NHB Modern Plays

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.

A compassionate and unflinching study of love, addiction and memory after a chance encounter at an AA meeting.

A contemporary, lyrical love story that explores the changes and choices that pull us from the places and people we love.

A hilarious, chaotic, Dickensian caper for the stage, based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series.

A short dark comedy from Spain, in which a naive middle-aged transvestite encounters a petty thief nicknamed 'sour face'.

A powerful play about the life of playwright August Strindberg, focusing on what he called his 'Inferno' period, when he suffered a notorious breakdown in Paris in 1896.

A wild and slippery fantasy from French-Canadian writer Olivier Choinière, translated by Caryl Churchill, exploring our insatiable appetite for private lives made public.

A tense relationship drama which examines how the effects of one moment can ripple through a galaxy of lives. In the Multiplay Drama series.

Renowned poet and dramatist Liz Lochhead tells the story of Frankenstein's creation.

A heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story about falling in love for the very first time.

A short play about the protests at Greenham Common, a political landmark in the fight for nuclear disarmament.

A disquieting and darkly funny play which shines a light on the state of mental-health services in modern Britain. In the Multiplay Drama series.

Two exhilarating and teasingly entertaining one-act plays from one of the UK's leading playwrights.

A debut play about South Asian Muslim men navigating a system that isn't built for them. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

An exhilarating, challenging new play by Amnesty Award-winning playwright Clare Bayley.

A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage.

A remarkable dramatic portrait of life in New York City in 1930, as the Harlem Renaissance starts to feel the bite of the Great Depression.

A play about the human cost of surrogacy, and what we’ll overlook to get what we want.