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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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Deirdre Kinahan: Shorts

Deirdre Kinahan: Shorts

Five Plays

By Deirdre Kinahan

Five short plays by the award-winning Irish playwright, full of warmth, humour and irrepressible characters.

Kindertransport

Kindertransport

By Diane Samuels

A modern classic about one woman's struggle to come to terms with her past - brutally separated from her German Jewish parents at the age of 9 and brought to England with the promise of a new life...

King Arthur

King Arthur

By Le Navet Bete and John Nicholson

A hilarious retelling of the Arthurian legends from physical theatre masters Le Navet Bete.

King Charles III

King Charles III

By Mike Bartlett

Mike Bartlett's 'future history play' explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.

King of the Fields

King of the Fields

By Stuart Paterson

A play set in Ayrshire after the First World War, with touches of Ibsen - from the acclaimed Scottish playwright.

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King Troll (The Fawn)

King Troll (The Fawn)

By Sonali Bhattacharyya

A dystopian stage play exploring migrant experiences in all their complexity – and the troll that lives within all of us. Premiered by Kali Theatre at New Diorama Theatre, London, in 2024.

Lucy Kirkwood Plays: One

Lucy Kirkwood Plays: One

By Lucy Kirkwood

Five plays by leading playwright Lucy Kirkwood: Tinderbox, it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now, small hours, NSFW and Chimerica. With an introduction by the author.

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
    Kiss Me Quickstep

    Kiss Me Quickstep

    By Amanda Whittington

    Dazzling and sequin-studded, Kiss Me Quickstep is a play about the world of ballroom dance, taking us behind the fixed smiles and fake tan to look at the real lives of those for whom ballroom dancing is everything

    Kitchen

    Kitchen

    By Enda Walsh

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

    Published in volume Arlington
      The Kitchen Sink

      The Kitchen Sink

      By Tom Wells

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

      La Bête

      La Bête

      By David Hirson

      An exuberant, wildly distinctive comedy that encompasses timeless concerns about life and art.

      Ladies Down Under

      Ladies Down Under

      By Amanda Whittington

      The funny, heart-warming sequel to the enormously successful Ladies' Day, following the lasses from Hull on their adventures down under.

      Ladies Unleashed

      Ladies Unleashed

      By Amanda Whittington

      A moving comedy for the stage, about friendship, growing older and living for today, reuniting the characters from the smash-hit plays Ladies' Day and Ladies Down Under.

      Ladies' Day

      Ladies' Day

      By Amanda Whittington

      Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda. But their fortunes are set to change when Linda finds tickets to Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot the year it relocated to York.

      Lady Dealer

      Lady Dealer

      By Martha Watson Allpress

      A mile-a-minute, one-person poem play about a young female drug dealer, exploring forgiveness, the exhaustion of trying, and mistaking self-destruction for self-preservation. Premiered at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

      Ladybird

      Ladybird

      By Vassily Sigarev Translated by Sasha Dugdale

      A tough but tender portrait of urban squalor, from the award-winning Siberian-born author of Plasticine.

      Lagan

      Lagan

      By Stacey Gregg

      A kaleidoscope of stories from post-Troubles Belfast, Lagan is an intimate and absorbing dramatic portrait of a city with a past like no other.

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      The Lament for Arthur Cleary

      The Lament for Arthur Cleary

      By Dermot Bolger

      Bestselling novelist Dermot Bolger transposes an old story of love and death to modern-day Dublin.

      Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
        Landmines

        Landmines

        By Phil Davies

        A stark, fast-paced and fraught play about political upheaval and the media's relationship with civil violence and terrorism in modern Britain. In the Multiplay Drama series.

        Last Dance at Dum Dum

        Last Dance at Dum Dum

        By Ayub Khan Din

        A serious comedy from the author of East is East, about the dying breed of Anglo-Indians living in Calcutta in 1985.

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        The Last King of Scotland

        The Last King of Scotland (stage version)

        By Giles Foden Adapted by Steve Waters

        An electrifying thriller about corruption and complicity, adapted from Giles Foden's multi-award-winning novel.

        Last Letters Home

        Last Letters Home

        By Matt Hartley

        A short monologue play for a female performer.

        Published in volume Here I Belong
          The Last Noël

          The Last Noël

          By Chris Bush

          A funny, moving, uplifting play about Christmas, with original songs.