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National Theatre Connections 2026: Eight Plays for Young Performers

National Theatre Connections 2026: Eight Plays for Young Performers

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Author: The Royal National Theatre; Wood, Alexandra (playwright, UK); Blakeman, Helen (playwright, UK); Gray

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Pages: 464

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Expected publication date: 2026-06-11

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Save 20% when you pre-order a copy of Connections 2026. Discount applied automatically at checkout.

National Theatre Connections 2026 draws together eight new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights. 

These are plays for a generation of theatre-makers who want to ask questions, challenge assertions and test boundaries, and for those who love to invent and imagine a world of possibilities.

The plays offer young performers an engaging and diverse range of material to perform, read or study. Wrestling with themes like the Youth Custody Service, conspiracy, the climate crisis, exam pressure, grief and friendship, this collection lays bare a rich and complex terrain in which students can fully immerse themselves, explore and discover.

This 2026 anthology represents the full set of eight plays offered by the National Theatre's 2026 programme, as well as comprehensive workshop notes that give insights and inspiration for building characters, running rehearsals and staging a production.