Connections celebrates great new writing for the stage – and the energy, commitment and talent of young theatre-makers.
This year is the 21st anniversary of Connections. 500 youth theatre companies and 10,000 young people from every corner of the UK, working with 41 partner theatres, will perform twelve outstanding plays drawn from the 150 works written for young people since the festival began in 1995.
Theatre Royal Stratford East are pleased to present the following plays as a series of double bills
National Theatre Connections Festival Schedule
Tues 10 May :
Blackout – performed by Platform
Guest Performance from Young and Talented
Wed 11 May:
Blackout by Davey Anderson, performed by NT Company, Theatre Royal Stratford East
It Snows by Bryony Lavery and Frantic Assembly, performed by Cardinal Pole school
Thur 12 May:
Bassett by James Graham, performed by Shenfield High School
Blackout by Davey Anderson, performed by Marshall’s Park School
Fri 13 May
Gargantua by Carl Grose, performed by Redbridge Drama Centre
Eclipse by Simon Armitage, performed by Sir John Cass Redcoat School
Sat 14 May
Eclipse by Simon Armitage, performed by Barking & Dagenham College
Blackout by Davey Anderson, performed by NT Company, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Eclipse Sir John Cass Redcoat
Blackout Marshalls Park
Gargantua Redbridge Drama Centre
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