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Connections 2023: Is My Microphone On?

by Jordan Tannahill

A young person with short hair and a nose ring tilts their head back, looks up, and screams. The image has an orange colour and a soft shadow effect. The National Theatre logo is written at the top of the image in white text. The play title and name of writer are written across the bottom of the image in white.

Performed by Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Canterbury

How do we move forward from here?

Young people will no longer be able to avoid the consequences of climate change. They speak to the adults in the audience, holding them to account, questioning the choices that have not been made, the ones that children will be forced to make, and what kind of future they stand to inherit.

Saturday 24 June 2023, 8:30pm

Tickets on sale from 11am, Friday 19 May
£5 for one performance
£8 when you book for Is My Microphone On? and Strangers Like Me by Ed Harris in the same order

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Dorfman Theatre
National Theatre, South Bank, London SE1 9PX
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Suitability

Content guidance

  • Recommended for ages 13+
  • The play concerns the climate emergency.
  • Includes the use of a homophobic slur.
  • Strong language.
A group of young people rest in a circle, looking out and away from the group, with a soft pink and green glow effect over the image. One young person in the centre wears glasses and looks directly into the camera. The National Theatre logo and Connections 2023 logo are written at the bottom of the image in white.

Connections 2023

The UK’s biggest youth theatre festival – see all ten new plays being performed this year.

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The Mohn Westlake Foundation supports nationwide Learning programmes for young people.

Nationwide learning is supported by Buffini Chao Foundation, Clore Duffield Foundation, Tim & Sarah Bunting, MFPA Trust Fund for the Training of Disabled Children in the Arts, Behrens Foundation, Cleopatra Trust, and The Andor Charitable Trust.

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