Theatre / St Brendan’s Sixth Form College

Brislington drama group taking to National Theatre stage

By Olivia Loughran  Tuesday May 30, 2023

A group of sixth formers from Brislington has been chosen to perform at the National Theatre as part of an annual nationwide youth theatre festival.

At 2023’s Connections Festival, students from St Brendan’s Sixth Form College will stage Lisa McGee’s The Heights in the Dorfman Theatre in June.

St Brendan’s pupils were among 264 youth groups in the running and of ten eventually selected due to their debut success at Bristol Old Vic.

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Over 5000 teenagers were involved nationally this year, producing one of ten plays in the annual cycle from both new and acclaimed playwrights.

Connections plays capture themes often relevant to the young people, such as climate change and relationships.

The Heights, written by BAFTA-award winning creator of Derry Girls, centres teenage protagonist Lillie, who imagines stories to escape from her uneventful life on her estate.

The acclaimed theatre in South Bank is hosting the 28th year of the festival, where audiences will enjoy eight new plays and two that have been performed in previous festivals.

St. Brendan Sixth Form perform at the National Theatre 8.30pm on June 21. Tickets are on sale here. Singular plays, all of which are captioned, are £5 each, or one can watch two back-to-back productions in one evening for £8.

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