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.
Mothers Against
A gripping account of a bitterly fought US governor's election from the Republican perspective. Part of David Edgar's two-play cycle, Continental Divide.
Notes for First Time Astronauts
A comic monologue warning of the perils of self-abuse in zero gravity conditions.
On Insomnia and Midnight
In a mountain hotel an ailing guest and nervous chambermaid strike up an uneasy friendship.
On the Beach
Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.
One Thousand and One
A short play from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.
Resilience
Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.
Seven-Eleven
Cabron (the Bastard) isn't having a good day. His scams aren't going well. Thank god for the Seven-Eleven and its constant supply of hot-dogs.
Spacewang
A monologue play in which a teenage girl roams the streets of Withernsea in search of aliens.
St Petersburg
A haunting, elliptical play by a talented writer from Northern Ireland.
Stones in His Pockets
Hollywood comes to rural Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End.
Tartuffe
A rollicking Scots version of Molière's classic of political satire and black comedy.
Tearing the Loom
A searing portrait of a community divided against itself, set in a weaver's cottage in County Armagh at the time of the 1798 Rebellion.
The Cavalcaders
A rousing, comic play set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop in small-town southern Ireland.
The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself
After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.
The Waiting List
A blackly comic monologue about a man under siege in the community where he grew up.
Time Spent on Trains
A 15-minute play about childhood, disability and spending time on trains.
trade
A short play dealing with the controversial topic of female sex tourism.
Used Blood Junkyard
Làzaro, his mates and his porn-star girlfriend are 'art terrorists'... Can anything stop their killing spree?