NHB Modern Plays

An unsettling play about infidelity seen from the perspective of the three women involved: the wife, the lover and the daughter.

A worm's eye view of post-Communist Russia, from the Siberian-born author of Plasticine. First performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2003.

A riotously funny comedy with a gallery of unforgettable characters, published here in a revised version alongside its revival at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in 2003.

A strikingly original play combining traditional storytelling with physical theatre, created by The Imaginary Body. Winner of a Fringe First Award at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The extraordinary debut play from the Royal Court by two brothers from Siberia.

A poignant and tender-hearted play set in a pub kitchen.

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, first performed in this version by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

An epic, masterful twenty-plus-character play about Belfast and its multitude of urban denizens.

A dramatisation of the extraordinary life of Jean Rhys, in which themes of femininity, literature and hysteria and madness collide with vivid force.

A hard-hitting and original family drama.

A subtle and topical play about European attitudes to Africa.

A gripping play about the nature of violence.

A tough but vulnerable play about our crumbling social fabric - and the people who have to pick up the pieces.

A black comedy about the post-9/11 world and what happens when someone else's global problem becomes your local one.

An unsettling and unpredictable drama about the love-hate chemistry that endures between friends.

A sparky and moving first play about female friendship, set in contemporary Dublin. 

A darkly absurd play from the authors of Terrorism.

The Ancient myths of the Kingdom of Thebes re-told by Scotland's foremost poet/dramatist.