NHB Modern Plays

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

A fast and furious comedy about the lengths we will go to when our backs are against the wall.

Elizabeth Gaskell's panoramic novel of Victorian England, adapted for the stage by the author of Iron and The James Plays.

A wry, moving, funny tale of how modern man faces up to the responsibility of love, woven in monologues, from the multi-award winning author of The Weir.

A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend.

A gripping but warm-spirited snapshot of life in a small southern Irish town.

An acerbic and funny play about middle-class hypocrisy and universal apathy.

The first part of The James Plays cycle, exploring the complex character of the colourful Stewart King James I – poet, lover and law-maker.

The second part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James II: Day of the Innocents depicts a violent royal playground from the perspective of the child King and his contemporaries, in a terrifying arena of sharp teeth and long knives.

The third part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James III: The True Mirror, like the King himself, is colourful and unpredictable, turning its attention to the women at the heart of the royal court.

Joe Orton's brilliantly inventive and staggeringly bold first play.

A fiercely funny look at the rocky relations between our press and politicians in a world of spin doctors and phone hacking.