Bøger i NHB Modern Plays serien

Winner of the 2016 Theatre503 Playwriting Award, Andrew Thompson's debut play is about the adventures of three extraordinary women spanning 80 years, against the backdrop of humanity's journey to the stars.

A tender but truthful exploration of love and ageing, asking how we choose to live in the face of soaring life expectancies. Winner of the 2017 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Two plays by award-winning writer James Fritz, each asking urgent, pointed and complex questions of the times we live in.

A searingly powerful play about what one individual can do to effect change. Winner of the Judges' Award in the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

A play for two actors - or many more - exploring just how much wild we're comfortable with.

A heartbreaking, powerful and bitterly comic account of what it is to be a woman in wartime.

In the ruins of a garden in rural England, in a house which was once a home, one woman searches for seeds of hope. Albion is a new play by Mike Bartlett, premiering at the Almeida Theatre, London, in October 2017 in a production directed by Rupert Goold.

A play about the impact of war on a small town in Syria, by a leading Syrian playwright and documentary film-maker.

Annie Baker's mesmerising play about a young couple struggling to stay together.

A beautifully observed, moving account of a second generation immigrant family navigating the familial conflicts between generations and cultures.

An exhilarating play about human triumph, ambition, self-doubt, and pride, set in the world of boxing.

A collection of short plays curated by Sue Parrish, Artistic Director of Sphinx Theatre.

A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.

A sharply funny, moving play set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and celebrating women's strength under siege.

A heartwarming, joyful and dazzlingly funny exploration of bittersweet nostalgia and the enduring power of friendship.

A riotous celebration of sisterhood, showing that while life may throw up unexpected turbulence, friendships will last the course.

Kate Bowen's taut, funny and powerful play follows three pioneering young women in the world's most dangerous workplace.

A funny, touching and thought-provoking comedy drama about the members of a village choir.

A play with live music, waltzing and unexpected connections, exploring how we return, resettle and adapt.

Just in time for Christmas, the distinguished historian and thespian, Desmond Olivier Dingle and his assistant Raymond Box, bring us their version of the greatest story ever told. Thrill at the mystery of the virgin birth, gasp at the miracles, and be moved by the Sermon on the Hill.

A satire on yuppie moral and emotional bankruptcy and a bleak, black comedy thriller.

A one-man musical comedy about a fifteen-year-old boy who finds himself in deep water when he joins a synchronised swimming team, even though he can't swim.

Using Shakespeare's orginal lines, alongside new text, Jeanie O'Hare retells The Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the extraordinary Margaret of Anjou.

A night of debauchery and delicate connection in a play set in the city that never sleeps.

A powerfully dramatic play about Charles Darwin's voyage on board HMS Beagle - an adventure that changed not only his own life, but also the history of the entire world.

A new edition of the hugely successful musical, published alongside its West End premiere.

A radical play set in East Berlin in 1968, unfolding with all the tension of a spy thriller and the inexorable revelations of an Ibsen drama.

A modern-day tale of unexpected genius and of our struggle to accommodate extraordinary talent, loosely inspired by Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure.

A play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.