Use code NHBPRIDE on the playscripts below until 30 June
To mark Pride Month this June, we're celebrating fantastic LGBTQ+ writing by our authors – and giving you a special chance to add to your collection.
For this month only, save 40% on dozens of hand-picked, NHB-published plays and musicals that capture, chronicle and celebrate LGBTQ+ experiences, plus work by some of today's most exciting LGBTQ+ writers, when you use code NHBPRIDE at checkout on this website.
Browse the selection below to see everything that's included, and don't miss your opportunity to bring home some exceptional theatre. This offer is valid until 30 June 2023, and applies to both paperbacks and ebooks (where available).
This is only a selection of our LGBTQ+ writing, to explore our entire library click here.
Angels in America
A magnificent, two-part epic drama set during the Reagan years in America - now recognised as one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century.
Grotty & Brute: Two Plays
Two unflinching plays from exciting new writer and performer, Izzy Tennyson.
First Time
A hilarious and heartbreaking true story that smashes through the stigma and shame of HIV, to present an uplifting and inspirational guide to staying positive in a negative world.
Four Play
By Jake BrungerA comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century.
Bloody Elle
A heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story about falling in love for the very first time.
My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)
By Rob MadgeA joyous, chaotic, autobiographical play telling the story of actor, writer and social-media sensation Rob Madge as they set out to recreate a Disney parade they performed as a twelve-year-old for their Grandma.
My Night With Reg
By Kevin ElyotA deliciously funny and bittersweet comedy that captures the fragility of friendship, happiness and life itself. Winner of the Evening Standard and Olivier Awards for Best Comedy.
The Pride
The powerful debut play from Alexi Kaye Campbell, examining changing attitudes to sexuality.
Adam
By Frances PoetThe remarkable true story of a young trans man's journey from Egypt to Scotland, charting his progress across borders and genders in his search for a place to call home.
Orlando (stage version)
By Virginia Woolf Adapted by Neil BartlettA sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's famous fantasy, premiered in the West End with Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin leading an ensemble company.
The Way Old Friends Do
By Ian HallardA tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about two friends who form the world's first ABBA tribute band in drag.
The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs
By Iman QureshiA heart-warming musical comedy about love, queerness, and belonging.
Pronoun
By Evan PlaceyA love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean - commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.
Queers: Eight Monologues
By various Created by Mark GatissQueers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.
Homos, or Everyone in America
A raw and provocative portrait of a love story, exploding attitudes, emotions and prejudices that sit at the heart of relationships across the world.
Jumpers for Goalposts
By Tom WellsA hilarious and heart-warming comedy about football, friendship and finding your way.
A-Typical Rainbow
By JJ GreenAn uplifting play about the experience of growing up neurodivergent and queer in early 2000s Britain, based on real events from the perspective of the writer and the autistic community.
Happy Meal
By Tabby LambA joyful trans rom-com for the stage, following two initial strangers on their journeys from teen to adult; from MySpace to TikTok; from cis to trans...
The P Word
A sharp-witted and devastating play charting the parallel lives of two gay Pakistani men as they negotiate everything from casual hook-ups to the UK's hostile environment.
Paradise Now!
A funny and raging play about ambition, exploitation and the search for connection in a fractured world.
"Daddy": A Melodrama
A blistering melodrama from Jeremy O. Harris, whose play Slave Play received a record twelve nominations at the 74th Tony Awards.
The Normal Heart
By Larry KramerLarry Kramer's ground-breaking play about the 1980s AIDS crisis, published in a new edition alongside the major National Theatre revival in 2021.
Drip Feed & The Half Of It: Two Plays
By Karen CoganTwo rich and startling monologues from award-winning actor and playwright Karen Cogan.
Animal
By Jon Bradfield With Josh HeppleA hilarious, challenging and heartbreaking play about a gay, disabled man embarking on a sexual and romantic odyssey.
BLACK SUPERHERO
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.
Crush: The Musical
By Maureen Chadwick and Kath GottsAn outrageously fun musical set in an all-girls school in the 60s, from the team behind Bad Girls: The Musical.
Dorian
A thrilling stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, following one man's descent from glorious debauchery to epic self-destruction.
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