THE MONO LIBRARY
At the heart of The Mono Box is a collection of over 3,500 plays donated by industry professionals in response to the question, “If you could recommend one play to a young actor to read, what would it be?”
With personally inscribed donations from leading industry figures including: actors Dame Judi Dench, David Tennant, Denise Gough, playwrights Caryl Churchill, Alan Bennett, Simon Stephens and directors Michael Grandage, Lyndsey Turner and Ian Rickson.
The Mono Box script library is a unique catalogue of advice and inspiration with choices that you may not find searching the shelves in bookshops.
PLAY BROWSING SESSIONS
DATE: Every Tuesday
TIME: 11am - 5pm
LOCATION: The Mono Box Studio 30, Block F, The Biscuit Factory, 100 Clements Road Bermondsey, SE16 4DG
HOW WILL IT WORK?
If you're looking for a speech for a showcase, monologues for auditions, plays to put on or just wanting to up your awareness of what's out there, come and browse our 3000 strong play for a couple of hours on a Tuesday.
Make use of the Biscuit Factory's coffee shops and settle down for a read with a cuppa and some advice from our team.
COST: £5 on the door in cash or by card or book in advance here to secure a place.
Please note, the fee is the same whether you stay for an hour or all day.
NB: new sessions will be added the week before.
ACTORS
Adeel Ahktar
Jade Anouka
Joseph Arkley
Rakie Ayola
Marion Bailey
Joe Bannister
Maureen Beattie
Ellie Beaven
Nikki Amuka Bird
Ed Birch
Hugh Bonneville
Ian Bonar
Lucy Briers
Lucy Briggs-Owen
Leah Brotherhead
Amelia Bullmore
Grace Carter
Keir Charles
Debbie Chazen
Paul Clayton
Michaela Coel
Ron Cook
Pandora Colin
Olivia Colman
Ed Cooper Clark
Nancy Crane
Loren D’air
Natalie Dormer
Charles Edwards
Lynn Farleigh
Lucy Fyffe
Mark Gatiss
Debra Gillet
Denise Gough
Nia Gwynne
Nick Hafezi
Guy Hargreaves
Sally Hawkins
V Hickley
Emma Hiddleston
Tom Hiddleston
Douglas Hodge
Jessica Hynes
Sui Hun Li
Joan Iyiola
Gemma Jones
Mark Johnson
Valene Kane
Yolanda Kettle
Sair Khan
Vanessa Kirby
Danny Kirrane
Joanna Lumley
Claire Lams
Harry Lloyd
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Joel MacCormack
Tom Malmed
Lesley Manville
Simon Manyonda
Josh McGuire
Gina McKee
Jodie McNee
Harry Melling
Alys Metcalf
Suan Momoko Hingley
Cillian Murphy
Cecilia Noble
James Norton
Ciaron Owens
Sarah Parish
Edward Peel
Jodie Press
Tony Robinson
Kandy Rohmann
Sophie Rundle
Lily Sacofsky
Adrian Scarborough
Simon Scardifield
Andrew Scott
Michael Sheen
Helen Sorren
Jeany Spark
Juliet Stevenson
David Sturzacker
Sam Swann
Zara Tempest Walters
David Tennant
Sophie Thompson
Russel Tovey
Luke Treadaway
Harry Treadaway
James Tucker
Graham Turner
Mark Umbers
Harvey Virdi
Julie Walters
Zoe Wanamaker
Marcia Warren
Mark Weinman
Susannah Wise
Susan Wokoma
Letitia Wright
PLAYWRIGHTS
Richard Bean
Alan Bennett
Oliver Bevan
Lily Bevan
Alice Birch
Ben Brown
Moira Buffini
Caryl Churchill
Jame Fenton
David Greig
Zinnie Harris
David Harrower
Ella Hickson
Joel Horwood
Errol John
Barrie Keefe
Bryony Lavery
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Melville Lovatt
Owen McCafferty
Rory Mullarkey
Simon Paisely Day
Nick Payne
Lucy Prebble
Nina Raine
Mark Ravenhill
Chris Savage King
Atiha Sen Gupta
Sarah Solemani
Al Smith
Robin Soans
Simon Stephens
Ali Taylor
Laura Wade
Che Walker
Camilla Whitehill
Michael Wynne
Roy Williams
DIRECTORS
Maria Aberg
Natalie Abrahami
Tom Attenborough
Mariek Audsley
Helen Beaumont
Ned Bennett
Caroline Byrne
Catriona Cahill
Michael Corbidge
Michael Grandage
James Grieve
Emily Kempson
Luke Kernaghan
David Lan
Nia Lynne
Hamish Macdougall
Diane Mitchell
Orla O'Loughlin
Ria Parry
Ian Rickson
Bijan Sheibani
Tim Sheader
Lyndsey Turner
Charlie Westenra
Will Wrightson
Steve Unwin
COMPANIES
Bedlam Productions
Bush Theatre
Casarotto Ramsay
Gate Theatre
Headlong
Iron Shoes
Methuen Books
National Theatre
Nick Hern Books
Oberon Books
Out of Joint
Paines Plough
Rose Theatre
Samuel French Ltd
Soho Theatre
RSC
Wordsworth Publishers