Books published by Nick Hern Books

A new play. A wildly imaginative, irreverent look at life in and after the care system A spiralling odyssey of dizzying theatricality, Wolfie is a bold, fantastical fairytale following two twins separated at birth and asks who is truly responsible for society's most vulnerable children.

Holly Robinson's debut play soft animals is a tender and unflinching story about motherhood, self-destruction and the way women help each other heal.

Professor of Parapsychology, Philip Goodman, is an arch-sceptic with a mission to debunk the paranormal, wherever it occurs. But when he embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings Goodman finds himself at the outer limits of rationality, and fast running out of explanations.

A psychological thriller, adapted for the stage from Harriet Lane's gripping novel.

A play about joy and heartbreak, quarries and transmat beams - a love-letter to British sci-fi television.

Published alongside the acclaimed, reimagined West End revival in 2018, this edition of Sondheim's hit musical features the complete revised book and lyrics for the production, plus colour production photographs.

Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an exquisitely original, honest and deftly funny play that explores our need to connect and be loved regardless of the gulfs that disability, race, class, and wealth place between us.

A searing exploration of unconditional love and of the personal sacrifices it demands.

An urgent play about the struggle for optimism and community amid the chaos of a world falling apart.

A painfully funny play, shining a light on one woman's struggle with the dark side of the internet

A play about a cheeky 10-year-old with a plan to win the Weston-super-Mare Beauty Contest, against the backdrop of Black British Civil Rights marches in 1960s Bristol.

An inspiring, hands-on guide to narrative improvisation, by the co-creator and director of the Olivier Award-winning improv show Showstopper! The Improvised Musical.

In this collection of plays from one of our finest dramatists, Caryl Churchill demonstrates her remarkable ability to find new forms to express profound truths about the world we live in. Complete with a new introduction by the author.

An anthology of seven of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2019, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

Based on the true story of Mary Barton and the Barton Brood and researched through surveys and interviews, this provocative, funny, and fascinating work imagines a series of encounters between these unknowing half-siblings.

A gripping psychological thriller. 1995, the Swiss Alps. Patricia Highsmith, the queen of the thriller, hides away in her study. A young man turns up, to persuade her to write one final instalment of her best-selling series featuring the master manipulator, Tom Ripley. It soon becomes clear that the stranger is set on something far more sinister.

A provocative new play from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ClybournePark.

In 2011, Lynn Nottage began spending time with the people of Reading, Pennsylvania: officially one of the poorest cities in the USA. Sweat is the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that Lynn Nottage wrote following her experience.

With the shadow of hatred festering at its core, One Jewish Boy is a bittersweet comedy fueled by rising anti-Semitism. It premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre, London, in 2018.

The latest in NHB's series of Good Audition Guides. Forty fantastic male speeches for teenagers, all written since the year 2000, by some of the most exciting and acclaimed writers working today, from plays that were premiered at many of the UK's most famous and respected venues.

The latest in NHB's series of Good Audition Guides. Forty fantastic female speeches for teenagers (aged fifteen and over), all written between 2000 and 2018, by some of the most exciting and acclaimed writers working today, from plays that were premiered at many of the UK's most famous and respected venues.

A guide to playwriting from the author of The Libertine.

Two plays from one of the UK's most acclaimed playwrights. This new version of David Edgar's 1983 award-winning hit play, Maydays, has startling parallels to the political revolution of the Millennial Generation. Trying It On, David Edgar's one-person show, also relates the events of 1968 to the turmoil of today.

One night in a small town in County Cork, where everyone knows everyone, things spiral terrifyingly out of control. This stage adaptation of the devestating novel. Shines an unflinching light on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed for ever by a horrific act of violence.

From actress, comedian, writer and doodler Jessie Cave, Sunrise is an honest, tender-hearted and uproariously funny story about crying in the woods, sexual misadventures at Harry Potter conventions and Instagram espionage - but also about motherhood and trying to get stuff done.

Set over one evening, Rathmines Road is a play that rages in a tiny room.A play about secret trauma and public revelation, Rathmines Road bristles with tension and interrogates catharsis to ask: when and how do we take responsibility?

A riotous royal love story. The extraordinary untold story of a young Victorian royal and her forbidden love. Victoria's Knickers was premiered by the National Youth Theatre at Soho Theatre in October 2018.

Equality is here - now what? In a supposedly `post-gay' America on the brink of passing marriage equality, a first date at a New York bar starts two men on a fearless, funny and fragmented journey leading up to a historic moment of change.

A first collection of plays from the acclaimed dramatist.