The National Theatre Connections festival is a celebration of young people, theatre-making, and the importance of access to the arts, which is why Reading Rep is proud to be hosting this festival for a second year.

Each year The National Theatre commission ten new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some of the most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow. Every year, 300 youth theatre companies and over 6,000 young people from every corner of the UK are producing a Connections play this year.

This year’s productions are; 

9 May 2023 Alderwood School

10 May 2023 ILEX Theatre

11 May 2023 Cox Green School and Mishmak Youth Theatre

12 May 2023 Through The Wardrobe and Langley Academy

13 May 2023 Proteus Theatre