Plays for Young People (12-18 years)
This section lists plays that are especially suited to young people aged 12 and above, for reading, study or performance. Please note that some of the plays included here contain adult language and/or tackle challenging issues. We're always happy to advise on the suitability of any of our plays: send us an email at info@nickhernbooks.co.uk, or call us on 020 8749 4953.
See also Plays for children (under 12 years)
Stuff
A play about friendship and loss – and the way people try to do the right thing for their mates when there isn't really a right thing to do. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99My Family and Other Animals (stage version)
By Gerald Durrell Adapted by Janys ChambersA delightful and inventive stage version of Gerald Durrell's well-loved memoir of a childhood growing up in Corfu.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Wonder Boy
By Ross WillisA play about the power of finding your own voice, revolving around a twelve-year-old boy with a stammer. Winner of the Best Play Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Bright. Young. Things.
A funny, fast-paced play about identity, truth and the challenge of finding out who you really are. Part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books, aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Heavy Weather
A powerful, timely play featuring songs, about one girl taking control of her destiny in a world teetering on the brink. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Red
An unflinching and bold exploration of the internal lives of young women. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at addressing gender imbalance in theatre.
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£8.99£7.19Add to basketEbook£8.99£7.19Christmas is Miles Away
By Chloë MossA touching play about adolescent friendship.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£8.99£7.19Chatroom
By Enda WalshA chilling, blackly comic tale of manipulation, cyberbullying and adolescent insecurity.
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£7.99£6.39
Blister
By Laura LomasA tense relationship drama which examines how the effects of one moment can ripple through a galaxy of lives. In the Multiplay Drama series.
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£7.99£6.39
Blue
A disquieting and darkly funny play which shines a light on the state of mental-health services in modern Britain. In the Multiplay Drama series.
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£7.99£6.39
katzenmusik
By Tom FowlerA darkly comic story about social inequality and upheaval, told in reverse. In the Multiplay Drama series.
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£7.99£6.39
Landmines
By Phil DaviesA stark, fast-paced and fraught play about political upheaval and the media's relationship with civil violence and terrorism in modern Britain. In the Multiplay Drama series.
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£7.99£6.39
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