NHB Modern Plays

A play about the myths, ideas and realities of migration and identity in the twenty-first century.

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

A play about one of the most remarkable medical breakthroughs of our time: the procedure that led to the first 'test-tube baby' and the creation of IVF.

Two ageing nuclear scientists in an isolated cottage on the coast, as the world around them crumbles. Then an old friend arrives with a frightening request.

A powerful, provocative play about international relations and the shifting balance of power between East and West. Winner of the Evening Standard Best Play Award (2013), the Critics' Circle Best New Play Award (2014), and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

A blisteringly funny black comedy about the perils awaiting any unsuspecting home-owner.

A play exploring faith and community in the modern world, asking profound questions about what we believe and why.

An acclaimed dramatisation of Dickens' well-loved Christmas story - more faithful to the original than any other published version.

An adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic – one of the best-loved stories ever written – that rediscovers the social conscience of the timeless tale.

Charles Dickens' timeless classic, brought to life in a joyous new adaptation by Jack Thorne.

A spine-tingling stage adaptation that is faithful to the heart and spirit of Charles Dickens' much-loved festive ghost story – with an emphasis on the ghostly.

A revitalised stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, by renowned author Piers Torday, focussing on Ebenezer Scrooge's sister Fan, the most monstrous miser ever known.

A touching play about adolescent friendship.

A gripping stage play dramatising the historic meeting of two unpredictable titans, Churchill and Stalin, in Moscow in 1942, as history teeters on a knife-edge. Premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in 2025.

The fifth volume of the collected plays of one of our finest playwrights.

The fourth volume of the collected plays of one of the best playwrights alive.

Spanning almost ten years and embracing a remarkable range of style and subject matter, this is the third volume of Churchill's Collected Plays,

Ten short plays by Caryl Churchill, written for stage, radio and TV, selected and introduced by the author.

A classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

Two linked plays from the Russian playwright dubbed the 'female Chekhov', depicting the grim reality of domestic life in Soviet Russia.

A smart and provocative thriller about spies, double agents, and the opaqueness of the human soul.

The Verity Bargate Award-winning play about three generations of a Dublin family.

The Verity Bargate Award-winning play about three generations of a Dublin family, plus two other plays: Boys and Girls and Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane.

Funny, heartbreaking and beautifully observed, CLASS is an award-winning play about learning difficulties: in school, in life, wherever.