Night Time (NHB Modern Plays)

A hypnotic noir thriller set in a beguiling world of dream, danger and fantasy.

Stepping out of her home, away from her husband, Chris goes looking for help. Waiting in the darkness are other men. Men who want to listen. Nice men. Men who want all sorts of things.

Selma Dimitrijevic's play Night Time was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 2007.

'Unfolds like a thriller, gradually offering hints and clues in a language that twitches and shivers with possibility' - Guardian

'A chilling, sobering and unsettling debut' - Scotland on Sunday

Auteur

Selma Dimitrijevic is a playwright, director and artistic director of international touring company Greyscale. In 2018 she was dramaturg on the new production of Sting's musical The Last Ship which opened at Northern Stage to great acclaim. As a librettist she developed a contemporary chamber opera for Aldeburgh 2018 with composer Emily Howard and adapted a new version of Berenice for the Royal Opera House, directed by Adele Thomas. As a writer, she has been commissioned by companies including 7:84, The Traverse, Bath Theatre Royal, Northern Stage, Dundee Rep and Oran Mor. She specialises in radical adaptations of classic texts, having adapted both Hedda Gabler and Dr Frankenstein, the latter of which enjoyed a successful UK tour.