NT Connections

Plays commissioned for the National Theatre's annual Connections Festival, and written specifically for young people to perform.

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Burying Your Brother in the Pavement

By Jack Thorne

2-6f 3-22m

A play about grief and looking at someone that little bit more closely. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2008 National Theatre Connections Festival, and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.

The Changing Room

By Chris Bush

flexible, any size, any gender

A play about being a teenager, written specifically for young people, part of the 2018 National Theatre Connections Festival.

Chaos

By Laura Lomas

flexible, any size, any gender

A symphony of characters searching for meaning in a complicated and unstable world. Part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.

Is My Microphone On?

By Jordan Tannahill

Ensemble of any size, ideally 7+ performers

An urgent and lyrical play from a leading Canadian playwright, about young people questioning the choices that have been made, and the ones that they will yet be forced to make.

The IT

By Vivienne Franzmann

Flexible (5 or more, no maximum, any gender)

A darkly comic state-of-the-nation play exploring adolescent mental health and the rage within. Winner of the Best Play for Young Audiences Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2023.

Pronoun

By Evan Placey

5f 4m, 5 f or m

A love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean - commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.

Remote

By Stef Smith

4f 2m plus 1 f or m, plus non-speaking extras

A play about protest, power and protecting yourself. Part of the 2015 National Theatre Connections Festival.

Same

By Deborah Bruce

4-8f 2-5m

A play exporing the apparent gulf between the young and old, commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

Shout

By Alexis Zegerman

Flexible casting (20+ named characters)

A funny, moving drama about anxiety, celebrating difference, and finding your voice as a teenager. Part of the 2024 National Theatre Connections Festival.

The Small Hours

By Katherine Soper

8f/m plus up to 16 additional small roles

A National Theatre Connections play about teenagers, nightlife, and the small choices that have momentous consequences.

Stuff

By Tom Wells

5f 4m (playing ages 13-17)

A play about friendship and loss – and the way people try to do the right thing for their mates when there isn't really a right thing to do. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.

Tuesday

With a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth

By Alison Carr Translated by Daf James

Any number and gender (basic minimum of 5f 4m)

A funny and playful drama written specifically for young people, about what happens when the world literally turns upside-down. Bilingual edition: includes the original English play with a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth, by playwright Daf James.