NHB Modern Plays

The story of the great comedian Molière - his scandalous marriage, his scurrilous plays and the irresistible creation of his infamous and celebrated satire Tartuffe.

A tender portrayal of two women trying to start again after their release from prison.

A play comprising two short ballads about migration, missed connections, and life on the edge of respectability.

A witty, tender, and occasionaly surreal exploration of one family's experience of the NHS.

A poignant and gripping tale told through three interlinking monologues from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

A poignant exploration of what it means to say goodbye.

A short play about the surreal nature of modern life.

A play about a group of young women seeking to form a new type of society and a better way of living. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.

A complex and intense portrait of the mechanics of a family – and a marriage – through the eyes of four siblings struggling to define themselves beyond their parents' love and expectations.

Good men behaving very badly in a dark comedy about twenty-somethings in London.

An intricate, tender play about the obligations we have to one another, and those we would rather not.

A tense, revealing play that explores what it means to care for one another and asks who, in a time of increasing disconnect, we expect to look after us.