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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stoning mary

stoning mary

By debbie tucker green

Mysterious yet compelling, bewildering yet intoxicating, a play that mixes poetic rhythms with vernacular phrases, rap-song repetitions with complex psychology.

Stones in His Pockets

Stones in His Pockets

By Marie Jones

Hollywood comes to rural Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End.

Published in volume Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays
    Stolen Secrets

    Stolen Secrets

    By Fin Kennedy

    From the heart of London's East End, Stolen Secrets are urban fairytales, bold, lyrical and gruesome, that can be performed individually or together for maximum shock value.

    Still

    Still

    By Frances Poet

    Frances Poet's play is a cathartic story of life, loss and joy, full of tenderness and humour, as five Edinburgh souls stagger towards each other and are transformed.

    Steel

    Steel

    By Chris Bush

    A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.

    The Steamie

    The Steamie

    By Tony Roper

    A celebration of women's work in a Glasgow wash-house set on Hogmanay.

    Published in volume Scot-Free
      Staying Alive

      Staying Alive

      By Kat Roberts

      A darkly funny and achingly tender play about the death of a child.

      Start Swimming

      Start Swimming

      By James Fritz

      A play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today’s youth.

      The Starry Messenger

      The Starry Messenger

      By Kenneth Lonergan

      A bittersweet exploration of love, hope and the mysteries of the cosmos.

      Stanley

      Stanley

      By Pam Gems

      A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

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      Stacy

      Stacy

      By Jack Thorne

      A darkly confessional monologue for one male performer and a slide projector.

      St Petersburg

      St Petersburg

      By Declan Feenan

      A haunting, elliptical play by a talented writer from Northern Ireland.

      Published in volume St Petersburg and other plays

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        Olivia Hirst & David Byrne
        Amanda Whittington

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        13–18 May 2024
        Wharf Theatre, Devizes