Each year, the National Theatre commissions ten new plays for young
people to perform, bringing together some of the UK's most exciting
writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow.
This 2021 pack captures the two new plays written for the 2021 festival
that are perfect for schools and youth groups to perform and study.
Written with flexibility in mind, these are perfect for exploration both
virtually and in-person, responding to the restrictions in place due to
Covid-19. It also includes National Theatre Connections 2020 anthology
which features 9 plays, 8 of which are included in the 2021 festival
performances.
The plays included in this pack are:
Find a Partner by Miriam Battye
Like There's No Tomorrow, created by the Belgrade Young Company
with Justine Themen, Claire Procter and Liz Mytton
Wind / Rush Generation(s) by Mojisola Adebayo
Tuesday by Alison Carr
A series of public apologies (in response to an unfortunate incident
in the school lavatories) by John Donnelly
THE IT by Vivienne Franzmann
The Marxist in Heaven by Hattie Naylor
Look Up by Andrew Muir
Crusaders by Frances Poet
Witches Can't Be Burned by Silva Semerciyan
Dungeness by Chris Thompson .