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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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Stanley

Stanley

By Pam Gems

A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

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The Starry Messenger

The Starry Messenger

By Kenneth Lonergan

A bittersweet exploration of love, hope and the mysteries of the cosmos.

Start Swimming

Start Swimming

By James Fritz

A play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today’s youth.

Statues

Statues

By Azan Ahmed

A witty, honest, and deeply moving play exploring the impact of loss, and what you can gain from it. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.

Staying Alive

Staying Alive

By Kat Roberts

A darkly funny and achingly tender play about the death of a child.

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The Steamie

The Steamie

By Tony Roper

A celebration of women's work in a Glasgow wash-house set on Hogmanay.

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    Steel

    Steel

    By Chris Bush

    A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.

    Steel

    Steel

    By Lee Mattinson

    A hilarious and heartfelt play set in West Cumbria, about first loves, forging identities and the wild, wild hearts of teenage boys. First performed at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, in 2024.

    Stereophonic

    Stereophonic

    By David Adjmi

    The electrifying, Tony Award-winning play set inside the elusive world of a recording studio, as a rock band on the brink of superstardom attempts to create their difficult second album. Published alongside the West End production in 2025.

    Still

    Still

    By Frances Poet

    Frances Poet's play is a cathartic story of life, loss and joy, full of tenderness and humour, as five Edinburgh souls stagger towards each other and are transformed.

    Stolen Secrets

    Stolen Secrets

    By Fin Kennedy

    From the heart of London's East End, Stolen Secrets are urban fairytales, bold, lyrical and gruesome, that can be performed individually or together for maximum shock value.

    Stones in His Pockets

    Stones in His Pockets

    By Marie Jones

    Hollywood comes to rural Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End.

    Published in volume Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays
      Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays

      Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays

      By Marie Jones

      Two plays by award-winning playwright Marie Jones: the smash hit Stones in His Pockets, and an earlier monologue A Night in November.

      stoning mary

      stoning mary

      By debbie tucker green

      Mysterious yet compelling, bewildering yet intoxicating, a play that mixes poetic rhythms with vernacular phrases, rap-song repetitions with complex psychology.

      Stoopud Fucken Animals

      Stoopud Fucken Animals

      By Joel Horwood

      A pitch-black comedy complete with wickedly entertaining songs, from the Edinburgh Fringe First-winning writer of Food.

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      Stop/Over

      Stop/Over

      By Gary Duggan

      A night of debauchery and delicate connection in a play set in the city that never sleeps.

      Stories

      Stories

      By Nina Raine

      A funny and touching play about the fertilisation of an idea. Premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2018.

      Straight White Men & Untitled Feminist Show: two plays

      Straight White Men & Untitled Feminist Show: two plays

      By Young Jean Lee

      Two compassionately subversive plays about identity, by Young Jean Lee, a Korean American playwright whose work is groundbreaking, humorous and often thrillingly transgressive.

      The Strange Death of John Doe

      The Strange Death of John Doe

      By Fiona Doyle

      A powerful and poignant drama about the search for the identity of a young man whose body is found face down in a suburban street.

      A Strange Loop

      A Strange Loop

      By Michael R. Jackson

      A blistering original musical about a young artist at war with a host of demons. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards.

      Strangers in Between

      Strangers in Between

      By Tommy Murphy

      Tommy Murphy's unflinching and constantly surprising drama about how we make sense of who we are through our often fraught relations with others.

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      strangers, babies

      strangers, babies

      By Linda McLean

      The chilling story of one woman's desperate attempts at a future that's worth living.

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      Strawberries in January

      Strawberries in January

      By Evelyne de la Chenelière Translated by Rona Munro

      A biting, heart-warming comedy of love and fate in contemporary Montréal, in a version by Rona Munro.

      The Strongbox

      The Strongbox

      By Stephanie Jacob

      A story of domestic servitude and abuse of power.