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.
BLACK SUPERHERO
A brutal, unflinching and funny portrait of one man's life spiralling out of control, in an age where our idols are Kings and our superheroes Gods.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Too Much World at Once
An urgent coming-of-age story for our times, a lyrical, theatrical journey that spans continents and lives.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Animal
By Jon Bradfield With Josh HeppleA hilarious, challenging and heartbreaking play about a gay, disabled man embarking on a sexual and romantic odyssey.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Farm Hall
A stage play based on the true story of six of Germany's top nuclear scientists, detained at a stately home in the Cambridge countryside in the summer of 1945, with no idea that their every word is being overheard.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Run, Rebel (stage version)
By Manjeet MannA fast-paced, mesmerising stage version of the prize-winning YA verse novel about a young woman beginning to take control of her life. Edition includes a range of teaching materials and resources.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Mumsy
A sparky, soulful comedy drama about the highs and lows of motherhood. Premiered at Hull Truck Theatre, March 2023.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Notes from a Small Island (stage version)
By Bill Bryson Adapted by Tim WhitnallA stage adaptation of Bill Bryson's smash-hit memoir, one of the nation's most beloved books, and a brilliant dissection of the enduring quirks of our small island.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Way Old Friends Do
By Ian HallardA tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about two friends who form the world's first ABBA tribute band in drag.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Plays from VAULT 6
Five new plays from VAULT Festival
An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2023, London's leading festival of live performance.
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£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£16.99£13.59Fanboy
A five-star hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fanboy is a love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia, about a thirty-something, self-confessed nerd obsessed with Star Wars and Nintendo.
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Five Years with the White Man
By Eloka Obi and Saul BoyerA startling play about satirist ABC Merriman-Labor, the greatest Black Briton ever to have been forgotten.
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£4.99£3.99
Honour-Bound
By Zahra JassiA powerful solo show about family, anti-Blackness, and what we're willing to sacrifice for love.
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£4.99£3.99
How We Begin
A tender exploration of love, queerness and identity, staged at VAULT Festival, London, 2023.
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£4.99£3.99
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (West End edition)
By Sam SteinerA new, revised edition of Sam Steiner's startling play about what we say, how we say it, and what happens when we can't say anything any more. Published alongside the West End production starring Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Unfriend
Steven Moffat's hilarious satirical play about middle-class England's disastrous instinct always to appear nice.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Art of Illusion
By Alexis Michalik Translated by Waleed AkhtarThe award-winning French play, in an English translation by Waleed Akhtar, published alongside the premiere at Hampstead Theatre, London.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Standing at the Sky's Edge
By Chris Bush and Richard HawleyChris Bush and Richard Hawley's musical, a history of modern Britain told through the stories of one Sheffield housing estate. Winner of the Best New Musical award at the 2023 Olivier Awards.
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£10.99£8.79
Orlando (stage version)
By Virginia Woolf Adapted by Neil BartlettA sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's famous fantasy, premiered in the West End with Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin leading an ensemble company.
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