Connections Producer Introduction
Introduction by Ola Animashawun
Connections 2023 Synopses
(Circle Dreams Around) The Terrible, Terrible Past by Simon Longman
Cast size: flexible, with a suggested minimum cast size of eight; Recommended for ages 14+
Innocent Creatures by Leo Butler
Cast size: minimum of eight; Recommended for ages 15+
Is My Microphone On? by Jordan Tannahill
Cast size: minimum of seven, no maximum; Recommended for ages 13+
Is This Good Enough? by Avaes Mohammad
Cast size: Flexible cast size, with 30 named characters; Recommended for ages 13+
Model Behaviour by Jon Brittain
Cast size: nine; Suitable for all ages
Old Times by Molly Taylor
Cast size: 14; Recommended for ages 14+
Samphire by Shamser Sinha
Cast size: twenty-one characters, recommended minimum cast size of twelve; Recommended for ages 16+
Strangers Like Me by Ed Harris
Cast size: minimum of 15; Recommended for ages 14+
The Heights by Lisa McGee
Cast size: 14 named characters, minimum cast size of eight; Recommended for ages 13+
Tuesday by Alison Carr
Cast size: 9 - 50, any gender; Suitable for all ages.

Simon Longman, Lisa McGee, Leo Butler, Jordan Tannahill, Avaes Mohammad, Jon Brittain, Alison Carr, Ed Harris, Shamser Sinha, Molly Taylor

National Theatre Connections 2023 draws together ten 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 the 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. Touching on themes like climate change, politics, toxic masculinity and gang culture, the collection provides topical, pressing subject matter for students to explore in their performance.
This 2023 anthology represents the full set of ten plays offered by the National Theatre 2023 Festival, as well as comprehensive workshop notes that give insights and inspiration for building characters, running rehearsals and staging a production.