Nick Hern Books

LGBTQ+ writing and stories

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

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Rattigan's Nijinsky

Rattigan's Nijinsky

By Nicholas Wright and Terence Rattigan

The extraordinary story of the relationship between the famous dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, drawing on an unproduced screenplay by Terence Rattigan.

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The Real Ones

The Real Ones

By Waleed Akhtar

A funny and honest stage play about platonic soulmates. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.

Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp explains it all

Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp explains it all

By Tim Fountain

The acclaimed one-man show based on the life and writings of Quentin Crisp.

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Ribbons

Ribbons

By Elaine Murphy

A short play about a parent and child who have been concealing their true identities.

Published in volume Irish Shorts
    Rock

    Rock

    By Chris Bush

    A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

    Rock / Paper / Scissors

    Rock / Paper / Scissors

    Three Plays

    By Chris Bush

    Three intricately interwoven plays about family, heritage and legacy, centring around a Sheffield manufacturing family.

    Run

    Run

    By Stephen Laughton

    Stephen Laughton's one-man play about a gay Jewish seventeen-year-old explores what it means to love, to lose, and how to grow from a boy into a man.

    Run (VAULT edition)

    Run (VAULT edition)

    By Stephen Laughton

    Stephen Laughton's one-man play, in the VAULT Festival version.

    Sandpaper on Sunburn

    Sandpaper on Sunburn

    By David Horan

    The personal becomes political in a funny and fascinating play exploring identity and family. Premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in September 2024.

    SAUCE

    SAUCE

    By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

    A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

    Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
      Scissors

      Scissors

      By Chris Bush

      A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

      Scorch

      Scorch

      By Stacey Gregg

      A touching and provocative story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, inspired by recent UK cases of 'gender fraud'.

      Separate Tables

      Separate Tables

      By Terence Rattigan

      Two linked one-act plays set in a run-down residential hotel in Bournemouth.

      Shibboleth

      Shibboleth

      By Stacey Gregg

      An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

      Shining City

      Shining City

      By Conor McPherson

      A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

      slope

      slope

      By pamela carter

      An intimate and hedonistic examination of a nineteenth-century love triangle between the poets Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud, and Verlaine's young wife, Mathilde.

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      Some Of Us Exist In The Future

      Some Of Us Exist In The Future

      By Nkenna Akunna

      An utterly original, wryly funny play about one woman's search for a place to belong in a world that's not all it seems. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

      Published in volume Papatango Plays
        A Song for Ella Grey

        A Song for Ella Grey (stage version)

        By David Almond Adapted by Zoe Cooper

        A magical retelling of the Orpheus myth, full of music, sound and storytelling, adapted from the novel by David Almond. Premiered by Pilot Theatre on UK tour in 2024.

        Speech & Debate

        Speech & Debate

        By Stephen Karam

        A fiercely funny play by the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans.

        Standing at the Sky's Edge

        Standing at the Sky's Edge (West End edition)

        By Chris Bush and Richard Hawley

        Chris Bush and Richard Hawley's musical, a history of modern Britain told through the stories of one Sheffield housing estate. Winner of the Best New Musical award at the 2023 Olivier Awards.

        Standing at the Sky's Edge

        Standing at the Sky's Edge

        By Chris Bush and Richard Hawley

        Chris Bush and Richard Hawley's musical, a history of modern Britain told through the stories of one Sheffield housing estate. Winner of the Best New Musical award at the 2023 Olivier Awards.

        Stanley

        Stanley

        By Pam Gems

        A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

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        Stories

        Stories

        By Nina Raine

        A funny and touching play about the fertilisation of an idea. Premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2018.

        A Strange Loop

        A Strange Loop

        By Michael R. Jackson

        A blistering original musical about a young artist at war with a host of demons. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards.