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Production 📸 by Johan Persson.
25.02.2026 14:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Elizabeth Dulau in Bird Grove at the Hampstead Theatre, London. Photo by Johan Persson. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Bird Grove by Alexi Kaye Campbell.
'Quietly scorching'
★★★★ London Theatre
'Brilliant... painful and gripping'
★★★★★ Theatre Cat
Bird Grove by NHB author Alexi Kaye Campbell is now on at Hampstead Theatre, London.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/bird-grove
Production 📸 by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.
24.02.2026 16:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: George Naylor in It Walks Around the House at Night Minerva Theatre, Chichester, touring the UK. Photo by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of It Walks Around The House At Night & Jurassic by Tim Foley.
'Utterly unforgettable'
★★★★★ Theatre & Tonic
'Extraordinary'
★★★★★ Theatre South East
It Walks Around The House At Night by NHB author Tim Foley is now touring the UK @thickskintheatre.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at venues on tour or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/it-walks-aro...
Photo featuring Stage Combat: Armed (Rapier and Dagger) by Roger Bartlett.
Out now – Stage Combat: Armed (Rapier and Dagger)
Everything you need to know in order to safely create and portray effective armed stage fights. Written by a Master Teacher and Examiner at The British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat.
Get your copy now: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/stage-combat...
Production 📸 by Tristram Kenton.
16.02.2026 10:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Mark Addy and Noah Mullins in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London's West End. Photo by Tristram Kenton. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce and Passenger.
'Gut-wrenchingly gorgeous'
★★★★ Radio Times
'Heart-warming'
★★★★ Telegraph
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by NHB authors Rachel Joyce and Passenger is on at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London's West End.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online:
nickhernbooks.co.uk/the-unlikely...
Production 📸 by Steve Ullathorne.
13.02.2026 11:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Henry Naylor in Monstering the Rocketman at the Arcola Theatre, London. Photo by Steve Ullathorne. Top photo: Playscript cover of Monstering the Rocketman by Henry Naylor.
'Excellent... Naylor is a raconteur'
★★★★ Everything Theatre
'Resonates powerfully'
★★★★★ A Young(ish) Perspective
Monstering the Rocketman by NHB author Henry Naylor is now on @arcolatheatre.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/monstering-t...
Production 📸 by Manuel Harlan.
13.02.2026 11:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Ben Daniels in Man and Boy at the National Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Man and Boy by Terence Rattigan.
'Remarkable... an extraordinary couple of hours of theatre'
★★★★★ Time Out
'Utterly compelling'
★★★★ WhatsOnStage
Man and Boy by NHB author Terence Rattigan is now on @nationaltheatre.org.uk.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/man-and-boy
Production 📸 by Nobby Clark.
09.02.2026 15:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Lisa Dillon and Will Keen in Dance of Death at the Orange Tree Theatre. Photo by Nobby Clark. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Dance of Death adapted by Richard Eyre, from August Strindberg.
'A dramatic masterpiece'
★★★★ The Times
'Not to be missed'
★★★★ Guardian
Dance of Death adapted by NHB author Richard Eyre, from August Strindberg is now on @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/dance-of-death
Production 📸 by Ross Kernahan.
04.02.2026 15:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Safiyya Ingar, Sam Baker Jones, and Marcia Lecky in Maggots at the Bush Theatre, London. Photo by Ross Kernahan. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Maggots by Farah Najib.
'Timely and deeply relevant'
★★★★★ All That Dazzles
'An engrossing story cleverly told'
★★★★ WhatsOnStage
Maggots by NHB author Farah Najib is now on @bushtheatre.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/maggots
Production 📸 by Johan Persson.
26.01.2026 13:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Rosie Sheehy and Robert Aramayo in Guess How Much I Love You? at the Royal Court Theatre, London. Photo by Johan Persson. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Guess How Much I Love You? by Luke Norris.
'Harrowingly powerful'
★★★★ London Standard
'Superbly written... a play illuminated by love'
★★★★ WhatsOnStage
Guess How Much I Love You? by NHB author Luke Norris is now on @royalcourt.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/guess-how-mu...
We're proud to publish the complete scripts of Adolescence, one of the most urgent and talked-about television series of recent times:
14.01.2026 11:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Golden Globes 2026 Winner: Adolescence by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham.
Adolescence won four Golden Globes this weekend including Best Television Limited Series! 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
A huge congratulations to NHB authors Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, and the whole Adolescence team on this enormous achievement.
📸 by Alex Brenner
13.01.2026 16:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of Nick Hern holding his The Stage Awards 2026 Judges' Award. Photo by Alex Brenner.
We're overjoyed that our Founder, Nick Hern, has been recognised with the Judges' Award at this year's #TheStageAwards, for his fifty-years-plus contribution to the performing arts industry.
Learn more: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/nick-hern-wi...
Production 📸 by Marc Brenner.
09.01.2026 16:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: George Blagden in A Ghost in Your Ear at the Hampstead Theatre, London. Photo by Marc Brenner. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of A Ghost In Your Ear by Jamie Armitage.
'Very creepy... devastatingly effective'
★★★★ London Standard
'Absolutely outstanding'
★★★★★ All That Dazzles
A Ghost In Your Ear by NHB author Jamie Armitage is now on at Hampstead Theatre, London.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/a-ghost-in-y...
Managing Your Money: The Essential Guide for Actors and Creative Freelancers by Jon Harris.
Out now – Managing Your Money: The Essential Guide for Actors and Creative Freelancers by Jon Harris.
A practical and accessible guide to managing your finances and completing your tax return – so you can focus on your creative work.
Get your copy now: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/managing-you...
Production 📸 by Johan Persson.
07.01.2026 09:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Chumisa Dornford-May in Into the Woods at the Bridge Theatre, London. Photo by Johan Persson. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.
'Sondheim at its best, a five-star triumph'
★★★★★ The Times
'The work of a genius'
★★★★★ Time Out
Into the Woods by NHB authors Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine is now on @bridgetheatre.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/into-the-woo...
Nominated at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2026: Born With Teeth, Clarkston, Inter Alia, Stereophonic, The Seagull, Intimate Apparel, The Last Stand of Mrs. Mary Whitehouse, The Red Shoes and Here We Are.
We are very proud to publish four of the plays nominated for Best New Play at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2026!
🏆 Born With Teeth
🏆 Clarkston
🏆 Inter Alia
🏆 Stereophonic
Plus, a further five NHB titles are up for prizes:
www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/nhb-plays-no...
Nick Hern Books 2026 play selection featuring seventy-eight new plays, three play collections and a screenplay.
What a year!
Our final count for 2025 stands at seventy-eight new plays, three play collections and a screenplay.
We're so proud of this year's selection of blazing, astute and enthralling plays and to have welcomed over forty new playwrights to our list.
Out 8 Jan | Pre-order now – Managing Your Money: The Compact Guide, An Essential Guide for Actors and Freelancers by Jon Harris.
Out 8 Jan – Managing Your Money: The Essential Guide for Actors and Creative Freelancers by Jon Harris.
A practical and accessible guide to managing your finances and completing your tax return – so you can focus on your creative work.
Pre-order now: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/managing-you...
Great new NHB plays published in November: The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights by Hannah Doran, The Red Rogue of Bala by Chris Ashworth-Bennion, More Than One Story: An Anthology of Monologues on Homelessness and Poverty curated by Cardboard Citizens, and Porn Play by Sophia Chetin-Leuner.
We’re wrapping up November by spotlighting the three fantastic plays we’ve published this month, as well as a brilliant anthology of new writing! 🧣📚
Learn more about them – along with the rest of our recent publications – on our website: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/new-titles
