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NT Connections 2019

Bringing together some of the UK's most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow

Each year the National Theatre commissions ten new plays for young people to perform. 300 youth theatre companies and over 6,000 young people from every corner of the UK are producing a Connections play this year. Ten companies will come to the National Theatre with their productions of plays by Luke Barnes, Rob Drummond, Katie Hims, Dawn King, Benjamin Kuffour, Ndell Leyshon,  Lajaune Lincoln & Ben Baily Smith, Laura Lomas, Katherine Soper and Tom Wells.

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@bushtheatre

What if your best friend stood between you and greatness? Fair Play is the gritty new play from Olivier Award nomi… https://t.co/v1f6lIGdU9
Bush Theatre
@bushtheatre
26 Nov
“I’m going to explain what the climate emergency means to us practically from the perspective of a young Black man… https://t.co/m4yIP9PkxP
Complicité
@Complicite
17 Oct
Just a reminder the playwrights Christmas Party is on Sunday 12th December at the Bush theatre in the evening. Come along!
Luke Barnes.
@lukeybarnesy
26 Nov
@bushtheatre Nooooooo you stopppppp 😍
Holly the Morley’s Sket
@AdomahHolly
26 Nov
Book to see this absolute knock-out. The script had my jaw on the floor. the drama! the stakes! the incredible repr… https://t.co/JpYnUhsCVV
Shannon
@Shannon_Tasha
26 Nov
Omg just 😍 @bushtheatre always come through with their trailers and digital marketing! https://t.co/ikFZEx1fL7
Holly the Morley’s Sket
@AdomahHolly
26 Nov

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Conversations, dispatches and ideas from the Bush Theatre.

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Shahid Iqbal Khan x Kash Arshad | In Conversation
28 Oct

Writer of 10 Nights, Shahid Iqbal Khan, sits down with director Kash Arshad at the Bush Script Library.  They chat about the making of 10 Nights, the themes and inspirations for the characters, and what it’s like to work with integrated creative access. 10 Nights is running until 13 Nov. Tickets are available from just…

Kash Arshad x Jenny Sealey | In Conversation
11 Oct

 Kash Arshad, director of 10 Nights, and Jenny Sealey, Artistic Director of Graeae, sit down at the Bush to chat. They discuss all things 10 Nights – the process of making, the changes to the show, and the ways they have experimented with integrated creative access.  Last week, Graeae, Tamasha and the Bush announced…

Get to know… Shahid Iqbal Khan
29 Sep

Ahead of his play 10 NIGHTS, we caught up with the very lovely human, playwright Shahid Iqbal Khan. Shahid is an alumnus of Graeae’s Write To Play programme in 2018. His plays include The Smile of Despair and Stardust (both with Phizzical Productions) and he recently wrote a short piece Never Been Away for Tara Theatre. What’s the best thing about being a…