Books published by Salamander Street Limited

In 2019 Gommie began walking the coastline of England with nothing but a backpack, a tent and an unusually large collection of pens. His aim? Searching for Hope in hard times. These poems are the result.

A stunning award-winning new play by Nina Millns, Service is a complex conflict of masculinity, colonialism and loyalty ¿ in a room at the heart of the Empire.

A new LGBTQ+ play. Valentine, Luca, Dove and Quill share their own personal experiences of struggle and acceptance, friendship and isolation, despair and irrevocable hope in this tender and poignant exploration of loneliness and belonging.

Join Fran's quest for a "normal" sex life - featured in The Guardian's Best Shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2018, written and performed by Fran Bushe, author of My Broken Vagina.

Balisong charts the journey of four friends through the final weeks of school. They're facing a dilemma. What should they do now that one of their friends is carrying a knife?

Sebastian Gardner's painfully funny award-winning debut play 'I Lost My Virginity to Chopin's Nocturne in B-Flat Minor' explores identity, devotion and dependency between two people that hate to love each other.

DJ BAZZER¿s YEAR 6 DISCO Baz is the resident DJ of Brigdale Primary. Next week, it's the Year 6 Leavers' Disco: the biggest gig of the year. With a mighty setlist of early-noughties bangers cued up, Baz is raring to go for the event of a lifetime. That is, until their old school rival barges his way back onto the scene, forcing Baz to recollect the things he'd kept buried for years, and face up to moments in his past that will define his future¿Join Baz in the multimedia, solo adventure of the century: DJ BAZZER¿s YEAR 6 DISCO, exploring childhood dreams that never wake up, the things that keep you up at night and the toxicity of comparing ourselves to others. As Baz traverses through the nostalgic sounds of his childhood, he asks the audience to consider the hopes they had for growing up, and what it means to be alive through a journey of Magaluf rooftop raves, hospital wards and the glow stick laden school halls of years gone by. TETHERED George and Hal are putting on a play. They¿re playing Moins and Sans. George needs it to be perfect. Hal's fallen out of love with it. As the pair traverse through their madcap story of party hats, balloonies and mysterious messages, the actors are forced to question many things. Like, how far would we go to keep ourselves sane when trapped in one place for too long? How much do we rely on each other? And how do you pronounce Moins? TETHERED is an award-winning surreal comedy from the critically acclaimed ChewBoy Productions, exploring hope, loss, and dependence, following a successful run at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre where the company are Associate Artists.

This new verbatim play is based on the testimony of Hungarian Holocaust survivor Susan Pollack MBE, aged only thirteen when she was sent to the notorious Auschwitz -Birkenau in the summer of 1944.

A play for young people about first love and relationships.

Based upon the true story of a death in custody, Lament for Sheku Bayoh asks the urgent question, is Scotland really a safe place?

A follow up to the popular The Ultimate Drama Pot Collection - 100 Monologues for Young Performers, this book is designed to be a teacher's best friend - packed full of games, activities and exercises for devising and improvising.

The shots in Full Bleed span 30 years, with contributions from over 40 photographers. This tenth anniversary edition is a comprehensive overview of one of the most diverse and rich skating locations in the world, bringing together legendary skaters and iconic photographers.

The Arches was one of the reasons that in recent years Glasgow has become such a cultural destination. Between 2008 and 2015 it developed a whole new generation of playwright-performers, as well as playing host to some of the largest names in dance music. This is the story of a legendary venue, told through the people who were there.

Genre-defying and emotional, Outlier is a poweful new play by Malaika Kegode exploring the impact of isolation, addiction and friendship on young people in the often-forgotten places.

Full of ideas and provocations from a range of theatre practitioners, and drawing on examples from inside and outside of the performing arts, Towards a Civic Theatre makes the case for a new kind of theatre fit for purpose in an already tumultuous twenty-first century.

A psychological thriller play for an all-female cast, based upon the real events of the Dyatlov Pass Incident in Russia.

Goldilocks and The Three Musketeers is a madcap festive adventure for young audiences. Perfect for Schools and Colleges looking for a holiday treat.

Figs in Wigs are back and this time they've got their period (dresses). After five years of creating avant-garde, boundary pushing, genre-bending contemporary performance, Figs in Wigs have decided the only way to go is backwards...

A new absurd dark comedy from Danish writer Mia Juhl.

Four inspirational tales of Essex resilience intertwine to make an unmissable world premiere by the region's most exciting playwrights.

A collection of monologues from award-winning American playwright and poet Dan O'Brien.

This classic short novel gets a classic Mark Wheeller treatment. The book is one of those allowed on various English GCSE Syllabi and is a set text for Edexcel GCSE English.

Dead Sheep is a drama tinged with tragedy and comedy. Its themes - loyalty, love, political morality and Britishness - are still uncannily relevant today.

Dinomania: an iguanodon degrades and disappears - except one tooth. Where does it fit in the story of an earth created 6,000 years ago? Trap Street charts 50 years of changing attitudes to ownership and space in London, to ask what home means in 2018. Two critically acclaimed plays by devised theatre company Kandinsky.

A play about self-worth, mental health and self harm. This play, for year 8+ has been developed in consultation with clinicians, those who have recovered from self-harm and leading charities in the field.

Losing It offers year 9+ students a new take on sex education. This musical play tells the story of a group of 18 year olds as they look back on their 7 years at secondary school. This frank and inclusive, large scale 90 minute production addresses the questions young people really want answered.

The authorised biography of one of the most influential and colourful behind-the-scenes figures in the British theatre since the war. With a new foreword by Stewart Pringle, Playwright and Dramaturg of the National Theatre of Great Britain.

FATTY FAT FAT is a funny, frank and provocative solo show about living in a body the world tells you to hate. Leave your diet books at the door.