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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SAUCE

SAUCE

By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
    All honey

    All honey

    By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

    A play about sex, secrets and suspicion, winner of the 2017 Fishamble New Writing Award.

    Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
      Tuesday

      Tuesday

      With a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth

      By Alison Carr Translated by Daf James

      A funny and playful drama written specifically for young people, about what happens when the world literally turns upside-down. Bilingual edition: includes the original English play with a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth, by playwright Daf James.

      Little Dolls

      Little Dolls

      By Nancy Harris

      A short play about a woman seeking help from a therapist to overcome a traumatic episode in her past.

      Mojo Mickybo

      Mojo Mickybo

      By Owen McCafferty

      An unsentimental portrayal of innocence betrayed by communal hatred in Belfast during the 1970s.

      Mrs Delgado

      Mrs Delgado

      By Mike Bartlett

      A funny and poignant play for one actor that tells a story of desire, control, raised blinds and lowered boundaries. This edition also includes the monologue Phoenix.

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      The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage

      The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)

      By Philip Pullman Adapted by Bryony Lavery

      The stage version of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, which is set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.

      Phoenix

      Phoenix

      By Mike Bartlett

      A powerful story of fire and destruction, self-deceit and the corrosion of trust.

      Published in volume Mrs Delgado
        After Life

        After Life

        By Jack Thorne Original author Hirokazu Kore-eda

        A surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.

        My Family and Other Animals

        My Family and Other Animals (stage version)

        By Gerald Durrell Adapted by Janys Chambers

        A delightful and inventive stage version of Gerald Durrell's well-loved memoir of a childhood growing up in Corfu.

        1984

        1984 (stage version)

        By George Orwell Adapted by Nick Hern

        A bold and powerful dramatisation of George Orwell's classic dystopia, ideal for any school, youth group or amateur company.

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        The IT

        The IT

        By Vivienne Franzmann

        A darkly comic state-of-the-nation play exploring adolescent mental health and the rage within. Winner of the Best Play for Young Audiences Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2023.

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