New Connections
Plays and Writers
Each year New Connections comissions established writers to produce scripts which will be performed by teenagers nationwide.
Plays and Writers 2009
The 12 New Connections 2009 plays are written by Anthony Horowitz, Anthony Neilson, Ben Power, Christopher William Hill, Conor Mitchell, Davey Anderson, David Mamet, Georgia Fitch, Lisa McGee, Michael Lesslie, Nick Drake and William Boyd.
Scripts will be available for participating companies on 24 October 2008. For the general public, a synopsis for each of the plays will also be available on this date.
Previous New Connections portfolios
2008 Portfolio
Arden City by Timberlake Wertenbaker / The Book of Everything by Peter Tabern / Burying your Brother in the Pavement by Jack Thorne / Fugee by Abi Morgan / He's Talking by Nicholas Wright / It Snows by Bryony Lavery and Frantic Assembly / My Face by Nigel Williams / The Peach Child by Anna Furse and Little Angel / Scenes from Family Life by Mark Ravenhill / A Vampire Story by Moira Buffini
2007 Portfolio
Baby Girl by Roy Williams / The Black Remote by Glyn Maxwell / A Bridge to the Stars by Henning Mankell, adapted for the stage by John Retallack / DeoxyriboNucleic Acid by Dennis Kelly / Red Sky by Bryony Lavery / Ruckus in the Garden by David Farr / Scary Play by Judith Johnson / Show and Tell by Laline Paull / A Year and a Day by Christina Reid
2006 Portfolio
Broken Hallelujah by Sharman MacDonald / Feather Boy by Nicky Singer & Peter Tabern, lyrics Don Black, music Debbie Wiseman / Liar by Gregory Burke / The Miracle by Lin Coghlan / Pack Up Your Troubles by Snoo Wilson, music by Felix Powell & Nicolas Bloomfield / Pass It On by Doug Lucie / The Shoemaker's Incredible Wife by Federico Garcia Lorca translated by Lucinda Coxon / School Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Daisy Campbell with Ken Campbell / Shut Up by Andrew Payne / The Spider Men by Ursula Rani Sarma
2005 Portfolio
17 by Michael Gow / Blooded by Isabel Wright / Burn by Deborah Gearing / Chatroom by Enda Walsh / Citizenship by Mark Ravenhill / Just by Ali Smith / Lunch In Venice by Nick Dear / Mugged by Andrew Payne / Samurai by Geoffrey Case / Through The Wire by Catherine Johnson
2004 Portfolio
Bedbug: The Musical by Snoo Wilson, music by Gary Kemp & Guy Pratt / Boat Memory by Laline Paull / Dead End by Letizia Russo translated by Luca Scarlini & Aleks Sierz / Discontented Winter: House Remix by Bryony Lavery / Eclipse by Simon Armitage / Headstrong by April De Angelis / Moonfleece by Philip Ridley / The Musicians by Patrick Marber / Where I Come From: Scenes from Abroad by Richard Nelson / The Willow Pattern by Judith Johnson
2003 Portfolio
An Island Far From Here by Laura Ruohonen translated by David Hackston / Brokenville by Philip Ridley / The Crossing Path by Maya Chowdhry / Dust by Sarah Daniels / Moontel Six by Constance Congdon / Multiplex by Christopher William Hill / The Queen Must Die by David Farr / Purple by Jon Fosse translated David Harrower / Totally Over You by Mark Ravenhill
2002 Portfolio
The Actor by Horton Foote / The Bear Table by Julian Garner / The Exam by Andy Hamilton / Gold by Timothy Mason, music by Mel Marvin / Illyria by Bryony Lavery / Lady Chill, Lady Wad, Lady Lurve, Lady God by Kay Adshead / Nuts by Fausto Paravidino translated by Luca Scarlini & Zack Kinney / Olive by Tamsin Oglesby / Starstone by Christian Martin transl. Penny Black / Take Away by Jackie Kay / Team Spirit by Judy Upton
1999 Portfolio
After Juliet by Sharman Macdonald / Can You Keep a Secret? by Winsome Pinnock / The Devil in Drag by Dario Fo translated & adapted by Ed Emery / Don't Eat Little Charlie by Tankred Dorst with Ursula Ehler transl. by Ella Wildridge / Early Man by Hannah Vincent / Friendly Fire by Peter Gill / Gizmo by Alan Ayckbourn / The King of the Castle by Christina Reid / The Pilgrimage by Paul Goetzee / Taking Breath by Sarah Daniels
1997 Portfolio
Asleep under the Dark Earth by Sian Evans / Cuba by Liz Lochhead / The Crysalids by David Harrower / Dog House by Gina Moxley / Eclipse by Simon Armitage / The Golden Door by David Ashton / In The Sweat by Naomi Wallace & Bruce McLeod / More Light by Bryony Lavery / Shelter by Simon Bent / Sparkleshark by Philip Ridley / Travel Club and Boy Soldier by Wole Soyinka
1995 Portfolio
Almost Grown by Richard Cameron / The Bedbug by Vladimir Mayakovsky adapt. by Snoo Wilson / A Bucket of Eels by Paul Godfrey / The Dark Tower by Louis MacNeice / Faith, Hope and Charity by Odon von Horvath translated by Christopher Hampton / The Forrest of Mirrors by Gregory Motton / The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas adapt. by Lucinda Coxon / Indian Summer by Harwant Bains / The Minotaur by Jan Maloney / School Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Daisy Campbell with Ken Campbell / Stone Moon by Judith Johnson / The Wild At Heart Club by Jenny McLeod