NHB Modern Plays

A rollicking tale of adventure set in early Victorian England, ranging from East End squalor to the Northern mills, and packing in an almost Dickensian gallery of characters.

A tender and funny play about growing up in Romford in the shadow of Canary Wharf, winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

A pitch-black comedy complete with wickedly entertaining songs, from the Edinburgh Fringe First-winning writer of Food.

A harrowing, intense drama about people-trafficking, set inside a container lorry.

A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.

A hypnotic noir thriller set in a beguiling world of dream, danger and fantasy.

The provocative story of a modern family consumed by fear and hope, by the Swiss-born Lukas Bärfuss, a rising star of contemporary German theatre.

A darkly humorous play about the people behind the tabloid stories of migrant workers and sex-trafficking in today's Europe.

A spellbinding debut play about 17-year-olds on the edge, with a touch of magic and mayhem.

A touching and frequently hilarious play about three women whose lives are touched by breast cancer.

A radical reworking of Christopher Marlowe's classic tragedy Dr Faustus, bringing together the original story of the man who sells his soul to the devil with a startling act of provocation by 21st-century artists the Chapman Brothers.

An epic tale of kinship, money and desire, set amongst the Traveller people of the Scottish Highlands.