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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Skyscraper Lullaby

Skyscraper Lullaby

By James Fritz

A powerful drama about two parents trying to come to terms with the disappearance of their toddler, written and first performed as an audio drama for Audible Original.

Skunk

Skunk

By Zawe Ashton

A surreal, dreamlike and hilarious play exploring the pressures and transformations that happen to teenagers as they grow up. In the Multiplay Drama series.

The Skriker

The Skriker

By Caryl Churchill

An extraordinary collision of ancient fairytale and fractured urban England.

Sixty Five Miles

Sixty Five Miles

By Matt Hartley

A devastating drama about family and the ties that bind us together. Winner of the Under-26 Award at the 2005 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

The Six-Days World

The Six-Days World

By Elizabeth Kuti

An emotionally involving family play that evokes the poignancy and the poison of the festive season - from the award-winning writer of The Sugar Wife.

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Headlong version)

By Luigi Pirandello Adapted by Rupert Goold and Ben Power

Pirandello's classic play, updated for the twenty-first century by Headlong.

Six Acts of Love

Six Acts of Love

By Ioanna Anderson

A bittersweet play about the rich complexities of life, love and death.

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Sink

Sink

By John O'Donovan

A play of two voices for one actor, about memory, catastrophe and sacrifice.

A Single Act

A Single Act

By Jane Bodie

A subtle and menacing play about life after a terrorist outrage.

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Singer

Singer

By Peter Flannery

An epic fable of post-war Britain, told with lurid and exhilarating energy.

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The Silence and the Noise

The Silence and the Noise

By Tom Powell

A play that beautifully captures the story of two young people on the edge. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Published in volume Papatango Plays
    Shush

    Shush

    By Elaine Murphy

    A funny and insightful play about the power of female friendship.

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    Amanda Whittington

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    13–18 May 2024
    Wharf Theatre, Devizes