Connections (also referred to as New Connections and formerly Shell Connections and BT Connections) is the Royal National Theatre in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

's annual youth theatre festival. It was founded in 1995 and sponsored by

Royal Dutch Shell Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New Yo ...

until 2007 when the Bank of America took over the sponsorship. The plays are also published by the National Theatre each year.

Scheme

The National Theatre annually commissions ten plays from established playwrights which are performed by youth theatre groups across the UK. Groups are invited to perform at Connections Festivals held at a professional theatre in their area. A random performance group from each play is then performed at the end of the Festival at the National Theatre.

Professional productions

Several of the specially commissioned Connection plays have been professionally produced at the National Theatre. In 1999 '' Sparkleshark'' was performed. In 2006 three were produced; ''Burn'' by Deborah Gearing, ''Chatroom'' by

Enda Walsh Enda Walsh (born 1967) is an Irish playwright. Biography Enda Walsh was born in Kilbarrack, North Dublin on February 7, 1967. His father ran a furniture shop and his mother had been an actress. He is the second youngest of six children. Wal ...

and ''Citizenship'' by

Mark Ravenhill Mark Ravenhill (born 7 June 1966) is an English playwright, actor and journalist. Ravenhill is one of the most widely performed playwrights in British theatre of the late-twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His major plays include ''Shoppin ...

were performed in 2006; the latter two were revived in 2007 when they also toured. In 2008 ''Baby Girl'' by Roy Williams, ''DNA'' by

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and ''The Miracle'' by Lin Coghlan also received professional productions in the Cottesloe.

Commissioned plays

2022

*Cable Street by Lisa Goldman *Chat Back by David Judge *Find a Partner! by Miriam Battye *Hunt by Fionnuala Kennedy *Like There’s No Tomorrow, created by the Belgrade Young Company with Justine Themen, Claire Procter and Liz Mytton *The Ramayana Reset by Ayeesha Menon, with choreography by Hofesh Shechter, in association with Hofesh Shechter Company *Remote by Stef Smith *Superglue by Tim Crouch *Variations by Katie Hims *You don't need to make a Big Song and Dance out of it by Abbey Wright, Shireen Mula and Matt Regan, in association with Tackroom Theatre

2019

*Ageless by Benjamin Kuffuor *Chaos by Laura Lomas *Class by Doc Brown & Lajuane Lincoln *Flesh by Rob Drummond *Salt by Dawn King *The Small Hours by Katherine Soper *Stuff by Tom Wells *terra/earth by Nell Leyshon, with Choreography by Anthony Missen *The Sad Club by Luke Barnes, with Music by Adam Pleeth *Variations by Katie Himms Source -

2018

*BLANK by

Alice Birch Alice Birch is a British playwright and screenwriter. Birch has written several plays, including ''Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.'' for which she was awarded the George Devine Award for Most Promising New Playwright, and ''Anatomy of a Suicide' ...

*The Blue Electric Wind by Brad Birch *The Changing Room by Chris Bush *The Free-9 by In-Sook Chappell *The Ceasefire Babies by Fiona Doyle *These Bridges by

Phoebe Eclair-Powell Phoebe Eclair-Powell (born 1990) is a British playwright from South-East London. Her plays include ''WINK'' (Theatre503) and ''One Under'' (Pleasance Below). As an actress, she appeared in Peckham: The Soap Opera at the Royal Court. Her play Fu ...

*When They Go Low by Natalie Mitchell *Want by

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*The Sweetness of a Sting by Chinonyerem Odimba *Dungeness by Chris Thompson Source -

2017

*Three by Harriet Braun *"#YOLO" by Matthew Bulgo *FOMO by Suhayla El-Bushra *Status Update by

Tim Etchells Tim Etchells (born 1962) is an English artist and writer based in Sheffield and London. Etchells is the artistic director of Forced Entertainment, an experimental performance company founded in 1984. He has published several works of fiction, ...

*Musical Differences by

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*Extremism by

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*The School Film by

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*Zero for the Young Dudes! by

Alistair McDowall Alistair McDowall is an English playwright who grew up in Great Broughton, North Yorkshire, Great Broughton in North Yorkshire. His play ''Brilliant Adventures'' was awarded a Bruntwood Prize in 2011. His plays include ''The Glow'', ''all of it'' ...

*The Snow Dragons by Lizzie Nunnery *The Monstrum by Kellie Smith

2016

*Bassett by James Graham *Bedbug by

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& Guy Pratt *Blackout by Davey Anderson *Citizenship by

*Children of Killers by

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*Eclipse by

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*Gargantua by Carl Grose *I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here by Stacey Gregg *It Snows by

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& Steven Hoggett for

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*The Musicians by

*Take Away by Jackie Kay *What Are They Like? By

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2015

*Drama, Baby by

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*Hood by

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*The Boy Preference by Elinor Cook and performed by Best Theatre Arts from St Albans, Hertfordshire *The Edelweiss Pirates by Ayub Khan Din *Follow, Follow by Katie Douglas and performed by The St Ives Youth Theatre from Cambridgeshire *The Accordion Shop by

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*Hacktivists by Ben Ockrent *Hospital Food by

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*Remote by Stef Smith *The Crazy Sexy Cool Girls' Fan Club by

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2014

*A Letter to Lacey by Catherine Johnson *Angels by

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*A Shop Selling Speech by

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*Hearts by

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*Horizon by Matt Hartley *Pronoun by Evan Placey *Same by Deborah Bruce *The Wardrobe by Sam Holcroft *Tomorrow by Simon Vinnicombe

2013

*The Guffin by Howard Brenton *Mobile Phone Show by

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*What Are They Like? by

*We Lost Elijah by Ryan Craig *I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here by Stacey Gregg *Tomorrow I'll Be Happy by Jonathan Harvey *Soundclash by

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*Don't Feed the Animals by

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*Ailie and the Alien by Morna Pearson *Forty-Five Minutes by Anya Reiss

2012

*Victim Sidekick Boyfriend Me by Hilary Bell *Socialism Is Great by

*So You Think You're A Superhero? by Paven Virk *Prince of Denmark by Michael Lesslie *The Ritual by

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*Little Foot by

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*Journey To X by

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*The Grandfathers by

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*Generation Next by

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*Alice By Heart by

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2011

*Bassett by James Graham *The Beauty Manifesto by Nell Leyshon *Children of Killers by

*Cloud Busting by

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adapted from the novel by

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*Frank & Ferdinand by Samuel Adamson *Gap by Alia Bano *Gargantua by Carl Grose *Shooting Truth by Molly Davies *Those Legs by Noel Clarke *Too Fast by

Douglas Maxwell Douglas Maxwell (born 1974 in Girvan) is a Scottish playwright, whose work has been performed throughout Scotland, the UK and abroad. Life & work He was born to two teachers in Girvan on the Ayrshire south-west coast of Scotland. He has one sis ...

2009

*Blackout by Davey Anderson *Dirty Dirty Princess by Georgia Fitch *The Dummy Tree by

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*A Handbag by

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*Heartbreak Beautiful by Christopher William Hill *The Heights by

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*Six Parties by William Boyd *Success by Nick Drake *The Seance by

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*The Things She Sees by

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*Trammel by Michael Lesslie *The Vikings And Darwin by

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2008

*Scenes From Family Life by

*A Vampire Story by Moira Buffini *Theatre of Debate: Blackout by Davey Anderson inspired by the stories of a young person from

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*He’s Talking by Nicholas Wright *My Face by Nigel Williams *Theatre of Debate: Big Hopes a verbatim play by Gary Owen inspired by an xl. group from The Princes Trust,

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followed by Safe by Deborah Gearing inspired by Fairbridge Southampton *Arden City by

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*The Peach Child by Anna Furse and

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*Theatre of Debate directed and devised by Jeremy Weller with young people from Fairbridge Centres in Kennington and Hackney. *The Book of Everything by Peter Tabern based on a novel by Guus Kuijer in the English translation by John Nieuwenhuizen *Fugee by

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. *It Snows by

and Frantic Assembly *Burying Your Brother in the Pavement by

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DNA

2007

*A Bridge to the Stars by

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*A Year and A Day by

Christina Reid Christina Reid (12 March 1942 – 31 May 2015) was an Irish playwright. Life Reid was born in North Belfast. She left school in 1957 and married in 1963. She enrolled at Queen's University Belfast in 1981 but winning a BBC playwrighting competit ...

*Baby Girl by Roy Williams *Red Sky by

*Ruckus in the Garden by David Farr *Scary Play by Judith Johnson *Show and Tell by Laline Paull *Black Remote by

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*DeoxyriboNucleic Acid (aka DNA) by

2006

*Pass It On by Doug Lucie *The Spider Men by Ursula Rani Sarma *Broken Hallelujah by

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*Pack Up Your Troubles by

*Shut Up by Andrew Payne *Feather Boy by Nicky Singer and Peter Tabern with lyrics by Don Black and music by

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*The Shoemaker's Incredible Wife by

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*The Miracle by Lin Coghlan *School Journey to the Centre of the Earth by

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with

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*Liar by Gregory Burke

2005

*Seventeen by

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*Blooded by Isabel Wright *Burn by Deborah Gearing *Chatroom by

*Citizenship by

*Just by

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*Lunch In Venice by

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*Mugged by Andrew Payne *Samurai by Geoffrey Case *Through The Wire a musical by Catherine Johnson

2004

*''Bedbug: The Musical'' by

with music by

and Guy Pratt *''Boat Memory'' by Laline Paull *''Dead End'' by Letizia Russo (translated by Luca Scarlini and

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) *''Discontented Winter: House Remix'' by

*''Eclipse'' by

*''Headstrong'' by

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*'' Karamazoo'' by

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(Script not included in the ''Shell Connections 2004'' anthology book. Instead the first draft of the script was available to download for free from the NT Shell Connections website. The script received a physical release in 2015 as part of Ridley's play collection '' The Storyteller Sequence''.) *'' Moonfleece'' by Philip Ridley *''The Musicians'' by

*''Where I Come From: Scenes From Abroad'' by Mike Williams and Richard Nelson *''The Willow Pattern'' by Judith Johnson

2003

* Brokenville by

*The Crossing Path by Maya Chowdhry *Dust by Sarah Daniels *The Ice Palace by

*An Island Far From Here by Laura Ruohonen *Moontel Six by Constance Congdon *Multiplex by Christopher William Hill *Purple by

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*The Queen Must Die by David Farr *Totally Over You by

2002

* Illyria by

*The Actor by

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*The Bear Table by Julian Garner *The Exam by

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*Gold by

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, Mel Marvin *Lady Cill, Lady Wad, Lady Lurve, Lady God by Kay Adshead *Nuts by

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, Luca Scarlini and Zachery James Kinney *Olive by Tasmin Oglesby *Starstone by Christian Martin *Take-Away by Jackie Kay *Team Spirit by Judy Upton

2001

* After Juliet by Sharman Macdonald * Electric Halos by Helen Adams * Emperors and Clowns by Chris Barton * Happy Endings devised by Danny Parker and Nigel Williams * Human Puppets devised by Theatre Royal Bath Young People’s Theatre company * Kids are from Mars devised by the London Bubble company * Lagna by Jez Simons * Les Juifs de Salonique… * A Peasant of El Salvador by Peter Gould, Stephen Stearns, adapted by Mick Fitzmaurice * Sunnyside by Neill Morton * Ticking by Mari Binnie * Time on Fire by Timothy Mason * Too Too Tight devised by the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre Street Art Company *

2000

1999

*After Juliet by

*Can You Keep a Secret? by

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*Devil in Drag by

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*Don't Eat Little Charlie by

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with Ursula Ehler *Early Man by Hannah Vincent *Friendly Fire by Peter Gill *Gizmo by Alan Ayckbourn *King of the Castle by

*Pilgrimage by Paul Goetzee *Taking Breath by Sarah Daniels

1998

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*Asleep Under The Dark Earth by

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*The Chysalids adapted by

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from the novel by

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*Cuba by

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*Dog House by

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*Eclipse by

*The Golden Door by David Ashton *In the Sweat by

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and Bruce McLeod *More Light by

*Shelter by

Simon Bent Simon Bent is a British screenwriter and playwright, notable for work including BBC TV drama '' Beau Brummell: This Charming Man'' (2006), the screenplay for the feature film ''Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry'' (2000), and the Joe Orton biograph ...

* Sparkleshark by

*Travel Club and Boy Soldier by

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*The Ultimate Fudge by Jane Coles

References

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