NHB Modern Plays

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, first performed in this version by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

An epic, masterful twenty-plus-character play about Belfast and its multitude of urban denizens.

A dramatisation of the extraordinary life of Jean Rhys, in which themes of femininity, literature and hysteria and madness collide with vivid force.

A hard-hitting and original family drama.

A subtle and topical play about European attitudes to Africa.

A gripping play about the nature of violence.

A tough but vulnerable play about our crumbling social fabric - and the people who have to pick up the pieces.

A black comedy about the post-9/11 world and what happens when someone else's global problem becomes your local one.

An unsettling and unpredictable drama about the love-hate chemistry that endures between friends.

A sparky and moving first play about female friendship, set in contemporary Dublin. 

A darkly absurd play from the authors of Terrorism.

The Ancient myths of the Kingdom of Thebes re-told by Scotland's foremost poet/dramatist.