NHB Modern Plays

The NHB Modern Plays series features the pick of modern and contemporary plays from leading UK and international playwrights. Championing quality, accessibility and diversity, it takes the best writing for the stage and gives it enduring life on the page.

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Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

By Hilary Mantel Adapted by Mike Poulton

4-6f 16-26m (plus non-speaking extras)

The second part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

Published in volume Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

Britannia Waves the Rules

By Gareth Farr

2f 3-8m

An arresting and angry look at conflict and its effect on soldiers returning home.

Broken Biscuits

By Tom Wells

2f 1m

A beautiful, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times.

Brontë

By Polly Teale

4f 2m doubling

A compelling literary detective story about the turbulent lives of the Brontë sisters - dramatised by Polly Teale and Shared Experience, the team behind After Mrs Rochester and Jane Eyre.

Brothers of Thunder

By Ann Marie Di Mambro

A play about forgiveness, reconciliation and the role of the church in the modern world.

Brute

By Izzy Tennyson

1f, plus 5f 1m voice-overs

A solo show about a rather twisted schoolgirl.

BU21

By Stuart Slade

3f 3m

Six young people are caught in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in the heart of London. By turns terrifying, inspiring, brutal, heartbreaking and hilarious, BU21 is verbatim theatre from the very near future.

buckets

By Adam Barnard

Any number of actors, m or f

Wry, emotive, funny and heartfelt, buckets is a play with a unique perspective on a universal dilemma: how do you deal with the fact that time always runs out?

Buggy Baby

By Josh Azouz

2f 3m

A horror comedy about trying to build a normal life when nothing about life is normal.

Bull

By Mike Bartlett

1f 3m

A razor-sharp play about the fine line between office politics and playground bullying, Bull offers ringside seats as three employees fight to keep their jobs.

Bully Boy

By Sandi Toksvig

2m (a senior officer and a young soldier)

A ferociously gripping story about the moral issues of contemporary military occupation and its effect on the mental health of serving soldiers. Written with startling insight by author and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig.