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Production 📸 by Richard Southgate.
13.10.2025 08:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Peter Wight in Lifers at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London. Photo by Richard Southgate. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Lifers by Evan Placey.
'Poignant, honest and affecting'
★★★★ The Stage
'Beautifully written'
★★★★ Broadway World
Lifers by NHB author Evan Placey is now on at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/lifers
Production 📸 by Mihaela Bodlovic.
09.10.2025 11:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: The Bengsons in Ohio. Photo by Mihaela Bodlovic. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Ohio by The Bengsons.
'Rich, intimate, and artful'
★★★★★ Reviews Hub
'Totally captivating'
★★★★ The Times
Ohio by NHB authors The Bengsons is now on at the Young Vic, London.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/ohio
Celebrating brilliant Black writers. Choose from dozens of hand-picked fantastic plays, all 30% off during October.
Join us in celebrating brilliant Black playwrights this #BlackHistoryMonth.
Get 30% off of dozens of top plays by many of today's most exciting theatre-makers in our hand-picked selection. Use code BHM30 until the end of October: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/celebrating-...
Production 📸 by Tristram Kenton.
07.10.2025 09:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Joe Layton and Hannah Sinclair Robinson in Lost Atoms at Leicester Curve. Photo by Tristram Kenton. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Lost Atoms by Anna Jordan.
'Ingenious'
★★★★ The Times
'Authentic and incredibly moving'
★★★★ Guardian
Lost Atoms by NHB author Anna Jordan is now touring the UK, produced by Frantic Assembly.
Get your playscript copy at venues on tour or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/lost-atoms
Production 📸 by Marc Brenner.
02.10.2025 10:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Amelia Kenworthy and Kit Young in Emma at Rose Theatre, London. Photo by Marc Brenner. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Emma by Ava Pickett, adapted from Jane Austen.
'Riotously funny... writing of the highest quality'
★★★★★ WhatsOnStage
'Incredibly clever'
★★★★★ Theatre & Tonic
Emma by NHB author Ava Pickett is now on
@rosetheatre2008.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/emma
Production 📸 by Marc Brenner.
01.10.2025 13:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Ruaridh Mollica and Joe Locke in Clarkston at Trafalgar Theatre, London. Photo by Marc Brenner. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Clarkston by Samuel D. Hunter.
'The coolest show in the West End'
★★★★★ City AM
Clarkston by NHB author Samuel D. Hunter is now on at Trafalgar Theatre in London's West End starring Joe Locke, Ruaridh Mollica and Sophie Melville.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/clarkston
Great new NHB plays published in September: Clarkston by Samuel D. Hunter, The Last Stand of Mrs. Mary Whitehouse by Caroline Bird, The Party Girl by Amy Rosenthal, Emma by Ava Pickett adapted from Jane Austen.
September may have come and gone, but the four brilliant plays we’ve published this month are here to stay!
Learn more about them – along with the rest of our recent publications – on our website: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/new-titles
BOOK REVIEW: A Year of Creative Thinking - 366 Daily Inspirations for Writers & Artists (Jessica Swale) @nickhernbooks.bsky.social
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"A perfect treat for any creative person in your life"
#AYearOfCreativeThinking ✨
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Our current OBSESSION: this stunning bronze foil cover!
A Year of Creative Thinking by Jessica Swale will supercharge your imagination and boost your creativity with daily creative exercises.
Pre-order your signed copy now exclusively via our website:
www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/a-year-of-cr...
Production 📸 by Mark Senior.
15.09.2025 10:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: The cast of The Party Girls at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. Photo by Mark Senior. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of The Party Girls by Amy Rosenth
'Emotionally resonant... a triumph'
★★★★ All That Dazzles
'Timely'
★★★★ Reviews Hub
The Party Girls by NHB author Amy Rosenthal is now touring, after premiering @marlowetheatre.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at venues on tour or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/the-party-gi...
Production 📸 by Helen Murray.
12.09.2025 16:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Maxine Peake in The Last Stand of Mrs. Mary Whitehouse at Nottingham Playhouse. Photo by Helen Murray. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of The Last Stand of Mrs. Mary Whitehouse by Caroline Bird.
'Incredibly powerful'
★★★★★ WhatsOnStage
'Witty and timely'
★★★★ Guardian
The Last Stand of Mrs. Mary Whitehouse by NHB author Caroline Bird is now on @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/the-last-sta...
Production 📸 by Johan Persson.
11.09.2025 14:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel in Born With Teeth at Wyndham's Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams.
'Seductively clever... enormous fun'
★★★★ Evening Standard
Born With Teeth by NHB author @lizduffyadams.bsky.social is now on at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End, starring Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/born-with-te...
Production 📸 by Manuel Harlan.
10.09.2025 14:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Rosamund Pike in Inter Alia at the National Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Inter Alia by Suzie Miller featuring Rosamund Pike.
'Thought-provoking... unmissable'
★★★★★ Radio Times
'Brilliantly tense and emotive'
★★★★ Independent
Inter Alia by NHB author Suzie Miller is on the National Theatre, London.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/inter-alia
Production 📸 by Marc Brenner.
09.09.2025 09:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Jonathan Slinger, Hattie Morahan, Nadia Parkes and Terique Jarrett in Juniper Blood at the Donmar Warehouse, London. Photo by Marc Brenner. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Juniper Blood by Mike Bartlett.
'Masterful'
★★★★★ Reviews Hub
'Fiercely timely'
★★★★ Telegraph
Juniper Blood by NHB author Mike Bartlett is on @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/juniper-blood
Out 25 September. Pre-order now: playscript copy of Clarkston by Samuel D. Hunter.
We're excited to announce we'll be publishing Clarkston by Samuel D. Hunter alongside its West End run starring Joe Locke, Ruaridh Mollica and Sophie Melville.
A modern frontier story about acceptance, love and the hope of new discoveries.
Pre-order now: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/clarkston
Production 📸 by Richard Southgate.
08.09.2025 08:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: The cast of The Gathered Leaves at Park Theatre, London. Photo by Richard Southgate. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of The Gathered Leaves by Andrew Keatley.
'Beguiling'
★★★★ Evening Standard
'Gripping, intense... completely engrossing'
★★★★ Reviews Hub
The Gathered Leaves by NHB author Andrew Keatley is on @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/the-gathered...
Production 📸 by Ali Wright.
05.09.2025 10:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Top photo: Andi Osho and company in Fat Ham at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Photo by Ali Wright. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Fat Ham by James Ijames.
'Deliciously sharp... outrageously fun'
★★★★★ Theatre & Tonic
'Full of charm and crackle'
★★★★ Guardian
Fat Ham by NHB author James Ijames is on at the Swan Theatre with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/fat-ham
Production 📸 by Rich Davenport
04.09.2025 10:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
