In common with most producing theatres, Nottingham Playhouse no longer has a repertory approach to programming although it continues to create up to 13 new productions per annum. Its recent plays include "Old Big 'Ead in the Spirit of the Man", a homage to Nottingham legend Brian Clough, "Rat Pack Confidential" and "Summer and Smoke", which both transferred to the West End and "The Burial at Thebes" which was part of the Barbican BITE season of autumn 2007 and toured the US in 2008. Its production of "Oedipus". created by Steven Berkoff. toured to the Spoleto Festival and stage adaptation of "On the Waterfront" to the West End for an extended run.