‘Orchestra’

As a young person I performed in a NT Connections play (‘Chatroom’ by Enda Walsh at Watford Palace Theatre) and it was a transformative experience for me. I was treated like a proper actor, learnt loads about theatre, and grew loads personally through the experience. I’m therefore really buzzing to have been asked to write a play for NT Connections, 15 or so years later!

‘A youth orchestra practises during half term holidays in preparation for a concert. Unexpected events cause them all to interrogate their relationship with success. How do you protect the joy of the process whilst also wanting to be the best? Is striving for artistic excellence worth the pressure of losing soul?’

Info: here!

Print: Published by Bloomsbury.

Thank you Ola Animashawun for your collaboration and support.

Personal: What was hard: TBC. What I’m most proud of: TBC. What I learnt: TBC.