Plays to perform

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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Almost Nothing

Almost Nothing

By Marcos Barbosa Translated by Mark O'Thomas

An unnerving short play by Brazilian playwright Marcos Barbosa.

Published in volume Almost Nothing & At the Table
    At the Table

    At the Table

    By Marcos Barbosa Translated by Mark O'Thomas

    An unnerving short play by Brazilian playwright Marcos Barbosa.

    Published in volume Almost Nothing & At the Table
      Cinzano & Smirnova's Birthday

      Cinzano & Smirnova's Birthday

      By Ludmila Petrushevskaya Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Two linked plays from the Russian playwright dubbed the 'female Chekhov', depicting the grim reality of domestic life in Soviet Russia.

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      We Happy Few

      We Happy Few

      By Imogen Stubbs

      A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.

      A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

      A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

      By Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart

      A bawdy, fast-paced, raunchy comedy musical from one of the world's most influential and innovative creators of musical theatre.

      Notes on Falling Leaves

      Notes on Falling Leaves

      By Ayub Khan Din

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

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      The Concert / El Concierto

      The Concert / El Concierto

      By Ulises Rodriquez Febles Translated by William Gregory

      A fascinating glimpse into the social and cultural complexities of Castro's Cuba.

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      Three Women and a Piano Tuner

      Three Women and a Piano Tuner

      By Helen Cooper

      An offbeat, lyrical drama about how our hopes and dreams can be thwarted by the choices we make - and by the ones we don't make.

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      Shimmer

      Shimmer

      By Linda McLean

      Surrounded by rain, rivers, lochs and floods, three generations of memory and experience ebb and flow through this lyrical play.

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      Shining City

      Shining City

      By Conor McPherson

      A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

      The Pull of Negative Gravity

      The Pull of Negative Gravity

      By Jonathan Lichtenstein

      Shocking and beautiful, a powerful play about the impact of a soldier's injury in a foreign conflict on his family back home.

      Bombshells

      Bombshells

      By Joanna Murray-Smith

      Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life.

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