Alan Ayckbourn: Plays for Children and Young People

This page includes all of Alan Ayckbourn's plays for children and young people. They are essentially split between plays intended to be performed by young people and those written for a pre-school audience. To find out more details about each play, click on the play title.

Please note, Alan Ayckbourn does not consider these plays are the same as his 'family' plays. The 'family' plays are part of the full-length play canon and are intended for family audiences, not specifically for children.

Whilst only Ernie's Incredible Illucinations and Gizmo have been published, all of these plays are available to produce (contact Casarotto Ramsay for details).

Plays for Children and Young People

○ Ernie's Incredible Illucinations (1969): A short play for young play which can be adapted to the size of the school class.
○ The Inside Outside Slide Show (1989): A play for children in which a slide-show take an unexpected turn.
○ Gizmo (1999): A short play written for National Connections and intended to be performed by young people.
○ The Princess And The Mouse (2002): A multi-part play written for a pre-school audience featuring an actor and puppets.
○ The Ten Magic Bridges (2003): A multi-part play written for a pre-school audiences written which includes puppets.
○ Miranda's Magic Mirror (2004): A multi-part play written for a pre-school audience.
○ The Girl Who Lost Her Voice (2005): A multi-part play written for a pre-school audience.

All research for this section is by Simon Murgatroyd. Please do not reproduce without crediting the author and Alan Ayckbourn's Official Website. All written material © Haydonning Ltd.