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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.

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.

A new play from the writer of King Charles III. Full of the warmth, wit and heartbreak of Christmas, Snowflake is an epic story about generational conflict, fathers and daughters, and whether we're living in the best or worst of times.

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.

Patience is running out, times have changed. And progress isn't enough. Black British. African American. Here. There. Now. Snapshots of lives, snapshots of experiences of protest; violence vs non-violence, direct action vs demonstrations, ear for eye follows characters navigating their way through society today.

A powerfully dramatic play about Charles Darwin's voyage on board HMS Beagle - an adventure that changed not only his own life, but also the history of the entire world.

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.

In Shangri-La, her first full-length play, Amy Ng lays bare the contradictions and private pain of cultural tourism.

Poetic, unpredictable and explosive, Stef Smith's play Enough is a fragmentary and intense journey into female friendship and unearths what happens when you can no longer be the woman people want.

A powerful comedy-drama about a family gathering at Thanksgiving, from a gifted young American playwright. Winner of four Tony Awards for 2016, including Best Play.

Georgia Christou's play How To Spot An Alien is ideal for space cadets age five and up to watch, read and perform. It was first produced in 2018 by Paines Plough in their pop-up theatre, Roundabout, in a co-production with Theatr Clwyd.

Two plays from the talented winner of the Stewart Parker Trust Award.

Crackling with anger, humour and authenticity, Ed Edwards' play The Political History of Smack and Crack chronicles the fallout for communities crushed by the heroin epidemic at the height of Thatcherism.

The only two children born in a North Yorkshire village for a generation cannot imagine ever being apart, but as their lives shift, so too do the ties that bind them. A contemporary, lyrical love story, Blackthorn explores the changes and choices that pull us from the places and people we love.

A night of debauchery and delicate connection in a play set in the city that never sleeps.

Using Shakespeare's orginal lines, alongside new text, Jeanie O'Hare retells The Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the extraordinary Margaret of Anjou.

A one-man musical comedy about a fifteen-year-old boy who finds himself in deep water when he joins a synchronised swimming team, even though he can't swim.

A satire on yuppie moral and emotional bankruptcy and a bleak, black comedy thriller.

Just in time for Christmas, the distinguished historian and thespian, Desmond Olivier Dingle and his assistant Raymond Box, bring us their version of the greatest story ever told. Thrill at the mystery of the virgin birth, gasp at the miracles, and be moved by the Sermon on the Hill.

A play with live music, waltzing and unexpected connections, exploring how we return, resettle and adapt.

A funny, touching and thought-provoking comedy drama about the members of a village choir.

Kate Bowen's taut, funny and powerful play follows three pioneering young women in the world's most dangerous workplace.

A riotous celebration of sisterhood, showing that while life may throw up unexpected turbulence, friendships will last the course.

A tense, revealing play that explores what it means to care for one another and asks who, in a time of increasing disconnect, we expect to look after us.