NT Connections is the National Theatre’s nationwide youth theatre festival. Each year it offers a unique opportunity for youth theatres and school theatre groups to stage new plays written for young people by some of theatre’s most exciting playwrights, and to perform in leading theatres across the UK.
NT Connections is the National Theatre’s nationwide youth theatre festival. Each year it offers a unique opportunity for youth theatres and school theatre groups to stage new plays written for young people by some of theatre’s most exciting playwrights, and to perform in leading theatres across the UK.
Each year an auditioned cast and backstage crew, aged 13-19, create their own production for the National Theatre Connections Festival, performing at the Gulbenkian and then another Partner Theatre venue!
We are also proud hosts as a Partner Theatre venue, inviting school groups and youth theatres get to come and perform at Gulbenkian, as part of their festival!
NT Connections Festival Day 1
Wed 22 Apr, 6pm
Performing will be Rainham Mark Grammar School with their production of Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth, and also FSG with their production of Cloud Busting.
NT Connections Festival Day 2
Thu 23 Apr, 6pm
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.
NT Connections Festival Day 3
Fri 24 Apr, 6pm
Performing will be Holcombe Grammar School with their production of Sycamore Gap and also Dane Court Grammar School with their production of The Animals.
NT Connections Festival Day 4
Sun 26 Apr, 6pm
Performing will be Trinity Youth Theatre with their production of Ride or Die and also Spotlight Acting with their production of Fishville.
