NHB Modern Plays

A fresh interpretation of George Orwell's classic story of rebellion and treachery, first performed by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.

A radical play set in East Berlin in 1968, unfolding with all the tension of a spy thriller and the inexorable revelations of an Ibsen drama.

Helen Edmundson's celebrated adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's enduring classic is a vibrant and deeply moving meditation on the nature of love.

A witty and sensual version of Tolstoy's masterpiece, premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2025.

An explosive, gripping and disturbing play about the phenomenon of False Memory Syndrome.

A celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn dramatises the life and legacy of Henry VIII's notorious second wife, who helped change the course of the nation's history.

A muscular version of Sophocles' timeless masterpiece, offering a profound reflection on the nature of power, democracy and human rights.

Part satire, part sacred rite, a play that asks what value stories have for a world in crisis.

A sharply perceptive, darkly funny riff on urban isolation by one of Scotland's leading playwrights.

A moving and unexpectedly funny play about a couple grieving the loss of their child, winner of the Best New Play award at the 2022 Offies (Off West End Awards).

A disastrous family reunion is the occasion for a sharp and perceptive look at what has happened to 60s idealists and their children.

Both psychological puzzle and quietly devastating tragedy, Mark O'Rowe's The Approach explores the inner lives of three women as they desperately try to make sense of their world.

A gripping play about ghosts and the legacies we are left with.

Three timely one-act plays, showing the brutal and bloody impact of the current Middle Eastern crisis on ordinary people: The Collector, Echoes and Angel.

A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.

A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.

A strange, tender love story from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

Laura Eason's celebrated adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel, a dazzling escapade that packs in more than fifty unforgettable characters.

A taut family drama about obsession, betrayal and the human need to belong.

The award-winning French play, in an English translation by Waleed Akhtar, published alongside the premiere at Hampstead Theatre, London.

The gripping story of the sensational, real-life case in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle found himself playing detective.

The explosive contradictions of life in Northern Ireland ignite this drama of suspense and violence.

A stark and tender story about growing up, the pleasures of friendship, why we hold onto things and how we might start to let go. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series.

A powerful adaptation of Louise O'Neill's devastating novel about the experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by a horrific act of violence.