Modern Drama

A witty and caustic play about female friendship, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2020.

The story of post-war Britain and its love-hate relationship with Europe, recounted as a thrilling, fast-moving epic of machiavellian politics and private heartbreak.

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

A touching and provocative story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, inspired by recent UK cases of 'gender fraud'.

A play about a group of inmates who have been locked up in a mental hospital since the Spanish Civil War.

A gripping dramatic portrait of a destructive friendship between two women who push themselves to their limits.

A thrillingly fast-paced play about youthful disaffection, protest and violence, drawing on the history of the Scuttlers, the youth gangs of nineteenth-century Manchester.

A haunting play about grief, loss and the power of storytelling.

A bold and startling comic thriller about climate crisis, conspiracy, and what lurks beneath the waves. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

A breathtaking supernatural play from the author of The Weir.

A play exploring the experiences of growing up mixed-race in twenty-first century Ireland.

A play about growing up, and forging your own identity. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.