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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Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

By Dario Fo and Franca Rame Adapted by Tom Basden

Dario Fo and Franca Rame's riotous satire, in a hilarious, bang-up-to-date adaptation by BAFTA-nominated comedy writer Tom Basden.

According to Hoyle

According to Hoyle

By William Gaminara

A comedy drama about male friendship in which five old friends meet for a traditional evening of poker.

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The Acedian Pirates

The Acedian Pirates

By Jay Taylor

A play that challenges our understanding of mythology, and forces us to ask vital questions about military occupation.

Acting Leader

Acting Leader

By Joy Wilkinson

A short play about Margaret Beckett finding herself Acting Leader of the Opposition after the sudden death of John Smith.

Acts

Acts

By Riccardo Galgani

A short play about an old couple whose son returns after years of absence.

Published in volume Family: three plays
    Adam

    Adam

    By Frances Poet

    The remarkable true story of a young trans man's journey from Egypt to Scotland, charting his progress across borders and genders in his search for a place to call home.

    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.

    After Mrs Rochester

    After Mrs Rochester

    By Polly Teale

    A dramatisation of the extraordinary life of Jean Rhys, in which themes of femininity, literature and hysteria and madness collide with vivid force.

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    Again

    Again

    By Stephanie Jacob

    A touching and comic drama about a family reunion, delving into the turmoil, love and compromises of kinship.

    Age is a Feeling

    Age is a Feeling

    By Haley McGee

    A gripping one-person play that wrestles with the glorious and melancholy uncertainties of human life, from the author of The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale.

    Airsick

    Airsick

    By Emma Frost

    A turbulent black comedy about love, loneliness and how we shape our future.

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    Albert Speer

    Albert Speer

    By David Edgar

    A panoramic historical drama about the man whose devotion to Hitler blinded him to the worst crime of the twentieth century, drawing closely on Gita Sereny's definitive and magisterial biography of Albert Speer.

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