in love. Aware that she is in the initial stage of tuberculosis, Armand persuades her to settle in the country with him, but Marguerite is threatened by the Marquis and forced to return to Paris, dying and reviled by Armand.Large flexible cast

Alexandre DumasTranslated by Pam Gems

Drama Characters: 21 male, 7 female, 1 pianist (doubling possible)Interor and exterior scenes, or 1 unit setThis unforgettable classic drama about the doomed love of a Parisian courtesan and a Marquis' son in the 1840s is brilliantly rendered for the modern stage. "An intelligent, deeply moving re-examination of one of our most potent dramatic myths." -Time Out"Superlative!" -Observer"A stunner." -Spectator"Compelling theatre." -BBC

Pam Gems has reworked her celebrated 1978 original, "Piaf." She vividly captures the glamour and squalor, the rise and fall of the complex, fragile, and enigmatic performer Edith Piaf, who continues to be remembered and revered for her exceptional voice and extraordinary life.

At the turn of the century, Mrs. Patrick Campbell was England's most celebrated and notorious actress. An acclaimed beauty, loved by many, she is remembered for her wit, for bad behaviour, and her close friendship with George Bernard Shaw. She was a great actress, when she wanted to be. She had a low boredom threshold and frequently behaved dreadfully on stage. She could be a monster to work with, an atrocious snob and possessed a wicked sense of humour. But, on form, she was incomparable, the glory of her age. Her work was daring and unpredictable, enhanced by her great beauty. Shaw worshipped her, wrote "Pygmalion" for her and begged her to play Eliza. Rather than living to work, she always worked to live and died in exile and poverty. Pam Gems' new play is about the art and craft of acting and the turmoil of being a woman who was meant to please but couldn't resist using her mind. "Mrs Pat" opened at the York Theatre Royal in March 2006.

Three plays focusing on the lives of incredible women. Characterized by vivid stagecraft and life-affirming humor, they offer unflinching views of social and sexual relations. Includes: "Piaf," "Camille" and "Queen Christina."

Adaptation of Andersen's classic tale by acclaimed writer Pam Gems.

Paris, the 1970s. Legendary screen and stage actress, Marlene Dietrich, now in her seventies, is preparing for her evening's solo performance... A moving celebration of the woman behind the myth, Marlene was an immediate success when it first opened, with an outstanding performance by the incomparable Sian Phillips. The play transferred to the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, followed by a national tour.

'My loves, what are we to do? We don't do as they want any more, and they hate it. What are we to do?' Four determinedly 'liberated' - and very different - women ricochet around a tiny shared flat, while trying to pull together the shattered strands of their lives: Dusa is struggling to regain her children from their father, Fish is losing her lover to another woman, Stas is on the game to finance the course she wants to study at university, while Vi steadfastly refuses to eat.... A bitingly sardonic modern classic, widely regarded as an historic icon of early feminism, Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi was first seen at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1976 under the title Dead Fish, Michael Codron transferred the play to the West End under its new title where it enjoyed a huge success and established Pam Gems as a major new voice in British theatre.

"In a crumbling Calcutta home, two sisters are forced to come to terms with their mother's secret history. In this funny and moving play, award-winning writer Shelley Silas examines how family and culture, time and distance, influence our sense of who we are. Set in the Indian Jewish community, it explores conflicts between old and new, east and west, tradition and truth. If the past is another country, where is home? Calcutta Kosher was produced by the Kali Theatre Company and toured the UK in February and March 2004."