Paines Plough will produce three world premières, revive its hit show Every Brilliant Thing and host six visiting companies, including 2015 Edinburgh sell-out show Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, Scorch, brand new All The Things I Lied About and Eat The Poor, Ghost Quartet and new All Star Comedy in the third year of its Roundabout mobile theatre.
Paines Plouth artistic directors James Grieve and George Perrin said, "we're thrilled this cracking programme of new plays from some of the most exciting writers around will tour across the UK this summer and autumn.
"Roundabout will bring a festival feel to every place it visits with a host of locally curated and created shows and events alongside our own work.
"An offbeat love story from Alan Harris and an unflinching, side-splitting comedy from Luke Norris join Katie Douglas's superhero quest for children in an eclectic, fun-filled collection of new plays in our portable, pop-up theatre.
"In Edinburgh, we're honoured to present a programme of outstanding visiting work ranging from Stacey Gregg's Irish Times Award-winning new play Scorch to the hit Off-Broadway song cycle Ghost Quartet. Then, alongside our partners, we look forward to welcoming local people to their very own Roundabout festival in Margate, Eccles, Kendal, Barnsley, Stoke-on-Trent, Lincoln and Luton."
The Paines Plough premières will be Love, Lies and Taxidermy by Alan Harris in a co-production with Sherman Cymru and Theatr Clwyd, Growth by Luke Norris and I Got Superpowers For My Birthday by Katie Douglas, co-produced with Half Moon. There will also be a revival of Duncan Macmillan's Every Brilliant Thing with Pentabus Theatre Company, again starring Jonny Donahoe.
The visiting productions will be Prime Cut Productions with Scorch by Stacey Gregg, Fly By Night Productions for STV with All Star Comedy starring Des Clarke, Soho Theatre with All the Things I Lied About by Katie Bonna, Ghost Quartet by Dave Malloy, Eat The Poor from Jonny and the Baptists and Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner.
The Roundabout tour will begin at Hackney Showroom in July before a run at Summerhall for the Edinburgh Fringe, then will visit The Lowry in Salford, Margate Theatre Royal, Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, The Brewery in Kendal, The Civic in Barnsley, Appetite in Stoke-on-Trent and Revolution, March Farm Estate, Luton.