Nick Hern Books

LGBTQ+ writing and stories

To celebrate Pride Month this June, save 40% on 30 hand-picked plays and musicals from the collection below that capture, chronicle and celebrate LGBTQ+ experiences, plus work by some of today's most exciting LGBTQ+ writers. For more info on this offer, browse this year's Pride Month selection here.

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Things I Know To Be True

Things I Know To Be True

By Andrew Bovell

A complex and intense portrait of the mechanics of a family – and a marriage – through the eyes of four siblings struggling to define themselves beyond their parents' love and expectations.

Aloe Aloe

Aloe Aloe

By Camilla Whitehill

A provocative short play about parenthood and responsibility, from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.

Published in volume Mr Incredible
    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'.

    Pigs and Dogs

    Pigs and Dogs

    By Caryl Churchill

    A short, startling play about Uganda's 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act and what lies behind it.

    Strangers in Between

    Strangers in Between

    By Tommy Murphy

    Tommy Murphy's unflinching and constantly surprising drama about how we make sense of who we are through our often fraught relations with others.

    Banana Boys

    Banana Boys

    By Evan Placey

    A play about the challenges of being on the school football team – and secretly gay.

    Crush: The Musical

    Crush: The Musical

    By Maureen Chadwick and Kath Gotts

    An outrageously fun musical set in an all-girls school in the 60s, from the team behind Bad Girls: The Musical.

    Folk

    Folk

    By Tom Wells

    Surprising and poignant, Folk is a hilarious and not-so-holy story of hope, coming together and finding your feet when your world is turned upside down.

    Four Play

    Four Play

    By Jake Brunger

    A comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century.

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    Poppy + George

    Poppy + George

    By Diane Samuels

    A romantic drama with music inspired by the days of music hall and beyond, from the author of the modern classic Kindertransport.

    Shibboleth

    Shibboleth

    By Stacey Gregg

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

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    Teddy Ferrara

    Teddy Ferrara

    By Christopher Shinn

    An insightful and revealing play, inspired by real events, which explores society's uncomfortable embrace of the outsider.

    Swallow

    Swallow

    By Stef Smith

    Passionate, painful and playful, Stef Smith’s Swallow takes a long, hard look at the extremes of everyday life.

    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.

    Brothers of Thunder

    Brothers of Thunder

    By Ann Marie Di Mambro

    A play about forgiveness, reconciliation and the role of the church in the modern world.

    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.

    Chicken Shop

    Chicken Shop

    By Anna Jordan

    A dark and twisted coming-of-age story by the Bruntwood Prize-winning author of Yen.

    My Night With Reg

    My Night With Reg

    By Kevin Elyot

    A deliciously funny and bittersweet comedy that captures the fragility of friendship, happiness and life itself. Winner of the Evening Standard and Olivier Awards for Best Comedy.

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