Plays to perform

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-Typical Rainbow

A-Typical Rainbow

By JJ Green

An uplifting play about the experience of growing up neurodivergent and queer in early 2000s Britain, based on real events from the perspective of the writer and the autistic community.

The Anarchist

The Anarchist

By Karina Wiedman

A gripping, timely, and deeply moving play about protest, democracy and freedom. Winner of the Woven Voices Prize for migrant playwrights, 2022.

Favour

Favour

By Ambreen Razia

A touching and hopeful family drama about a working-class Muslim family, tackling duty, addiction and the challenge of pulling yourself back together after it all falls apart.

The Climbers

The Climbers

By Carmen Nasr

A thrilling play about the lure of the mountains, the drive to conquer and the price of staying alive.

Rock / Paper / Scissors

Rock / Paper / Scissors

Three Plays

By Chris Bush

Three intricately interwoven plays about family, heritage and legacy, centring around a Sheffield manufacturing family.

Rapture

Rapture

By Lucy Kirkwood

A slippery thriller for the stage, about love, power and belief. In a modern world where reality is whatever we imagine it to be, how do we know the stories we tell ourselves are true?

Rock

Rock

By Chris Bush

A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

Paper

Paper

By Chris Bush

A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

Scissors

Scissors

By Chris Bush

A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

The Southbury Child

The Southbury Child

By Stephen Beresford

A darkly comic play exploring family and community, the savage divisions of contemporary society and the rituals that punctuate our lives.

Bangers

Bangers

By Danusia Samal

A gig-theatre play featuring original music inspired by early noughties and present-day R&B and Garage.

Cancelling Socrates

Cancelling Socrates

By Howard Brenton

A provocative and witty play about an uncompromising voice in dangerous times.

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