National Theatre Connections 2024

The National Theatre Connections Festival is a celebration of young people, theatre and the importance of access to the arts. Each year the National Theatre commissions a collection of new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some of the UK’s most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow.

Royal & Derngate hosts the largest and most diverse of the regional festivals that take place across the
country, and we are delighted to welcome hundreds of young people to Northampton again this April. Groups from across the region will perform a host of exciting new plays, including Age Is Revolting by Abi Zakarian, Shout by Alex Zegerman, Replica by Titus Halder, Windrush/Gen. by Mojisola Adebayo, Kiss, Marry, PushOffCliff by Josh Azouz, Sad Club by Luke Barnes with Music by Adam Pleeth, Orchestra by Charlie Josephine, The Periodicals by Siân Owen and Back In The Day by Yasmeen Khan.

Royal and Derngate’s own Young Company: Acting Group will be taking part in the festival performing The Periodicals by Siân Owen on Mon 11 – Tue 12 March. Click here to book.

Please note National Theatre Connections plays do contain some swearing and themes of an adult nature.