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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A Handful of Stars

1f 6m

A gripping but warm-spirited snapshot of life in a small southern Irish town.

hang

2f 1m/f

A shattering play about one woman's unspeakable decision.

Hanna

1f

A funny, heartfelt and compelling new play that asks what family means in a modern society, delicately weaving in questions of racial identity, economic privilege, and the lottery of birth.

Hansel and Gretel (stage version)

3f 6m, doubling

An imaginative reworking of the children's classic, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

Happy Meal

2 performers (1 Trans masc, 1 Trans femme)

A joyful trans rom-com for the stage, following two initial strangers on their journeys from teen to adult; from MySpace to TikTok; from cis to trans...

Happy Now?

3f 4m

A painfully truthful, darkly comic take on contemporary life and how to survive it.

A Hard Rain

1f 5m

A play about what happens when you push things underground, set in New York 1969 in the sweltering few days before the eruption of the Stonewall riots.

Harm

1f (playing thirty-nine years old)

A thrilling and razor-sharp twisted comedy on the corrosive effects of social media and isolation.

Harm (short play)

2m

A short play about a father and son waiting in a new 'self-harming unit'.

The Haunting

1f 2m

A spine-chilling play based on several original ghost stories by Charles Dickens.

The Haystack

4-5f 2-4m

An explosive espionage thriller that challenges the idea that 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear', exploring how we can live freely when advances in technology outpace the law.

HEART

1f

A raw and honest exploration of love, loss, and self-discovery. The debut play by acclaimed actor Jade Anouka.

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Bill Bryson, Adapted by Tim Whitnall

Fin Kennedy

Amanda Whittington

Alexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate Summerscale

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Henrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard Eyre

Tom Wells

Jeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey