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NHB Modern Plays

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Hungry

Hungry

By Chris Bush

A play about food, love, class and grief in a world where there's little left to savour.

Still

Still

By Frances Poet

Frances Poet's play is a cathartic story of life, loss and joy, full of tenderness and humour, as five Edinburgh souls stagger towards each other and are transformed.

Medicine

Medicine

By Enda Walsh

A dark and frequently absurdist play about how we have treated those we call 'mentally ill'.

Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
    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.

      ...cake

      ...cake

      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.

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