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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. 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. Children of Killers - The president of Rwanda is releasing the killers. Years after the Tutsi genocide, the perpetrators begin to trickle back into the countryside to be reunited with their villages. A trio of friends, born during the genocide’s bloody aftermath, prepare to meet the men who gave them life. But as the homecoming day draws closer the young men are haunted by the sins of their fathers. Who can you become when violence is your inheritance? Suitable for ages 15+

Creatives/Company

Company(s): Sandwell College (The Beauty Manifesto), Birmingham Met College (Birmingham Met College)
Author(s): Nell Leyshon (Sandwell College), Katori Hall (Children of Killers)