Paines

"We will not disguise the truth; we will let people know that we are poor, and then they will not expect impossibilities," she said, as they walked down the shady roads towards the Paines 'house, -- for the Paines were their most intimate friends and had a claim to the first confidence.

Not Like Other Girls Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874

Olivier award-winning playwright Mike Bartlett may have structured his latest play (jointly produced by Paines Plough and Plymouth's Drum Theatre) as an old-fashioned, three-act, two-interval drama but there is nothing stuffy about this acid-sharp story of a couple who wanted to change the world but cannot change themselves.

Love, Love, Love - review Clare Brennan 2010

Touring can seriously benefit new plays and premieres: For Paines Plough there are huge benefits that come with the touring model, not least exposure.

Best bits: on the road – exploring new models of touring 2011

The second play in the Sheffield Theatres/Paines Plough Roundabout season is Duncan Macmillan's story about a young couple who want a child.

This week's new theatre and dance 2011

Not only did it premiere at the Edinburgh festival in a production by Paines Plough a few years back, but now it's getting two major revivals in the space of a month.

This week's new theatre 2011

Touring is about relationships and communication: Paines Plough tours to around 30 different places in the UK each year – without properly engaging with our host venues and their audiences we simply wouldn't be able to make that happen.

Best bits: on the road – exploring new models of touring 2011

Near and dear to the hearts of many, the Paines Park Project brings together an unlikely combination of a community activist organization, civil recreation department and pharmaceutical PR firm in this event for DesignPhiladelphia 2008.

Paines Park Project « DESIGNPHILADELPHIA 2008

Give me the plain honest talk of an inarticulate man, he thought, over any number of Thomas Paines.

THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

Give me the plain honest talk of an inarticulate man, he thought, over any number of Thomas Paines.

THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

I hope my cartoon encourages us to be more outspoken “Paines”.

Drawing on History: Thomas Paine 2009