NHB Modern Plays

A slippery thriller for the stage, about love, power and belief. In a modern world where reality is whatever we imagine it to be, how do we know the stories we tell ourselves are true?

A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

A darkly comic play exploring family and community, the savage divisions of contemporary society and the rituals that punctuate our lives.

A groundbreaking modern drama classic, exploring the fragile bond between eight men as they live, love and work in a racially segregated, post-Vietnam America.

A gig-theatre play featuring original music inspired by early noughties and present-day R&B and Garage.

A funny, probing, and bold play that picks up where Ibsen's A Doll's House left off, and offers a sharp contemporary take on the struggles inherent in all human relationships across time.

A provocative and witty play about an uncompromising voice in dangerous times.

A startling and apocalyptic play that charts the fate of a society under a despot, through the lives of bureaucrats, soldiers, ornithologists and tour guides.

A gripping theatrical thriller set at sea, exploring power dynamics, superstitions and revenge, and what happens when we think no one is watching.

A gripping play about the man who murdered Mahatma Gandhi, premiered at the National Theatre, London.

A play inspired by the true story of Afghanistan's first youth music programme, exploring a world following the US invasion that is complex, contradictory and shocking – all to a soundtrack of early noughties' pop.

A powerful play for one actor about a woman recovering from an abusive relationship.

A comedy that explores how the everyday becomes political and the political becomes everyday in a conflict zone.

A heart-warming musical comedy about love, queerness, and belonging.

A sharp, timely and gloriously funny play that asks what faith really means in the age of artificial intelligence. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize Judges' Award.

A blistering melodrama from Jeremy O. Harris, whose play Slave Play received a record twelve nominations at the 74th Tony Awards.