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.
(Not) the End of the World
A daringly theatrical investigation of the climate crisis through the perspectives of class, patriarchy and colonialism.
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Dario Fo and Franca Rame's riotous satire, in a hilarious, bang-up-to-date adaptation by BAFTA-nominated comedy writer Tom Basden.
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.
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.
Bé Carna
A short play in which five women reflect on their lives as prostitutes on the streets of Dublin.
Before You Say Anything
By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP TheatreA play that questions how everyone can be safe at the same time. A time-travelling set of interweaving stories exploring injustice, freedom and bravery.
Biscuits for Breakfast
By Gareth FarrA tender, heartfelt drama about families – the ones we inherit and the ones we create – and the struggle to survive when times get tough.
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.
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.
Bogboy
A short play in which two lost souls – a young heroin addict and a reclusive middle-aged farmer – discover a budding friendship in the bogs of Meath.
Boo
By Jack ThorneA 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: TwoBoy Parts (stage version)
By Eliza Clark Adapted by Gillian GreerA pitch-black psychological thriller based on the critically acclaimed debut novel by Eliza Clark. Premiered at Soho Theatre, London.
Burnt Out
A blackly comic psychological thriller for the stage, revealing the darker side of suburban life in Belfast.
Cassie and the Lights
By Alex HowarthA tender and playful drama that examines what makes a family and what holds it together.
Cold War (stage version)
Adapted by Conor McPherson Original author Paweł PawlikowskiAn 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.
The Crown Jewels
By Simon NyeA 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.
Dixon and Daughters
A powerful play about family and forgiveness, following a woman after her release from prison. Premiered at the National Theatre.
A Dream
By Chris BushA 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.
Dreaming and Drowning
By Kwame OwusuAn 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.
Driftwood
By Tim FoleyAn intoxicating and mystical play about love, belonging and the tides within us, premiered by Pentabus and ThickSkin on a tour of the UK.
England & Son
By Ed EdwardsA 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.
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.
Everything Not Saved
By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP TheatreA play about memory, happiness, Rasputin, and dancing. And also the Queen. Premiered by MALAPROP Theatre at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2017.
The Flea
By James FritzJames 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.
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.
Four Minutes Twelve Seconds
By James FritzA deeply provocative and topical drama that unpicks the trust between parents and their teenage offspring in an age of selfies and sexting.
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.
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.
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