NT Connections Festival

Connections is the National Theatre's annual festival of new plays for youth theatres and schools. It gives young people the experience of professional theatre-making.  Their experience mirrors that of a company producing a new play in any theatre in the country. They create marketing campaigns, design sets and costumes, operate lighting and sound boards, stage manage their performances. Each year, the Connection team travel the length and breadth of the country to support and encourage the participants - the drama teachers and the youth theatre directors who take on the challenge of staging a new play, and the youth theatre companies. Each year, we are thrilled by the skill, creativtiy, commitment and passion that go into each production, often on a shoestring budget and  rehearsal schedule carved out around school commitments.

5.30pm - Ysgol Abeconwy: 'The Changing Room'  by Chris Bush.

6.15pm - Aberystwyth Arts Centre Youth Theatre: 'The Ceasefire Babies'  by Fiona Doyle.

7pm - Christ College Becon: 'These Bridges'  by Phoebe Eclair Powell.