National Theatre Connections 2023
National Theatre Connections 2023 draws together ten new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights. These are plays for a generation of theatre-makers who want to ask questions, challenge assertions and test the boundaries, and for those who love to invent and imagine a world of possibilities.
The plays offer young performers an engaging and diverse range of material to perform, read or study. Touching on themes like climate change, politics, toxic masculinity and gang culture, the collection provides topical, pressing subject matter for students to explore in their performance.
This 2023 anthology represents the full set of ten plays offered by the National Theatre 2023 Festival, as well as comprehensive workshop notes that give insights and inspiration for building characters, running rehearsals and staging a production.
Simon Longman is a playwright from the West Midlands.
Lisa McGee, an award-winning screenwriter and playwright from Derry, is the creator, writer and executive producer of the acclaimed Derry Girls.
Leo Butler is an award-winning playwright.
Jordan Tannahill is a novelist, playwright, and director of film and theatre.
Avaes Mohammad's scripts have chronicled post 9/11 multicultural Britain and represented the challenges of young people in the UK.
Jon Brittain is a playwright, television writer and director.
Molly Taylor is a writer & theatre-maker from Liverpool.
Shamser Sinha writes about people at the wrong end of money, fortune and the wars we fight.
Ed Harris is an award-winning, dyslexic playwright, poet and comedy writer based in Brighton.
Alison Carr is a playwright and radio dramatist.