National Theatre Connections 2021: 11 Plays for Young People

Each year, the National Theatre commissions ten new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some of the UK's most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow.

This 2021 pack captures the two new plays written for the 2021 festival that are perfect for schools and youth groups to perform and study. Written with flexibility in mind, these are perfect for exploration both virtually and in-person, responding to the restrictions in place due to Covid-19. It also includes National Theatre Connections 2020 anthology which features 9 plays, 8 of which are included in the 2021 festival performances.

The plays included in this pack are:


Find a Partner by Miriam Battye

Like There's No Tomorrow, created by the Belgrade Young Company with Justine Themen, Claire Procter and Liz Mytton

Wind / Rush Generation(s) by Mojisola Adebayo

Tuesday by Alison Carr

A series of public apologies (in response to an unfortunate incident in the school lavatories) by John Donnelly

THE IT by Vivienne Franzmann

The Marxist in Heaven by Hattie Naylor

Look Up by Andrew Muir

Crusaders by Frances Poet

Witches Can't Be Burned by Silva Semerciyan

Dungeness by Chris Thompson .