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NT CONNECTIONS commissions new plays for and about young people from some of the best contemporary playwrights, for performance by schools and youth theatres from all over the UK and Ireland, both in their home venues and at sixteen regional partnership theatres. The NT Festival showcases an example of each play. Gap - Twenty four hours in an exotic country with a medley of fifteen characters all brought together by their choice of hostel. Jay wants to rule the roost, Hailey wants Jay, Kat wants social change and Dee just wants to make a living. Gap follows these diverse personalities from the beach, to the dorm and finally to the bar to see what has brought them here, how they embrace their first steps into independence and how they respond to each other. The Beauty Manifesto - The world of The Beauty Manifesto is a world of extreme physical conformity where teenagers celebrate their sixteenth birthdays with cosmetic surgery. Jasmine and her sister Chloe are ambassadors for the manifesto and their father is the chief cosmetic surgeon. It is Silas’ birthday and the time has come for his transformation. The problem is, Silas can think for himself and believes the manifesto is designed to make teenagers so unhappy about their bodies that they accept they need change. The Beauty Manifesto explores living in a world of air brushed images and perfect bodies, and questions contemporary ideas of beauty. Suitable for ages 15+

Creatives/Company

Company(s): Walsall College (Gap), The Beauty Manifesto (Highly Sprung Performance Company)
Author(s): Alia Bano (Walsall College), Nell Leyshon (The Beauty Manifesto)