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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Estate Walls

A play about a young writer who dreams of leaving his estate. The play that won Arinzé Kene the Most Promising Playwright at the 2011 Offies (Off West End Theatre Awards).

Notes on Falling Leaves

A poignant, elegiac short play from the author of East is East.

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Here We Go

A short play about death by Caryl Churchill.

Pigs and Dogs

A short, startling play about Uganda's 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act and what lies behind it.

Comment is Free

A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in James Fritz's urgent, gripping and innovative play.

Start Swimming

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

Grotty

A dark and savage play exploring the London lesbian scene. 

Brute

A solo show about a rather twisted schoolgirl.

Citysong

The Verity Bargate Award-winning play about three generations of a Dublin family.

The Dream Collector

An ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

Fast

An ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

The Domino Effect

The Domino Effect is an ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

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Olivia Hirst & David Byrne

Amanda Whittington

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13–18 May 2024
Wharf Theatre, Devizes