Nut: NHB Modern Plays

Elayne doesn't want company but company won't leave her alone. Everyone's got an opinion but no one's listening and things are starting to slip.

nut premiered at The Shed at the National Theatre in October 2013, directed by the author.

"Provocative, touching, darkly humorous... its understated power is remarkable." - Time Out

"Masterly... deeply concerned, caring and powerful." - Financial Times

"Throbs with feeling... flecked with humour and poetry." - Evening Standard

"Mesmerising, even terrifying... this is pure, potent theatrical intensity." - Metro

"Sharp, spiky, subtle." - The Arts Desk

debbie tucker green is an award-winning playwright. Her plays include random, truth and reconciliation, stoning mary (all Royal Court), generations (Young Vic) and born bad (Hampstead Theatre), for which she won the Olivier Award for Most Promising Playwright. She made her directoral debut with a Channel 4 TV adaptation of her play random, which won the 2012 BAFTA for Best Single Drama.