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Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Category: Fiction | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
"Noughts and Crosses" is about a black girl called Sephy and a white boy called Callum and their friendship in a world that's divided by the colour of your skin - and how their feelings for each other grow as they grow older and grow up. As Malorie Blackman herself says: 'I wanted to turn society as we ...Show more
Once by Enda Walsh; Glen Hansard (Other Primary Creator); Markéta Irglová (Lyrics by)
Category: Performing Arts | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
A jewel box of a musical: small, delicate, brimming with emotion and charm.--VogueIt may sound like heresy to fans of the 2006 film, but this bewitching stage adaptation arguably improves on the movie, expanding its emotional breadth and elevating it stylistically while remaining true to the original's ...Show more
One Hand Clapping by Anthony Burgess; Lucia Cox (Adapted by)
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
Sometimes when I'm at work and waiting for customers I think about the two of us living like kings and not bothering about the future. Because there may not be any future to bother about, you know. Not for anybody, one of these days. And it's a wicked world. Average couple Janet and Howard's lives begin ...Show more
Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler
Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays | Series: Oberon Modern Plays Ser.
Nicole Kidman made her much-anticipated return to the London stage in the fall 2015 West End production of this new play by Anna Ziegler, about the woman who discovered DNA. Does Rosalind Franklin know how precious her photograph is? In the race to unlock the secret of life, it could hold the key.
Playing for Time by Arthur Miller
Category: Poetry & Plays | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
The extraordinary story of the women's orchestra in Auschwitz, originally filmed for television with Vanessa Redgrave, and adapted for the stage by Miller himself. Fania Fénelon, a Parisian singer, is arrested by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz. There, she finds herself swept into the orchestra, compose ...Show more
Polar Bears by Mark Haddon
Category: Classic | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
Polar Bears is a captivating tale by award-winning writer Mark Haddon. Balancing humour and pathos, it tells of one man's struggle to love, support and live with someone suffering from a psychological condition. With an elliptical structure and teasing timeline, the play handles the subject sensitively, ...Show more
Pomona by Alistair McDowall
Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
I think I'd sleep a lot easier if I knew none of us would wake up tomorrow.Ollie's sister is missing. Searching Manchester in desperation, she finds all roads lead to Pomona - an abandoned concrete island at the heart of the city.Here at the centre of everything, journeys end and nightmares are born.Pom ...Show more
Port by Simon Stephens
Category: Plays & Scripts | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
''A major new voice in British theatre' (Scotsman) Stockport 1988-2002. Rachel Keats is growing up in town she doesn't like. Abandoned by her mother, her family life is torn to tatters as she is left to bring up her younger brother, who, increasingly is drawn to the excitement out on the streets. When h ...Show more
Posh by Laura Wade
Category: Pop Fiction | Series: Oberon Modern Plays Ser.
In an oak-paneled room in Oxford, ten young punks with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule. Members of an elite student dining society, the boys are bunkering down for a wild night of debauchery, decadence and good wine. Welcome to the Riot Club.
Queers : Eight Monologues by Mark Gatiss
Category: Essays | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
A BBC series celebrating 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK. A young soldier returning from the trenches of the First World War recollects a love that dares not speak its name. Almost one hundred years later, a groom-to-be prepares for his gay wedding. Queers celebr ...Show more
Quit For Chicks smoking by BUCHANAN KATHY
Category: Other Health | Series: Oberon Modern Plays Ser.
"I'm not tame 'cause I want to be with you." Basti and Rdeca are pulling all-nighters. When their paths cross, the sparks fly and an impossible bond spirals dangerously out of control. Rita Kalnejais's audacious new play directed by Steve Marmion is a Soho Theatre commission written whilst on attachment ...Show more
Sea Wall by Simon Stephens
Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
There's a hole running through the centre of my stomach. You must have all felt a bit awkward because you can probably see it. Sea Wall is a delicate monologue, completely devastating and beautifully powerful. Alex's story, spoken directly to the audience, begins full of clear light and smiles, as he sp ...Show more