Join us for Day Two of this years National Theatre Connections Festival!

Performing will be Houselights from Chatham and Clarendon, with their production of Sycamore Gap and also Towers School and Sixthform with their production of Britney’s Lock.

Please note that this may not be the order the shows will be performed in. Your ticket will cover the entire evening.

The evening will begin at 6pm and will finish by 9pm. There will be an interval between the two performances where we ask audiences to leave the auditorium.

We have a special ticket offer for schools and community groups, for more information please email boxoffice@kent.ac.uk

Sycamore Gap by Al Smith, performed by Houselights

A whodunnit about the felling of the Robin Hood Tree at Sycamore Gap. Set on the day after the felling, the local police are ‘in school’ conducting an investigation. The twelve members of the school’s eco-club are held in a classroom, being taken out and interviewed one by one, until the culprit cracks and confesses. While they wait for their turn, the pupils interrogate each other.

Who could have done something so monstrous? What possible motivation could they have had? What impact will it have on their club and their community, now that the tree is gone? And will it be possible for any of them to move on?

• Recommended for ages: 14+
  Content guidance:
  o Some references to violence and brutality
  o Allusions to porn addiction
  o Themes or references to the climate emergency, cancer, anxiety, panic attacks,
  and police brutality

Britney’s Lock by Alexandra Wood – performed by Towers School and Sixthform

When Ruby acquires a lock of Britney Spears’ hair as a relic to help her stay calm during her GCSE mocks, her friends dismiss it, but one by one they feel its power and want a piece of it, until it is destroyed. This funny play about how we cope in stressful situations, explores the power of belief and friendship.

• Recommended for ages: 14+
  Content guidance:
  o Mild sexual references
  o One use of strong language (an alternative is offered in the notes section of the
  text)
  o Themes of anxiety