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.

Showing 253-264 of 1,408 items.

Handbagged (one-act version)

A short play about the working relationship between Mrs Thatcher and the Queen.

Bloody Wimmin

A short play about the protests at Greenham Common, a political landmark in the fight for nuclear disarmament.

Come On Over

A Jesuit priest, sent to investigate a 'miracle' in his home town, re-encounters the woman who loved him thirty years before.

Rum and Vodka

A short monologue play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

Stacy

A darkly confessional monologue for one male performer and a slide projector.

The Good Thief

A monologue play about a petty criminal who is punished by his conscience when he becomes involved in a bungled kidnap.

Fanboy

A five-star hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fanboy is a love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia, about a thirty-something, self-confessed nerd obsessed with Star Wars and Nintendo.

Five Years with the White Man

A startling play about satirist ABC Merriman-Labor, the greatest Black Briton ever to have been forgotten.

Honour-Bound

A powerful solo show about family, anti-Blackness, and what we're willing to sacrifice for love.

How We Begin

A tender exploration of love, queerness and identity, staged at VAULT Festival, London, 2023.

Bé Carna

A short play in which five women reflect on their lives as prostitutes on the streets of Dublin.

Bogboy

A short play in which two lost souls – a young heroin addict and a reclusive middle-aged farmer – discover a budding friendship in the bogs of Meath.

Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming Soon

Advertise Your Show