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.
Doctor Scroggy's War
An epic, hilarious and moving play that takes a sideways look at the First World War.
The Doll Tower
7mA challenging and thought-provoking play about T.E. Lawrence and his life after Arabia.
The Domino Effect
By Fin Kennedy8-35f 0-12mThe Domino Effect is an ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.
Dora: A Case of Hysteria
1f 2mA satirical feminist play debunking Sigmund Freud's theories about hysteria.
Dorian
3 performers (m or f)A thrilling stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, following one man's descent from glorious debauchery to epic self-destruction.
Doris Day
By E V Crowe2fA short play about two police officers and their different expectations of the job.
Downstate
By Bruce Norris3f 5m plus 3 extrasA provocative play about four men convicted of sex crimes, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Clybourne Park.
Dracula (stage version)
By Bram Stoker Adapted by Liz Lochhead4f 5m doublingAcclaimed poet and playwright Liz Lochhead's Dracula stays refreshingly close to Bram Stoker's classic novel.
Dracula: The Bloody Truth
By John Nicholson and Le Navet Bete4m (playing various roles)A comic retelling of the story of Dracula, from John Nicholson and Exeter-based theatre company Le Navet Bete.
Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane
1fA play about losing someone close to you, about the human need to remember and connect.
Drawing the Line
4-6f 13-26mA vivid telling of the chaotic story of the partition that shaped the modern world.
A Dream
By Chris Bush5f 5m or more (very large cast is possible, over 80 roles)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.
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Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming SoonBill Bryson, Adapted by Tim WhitnallFin KennedyAmanda WhittingtonAlexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate SummerscaleAmanda WhittingtonHenrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard EyreTom WellsJeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey