NHB Modern Plays

A short play in which two Dublin cousins, Damian and Kevin, are reunited for a family funeral in a highly charged encounter full of disillusion, denial and dark laughter.

A short play about the life and soul of an older actor living in care with Alzheimer's disease.

A play exploring the impact of colonialism through a meeting between Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave and abolitionist who visited Ireland in the 1840s, and a young Irishwoman hoping to emigrate to the country he's running from.

A short play about the surreal nature of modern life.

A play from Palestine, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

A boldly innovative drama exploring ideas about democracy, politics and leadership.

A comedy of manners about the property market.

A play from Syria, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

The only play by leading Mexican poet Octavio Paz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

A play from Morocco, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

A play from Lebanon, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

A play from Egypt, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.