NHB Modern Plays

A worm's eye view of post-Communist Russia.

A contemporary, lyrical love story that explores the changes and choices that pull us from the places and people we love.

A short dark comedy from Spain, in which a naive middle-aged transvestite encounters a petty thief nicknamed 'sour face'.

A powerful play about the life of playwright August Strindberg, focusing on what he called his 'Inferno' period, when he suffered a notorious breakdown in Paris in 1896.

A wild and slippery fantasy from French-Canadian writer Olivier Choinière, translated by Caryl Churchill, exploring our insatiable appetite for private lives made public.

A tense relationship drama which examines how the effects of one moment can ripple through a galaxy of lives. In the Multiplay Drama series.

Renowned poet and dramatist Liz Lochhead tells the story of Frankenstein's creation.

A heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story about falling in love for the very first time.

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

A disquieting and darkly funny play which shines a light on the state of mental-health services in modern Britain. In the Multiplay Drama series.

Two exhilarating and teasingly entertaining one-act plays from one of the UK's leading playwrights.

An exhilarating, challenging new play by Amnesty Award-winning playwright Clare Bayley.