NHB Modern Plays

A sparky and moving first play about female friendship, set in contemporary Dublin. 

An exciting innovation: three of Scotland's top playwrights combine forces on a single play - staged by 7:84 Scotland in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London.

A gripping and explosive drama from the multi-award winning playwright.

A vivid, emotional stage version of Mary Webb's novel of rural passion, premiered by Shared Experience Theatre Company.

A delightful stage version of Jane Austen's earliest novel, her mock-Gothic Romance.

A two-play dramatisation of Philip Pullman's extraordinary award-winning fantasy trilogy, first seen at the National Theatre.

A timely and compelling play about race, brotherhood and the weight of past mistakes.

An epic and incendiary thriller about the Gunpowder Plot, weaving together the lives of kings, terrorists, priests and spies.

A hilarious, real-life comedy about pensioners going in search of love - from the sublime to the downright saucy.

A taut and tender debut play that asks if it's ever too late to start again.

A bittersweet romantic comedy about finding love later in life, from 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist' Scotland on Sunday.

Jo Clifford's beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickens's best-loved novels brings it thrillingly to life for the stage.