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NHB Modern Plays

The NHB Modern Plays series features the pick of modern and contemporary plays from leading UK and international playwrights. Championing quality, accessibility and diversity, it takes the best writing for the stage and gives it enduring life on the page.

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Fury

Fury

By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

A chilling and powerful modern Medea about motherhood and class.

Futureproof

Futureproof

By Lynda Radley

A magical and deeply compassionate play about identity and the capacities of the human spirit.

Game

Game

By Mike Bartlett

A provocative play that invites us to spy on a family as they embark on a dangerous new way to live.

The Gatekeeper

The Gatekeeper

By Chloë Moss

A darkly comic play about the disintegration of a family get-together.

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The Gathered Leaves

The Gathered Leaves

By Andrew Keatley

A moving, poignant and funny family drama that sees the weight of family history, of reputation, and of expectation, all descend on one family over Easter weekend in 1997.

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The Gay Heritage Project

The Gay Heritage Project

By Damian Atkins, Paul Dunn and Andrew Kushnir

An important piece of contemporary queer theatre, from three of Canada's most gifted performers.

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generations

generations

By debbie tucker green

A 30-minute drama about three generations of a black South African family who contest their relative culinary skills. But food isn't the only topic and the family numbers are declining...

Published in volume trade & generations: two plays
    Genesis Inc.

    Genesis Inc.

    By Jemma Kennedy

    An explosively funny comedy that takes a closer look at the lengths to which people will go to defy biology – and at the moral compass of an industry that trades on fear and hope.

    Germ Free Adolescent

    Germ Free Adolescent

    By Natalie Mitchell

    A fierce, funny and irreverent OCD love story that asks: what exactly is 'normal' anyway?

    German Skerries

    German Skerries

    By Robert Holman

    An uplifting portrait of human hope and vulnerability, weaving resonant drama out of a friendship, a marriage, a holiday, and a death.

    Ghetto

    Ghetto

    By Joshua Sobol Adapted by David Lan

    The true story of the flourishing of a theatre in a wartime Jewish Ghetto.

    Ghost Stories

    Ghost Stories (stage version)

    By Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman

    The terrifying stageplay and worldwide cult phenomenon about a Professor of Parapsychology whose rationality is tested to breaking point – and beyond.

    Ghost Stories from an Old Country

    Ghost Stories from an Old Country

    By Tajinder Singh Hayer

    A riveting and poignant exploration of the ties that bind us, threaded through with captivating fables. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

    Published in volume Papatango Plays
      The Giant

      The Giant

      By Antony Sher

      A powerful, witty and moving play exploring the dark interplay between sexuality and creativity.

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      Giant

      Giant

      By Mark Rosenblatt

      A stage play exploring the life and legacy of that fiendishly charismatic icon, Roald Dahl. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2024 and transferring to the West End in 2025. Winner of Best New Play at both the Olivier and Critics' Circle Theatre Awards.

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      Giant

      Giant (West End edition)

      By Mark Rosenblatt

      An explosive play about the fiendishly charismatic icon of children's literature, Roald Dahl. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2024 and staged in the West End in 2025. Winner of the Olivier and Critics' Circle Awards for Best New Play.

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      The Gift

      The Gift

      By Janice Okoh

      An outrageous play about imperialism, cross-racial adoption, cultural appropriation... and tea.

      Gigi & Dar

      Gigi & Dar

      By Josh Azouz

      A comic tragedy about what we bury in order to survive. Premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2024.

      Gilt

      Gilt

      By Stephen Greenhorn, Rona Munro and Isabel Wright

      An exciting innovation: three of Scotland's top playwrights combine forces on a single play - staged by 7:84 Scotland in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London.

      The Ginger Ale Boy

      The Ginger Ale Boy

      By Enda Walsh

      Walsh's very first, previously unpublished play, is a Cork cabaret about a ventriloquist who loses control.

      Girl from the North Country

      Girl from the North Country

      By Conor McPherson and Bob Dylan

      The extraordinary musical by Conor McPherson, set in a 1930s Minnesota guesthouse, full of hope, heartbreak and soul, featuring the iconic songbook of Bob Dylan.

      Girl in the Machine

      Girl in the Machine

      By Stef Smith

      A disturbing but compassionate vision of our potential digital future, and what it might mean for 'life' as we know it.

      A Girl's Bedroom

      A Girl's Bedroom

      By Enda Walsh

      A short play from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

      Published in volume Arlington
        The Girl's Guide to Saving the World

        The Girl's Guide to Saving the World

        By Elinor Cook

        A frank and funny new play about friendship, feminism and what it means to be successful.