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Each year, the National Theatre commissions ten new plays for young
people to perform, bringing together some of the UK's most exciting
writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow. This 2021 pack
captures the two new plays written for the 2021 festival that are
perfect for schools and youth groups to perform and study. Written
with flexibility in mind, these are perfect for exploration both
virtually and in-person, responding to the restrictions in place
due to Covid-19. It also includes National Theatre Connections 2020
anthology which features 9 plays, 8 of which are included in the
2021 festival performances. The plays included in this pack are:
Find a Partner by Miriam Battye Like There's No Tomorrow, created
by the Belgrade Young Company with Justine Themen, Claire Procter
and Liz Mytton Wind / Rush Generation(s) by Mojisola Adebayo
Tuesday by Alison Carr A series of public apologies (in response to
an unfortunate incident in the school lavatories) by John Donnelly
THE IT by Vivienne Franzmann The Marxist in Heaven by Hattie Naylor
Look Up by Andrew Muir Crusaders by Frances Poet Witches Can't Be
Burned by Silva Semerciyan Dungeness by Chris Thompson .
The True Performing Of It places the two writers side by side and
examines the resultant analogies in their work that spring from
this positioning. After a teasing prologue, the book begins by
reflecting on the significance of Dylan's remarks on Shakespeare
when accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature, before examining
their shared Bardic qualities, and their position of being feted
for their undoubted literary qualities despite both being primarily
artists of live performances of drama and music. The movement from
'low' to 'high' art is traced and its implications explored in
depth and detail, as is the fierce opposition that the parallel
theatrical and musical transitions from communal folk art to
professional entertainment engendered. The parallels in their
approaches to performing art, use of language and source material
form core chapters of the book. The last section of the book is an
in-depth focus on The Tempest and Tempest as specific examples of
the theories and generalitie
National Theatre Connections is an annual festival which brings new
plays for young people to schools and youth theatres across the UK
and Ireland. Commissioning exciting work from leading playwrights,
the festival exposes actors aged 13-19 to the world of professional
theatre-making, giving them full control of a theatrical production
- from costume and set design to stage management and marketing
campaigns. NT Connections have published over 150 original plays
and regularly works with 500 theatre companies and 10,000 young
people each year. This anthology brings together 9 new plays by
some of the UK's most prolific and current writers and artists
alongside notes on each of the texts exploring performance for
schools and youth groups. Wind / Rush Generation(s) by Mojisola
Adebayo This is a play about the British Isles, its past and its
present. Set in a senior common room, in a prominent university, a
group of 1st year undergraduates are troubled, not by the weight of
their workload, but by a 'noisy' ghost. So they do what any group
self-respecting and intelligent university students would do in
such a situation - they get out the Ouija Board to confront their
spiritual irritant and lay them to rest - only to be confronted by
the full weight of Britain's colonial past - in all its gory glory.
Fusing naturalism, with physical theatre, spoken-word, absurdism,
poetry and direct address - this is event-theatre that whips along
with the grace, pace and hypnotic magnetism of a hurricane. Tuesday
by Alison Carr Tuesday is light, playful and nuanced in tone. And a
little bit sci-fi. The play centres on an ordinary Tuesday that
suddenly turns very weird indeed when a tear rips across the sky
over the school yard. The play touches on themes of friendship,
sibling love, family, identity, grief, bullying, loneliness and
responsibility. And in the process we might just learn something
about ourselves as well as some astronomical theories of the
multiverse! A series of public apologies (in response to an
unfortunate incident in the school lavatories) by John Donnelly
This satirical play is heightened in its naturalism, in its
seriousness, in its parody and piercing in its interrogation of how
our attempts to define ourselves in public are shaped by the fear
of saying the wrong thing. Presented quite literally as a series of
public apologies this play is spacious, flexible and welcoming of
inventive and imaginative interpretation as each iteration spirals
inevitably to its absurdist core. This is a play on words, on
convention, on manners, on institutions, on order, online and on
point. THE IT by Vivienne Franzmann THE IT is a play about a
teenage girl who has something growing inside her. She doesn't know
what it is, but she knows it's not a baby. It expands in her body.
It starts in her stomach, but quickly outgrows that, until
eventually ittakes over the entirety of her insides. It has claws.
She feels them. Presented in the style of a direct to camera
documentary, this is a darkly comic state of the nation play
exploring adolescent mental health and the rage within, written
very specifically for today. The Marxist in Heaven by Hattie Naylor
The Marxist in Heaven is a play that does exactly what its title
page says it's going to do. The eponymous protagonist 'wakes up' in
paradise and once they get over the shock of this fundamental
contradiction of everything they believe in.....they get straight
back to work....and continue their lifelong struggle for equality
and fairness for all....even in death. Funny, playful, provocative,
pertinent and jam-packed with discourse, disputes, deities and
disco dancing by the bucketful, this upbeat buoyant allegory shines
its holy light on globalization and asks the salient questions -
who are we and what are we doing to ourselves?.....and what
conditioner do you use on your hair? Look Up by Andrew Muir Look Up
plunges us into a world free from adult intervention, supervision
and protection. It's about seeking the truth for yourself and
finding the space to find and be yourself. Nine young people are
creating new rules for what they hope will be a new and brighter
future full of hope in a world in which they can trust again. Each
one of them is unique, original and defiantly individual, break
into an abandoned building and set about claiming the space,
because that is what they do. They have rituals, they have rules,
together they are a tribe, they have faith in themselves....and
nothing and no one else. They are the future, unless the real world
catches up with them and then all they can hope for is that they
don't crash and burn like the adults they ran away from in the
first place. Crusaders by Frances Poet A group of teens gather to
take their French exam but none of them will step into the exam
hall. Because Kyle has had a vision and he'll use anything, even
miracles, to ensure his classmates accompany him. Together they
have just seven days to save themselves, save the world and be the
future. And Kyle is not the only one who has had the dream. All
across the globe, from Azerbaijan to Zambia, children are dreaming
and urging their peers to follow them to the promised land. Who
will follow? Who will lead? Who will make it? Witches Can't Be
Burned by Silva Semerciyan St. Paul's have won the schools Playfest
competition, three years in a row, by selecting recognised classics
from the canon and producing them at an exceptionally high level,
it's a tried and trusted formula. With straight A's student and
drama freak, Anuka cast as Abigail Williams in The Crucible by
Arthur Miller, the school seem to be well on course for another
triumph, which would be a record. However, as rehearsals gain
momentum, Anuka has an epiphany. An experience resulting in her
asking searching questions surrounding the text, the depiction and
perception of female characters, the meaning of loyalty, and the
values and traditions underpinning the very foundations of the
school. Thus, the scene is set for a confrontation of epic
proportions as Anuka seeks to break with tradition, before
tradition breaks her and all young women like her and reality
begins to take on the ominous hue of Miller's fictionalized Salem.
Dungeness by Chris Thompson . In a remote part of the UK, where
nothing ever happens, a group of teenagers share a safe house for
LGBT+ young people. While their shared home welcomes difference, it
can be tricky for self-appointed group leader Birdie to keep the
peace. The group must decide how they want to commemorate an attack
that happened to LGBT+ people, in a country far away. How do you
take to the streets and protest if you're not ready to tell the
world who you are? If you're invisible, does your voice still
count? A play about love, commemoration and protest.
Dr. Muir and Dr. Rose are key opinion leaders in the area of
endocrinology, and they have created a state-of-the-art issue for
neonatologists. The clinical reviews will prepare perinatologists
and neonatologists for the challenges in clinical endocrinology
that arise in fetuses and newborns. More specifically, authors will
provide updates on the biological basis of disorders in order to
illustrate the rationale for diagnostic approaches and current
therapies and to provide readers with a basis to consider and
evaluate new clinical offerings. Articles on the following topics
are included in the issue: Congenital hypothyroidism; Thyroid
function in the NICU; Neonatal thyrotoxicosis; Neonatal diabetes;
Hypersinsulinism; Hypopituitarism; Glucocorticoid use in the NICU/
neonatal adrenal function; Adrenal insufficiency, CAH, Prenatal
treatment of CAH; Neonatal Cushing Disease/Congenital endocrine
tumors; Early ID of Turner Syndrome/Preserving fertility; and Bone
mineral/ Calcium disorders in the neonate.
Opening with a look at a Cambridge play satirising Shakespeare in
his own time, we follow Cambridge's part in Shakespeare
appreciation through the centuries. Against this background the
book celebrates the annual open-air Cambridge Shakespeare Festival.
Playing yearly to around 25,000 people of all ages and from all
backgrounds, the festival has been running since 1988. The book
illuminates the manner in which their productions increase our
pleasure in, and understanding of, Shakespeare's dramatic art and
how his plays were designed, produced and received in their own
time. This book provides a clear guide to the complex topics
surrounding the staging of Shakespeare's plays, as well as
exploring the Bard's enduring influence in the city, and on
Cambridge University and its inhabitants. It is a boon for
Shakespeare lovers and scholars of all ages and levels of interest.
One minute I'm in The Elk watching the footie the next minute I'm
at the beach with a Polish supermodel. Fucking come on. Lena meets
Robbie. Girl meets Boy. Head over heels. Eyes only for each other.
They don't speak the same language, but they both know the language
of love, and surely that's enough for a while - until the
unspeakable happens and the truth comes spewing out. As their
marriage hurtles towards oblivion, Lena and Robbie desperately
attempt to find a common language and save their shared history.
The Session is a heartfelt play about how couples communicate,
taking in twenty years of a relationship that is based on
misunderstanding and crossed wires. It received its world premiere
at Soho Theatre on 3 November 2015.
What Dylan fans call 'The Never Ending Tour' celebrated its 25th
anniversary on June 7th 2013. Its time span already represents
almost half of Dylan's entire career and totals over 2,500 shows.
Highly respected Dylan expert Andrew Muir documents the ups and
downs of this unprecedented trek. Muir analyses and assesses
Dylan's performances over the years, with special focus on many
memorable shows. One More Night traces what it all means both in
terms of Dylan's artistic career and in the lives of the dedicated
Dylan followers who collect recordings of every show and regularly
cross the globe to catch up with the latest leg. Muir also includes
the funny and affecting story of his own unforgettable meeting with
Dylan. One More Night is part rock criticism, part cultural
analysis, part scrutiny of fandom and paints a telling portrait of
the Never Ending Tour and its importance in Dylan's career.
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