Tag: new writing

The National Theatre Connections Festival 2019 Line Up

The largest youth theatre festival is back! The NT Connections festival takes ten new plays commission specifically for the festival and lets theatre companies from schools across the country perform them on a National stage. I attended the festival for the first time last year as a group from my sixth form were performing (you…

June 11, 2019
Cuckoo @ Soho Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/cuckoo/ Booking until: 8th December 2018 Production Photos by: David Gill Set in a small town in Ireland, Cuckoo follows best friends Iona and Pingu who have had enough of the bullying from the kids in their town. So they decide to emigrate to London for a new life. But…

November 19, 2018
National Theatre 2018 Connections Festival

The National Theatre Connections Festival is an annual event where ten schools and emerging theatre companies are invited to perform ten new plays specifically written for 13-19 year olds on one of Britain’s most famous stages. Throughout the entire festival, the festival has seen over 6,500 young people taking part in all aspects of a…

June 27, 2018
Moormaid @ Arcola Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/event/moormaid/ Running until: 19th May 2018 Production photos by: Anika Wagner Although the show has a short run time of just 95 minutes, Marion Bott’s play Moormaid tries to pack an emotive punch in order to drive the story along. At the start of the play we meet art teacher Melissa…

April 26, 2018
Dust @ Soho Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/dust/ Production photos by: The Other Richard Running until: 17th March. TW: Suicide After being dubbed as the next Phoebe Waller-Bridge, its easy to see why after watching this expertly written solo play Dust at the Soho Theatre. Milly Thomas stars as Alice, a young girl who has just committed suicide.…

February 26, 2018