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 Waiting List

The Waiting List

By Owen McCafferty

A blackly comic monologue about a man under siege in the community where he grew up.

Published in volume Mojo Mickybo: Three Plays
    VS09

    VS09

    By Hayley Squires

    A sharp, fast-paced exploration of the possibilities of love, friendship and healing in the search for home. In the Multiplay Drama series.

    The Visitor

    The Visitor

    By Iain Crichton Smith

    A short play about a schoolmaster on the verge of retirement, confronted by a mysterious young man wishing to pay his respects.

    Published in volume Family: three plays
      The Visit, or The Old Lady Comes to Call

      The Visit, or The Old Lady Comes to Call

      By Friedrich Dürrenmatt Adapted by Tony Kushner

      Dürrenmatt's visionary revenge play, one of the great achievements of modern German-language theatre, transported to mid-twentieth-century America by the acclaimed playwright Tony Kushner.

      Vincent in Brixton

      Vincent in Brixton

      By Nicholas Wright

      A moving portrait of the young Vincent van Gogh - a hit in the West End and on Broadway.

      The Village Church

      The Village Church

      By Tamara von Werthern

      A short play about faith, families, and fitting in.

      The Village

      The Village

      By Abi Falase and Tatenda Shamiso

      A punchy and provocative story about democracy, power, and how we can try to build a better world. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

      Victoria's Knickers

      Victoria's Knickers

      By Josh Azouz

      An epic romcom telling the story of an unlikely romance between the Queen of England and a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Premiered by the National Youth Theatre.

      Vernon God Little

      Vernon God Little (stage version)

      By DBC Pierre Adapted by Tanya Ronder

      A darkly riotous, superbly fast-talking adventure, adapted from the Booker Prize-winning novel.

      The Veil

      The Veil

      By Conor McPherson

      Set around a haunted house hemmed in by a restive, starving populace, The Veil weaves Ireland’s troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love, the transcendental and the circularity of time.

      Vassa

      Vassa

      By Maxim Gorky Adapted by Mike Bartlett

      A new adaptation by Mike Bartlett of Maxim Gorky's savagely funny play, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London.

      Valued Friends

      Valued Friends

      By Stephen Jeffreys

      A comedy of manners about the property market.

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      Olivia Hirst & David Byrne
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