In-depth interview with three NT Connections writers

7th July 2009

 

FOCUS ON YOUTH THEATRE

Heather Neill talks to three contributors to this year’s NT Connections series, the National Theatre’s annual festival of new writing devoted to young people: Nick Drake (Success), Georgia Fitch (Dirty Dirty Princess) and Lisa McGee (The Heights) compare notes.

Writing for this age group is both liberating and also a challenge – there can sometimes be difficulties about bad language too.