Nick Hern Books

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Shepherd’s Bush, London nickhernbooks.co.uk Joined November 2010

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Nick Hern Books @NickHernBooks Jun 11

'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-the-shad…

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.

Nick Hern Books @NickHernBooks Jun 10

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-colour-…

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.

Nick Hern Books @NickHernBooks Jun 10

'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-word-2026

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.

Nick Hern Books @NickHernBooks Jun 4

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/mentoring

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

Nick Hern Books @NickHernBooks Jun 1

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