NHB Modern Plays

Crackling with razor-sharp dialogue, Amy Ng's play asks whether we can ever escape our past, and investigates the destructive side of our search for acceptance.

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

A comedy drama about male friendship in which five old friends meet for a traditional evening of poker.

A play that challenges our understanding of mythology, and forces us to ask vital questions about military occupation.

A short play about Margaret Beckett finding herself Acting Leader of the Opposition after the sudden death of John Smith.

A short play about an old couple whose son returns after years of absence.

The remarkable true story of a young trans man's journey from Egypt to Scotland, charting his progress across borders and genders in his search for a place to call home.

A surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.

A dramatisation of the extraordinary life of Jean Rhys, in which themes of femininity, literature and hysteria and madness collide with vivid force.

A funny, camp and unapologetically queer musical about Thatcher's Section 28 and the moral panic that gripped a nation – and how a community decided to fight back.

A touching and comic drama about a family reunion, delving into the turmoil, love and compromises of kinship.

A gripping one-person play that wrestles with the glorious and melancholy uncertainties of human life, from the author of The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale.