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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St Nicholas

By Conor McPherson

An eccentric, teasing yarn from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

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Spooky Action at a Distance

By Eve Leigh

A hard-hitting, poignant play about anti-immigration sentiment in Britain today. In the Multiplay Drama series.

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Spinning

By Deirdre Kinahan

A contemporary tragedy set in small-town Ireland, by one of Ireland's most exciting playwrights.

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Spiderfly

By John Webber

A taut, thrilling debut play for two actors, premiered at Theatre503, London.

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Speechless

By Linda Brogan and Polly Teale

The true-life drama of the extraordinary bond between two identical twin girls and their struggle to find a voice.

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Speech & Debate

By Stephen Karam

A fiercely funny play by the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans.

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Speaking in Tongues

By Andrew Bovell

A powerful study of infidelity and interwoven lives, filmed as the award-winning Lantana.

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Spacewang

By Tom Wells

A monologue play in which a teenage girl roams the streets of Withernsea in search of aliens.

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Space Girl

By Helen Stanley

An action-packed play for young performers and audiences, bursting with songs and imagination, celebrating curiosity, resilience and exploration. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by young people.

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The Southbury Child

By Stephen Beresford

A darkly comic play exploring family and community, the savage divisions of contemporary society and the rituals that punctuate our lives.

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Sorry, You're Not a Winner

By Samuel Bailey

A powerful and striking play that explores aspiration, social mobility and getting caught between classes.

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A Song for Ella Grey (stage version)

By David Almond Adapted by Zoe Cooper

A magical retelling of the Orpheus myth, full of music, sound and storytelling, adapted from the novel by David Almond. Premiered by Pilot Theatre on UK tour in 2024.