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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The Shed

A short monologue play exploring the power that a carer can exert over a wheelchair user's life, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues

    Hamish

    A short monologue play exploring the challenges facing a young wheelchair user, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

    Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues

      The Real Deal

      A short monologue play exploring the issue of benefits fraud, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

      Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues

        Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha

        A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

        Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays

          Pussycat in Memory of Darkness

          By Neda Nezhdana Translated by John Farndon

          A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

          Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays

            It's a Wonderful Life (stage version)

            A joyful stage adaptation of Frank Capra's movie about a down-on-his-luck banker who feels like he's at the end of his rope, until his guardian angel pays him a visit.

            Whiff Whaff

            A savagely funny short play about attitudes to disability and mental health.

            Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two

              Boo

              A powerful and beautifully observed short play for one actor, exploring the impact of the newly established National Health Service on working people's lives in the 1940s and 50s.

              Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two

                Beauty and the Beast (Lyceum Theatre stage version)

                A brilliant version of the classic tale, from a playwright acclaimed as 'the master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

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                Merlin the Magnificent

                The story of King Arthur, Merlin and the sword in the stone, retold by Scotland's leading writer of plays for children.

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                Come Out Eli

                A verbatim play telling the story of the 2002 Hackney siege, as told by the diverse and vibrant community that experienced it.

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                How These Desperate Men Talk

                A short play published for the first time, written during the author's time working with European theatremakers.

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                Amanda Whittington

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                13–18 May 2024
                Wharf Theatre, Devizes