NHB Modern Plays

A comic and deeply moving play about being young at the end of the world. Premiered at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Hampstead Theatre, London.

A sweet-hearted tale of a washed-up knight-of-old, from the grandfather of modern Scottish playwriting.

A beautifully tender new play that explores nature's influence on love, friendship and family – the belief that anyone who's lost can be found, even in the remotest of places.

A sparky play from the winner of the Irish Times Best New Play Award and the Stewart Parker Trust Award (for Noah and the Tower Flower).

A shattering and darkly funny play about responsibility and rehabilitation, which looks at what can be done to tackle abuse at its root. Winner of the Judges' Award at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2022.

Winner of a Judges Award in the 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, Bird is a raw, delicate and bold play about growing up in a care home, and eventually leaving it for the outside world.

A cutting-edge monologue that throws light on the experience of a teenager in contemporary Britain, from one of the country's most exciting young playwrights.

A suspensful, atmospheric adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's enthralling short story.

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

An explosion of form-busting storytelling, combining real-life stories, imagined worlds, and new songs inspired by an R&B heritage.

A worm's eye view of post-Communist Russia, from the Siberian-born author of Plasticine. First performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2003.

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.