New Acquisitions

Amateur performing rights for the following plays have recently been acquired by Nick Hern Books, and they will be available for performance once the performing rights have been released.

If you have a particular interest in any of the plays that appear here, please enquire about availability to the Performing Rights Manager.

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Hope has a Happy Meal

A surreal play about a frenetic quest through a hyper-capitalist country, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

The Hills of California

The Webb Sisters are returning to their mother's run-down guest house in Blackpool, in a play by the author of Jerusalem and The Ferryman, premiered in the West End in 2024.

HEART

A raw and honest exploration of love, loss, and self-discovery. The debut play by acclaimed actor Jade Anouka.

Gunter

The hit play about deception, witchcraft and football, winner of a Fringe First at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, then at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel

An uplifting ensemble comedy set to some of the most popular opera songs ever written. Premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and Dundee Rep.

Four Minutes Twelve Seconds

A deeply provocative and topical drama that unpicks the trust between parents and their teenage offspring in an age of selfies and sexting.

Foam

A gripping play that examines the nature of identity and the consequences of right-wing extremist ideology against the backdrop of London's skinhead and gay scenes of the 1970s and 1980s.

The Flea

James Fritz's new play about a flea, a horse, a detective, a queen, a pimp, a god, and Charlie, the telegraph boy who knelt before the Crown. Premiered at The Yard, London, in October 2023.

Everything Not Saved

A play about memory, happiness, Rasputin, and dancing. And also the Queen. Premiered by MALAPROP Theatre at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2017.

Es & Flo

A sharply observed, deeply compassionate play celebrating an older lesbian relationship, women coming together to fight for what's right, and the healing power of chosen family.

England & Son

A one-man play about disaster capitalism, empire, Thatcherite politics, stolen youth, stolen wealth and a working-class boy who just wants his dad to smile at him. First performed by the celebrated political comedian Mark Thomas in Paines Plough's Roundabout during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Driftwood

An intoxicating and mystical play about love, belonging and the tides within us, premiered by Pentabus and ThickSkin on a tour of the UK.

Dreaming and Drowning

An intimate and visceral play that dives into the mind of a young Black queer man wrestling with anxiety. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2023.

A Dream

A riotous musical play transporting Shakespeare's most beloved characters to the chaos of a busy modern-day hospital. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series.

The Crown Jewels

A riotous comedy based on the scarcely believable true story of the greatest heist of all time: the theft of the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. From the creator of TV's Men Behaving Badly and The Durrells.

The Cord

An honest and moving play about the challenging truths of family dynamics, focussing on a couple in the weeks after the birth of their child. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London.

Cold War (stage version)

Adapted by Conor McPherson Original author Paweł Pawlikowski

An epic love story spanning the decades and breadth of Europe at its most divided, adapted from the Academy Award-nominated film. Premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2023.

Cassie and the Lights

A tender and playful drama that examines what makes a family and what holds it together.

Burnt Out

A blackly comic psychological thriller for the stage, revealing the darker side of suburban life in Belfast.

Boy Parts (stage version)

A pitch-black psychological thriller based on the critically acclaimed debut novel by Eliza Clark. Premiered at Soho Theatre, London.

Boo

A powerful and beautifully observed short play for one actor, exploring the impact of the newly established National Health Service on working people's lives in the 1940s and 50s.

Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two

    Blue Mist

    A debut play about South Asian Muslim men navigating a system that isn't built for them. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

    Biscuits for Breakfast

    A tender, heartfelt drama about families – the ones we inherit and the ones we create – and the struggle to survive when times get tough.

    Before You Say Anything

    A play that questions how everyone can be safe at the same time. A time-travelling set of interweaving stories exploring injustice, freedom and bravery.

    Backstairs Billy

    An irreverent comedy about the fifty-year relationship between the Queen Mother and her most loyal, most outrageous servant, William 'Billy' Tallon, who joined her household at the age of fifteen. Premiered in the West End with Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans.

    As We Face the Sun

    A stark and tender story about growing up, the pleasures of friendship, why we hold onto things and how we might start to let go. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series.

    Accidental Death of an Anarchist

    By Dario Fo and Franca Rame Adapted by Tom Basden

    Dario Fo and Franca Rame's riotous satire, in a hilarious, bang-up-to-date adaptation by BAFTA-nominated comedy writer Tom Basden.

    (Not) the End of the World

    A daringly theatrical investigation of the climate crisis through the perspectives of class, patriarchy and colonialism.

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    13–18 May 2024
    Wharf Theatre, Devizes