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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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Parliament Square

Parliament Square

By James Fritz

A searingly powerful play about what one individual can do to effect change. Winner of the Judges’ Award in the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

Parlour Song

Parlour Song

By Jez Butterworth

A blackly hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia.

Passing Places

Passing Places

By Stephen Greenhorn

A road movie for the stage, following two young Scottish lads on their trip from dislocation to location.

Passion Play

Passion Play

By Peter Nichols

Peter Nichols's modern classic - a provocative comedy about sex, love and infidelity.

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Patricia Gets Ready (for a date with the man that used to hit her)

Patricia Gets Ready (for a date with the man that used to hit her)

By Martha Watson Allpress

A powerful play for one actor about a woman recovering from an abusive relationship.

Paul

Paul

By Howard Brenton

An irreverent and provocative drama questioning the basis of Christianity, by the author of The Romans in Britain.

Peak Stuff

Peak Stuff

By Billie Collins

A fast-paced, funny play offering a deep-dive into consumer culture: in an age of retail therapy, climate crisis and click and collect - how does our 'stuff' define us?

Peanut Butter & Blueberries

Peanut Butter & Blueberries

By Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

A tender and bittersweet love story that explores how to love when the weight of the world is on your shoulders. First performed at Kiln Theatre, London, in 2024.

The Pearlfisher

The Pearlfisher

By Iain F. MacLeod

An epic tale of kinship, money and desire, set amongst the Traveller people of the Scottish Highlands.

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Peep

Peep

By Jodi Gray

A darkly comic, claustrophobic tale of voyeurism and sexual politics.

Penelope

Penelope

By Enda Walsh

A savage, tragicomic take on the classic Greek myth of Penelope, wife of Odysseus.

Pennyroyal

Pennyroyal

By Lucy Roslyn

A heartrending play about sisterhood and motherhood; enduring love, and regrets many years in the making.

Pentecost

Pentecost

By David Edgar

A valuable mural is discovered in a church in war-torn Eastern Europe. Part of David Edgar's trilogy of plays about post-Communist Eastern Europe.

The People Next Door

The People Next Door

By Henry Adam

A black comedy about the post-9/11 world and what happens when someone else's global problem becomes your local one.

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Perfect Days

Perfect Days

By Liz Lochhead

A funny, sad and truthful romantic comedy about beating the biological clock.

Personal Values

Personal Values

By Chloë Lawrence-Taylor

A perceptive, poignant and witty play about sisterhood and grief. Premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2025.

Persuasion

Persuasion (stage version)

By Jane Austen Adapted by Mark Healy

A faithful yet inventive adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, with a set of Production Notes designed to make it easily stageable.

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Perve

Perve

By Stacey Gregg

An irreverent and unsettling play that interrogates paranoia, ambiguity and innocence in our highly sexualised world.

Pests

Pests

By Vivienne Franzmann

A hard-hitting, claustrophic drama about trying to escape your past.

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Peter Pan

Peter Pan (stage version)

By J.M. Barrie Adapted by Evan Placey and Vikki Stone

An enchanting adaptation of J.M. Barrie's children's classic, with songs by Vikki Stone. Premiered at Rose Theatre, Kingston.

Petrol Jesus Nightmare #5 (In the Time of the Messiah)

Petrol Jesus Nightmare #5 (In the Time of the Messiah)

By Henry Adam

A chilling apocalyptic thriller about the violent consequences of faith and belief, from the author of The People Next Door.

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Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales

Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales (stage version)

Adapted by Philip Wilson Original author Philip Pullman

A deliciously dark version of the Grimm Tales, from master storyteller Philip Pullman.

Phoenix

Phoenix

By Mike Bartlett

A powerful story of fire and destruction, self-deceit and the corrosion of trust.

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    Picnic at Hanging Rock

    Picnic at Hanging Rock (stage version)

    By Joan Lindsay Adapted by Tom Wright

    A chilling adaptation of Joan Lindsay's classic novel about the disappearance of three Australian schoolgirls in the summer of 1900.