@NickHernBooks

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. 🎭📚

 Shepherd’s Bush, London
nickhernbooks.co.uk
Joined November 2010
  • Tweets23.8K
  • Following2.6K
  • Followers20K
8KMedia
'Nerve-shredding' ★★★★ Guardian 'Terrifying and timely... eerily pertinent' ★★★★ Telegraph Under the Shadow adapted by NHB author Carmen Nasr is now playing @AlmeidaTheatre. Get your playscript copies at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/under-th…
Top photo: Leila Farzad and Jago Agrawal in Under the Shadow at the Almeida Theatre, London. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Under the Shadow adapted by Carmen Nasr.

ALT Top photo: Leila Farzad and Jago Agrawal in Under the Shadow at the Almeida Theatre, London. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Under the Shadow adapted by Carmen Nasr.

1
1
725
Production 📸 by Marc Brenner.
1
456
We're delighted to publish 16 of the plays on this year's (Incomplete) Lit in Colour Play List, supporting schools to create more representative and inclusive drama experiences within the English and Drama curricula. Find all three play lists online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/lit-in-c…
Plays include My Father's Fable by Faith Omole; Lava by Benedict Lombe; Pig Heart Boy adapted by Winsome Pinnock, from the novel by Malorie Blackman; Out of Sorts by Danusia Samal; Liberation Squares by Sonali Bhattacharyya; The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs by Iman Qureshi; Scenes from a Repatriation by Joel Tan; Dizzy by Mohamed-Zaid Dada; Victoria's Knickers by Josh Azouz; Mad About The Boy by Gbolahan Obisesan; Noughts & Crosses adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz, from the novel by Malorie Blackman; East is East by Ayub Khan-Din; A Good House by Amy Jephta; The Maladies by Carmen Nasr; and Free Outgoing by Anupama Chandrasekhar.

ALT Plays include My Father's Fable by Faith Omole; Lava by Benedict Lombe; Pig Heart Boy adapted by Winsome Pinnock, from the novel by Malorie Blackman; Out of Sorts by Danusia Samal; Liberation Squares by Sonali Bhattacharyya; The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs by Iman Qureshi; Scenes from a Repatriation by Joel Tan; Dizzy by Mohamed-Zaid Dada; Victoria's Knickers by Josh Azouz; Mad About The Boy by Gbolahan Obisesan; Noughts & Crosses adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz, from the novel by Malorie Blackman; East is East by Ayub Khan-Din; A Good House by Amy Jephta; The Maladies by Carmen Nasr; and Free Outgoing by Anupama Chandrasekhar.

301
'Tender, humane and often very funny' ★★★★ The Stage 'Theatrical genius... devastatingly effective' ★★★★★ A Youngish Perspective The P Word by NHB author Waleed Akhtar is now on @bushtheatre. Get your playscript copies at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/the-p-wo…
Top photo: Esh Alladi and Waleed Akhtar in The P Word at the Bush Theatre, London. Photo by Craig Fuller. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of The P Word by Waleed Akhtar.

ALT Top photo: Esh Alladi and Waleed Akhtar in The P Word at the Bush Theatre, London. Photo by Craig Fuller. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of The P Word by Waleed Akhtar.

1
1
443
Production 📸 by Craig Fuller.
315
Nick Hern Books retweeted
Papatango@PapatangoTCJun 5
Our friends @NickHernBooks are looking for five passionate, up-and-coming playwrights to join an exciting new Mentoring scheme. Aged 18 or over, UK-based, and think you could benefit from an experienced guide? Apply by 12 noon BST on Wednesday 1 July! nickhernbooks.co.uk/mentorin…
3
4
488
Nick Hern Books retweeted
The Stage
@TheStageJun 4
Sabrina Mahfouz and Cordelia Lynn are among mentors revealed for a scheme to support emerging playwrights by publisher @NickHernBooks Read more 👇 thestage.co.uk/news/sabrina-…

Sabrina Mahfouz and Cordelia Lynn among mentors for Nick Hern Books scheme

Sabrina Mahfouz and Cordelia Lynn are among mentors revealed for a scheme to support emerging playwrights by publisher Nick Hern Books

thestage.co.uk
1
3
963
We're looking for five passionate, up-and-coming playwrights to join our exciting new Mentoring scheme. If you’re aged 18 or over and based in the UK, and think you could benefit from an experienced guide, apply by 12 noon BST on Wednesday 1 July! nickhernbooks.co.uk/mentorin…
Applications open for the NHB Mentoring scheme. A new scheme for emerging playwrights from Nick Hern Books. Apply by 1 July!

ALT Applications open for the NHB Mentoring scheme. A new scheme for emerging playwrights from Nick Hern Books. Apply by 1 July!

2
2
505
Out now – the West End edition of 1536 by multi-award-winning writer Ava Pickett. This 'fresh, funny and devastating' (★★★★★ Telegraph) play is now playing @Ambtheatre. Get your playscript copy at the venue, or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/1536
2
335
'Luminous and heart-exploding' ★★★★★ Guardian 'A powerful portrait of human connection' ★★★★ WhatsOnStage Scenes from a Friendship by NHB author Jane Upton is now playing @NottmPlayhouse. Get your playscript copies at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/scenes-f…
Top photo: Katie Redford and Benedict Salter in Scenes from a Friendship at Nottingham Playhouse. Photo by Pamela Raith. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Scenes from a Friendship by Jane Upton.

ALT Top photo: Katie Redford and Benedict Salter in Scenes from a Friendship at Nottingham Playhouse. Photo by Pamela Raith. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Scenes from a Friendship by Jane Upton.

1
3
348
Production 📸 by Pamela Raith.
243
'Raw and affecting' ★★★★ Everything Theatre 'A delicious concoction of humour, wit, heart' ★★★★ Theatre Weekly I'm Not Being Funny by NHB author Piers Black is now playing @bushtheatre. Get your playscript copies at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/im-not-b…
Top photo: Jerome Yates and Tia Bannon in I'm Not Being Funny at Bush Theatre Studio, London. Photo by Richard Lakos. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of I'm Not Being Funny by Piers Black.

ALT Top photo: Jerome Yates and Tia Bannon in I'm Not Being Funny at Bush Theatre Studio, London. Photo by Richard Lakos. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of I'm Not Being Funny by Piers Black.

1
1
290
Production 📸 by Richard Lakos.
190
As May draws to a close, we’re taking a moment to look back at the eleven brilliant plays we’ve published this month! 🎭 Learn more about them – along with the rest of our recent publications – on our website: nickhernbooks.co.uk/new-titl…
2
184
'A superb stage thriller... hugely enjoyable' ★★★★ Time Out 'Magnificent' ★★★★★ Theatre & Tonic Sherlock Holmes by NHB author Joel Horwood is now playing @OpenAirTheatre. Get your playscript copies at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/sherlock…
Top photo: The cast of Sherlock Holmes at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London. Photo by Tristram Kenton. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Sherlock Holmes by Joel Horwood.

ALT Top photo: The cast of Sherlock Holmes at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London. Photo by Tristram Kenton. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Sherlock Holmes by Joel Horwood.

1
1
362
Production 📸 by Tristram Kenton.
237
'Touching and truthful... Affectingly elegiac yet full of warm humour... both intimate and poignant' ★★★★★ The Stage Eclipse by NHB author John Morton is now playing at Chichester Festival Theatre. Get your playscript copies at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/eclipse
Top photo: Rupert Penry-Jones and Sarah Parish in Eclipse at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre. Photo by Ellie Kurttz. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Eclipse by John Morton.

ALT Top photo: Rupert Penry-Jones and Sarah Parish in Eclipse at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre. Photo by Ellie Kurttz. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of Eclipse by John Morton.

1
3
349
Production 📸 by Ellie Kurttz.
202
'Remarkable... the West End hit of the year' ★★★★★ Telegraph 'Astonishing… Pickett’s play is a tour de force ★★★★★ Time Out 1536 by NHB author Ava Pickett is now playing @Ambtheatre. Get your playscript copies at the venue or online: nickhernbooks.co.uk/1536-wes…
Top photo: Tanya Reynolds, Siena Kelly and Liv Hill in 1536 at the Ambassadors Theatre, London. Photo by Helen Murray. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of 1536 by Ava Pickett.

ALT Top photo: Tanya Reynolds, Siena Kelly and Liv Hill in 1536 at the Ambassadors Theatre, London. Photo by Helen Murray. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of 1536 by Ava Pickett.

1
1
352
Production 📸 by Helen Murray.
176
Load more