The Cottesloe theatre hosts some of the plays in this year’s New Connections festival.

New Connections is an annual initiative in which the National Theatre commissions several writers to write new plays for and about young people. The plays are performed by school and youth groups up and down the UK before one group for each play is selected to perform their production at the National Theatre. 

This year’s plays feature tales of attraction, rejection, loyalty, loss, magic, mischief and the familiar ups and downs of first friendships. For more details on individual shows please visit www.nt-online.org

The line up is:

1 July

A Handbag, by Anthony Horowitz. Performed by More House School

The Dummy Tree, by Conor Mitchell. Performed by St Monicas RC High School

2 July

Trammel,  by Michael Lesslie. Performed by Dukeries Community College

Dirty Dirty Princess, by Georgia Fitch. Performed by Debden Park High School

3 July

The Things She Sees, by Ben Power, based on the novel by Charles Boyle. Performed by The Dukes Youth Theatre

The Seance, by Anthony Neilson. Performed by The Moat School

4 July

The Vikings And Darwin, by David Mamet. Performed by The King’s School

Six Parties, by William Boyd. Performed by South Thames College