Connections 2023
Booking and details
Dorfman Theatre
National Theatre
South Bank
London SE1 9PX
Connections is the National Theatre’s annual, nationwide youth theatre festival. The programme has been established for 29 years with a celebrated history of championing the talent of young people from across the UK.
Every year, we commission ten new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some of the UK’s most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow. We work with just over 260 youth companies and over 6,000 young people annually from every corner of the UK.
Performed 20 — 24 June 2023 in the 20 - 24 June.
(Circle Dreams Around) The Terrible, Terrible Past
by Simon Longman
Performed by Ilkley Players Greenroom, West Yorkshire
Tuesday 20 June, 7pm
Old Times
by Molly Taylor
Performed by Bourne Academy, Lincolnshire
Tuesday 20 June, 8:30pm
Is This Good Enough?
by Avaes Mohammad
Performed by Eastbury Drama Group, Barking
Wednesday 21 June, 7pm
The Heights
by Lisa McGee
Performed by St Brendan’s Sixth Form College, Bristol
Wednesday 21 June, 8:30pm
Tuesday
by Alison Carr
Performed by Plough Youth Theatre, North Devon
Thursday 22 June, 7pm
Innocent Creatures
by Leo Butler
Performed by The Boaty Theatre Company, Ellesmere Port
Thursday 22 June, 8:30pm
Model Behaviour
by Jon Brittain
Performed by St Thomas the Apostle School and Sixth Form, Peckham
Friday 23 June, 7pm
Samphire
by Shamser Sinha
Performed by Aberystwyth Arts Centre Youth Theatre
Friday 23 June, 8:30pm
Strangers Like Me
by Ed Harris
Performed by Crescent Arts Youth Theatre, Belfast
Saturday 24 June, 7pm
Is My Microphone On?
by Jordan Tannahill
Performed by Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Canterbury
Saturday 24 June, 8:30pm
Suitability
Please note that each production in the Connections 2023 festival has different age recommendations. The plays deal with a range of themes. For full details on each production, please visit the individual play pages (links below), or download the Connections 2023 Self-Care Kit (PDF 221 KB)
Ticket prices and Assisted performances
Tickets
£5 per performance
£8 for two performances on the same evening
Access
All 7pm performances are captioned.
Our funders
The Mohn Westlake Foundation supports nationwide Learning programmes for young people.
Connections is supported by The Mohn Westlake Foundation, Buffini Chao Foundation, Bank of America, The EBM Charitable Trust, Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, Katie Bradford Arts Trust, Susan Miller and Byron Grote, The Broughton Family Charitable Trust, Mulberry Trust, The Peter Cundill Foundation, The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust and The John Thaw Foundation.
Nationwide learning is supported by Buffini Chao Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, Clore Duffield Foundation, Tim and Sarah Bunting, Behrens Foundation, Cleopatra Trust and Milton Grundy Foundation.