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Theatre publishers and performing rights agents - bringing you top drama by today’s most exciting writers, plus books to support your own work and career.
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'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
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.
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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'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...
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.
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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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.
Golden Globes 2026 Winner: Adolescence by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham.
January 14, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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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...
Picture of Nick Hern holding his The Stage Awards 2026 Judges' Award. Photo by Alex Brenner.
January 13, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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'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...
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.
January 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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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...
Managing Your Money: The Essential Guide for Actors and Creative Freelancers by Jon Harris.
January 9, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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'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...
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.
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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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:
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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.
December 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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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.
Nick Hern Books 2026 play selection featuring seventy-eight new plays, three play collections and a screenplay.
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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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...
Out 8 Jan | Pre-order now – Managing Your Money: The Compact Guide, An Essential Guide for Actors and Freelancers by Jon Harris.
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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
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.
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I bought my copy at @theatrclwyd.bsky.social last night while seeing the play for the second time. I'm looking forward to seeing it again. ❤️🎭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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'Funny and disturbing'
★★★★ Guardian

'A bold probing of a dirty little secret in society'
★★★★ London Standard

Porn Play by NHB author Sophia Chetin-Leuner is now on @royalcourt.bsky.social.

Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/porn-play
Top photo: Ambika Mod and Will Close in Porn Play at the Royal Court Theatre, London. Photo by Helen Murray. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Porn Play by Sophia Chetin-Leuner.
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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'Full of theatrical magic'
★★★★ Telegraph

'A fiery comedy that comes out roaring'
★★★★ The Stage

The Red Rogue of Bala by NHB author Chris Ashworth-Bennion is now on @theatrclwyd.bsky.social.

Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/red-rogue-of...
Top photo: The cast of The Red Rogue of Bala at Theatr Clwyd, Mold. Photo by Kirsten McTernan. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of The Red Rogue of Bala by Chris Ashworth-Bennion.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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'Refreshingly original, imaginatively crafted... Doran has a glittering career ahead'
★★★★★ London Theatre 1

The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights by NHB author Hannah Doran is on Park Theatre, London.

Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/meat-kings
Top photo: The cast of The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights at Park Theatre, London. Photo by Mark Douet. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights by Hannah Doran.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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It's here – More Than One Story: An Anthology of Monologues on Homelessness and Poverty from Cardboard Citizens.

A groundbreaking collection of new monologues from writers across the UK with lived experience of homelessness, poverty and inequity.

Buy now: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/more-than-on...
Book copies of More Than One Story: An Anthology of Monologues on Homelessness and Poverty.
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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'Beautiful and joyful... a triumph'
★★★★★ A Young(ish) Perspective

'Revolutionary'
★★★★★ Theatre & Tonic

Period Parrrty by NHB author Gayathiri Kamalakanthan is now on @sohotheatre.bsky.social.

Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/period-parrrty
Top photo: Rani Moorthy, Elizabeth Green and Tanvi Virmani in Period Parrrty at the Soho Theatre, London. Photo by Ikin Yum. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Period Parrrty by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan.
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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'A tender portrait of care, exhaustion and love filled with dark humour'
★★★★ Everything Theatre

Winner of the Verity Bargate Award, Little Brother by NHB author Eoin McAndrew is on @sohotheatre.bsky.social.

Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/little-brother
Top photo: Cormac McAliden and Catherine Rees in Little Brother at Soho Theatre, London. Photo by Camilla Greenwell. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Little Brother by Eoin McAndrew.
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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As October draws to a close, we’re taking a moment to look back at the eleven fantastic plays we’ve published this month!

Learn more about them – along with the rest of our recent publications – on our website: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/new-titles
Great new NHB plays published in October: BÁN and Absent The Wrong by Carys D. Coburn, Lifers by Evan Placey, Ohio by The Bengsons, After Sunday by Sophia Griffin, Period Parrrty by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan, Mary Page Marlowe by Tracy Letts, Lost Atoms by Anna Jordan, Bog Witch by Bryony Kimmings, Charley’s Aunt by Rob Madge, Little Brother by Eoin McAndrew, and Ragdoll by Katherine Moar.
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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'An impressively brave piece of work' Irish Times

'A brilliant piece of writing… not to be missed' The Arts Review

BÁN by NHB author Carys D. Coburn is on @abbeytheatre.bsky.social.

Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/ban-and-abse...
Top photo: the cast of BÁN at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Photo by Rich Davenport. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of BÁN and Absent The Wrong by Carys D. Coburn.
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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'Powerful... as emotionally striking as it is socially resonant'
★★★★★ WhatsOnStage

After Sunday by NHB author Sophia Griffin is now on at @belgradetheatre.bsky.social before moving to @bushtheatre.bsky.social

Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/after-sunday
Top photo: The cast of After Sunday at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. Photo by Nicola Young. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of After Sunday by Sophia Griffin.
October 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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'Riveting... Moar's dialogue is so deft and sparkling, you could listen on and on'
★★★★ Guardian

Ragdoll by NHB author Katherine Moar is now on @jstheatre.bsky.social.

Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/ragdoll
Top photo: Katie Matsell, Abigail Cruttenden, Nathaniel Parker and Ben Lamb in Ragdoll at Jermyn Street Theatre. Photo by Alex Brenner. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Ragdoll by Katherine Moar.
October 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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'Haunting and hilarious'
★★★★ Guardian

'Wildly entertaining'
★★★★ WhatsOnStage

Bog Witch by NHB author Bryony Kimmings is now on @sohotheatre.bsky.social Walthamstow.

Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/bog-witch
Top photo: Bryony Kimmings in Bog Witch at Soho Theatre Walthamstow. Photo by Rosie Powell. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Bog Witch by Bryony Kimmings.
October 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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'Gut-punching... a crash course in the reality of motherhood... complex and wonderfully considered'
★★★★★ Guardian

(the) Woman by NHB author Jane Upton is now on @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social.

Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/the-woman
Top photo: Lizzy Watts in (the) Woman at Park Theatre, London. Photo by Charlie Flint. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of (the) Woman by Jane Upton.
October 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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'Irresistible'
★★★★★ WhatsOnStage

'An absolute hoot'
★★★★★ The Spy in The Stalls

Charley's Aunt adapted by NHB author Rob Madge is now @watermilltheatre.bsky.social.

Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/charleys-aunt
Top photo: The cast of Charley’s Aunt at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury. Photo by Mark Senior. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Charley's Aunt by Rob Madge.
October 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM