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.
Alligators
A searing dramatic thriller that asks how well we actually know those closest to us, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in June 2016.
Almost Nothing
By Marcos Barbosa Translated by Mark O'Thomas2f 2mAn unnerving short play by Brazilian playwright Marcos Barbosa.
Published in volume Almost Nothing & At the Table
Almost Nothing & At the Table
Two plays
By Marcos Barbosa Translated by Mark O'Thomas2f 6-8m (for double bill)Two tense and unnerving short plays from talented Brazilian playwright, Marcos Barbosa.
Aloe Aloe
6f 6mA provocative short play about parenthood and responsibility, from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.
Published in volume Mr Incredible
Alys, Always (stage version)
By Harriet Lane Adapted by Lucinda Coxon8f 6m plus extras (6f 5m doubling)A psychological thriller, adapted for the stage from Harriet Lane's gripping novel.
Among Unbroken Hearts
By Henry Adam1f 3mA drug-taking hard man from the city returns home to the Highlands to try to recapture the innocence of his youth.
Amongst the Reeds
2fTwo friends scratch out a living on the margins of society in a play commissioned by acclaimed theatre company Clean Break.
Published in volume House + Amongst the Reeds: two plays
Amphibians
By Billy Roche3f 8mA rite-of-passage play in which a twelve-year-old boy spends the night alone on an island.
Published in volume The Cavalcaders and Amphibians
Amsterdam
By Maya Arad Yasur Translated by Eran EdryFlexible casting, minimum 3 performersA strikingly original, audacious thriller from a prize-winning Israeli writer.
The Anarchist
Flexible casting: 2-8f 1-10mA gripping, timely, and deeply moving play about protest, democracy and freedom. Winner of the Woven Voices Prize for migrant playwrights, 2022.
And Then Come The Nightjars
By Bea Roberts2mA tender, frank and funny play about a West Country farm struggling to survive the Foot and Mouth pandemic.
Angel
By Henry Naylor1fInspired by the extraordinary true story of the Angel of Kobane, Angel is part of Henry Naylor's Arabian Nightmares trilogy.
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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
