NHB Modern Plays

The heartbreaking and hilarious true story of the author's own experience of ovarian cancer.

An astonishing, tragic and uplifting verbatim play about the care system in the UK today.

A poignant exploration of fallen idols, family secrets and the human price of forgiveness.

A poignant and gripping tale told through three interlinking monologues from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

A short play by the author of the Adrian Mole books, set in a council house in a small Leicestershire town at election time.

A short play about a young mother's inability to cope with separation from her daughter.

A short play about a mother confronted by the child she had to give up.

A short play about two children forced into prostitution.

A short play about two police officers and their different expectations of the job.

A short play laying bare the twisted loyalties and violence in teenage gangs.

A short play about a writer holding workshops with older women in a prison.

A blackly comic short play about a grown-up brother and sister who exact revenge on their violent father.