National Theatre Connections – Gulbenkian Young Company
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.
We have now finished casting for ‘Find a Partner’ by Miriam Battye. Thankyou to everyone who auditioned!
Check out our social media feeds to keep uptodate with the production:
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In 2015, the Gulbenkian Youth Company were one of only ten groups selected to perform on the Olivier Stage with their production of The Edelweiss Pirates.
In 2019 they were again one of only ten groups selected to perform at the National Theatre, on the Dorfman Stage, with their production of Ageless.
Productions:
2016 – What Are They Like?
2017 – Zero for the Young Dudes
2018 – The Changing Room
2019 – Ageless
2020 – The Marxist in Heaven
2021 – Find a Partner
Email: creativeengagement@kent.ac.uk if you have any questions!
Funded by ART31 KENT
ART31KENT is a youth leadership project funded through Gulbenkian’s NPO status, granted by Arts Council England, in addition to funding from Kent County Council.
ART31 takes its name from Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, which states that ‘Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities’.
See below for our other ART31 groups!