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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The Same

The Same

By Enda Walsh

A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
    Lava

    Lava

    By Benedict Lombe

    One woman's journey into her own past becomes inextricably linked with the tides of global history in this wickedly funny, strikingly lyrical and explosive debut play. Winner of the 2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

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    By babirye bukilwa

    A psychological drama that asks if the cycle of generational trauma can ever be broken. Can queer, Black femmes find love and belonging when the soil beneath them – and the climate around them – is hostile?

    Bach & Sons

    Bach & Sons

    By Nina Raine

    A beautiful, profound and funny play about Johann Sebastian Bach, the irascible and turbulent composer, and his family business.

    Bloody Elle

    Bloody Elle

    By Lauryn Redding

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

    For The Grace Of You Go I

    For The Grace Of You Go I

    By Alan Harris

    A darkly funny, quick-witted, fast-moving comedy about a man whose life is going nowhere.

    Raya

    Raya

    By Deborah Bruce

    A witty and tender play about two old flames who meet again, after thirty years, at a student reunion.

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

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

    By Rob Madge

    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.

    The Saviour

    The Saviour

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A play charting the extraordinary shift in social, political and religious life in Ireland over the past thirty years.

    The Merthyr Stigmatist

    The Merthyr Stigmatist

    By Lisa Parry

    A fierce and exhilarating play about faith and truth, a hymn to community, and a testament to the power of young people.

    Harm

    Harm

    By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

    A thrilling and razor-sharp twisted comedy on the corrosive effects of social media and isolation.

    Little Wars

    Little Wars

    By Steven Carl McCasland

    Set in the French Alps in 1940, this thrilling play – based on truth – is an enthralling, entertaining and ultimately moving portrait of seven exceptional women.

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    Amanda Whittington

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    13–18 May 2024
    Wharf Theatre, Devizes