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 Way Home

A spiky play about the clash between suburban and itinerant ways of life in present-day Liverpool.

Memory

A play about division, destiny and the undimmed potency of memory itself.

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Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?

A man falls in love with America and leaves his wife and children for fifty years of love and adventure with Sam.

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Girls and Dolls

A striking play from Northern Ireland about two women and the childhood tragedy they'll never be allowed to forget.

The Indian Boy

A play about the discovery of a 'wild child', examining our mythic struggles with the wilderness inside ourselves.

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Whipping It Up

A quick-witted satirical farce set in the Whips' office at Westminster.

Kensuke's Kingdom (stage version)

The story of a young boy's fantastic adventure after being washed up on a Pacific island.

The Jungle Book (Birmingham Stage Company version)

Rudyard Kipling's classic jungle tales, in an acclaimed stage adaptation by Stuart Paterson.

The Reporter

An enthralling detective story based on the true life story of BBC reporter James Mossman.

Someone Else's Shoes

A sharp and witty satire on the commodification of art and life.

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strangers, babies

The chilling story of one woman's desperate attempts at a future that's worth living.

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The Eleventh Capital

An arresting 60-minute debut play about dislocation, manipulation and power, winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

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