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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The Last Quiz Night on Earth

An innovative, apocalyptic comedy-drama featuring a fully interactive pub quiz.

Run Sister Run

A witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.

All of Us

A passionate and timely drama that looks at the human cost of abandoning those who struggle to fit in.

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Anything is Possible if You Think About It Hard Enough

A moving and unexpectedly funny play about a couple grieving the loss of their child, winner of the Best New Play award at the 2022 Offies (Off West End Awards).

Boudica

A brand-new ancient-history play in verse that tells the story of one of Britain's most iconic women: a queen, a warrior and a rebel.

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Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)

A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, family-friendly retelling of a classic story.

My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)

A joyous, chaotic, autobiographical play telling the story of actor, writer and social-media sensation Rob Madge as they set out to recreate a Disney parade they performed as a twelve-year-old for their Grandma.

Bloody Elle

A heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story about falling in love for the very first time.

Love and Other Acts of Violence

A subversive and intimate love story about inheritance and the cycles of politics and history.

The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)

The stage version of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, which is set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.

Our Generation

An engrossing verbatim created from five years of interviews with twelve young people from across the UK. A captivating portrait of their teenage years as they journey into adulthood.

Electric Rosary

A sharp, timely and gloriously funny play that asks what faith really means in the age of artificial intelligence. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize Judges' Award.

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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