| The Static / Blackout | Anderson, Davey | Drama/Youth | See Details | One Act | The Static - 1M, 1F, 1YM, 1YF
A coming of age tale of love, jealousy, darkness, ADHD, and… telekinesis?
Blackout - Unlimited Cast
The true story of a 15 year old charged with attempted murder and held in a secure care unit. |
| Wendy & Peter Pan | Barrie, J M / Hickson, Ella | Drama/Youth | 17M 4F plus extras | Full | A modern re-telling of the J M Barrie classic centering Wendy as the main character. |
| Speaking in Tongues | Bovell, Andrew | Drama | 2M 2F | Full | A woman disappears, and four marriages become entangled in a web of love, deceit, sex, and death. |
| Things I Know to be True | Bovell, Andrew | Drama | 3M 3F | Full | Four siblings struggle to define themselves beyond their parents' love and expectations. |
| Divided City | Breslin, Theresa | Drama/Youth | 45+ | Full | An exploration of sectarianism and racism against asylum seekers in Glasgow. |
| Notes from a Small Island | Bryson, Bill / Whitnall, Tim | Comedy | 4M 3F | Full | A young American travels through 1970s Britain experiencing the eccentricities of British life and finding themself at home. |
| The Ferryman | Butterworth, Jez | Drama | 12M 5F 1YM 3YF | Full | A thriller set in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in the 1980s. A family celebration is disrupted by a visitor bringing in themes of Republican history, politics, and identity. |
| Time Machine | Canny, Steven / Nicholson, John | Comedy | 2M 1F (can be NGS) | Full | A hilarious take on the HG Wells classic, where a group of friends find out time travel might just be real. |
| The Last Quiz Night on Earth | Carr, Alison | Comedy/Drama | 2M 2F | Full | An end of the world comedy drama, featuring an audience participatory pub quiz. |
| And Then There Were None | Christie, Agatha | Drama | 8M 3F | Full | Agatha Christie's classic where 10 people are summoned to an island and start dying one by one. |
| Hound of the Baskervilles | Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan / Canny, Steven / Nicholson, John | Comedy | 3M (can be NGS) | Full | A hilarious spoof of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic with 3 actors playing multiple parts. |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Eason, Laura | Drama | 7M 1F | Full | A new adaptation of the Jules Verne classic where Phileas Fogg races around the world to win a bet. |
| Bleak Expectations | Evans, Mark | Comedy | 6M 3F | Full | A hilarious spoof of the Dickens classic. The story Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin. |
| Let’s Murder Marsha | Ferris, Monk | Comedy | 3M 4F | Full | A murder mystery fan mistakenly suspects her husband is out to kill her with hilarious results. |
| The Ballad of Maria Marten | Flintoff, Beth | Drama | 6F | Full | A modern interpretation of the Maria Marten/Murder in the Red Barn story, with an emphasis on the character rather than the murder. |
| Accidental Death of an Anarchist | Fo, Dario / Rame, Franca / Basden, Tom | Comedy | 5M 1F | Full | Tom Basden’s adaptation of the 1970’s satire set in a police station as they prepare for a judicial review. |
| The IT | Franzmann, Vivienne | Drama/Youth | 32+ | One Act | A teenage girl battles with a metaphorical being within representing mental health issues, social media overload, and the struggle of modern life. |
| A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles / Gatiss, Mark | Drama | 7M 3F | Full | A modern re-telling of the Dickens classic with an emphasis on the ghostly. |
| Class | Golden, Iseult / Horan, David | Comedy | 2M 1F | Full | A confrontational parent-teacher conference that explores class, education, prejudice, and their effects on children. |
This Restless House - Part 1
Agamemnon’s Return | Harris, Zinnie | Drama | 8M 8F | Full | First Part of a Trilogy based on Aeschylus' Oresteia, parts 2 and 3 are contained in This Restless House (The Bough Breaks / Electra and Her Shadow) |
This Restless House - Parts 2&3
The Bough Breaks
Electra and her Shadow | Harris, Zinnie | Drama | 8M 8F | Full | Parts 2 and 3 of a Trilogy based on Aeschylus' Oresteia, part 1 being Agamemnon's Return. |
| The Incident Room | Hirst, Olivia | Drama | 4M 3F | Full | Inside the incident room during the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper in 1975. |
| Rules for Living | Holcroft, Sam | Black Comedy | 3M 4F | Full | A chaotic Christmas dinner where everyone’s rules and coping strategies are placed in full view of the audience. |
| Nora: A Dolls House | Ibsen, Henrik / Smith, Stef | Drama | 3M 3F | Full | A modern retelling of Ibsen’s Doll’s House bridging three time periods: Suffrage, Sixties, and the modern day. |
| The Wall | Jackson, D C | Drama/Youth | 2M 2F | Full | A teenage coming of age tale set during the summer in the village of Stewarton in Ayrshire. |
| The Trials | King, Dawn | Drama/Youth | 2M 1F + 12 Youth Jury | Full | A near-future courtroom drama addressing the climate emergency and intergenerational conflict. |
| The Children | Kirkwood, Lucy | Drama | 1M 2F | Full | A tale of morality, loyalty, and generational guilt set against the backdrop of a nuclear incident. |
| The Welkin | Kirkwood, Lucy | Drama | 2M 15F | Full | A 1759 female-led courtroom drama focusing on pregnancy, class, and the patriarchy. |
| Let The Right One In | Lindqvist, John Ajvide / Thorne, Jack | Drama | 6M 3F | Full | A sometimes brutal love/vampire story based on the book and film of the same name. |
| Dogstone / Nasty, Brutish, and Short | Lindsay, Kenny / Duffy, Andy | Drama/Youth | See Details | One Act | The Dogstone - 1M, 1YM - Father and teenage son
Nasty, Brutish and Short - 2M, 1YF - Males described as early-mid 20s. |
| Chaos | Lomas, Laura | Drama/Youth | Variable | Full | An interconnected series of vignettes highlighting youth disorder and connection. |
| After Juliet | MacDonald, Sharman | Drama/Youth | 1M 1F 5YM 6YF | Full | A modern sequal to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet focusing on the aftermath of the deaths. |
| Hadestown | Mitchell, Anais | Musical | 3M 5F + chorus | Full | A musical, ultimately about love, set to a jazz/folk soundtrack retelling the stories of Orpheus/Euridice and Hades/Persephone. |
| The Unfriend | Moffatt, Steven | Comedy | 3M 4F | Full | A dark comedy about the consequences of saying 'you really should come visit' to a stranger on holiday. |
| It’s a Wonderful Life | Nelson, Mary Elliot | Drama | 3M 1F | Full | Based on the Frank Capra movie of the same name. |
| Dracula: The Bloody Truth | Nicholson, John / Le Navet Bete | Comedy | 4NGS | Full | The hilarious ‘real’ story behind Bram Stoker’s Dracula, designed for 4 actors playing 40 characters. |
| Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales | Pullman, Philip / Wilson, Philip | Drama | Variable | Full | Author Philip Pullman's reimagining of the classic Grimm fairytales designed as a 'pick and choose' from the stories to match desire/casting. |
| 2:22 A Ghost Story | Robins, Danny | Drama | 3M 3F | Full | Two couples meet for dinner amidst some house renovations, but the house may have an uninvited guest. |
| The Good Life | Sams, Jeremy / Esmonde, John /
Larbey, Bob | Comedy | 3M 3F | Full | A stage adaptation of the classic 1970s sitcom about leaving the corporate world behind and going self sufficient. |
| Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein | Shelley, Mary / Munro, Rona | Drama | 4M 3F | Full | A modern adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstin that placces Mary herself as a central character and incorporates her life into the story. |
| Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons | Steiner, Sam | Drama | 1M 1F | One Act | How do you navigate life and love in a world where you can legally only speak 140 words per day? |
| Blue Stockings | Swale, Jessica | Drama | 8-14M 8-10F | Full | A play of women's suffrage where four female undergraduates fight for education and the degrees they earned but were denied. |
| After Life | Thorne, Jack / Kore-Eda, Hirokazu | Drama | 7M 3F 1YM 3YF | Full | An exploration of memory and morality where the recently deceased struggle with choosing the perfect memory to live in for eternity. |
| Machinal | Treadwell, Sophie | Drama | 15-20 actors | Full | A play of marriage, murder, and the patriarchy. Based on the real life story of Ruth Snyder. |
| Little Grimley Saving the Planet | Tristram, David | Comedy | 2M 2F | One Act | The Little Grimley Amateur Dramatic Society are challenged with reducing their carbon footprint. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. |
| Lockdown in Little Grimley | Tristram, David | Comedy | 2M 2F | One Act | The Little Grimley Amateur Dramatic Society navigate the pandemic lockdown in their usual chaotic fashion. |
| Murder in Little Grimley | Tristram, David | Comedy | 2M 2F 1NGS | One Act | The Little Grimley Amateur Dramatic Society stage a whodunnit, and end up wrapped up in a case of their own. |
| The Thrill of Love | Whittington, Amanda | Drama | 1M 4F | Full | A play exploring the life and tragic demise of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain. |
| Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense | Wodehouse, P G / Goodale Brothers, The | Comedy | 3M | Full | A hilarious, chaotic, trip to the countryside for P G Wodehouse's iconic pairing. |
| NT Connections: 2011 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Frank & Ferdinand - Samuel Adamson (Cast size 6 plus Ensemble)
Gap - Alia Bano (Cast Size 17)
Cloud Busting - Helen Blakeman / Malorie Blackman (10M, 6F)
Those Legs - Noel Clark (3M, 3F)
Shooting Truth - Molly Davies (8M, 8F)
Bassett - James Graham (Cast Size 14)
Gargantua - Carl Grose (Cast Size 15 plus Choruses)
Children of Killers - Katori Hall (3M, 3F plus Chorus)
The Beauty Manifesto - Nell Leyshon (Cast Size 10 plus Ensemble)
Too Fast - Douglas Maxwell (4M, 8F) |
| NT Connections: 2012 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Victim Sidekick Boyfriend Me - Hilary Bell (Cast Size 16 plus Ensemble)
Journey to X - Nancy Harris (Cast size 10)
Little Foot - Craig Higginson (Cast size 5 plus Chorus)
Prince of Denmark - Michael Lesslie (Cast size 10 plus Ensemble)
Socialism is Great - Anders Lustgarden (Cast size 12 plus Ensemble)
The Grandfathers - Rory Mullarkey (Cast size 9)
Alice by Heart - Steven Sater (Book & Lyrics) / Duncan Sheik (Music) (Cast size 7 or more)
Generation Next - Meera Syal (Cast size 9 plus Dancers)
So You Think You're a Superhero? - Paven Virk (Cast size 24 plus Ensemble)
The Ritual - Samir Yazbek (Cast Size 7) |
| NT Connections: 2013 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | The Guffin - Howard Brenton (4M, 4F, 1NGS)
Mobile Phone Show - Jim Cartwright (Min cast 3NGS, can be any number)
What Are They Like? - Lucinda Coxon (5M, 7F)
We lost Elijah - Ryan Craig (4M, 5F)
I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here - Stacey Gregg (5M, 5F)
Tomorrow I'll Be Happy - Jonathan Harvey (5M, 4F)
Soundclash - Lenny Henry (Cast Size 7 plus Ensemble)
Don't Feed The Animals - Jemma Kennedy (Cast Size 16 NGS)
Ailie and the Alien - Morna Pearson (4M, 3F, 2NGS Adults, plus Chorus)
Forty-Five Minutes - Anya Reiss (4M, 4F) |
| NT Connections: 2014 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Same - Deborah Bruce (5M 9F)
Horizon - Matt Hartley (6M 6F)
The Wardrobe - Sam Holcroft (Cast Size 28 - 12M 8F 8NGS)
Heritage - Dafydd James (7M 6F)
A Letter to Lacey - Catherine Johnson (4M 9F)
A Shop Selling Speech - Sabrina Mahfouz (4M 4F)
Angels - Pauline McLynn (4M 7F)
Hearts - Luke Norris (8M 6F)
Pronoun - Evan Placey (5M 4F plus Extras)
Tomorrow - Simon Vinnicombe (7M 5F) |
| NT Connections: 2015 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Drama, Baby - Jamie Brittain (4M 4F plus chorus)
Hood - Katherine Chandler (6M 3F 2NGS plus chorus)
The Boy Preference - Elinor Cook (5M 7F plus 6 could be doubling or individual characters)
The Edelweiss Pirates - Ayub Khan Din (6M 1F 1NGS plus chorus)
Follow, Follow - Katie Douglas (4M 4F)
The Accordion Shop - Cush Jumbo (2M 2F 3NGS)
Hactivists - Ben Ockrent (6M 6F)
Hospital Food - Eugene O'Hare (6M 4F)
Remote - Stef Smith (2M 4F 1NGS)
The Crazy Sexy Cool Girls' Fan Club - Sarah Solemani (5M 5F) |
| NT Connections: 2017 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Three - Harrier Braun (4M 8F 1NGS)
#YOLO - Matthew Bulgo (4M 6F 1NGS)
FOMO - Suhayla El-Bushra (4M 5F)
Status Update - Tim Etchells (9NGS)
Musical Differences - Robin French (9NGS)
Extremism - Anders Lustgarden (5M 5F)
The School Film - Patrick Marber (Variable)
Zero for the Young Dudes! - Alistair McDowall (Variable)
The Snow Dragons - Lizzie Nunnery (8NGS plus chorus)
The Monstrum - Kellie Smith (11NGS plus chorus) |
| NT Connections: 2018 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | The Blue Electric Wind - Brad Birch (3M 3F 2NGS)
The Changing Room - Chris Bush (10-15NGS)
The Free9 - In-Sook Chappell (5M 4F plus ensemble)
The Ceasefire Babies - Fiona Doyle (9M 7F)
These Bridges - Phoebe Éclair-Powell (4M 5F plus ensemble)
When They Go Low - Natalie Mitchell (5M 9F plus ensemble)
Want - Barney Norris (3M 4F)
The Sweetness of a Sting - Chinonyerem Odimba (14-32 Variable)
Dungeness - Chris Thompson (4M 5F plus choir) |
| NT Connections: 2019 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Class - Ben Bailey Smith / Lajaune Lincoln (6M 6F 2NGS plus 2M 4F could be doubled plus chorus 7+)
The Sad Club - Luke Barnes / Adam Pleeth (Music) (12-20 plus chorus)
Flesh - Rob Drummond (12-20 NGS)
Variations- Katie Hims (5M 7F plus 1 doubled character) (also in Connections 2022)
Salt - Dawn King (12-20NGS)
Ageless - Benjamin Kuffuor (8M 6F)
terra/earth - Neil Leyshon / Anthony Missen (Choreography) (4F 4M 1NGS plus chorus)
Chaos - Laura Lomas (8-30 NGS)
The Small Hours - Katherine Soper (8-12NGS)
Stuff - Tom Wells (5M 4F) |
| NT Connections: 2020 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Wind/Rush Generation(s) - Mojisola Adebayo (6NGS plus ensemble)
Tuesday - Alison Carr (4M 5F plus ensemble)
A Series of Public Apologies (in response to an unfortunate incident in the school lavatories) - John Donnelly (8-100NGS)
The IT - Vivienne Franzmann (Cast Size 8-100. 1F rest NGS)
The Marxist in Heaven - Hattie Naylor (20NGS plus ensemble)
Look Up - Andrew Muir (5M 4F 1NGS)
Crusaders - Frances Poet (10-100NGS)
Witches Can't Be Burned - Silva Semerciyan (10M 14F plus extras)
Dungeness - Chris Thompson (also in connections 2018) (4M 5F plus choir) |
| NT Connections: 2021 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Find a Partner - Miriam Battye (5M 5F plus extras)
Like There's No Tomorrow - Belgrade Young Company / Justine Themen / Claire Procter / Liz Mytton (28 NGS) |
| NT Connections: 2022 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Cable Street - Lisa Goldman (12M 11F)
Chat Back - David Judge (13 NGS plus chorus)
Find a Partner! - Miriam Battye (also in connections 2021) (5M 5F plus extras)
Hunt - Fionnuala Kennedy (5M 5F)
Like there's No Tomorrow - Belgrade Young Company (also in connections 2021) (28 NGS)
The Ramayana Reset - Ayeesha Menon (14M 5F 2NGS)
Remote - Stef Smith (2M 4F 1NGS plus extras)
Superglue - Tim Crouch (7M 1F)
Variations - Katie Hims (5M 7F plus 1 doubled character) (also in Connections 2019)
You Don't Need to Make a Big Song and Dance Out of It - Abbey Wright / Shireen Mula / Matt Regan (2M 3F 1NGS plus chorus of 3 NGS) |
| NT Connections: 2023 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | (Circle Dreams Around) The Terrible, Terrible Past - Simon Longman (8+NGS)
Innocent Creatures - Leo Butler (8M 8F)
Is My Microphone On? - Jordan Tannahill (13+NGS)
Is This Good Enough? - Avaes Mohammed (6M 7F 17NGS)
Model Behaviour - Jon Brittain (5M 4F)
Old Times - Molly Taylor (7M 7F)
Samphire - Shamser Sinha (5M 5F plus 8NGS dogs)
Strangers lIke Me - Ed Harris (5M 5F 5NGS)
The Heights - Lisa McGee (7M 4F)
Tuesday - Alison Carr (9-50 NGS) |
| NT Connections: 2024 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Age is Revolting - Abi Zakarian (3M 4F 4YM 2YF 2NGS)
Shout - Alexis Zegerman (1M 1F 10+NGS)
Orchestra - Charlie Josephine (3M 2F 14NGS)
Dy Enw Marw / Your Name is Dead - Elgan Rhys / Leo Drayton (6M 2F 6NGS)
Kiss / Marry / Push Off Cliff - Josh Azouz (7M 2F)
The Periodicals - Sian Owen (2M 3F 8NGS plus chorus)
Replica - Titas Halder (12NGS)
The Sad Club - Luke Barnes / Adam Pleeth (music) (7M 9F 8NGS)
Wind/Rush Generation(s) - Mojisola Adebyo ((6NGS plus ensemble) (also in 2020)
Back in the the Day - Yasmeen Khan (2M 5F 2YM 3YF plus chorus) |
| NT Connections: 2025 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | YOU 2.0 - Alys Metcalf (4M 4F plus ensemble)
Normalised - Amanda Verlaque (8M 4F plus ensemble)
Brain Play - Chloe Lawrence-Taylor / Paul Sirett (2M 3F 5 Puppets plus ensemble)
Saba's Swim - Danusia Samal (4M 4F)
No Regrets - Gary McNair (3-100 NGS)
The Company of Trees - Jane Bodie (3M 4F 3NGS)
Their Name is Joy - May Sumbwanyambe (10 NGS)
Ravers - Rikki Beadle-Blair (21 NGS)
Mia and the Fish - Satinder Chohan (5M 5F plus narwhale plus ensemble)
Fresh Air - Vickie Donoghue (6M 6F) |
