NT Connections Festival 2026

NT Connections is the National Theatre’s nationwide youth theatre festival. Each year it offers a unique opportunity for youth theatres and school theatre groups to stage new plays written for young people by some of theatre’s most exciting playwrights, and to perform in leading theatres across the UK.

Trinity Theatre is proud to be a part of National Theatre Connections, both as a participating company but also as a festival venue.

This Spring, we welcome 12 young companies – a range of youth theatres and schools from across the Southeast to perform new writing about young people, for young people and performed by young people.

NT Connections Festival Day 1

Sun 12 Apr, 6.30pm

Sycamore Gap performed by ACT Youth Theatre 

Fishville performed by Gulbenkian Young Company 

NT Connections Festival Day 2

Sun 19 Apr, 6.30pm

Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth performed by The Robinson Drama Academy  

The Wardrobe performed by The Oast Youth Theatre 

NT Connections Festival Day 3

Wed 22 Apr, 6.30pm

Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth performed by Uckfield College 

The Animals performed by East Sussex College Hastings 

NT Connections Festival Day 4

Thu 23 Apr, 6.30pm

Ride Or Die by Florence Espeut-Nickless performed by Haywards Heath College  

Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth performed by Darrick Wood Secondary School  

NT Connections Festival Day 5

Tue 28 Apr, 6.30pm

Wildfire Road performed by Cavendish School  

Britney’s Lock performed by St Leonard’s Academy  

NT Connections Festival Day 6

Wed 29 Apr, 6.30pm

Fishville performed by Oriel High School  

Britney’s Lock performed by TGS Youth Theatre Group  

NT Connections Festival Day 7

Sun 3 May, 6.30pm

Fishville performed by SLBS Youth Theatre   

Ride Or Die performed by Trinity Youth Theatre