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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Night of the Assassins

Three siblings plot to kill their parents in this controversial masterpiece from a major Cuban poet and playwright.

Saying Yes

A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

The Aspidistra Code

A sinister but comic drama of honour and violence, from the award-winning author of Howie the Rookie.

Brothers of Thunder

A play about forgiveness, reconciliation and the role of the church in the modern world.

One Way Street

A one-man show set in eastern Berlin in 1995, in which Flannery tells us his life story in the form of a guide to the city.

Lazybed

A play about a man who cannot, or will not, get out of bed one morning for 'metaphysical reasons'.

Acting Leader

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

The Panel

A short play about the power politics underlying the selection of any candidate.

Playing the Game

A short play about the election of a new President of a Students' Association.

Pink

A short play about a millionaire businesswoman confronted by an unexpected visitor.

The Milliner and the Weaver

A short play about the Suffragette movement in Ireland, as the question of Home Rule divides the nation.

The Lioness

A short play about Elizabeth I: the myth and the reality.

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Matt Grinter

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20–27 April 2024
Theatre Workshop Coulsdon

Blake Morrison

Mike Bartlett

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26–27 April 2024
Dubai Drama Group

Amanda Whittington

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13–18 May 2024
Wharf Theatre, Devizes