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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The Wind in the Willows (stage version)

A delightful stage adaptation that combines all the joy and mystery of Kenneth Grahame's much-loved classic with the lightness of touch and playful theatricality that award-winning playwright Mike Kenny is known for.

Moment

An explosive drama about how one terrible moment can change lives irrevocably.

Beauty and the Beast (National Theatre stage version)

Lucy Kirkwood's delightful version of the classic fairytale, first seen in a production devised and directed by Katie Mitchell at the National Theatre for Christmas 2010.

truth and reconciliation

A play about the aftermath of violence, in conflicts around the world from Rwanda to Northern Ireland, and from Zimbabwe to Bosnia.

Terminus

A blackly comic vision of Dublin infested with demons.

The Haunting

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

The Kitchen Sink

An irresistibly funny and tender play about big dreams and small changes.

Swallows and Amazons (stage version)

A wonderfully theatrical adaptation of the much-loved children's classic, with songs by Neil Hannon.

The Skriker

An extraordinary collision of ancient fairytale and fractured urban England.

Passing Places

A road movie for the stage, following two young Scottish lads on their trip from dislocation to location.

Anna Weiss

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

The Female of the Species

A deliciously wicked comedy that proves that the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male.

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20–27 April 2024
Theatre Workshop Coulsdon

Blake Morrison

Mike Bartlett

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26–27 April 2024
Dubai Drama Group

Amanda Whittington

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13–18 May 2024
Wharf Theatre, Devizes