The National Theatre are planning to celebrate 30 years of National Theatre Connections with 5,500 young people performing from over 270 youth theatre companies and schools across the UK.
National Theatre Connections, one of the theatre’s flagship educational initiatives, is a nationwide youth theatre festival that sees youth groups performing news plays on stage in numerous locations in the UK.
This year, in April and May, young people are performing one of ten new plays specially commissioned with youth performers in mind at one of 33 regional theatre locations, including Theatre Royal Plymouth, Aberystwyth Arts Centre and Lyric Belfast Theatre. Of the 270 youth theatre companies, ten groups will be selected to perform their play on the Dorfman stage as part of the National Theatre Connections Festival in June.
‘I really enjoyed working alongside others that I wasn’t used to,’ said a student of NT Connections in 2024. ‘Not only did we perform something with a strong message, but throughout the process I was able to build friendships and connections.’
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