Nick Hern Books

LGBTQ+ writing and stories

The following plays on our list contain LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes.

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I Fucked You in My Spaceship

I Fucked You in My Spaceship

By Louis Emmitt-Stern

A razor-sharp sci-fi comedy-drama about sex and relationships, winner of the Origins Award for Outstanding New Work at VAULT Festival, London.

Idyll

Idyll

By Matt Hartley

A captivating short play about rural Britain, premiered by Pentabus Theatre in 2021.

The Importance of Being Alfred

The Importance of Being Alfred

By Louise Welsh

A short play about Lord Alfred Douglas, the former lover of Oscar Wilde, and his latter years as the supporter of a prominent homophobe.

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde's undying comedy – in an edition to fit any handbag.

In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play

In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play

By Sarah Ruhl

Magnetic, nostalgic and gloriously imaginative, a comedy drama from award-winning New York playwright Sarah Ruhl.

Indecent

Indecent

By Paula Vogel

Inspired by Sholem Asch's play God of Vengeance, about an amorous affair between two women, Paula Vogel's Indecent is a riveting look at an explosive moment in theatrical history.

The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures

The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures

By Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner's turbulent epic about a retired longshoreman who feels that the world has turned its back on everything he has fought for in life.

James V: Katherine

James V: Katherine

By Rona Munro

A thrilling play about a turbulent time in Scotland's history, continuing Rona Munro's series of history plays set during the reigns of Scotland's generations of Stewart kings.

Jonesy

Jonesy

By Tom Wells

A short play from the author of Jumpers for Goalposts.

Published in volume Jumpers for Goalposts
    Jumpers for Goalposts

    Jumpers for Goalposts

    By Tom Wells

    A hilarious and heart-warming comedy about football, friendship and finding your way.

    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    By Zoe Cooper

    A tender, funny and beautifully observed study of lives in limbo, and a glimmer of hope for what lies ahead. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.

    Published in volume Inside/Outside
      The Kitchen Sink

      The Kitchen Sink

      By Tom Wells

      An irresistibly funny and tender play about big dreams and small changes.

      Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew

      Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew

      By Coral Wylie

      A funny, affecting and beautifully queer stage play about a family's efforts to assuage the past and plant the seeds of a better future. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2025.

      Love and Human Remains

      Love and Human Remains

      By Brad Fraser

      A violent and sexually explicit study of young adults groping for meaning in a senseless world.

      Love the Sinner

      Love the Sinner

      By Drew Pautz

      A tense and provocative play offering a remarkably fresh and painful take on our perpetual guilt in the face of poverty and brutality in the developing world.

      Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

      Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

      By Robert Holman

      An acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives.

      MALAPROP: plays

      MALAPROP: plays

      By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre

      Four plays from the award-winning collective of Irish theatremakers: bold, playful, genre-spanning work, all premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival between 2017 and 2023.

      Manon / Sandra

      Manon / Sandra

      By Michel Tremblay Translated by John Van Burek

      A controversial but humane play about an obsessively religious girl and a sex-obsessed transvestite, by the renowned Quebecois writer.

      Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
        The Maths Tutor

        The Maths Tutor

        By Clare McIntyre

        A wry and incisive play exposing how our desire for a normal family life and our fears about adults, young people and sex, can sometimes outride the truth.

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        Me, As A Penguin

        Me, As A Penguin

        By Tom Wells

        A charmingly offbeat, surreal comedy of knitting, penguins and Battenberg.

        Mighty Atoms

        Mighty Atoms

        By Amanda Whittington

        A hard-hitting play about ex-boxer Taylor Flint, who is drawn into running a boxercise class on the Hull estate where she grew up. Inspired by Hull's original Mighty Atom, Barbara Buttrick.

        The Mikvah Project

        The Mikvah Project

        By Josh Azouz

        A playful and poignant play about two men who meet every Friday in a north-west London Mikvah, a traditional Jewish pool used for ritual cleansing.

        The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs

        The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs

        By Iman Qureshi

        A heart-warming musical comedy about love, queerness, and belonging.

        Modest

        Modest

        By Ellen Brammar

        A thrilling collision of music hall, cabaret and drag king swagger, in a play that tells the true story of Elizabeth Thompson, a pioneering megastar of the Victorian art scene.