NHB Modern Plays

The second part of Tony Kushner's acclaimed epic drama set during the Reagan years in America.

A hilarious, challenging and heartbreaking play about a gay, disabled man embarking on a sexual and romantic odyssey.

A powerful and straightforward dramatisation of Orwell's enduring parable on the perils of totalitarianism.

A radical play set in East Berlin in 1968, unfolding with all the tension of a spy thriller and the inexorable revelations of an Ibsen drama.

Helen Edmundson's celebrated adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's enduring classic is a vibrant and deeply moving meditation on the nature of love.

An explosive, gripping and disturbing play about the phenomenon of False Memory Syndrome.

A celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn dramatises the life and legacy of Henry VIII's notorious second wife, who helped change the course of the nation's history.

A muscular version of Sophocles' timeless masterpiece, offering a profound reflection on the nature of power, democracy and human rights.

Part satire, part sacred rite, a play that asks what value stories have for a world in crisis.

A sharply perceptive, darkly funny riff on urban isolation by one of Scotland's leading playwrights.

A moving and unexpectedly funny play about a couple grieving the loss of their child, winner of the Best New Play award at the 2022 Offies (Off West End Awards).

A disastrous family reunion is the occasion for a sharp and perceptive look at what has happened to 60s idealists and their children.