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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The Ginger Ale Boy

By Enda Walsh

5f 5m

Walsh's very first, previously unpublished play, is a Cork cabaret about a ventriloquist who loses control.

Girl in the Machine

By Stef Smith

1f 1m 1f or m

A disturbing but compassionate vision of our potential digital future, and what it might mean for 'life' as we know it.

A Girl's Bedroom

By Enda Walsh

A short play from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

Published in volume Arlington

The Girl's Guide to Saving the World

By Elinor Cook

2-3f 1-3m

A frank and funny new play about friendship, feminism and what it means to be successful.

The Girlfriend Experience

By Alecky Blythe

4f 1-9m

A true-life play about friendship, heartbreak and business enterprise... in a seaside brothel.

Girls and Dolls

By Lisa McGee

4f playing multiple roles (2f possible)

A striking play from Northern Ireland about two women and the childhood tragedy they'll never be allowed to forget.

Girls Like That

By Evan Placey

6-24f 0-6m

An urgent and explosive play that explores of the pressures on young people today in the wake of advancing technology.

The Gist of It

By Rodney Lee

1f 2m

A fast and furious drama of misunderstandings, about three people who desperately want to be loved.

Glee & Me

By Stuart Slade

A touching drama about a teenage girl diagnosed with a brain tumour, an unexpectedly optimistic portrayal of love and the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.

Glitter Punch

By Lucy Burke

1f 1m

A gritty, coming-of-age drama about first love.

Glory Dazed

By Cat Jones

2f 2m

A moving and darkly comic story of an Afghanistan veteran's search for redemption, and a fascinating insight into the plight of ex-servicemen in modern Britain.