{"product_id":"national-theatre-connections-2023-9781350382695","title":"National Theatre Connections 2023","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Theatre Connections 2023\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you are looking to stage a full production, explore different styles of text and performance in a lesson or find some starting points for textual analysis and discussion, this folio has a resource that could prove useful. * Drama \u0026amp; Theatre *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Connections Producer Introduction \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Ola Animashawun\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eConnections 2023 Synopses\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Circle Dreams Around) The Terrible, Terrible Past\u003c\/i\u003e by Simon Longman\u003c\/b\u003e Cast size: flexible, with a suggested minimum cast size of eight;  Recommended for ages 14+  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInnocent Creatures \u003c\/i\u003eby Leo Butler\u003c\/b\u003e Cast size: minimum of eight; Recommended for ages 15+  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs My Microphone On?\u003c\/i\u003e by Jordan Tannahill\u003c\/b\u003e Cast size: minimum of seven, no maximum; Recommended for ages 13+  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs This Good Enough?\u003c\/i\u003e by Avaes Mohammad\u003c\/b\u003e Cast size: Flexible cast size, with 30 named characters; Recommended for ages 13+  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eModel Behaviour\u003c\/i\u003e by Jon Brittain\u003c\/b\u003e Cast size: nine; Suitable for all ages  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Times\u003c\/i\u003e by Molly Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e Cast size: 14; Recommended for ages 14+  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamphire \u003c\/i\u003eby Shamser Sinha\u003c\/b\u003e Cast size: twenty-one characters, recommended minimum cast size of twelve; Recommended for ages 16+  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrangers Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e by Ed Harris\u003c\/b\u003e Cast size: minimum of 15; Recommended for ages 14+  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heights\u003c\/i\u003e by Lisa McGee\u003c\/b\u003e Cast size: 14 named characters, minimum cast size of eight; Recommended for ages 13+  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuesday \u003c\/i\u003eby Alison Carr\u003c\/b\u003e Cast size: 9 – 50, any gender; Suitable for all ages.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407545770327,"sku":"9781350382695","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350382695.jpg?v=1730499735","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/national-theatre-connections-2023-9781350382695","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}