NHB Modern Plays

A short play written in response to the situation in Gaza at the time of writing in January 2009.

An acerbic and funny play about middle-class hypocrisy and universal apathy.

The first part of The James Plays cycle, exploring the complex character of the colourful Stewart King James I – poet, lover and law-maker.

The second part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James II: Day of the Innocents depicts a violent royal playground from the perspective of the child King and his contemporaries, in a terrifying arena of sharp teeth and long knives.

The third part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James III: The True Mirror, like the King himself, is colourful and unpredictable, turning its attention to the women at the heart of the royal court.

Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.

A short monologue play for a female performer.

A short play about a patient and her psychiatrist as they head into the wilderness to find out how sane any of us really are.

A short play about three young Israelis caught up in a hostage situation.

A short play set in 2053 in what was once Greenland.

A short play about war and family life.

A short play about sponsorship and the arts.

A short play about a family divided by politics, first performed in the week of Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017.

An explosive short play about human interaction and love-tangled relationships.

A play about the early resistance to policies of apartheid or racial segregation in Cape Town, South Africa, in the 1950s.

Rattigan's play about obsessive love, a bittersweet portayal of his father - and maybe of his own frustrated love life.

The first part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

The second part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.