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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

2 days left of @bushtheatre submissions. What happened for writers last year you ask? Well! 💚 100 x email feed… https://t.co/VsRd2AgvD8
Deirdre O'Halloran
@deirdre_OH
14 Dec
🎵Simply havin a wonderful Bushmas time! 🎶 https://t.co/7hU0Kz7Vsx
Deirdre O'Halloran
@deirdre_OH
13 Dec
Also highly recommended: #TheArrival @bushtheatre, an absorbingly spare, tense & poignant 2-hander abt long-separat… https://t.co/q83MYdwUXi
Kate Bassett
@katebassett001
13 Dec
Also highly recommended: #TheArrival @bushtheatre, an absorbingly spare, tense & poignant 2-hander abt long-separat… https://t.co/q83MYdwUXi
Kate Bassett
@katebassett001
13 Dec
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ava wong davies 🌹
@avawongdavies
12 Dec
And on the 12th day of Christmas, we're here to celebrate - our 12 producing partners! And a high five from Team Hi… https://t.co/s7d8JlE1uP
HighTide Theatre
@_HighTide_
12 Dec

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Lauren Clancy: “What can our next government do for the arts?”
10 Dec

In two days’ time the country will head to the polls to decide who our next government will be. While this will be a pivotal moment for the nation in many ways, at the Bush we are keenly aware of the shared responsibility of the sector to ensure arts and culture sit firm on our…

Bijan Sheibani: Drama is a means of finding our truer selves
18 Nov

I have been asked in the past whether male vulnerability is a running theme in my work.  Barber Shop Chronicles and The Brothers Size, two plays I recently directed, and my play The Arrival, all look at the way men open themselves up to one another and the difficulties men have in doing that. They also explore to varying degrees…

Essential facts about Bijan Sheibani
11 Nov

This autumn we’re preparing for the World Premiere of The Arrival which sees Award-Winning director Bijan Sheibani make his debut as a playwright. As we prepare to open this gripping family drama about two brothers meeting for the first time, we wanted give you some essential facts about the mastermind behind this show. Bijan is…