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.
Finsbury Park
A short autobiographical monologue, first performed as part of the Come to Where I'm From festival at the Park Theatre, London, in 2016.
Firebird
A searing thriller about the naivety of youth and how easily it can be exploited.
First Person Shooter
By Paul Jenkins1f 3mA funny and foreboding play about what happens when gaming and military technology collide.
First Time
1m (playing age early 30s)A hilarious and heartbreaking true story that smashes through the stigma and shame of HIV, to present an uplifting and inspirational guide to staying positive in a negative world.
The Fishermen (stage version)
By Chigozie Obioma Adapted by Gbolahan Obisesan2mA powerful allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate set in a small Nigerian town. Adapted from the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel.
Fishskin Trousers
2f 1mA haunting play about loss and grief, set in the mists of Suffolk. Also contains the short plays Enter A Gentleman and Time Spent on Trains.
Five Characters in Search of a Good Night's Sleep
2f 3mA devised play exploring the experience of sleeplessness and its impact on people's lives.
Five Years with the White Man
By Eloka Obi and Saul Boyer1m playing multiple parts (plus minimal contribution from 'Technician')A startling play about satirist ABC Merriman-Labor, the greatest Black Briton ever to have been forgotten.
Fixer
1f 6mAn unsettling, intelligent and savagely funny play about oil geopolitics and the price of human life.
The Flea
By James Fritz1-2f 4-13m plus optional extrasA riotous play about the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889. Premiered at The Yard, London, in October 2023.
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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
