Hilary Bell

Play set in a bleak, remote town. A small child is murdered and suspicion falls on nine-year-old Lizzie. The author was the inaugural winner of the Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award in 1994. Her other plays include 'Fortune' and 'Freaks! Geeks! A Chimp Who Speaks!'.

Wolf Lullaby

The Splinter

Julian Meyrick

Paul Capsis

In 1948, Angela left Malta. Having gathered up five children, she sailed out on the Strathnavar, leaving poverty and the war behind. Her destination: Australia. In Surry Hills, she could build a bright new life. If only she could first learn the language, finish shoring up their dilapidated house, find new friends, get the racist neighbour off her back and keep her son away from sly grog queen Kate Leigh's kids. Back in Malta, someone else has made a journey. Making his way along Kalkara's glistening harbourside, a young man with flowing black hair has returned to claim his past. Paul Capsis is walking home. A journey that begins at a kitchen table becomes a sprawling family history and a fitting tribute to a much-loved matriarch. (1 male or 1 female).

Angela's Kitchen

Antonia Pesenti

'Starting with 1, begin in the park: Count up the street and get home before dark.' From the creators of the bestselling Alphabetical Sydney comes a counting book set in a bright and quirky streetscape where there's always something new to find. Children will love the fun rhyming text that guides them as they hop, skip or jump up Numerical Street - past cake shops, hair stylists, laundromats, pet stores and shoe repairers, with all their curious objects on display.

Numerical Street

A gorgeously illustrated, rhyming introduction to some of the things that make Sydney great A visually captivating, illustrated tribute to Sydney, this picture book is unlike any other city guide. Two talented locals provide an insider's view of the harbor city in a clever, engaging way that will delight children and adults, Sydneysiders and visitors. From bats and cicadas to lawn bowls and the zoo, readers of all ages are invited to discover the magic of the Australian metropolis.

Alphabetical Sydney

Craig Higginson

Meera Syal

Steven Sater

Anders Lustgarten

Nancy Harris

Samir Yazbek

Rory Mullarkey

Michael Lesslie

Paven Virk

This brilliant new collection of ten plays for young people will prove indispensable to schools, colleges and youth theatre groups. Specially commissioned by the National Theatre for the Connections Festival 2012 involving 200 schools and youth theatre groups across the UK and Ireland, each play is accompanied by production notes and exercises. For the 2012 Festival, the anthology has an international feel and offers a window on the world. It includes from Australia a play based on a nineteenth century court case in which a teenage girl was falsely convicted; from Brazil a drama about young lovers doomed to tragedy; set in Russia, a play exploring differing attitudes to National Service and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991; a drama about students' rights to an education and the Cultural Revolution of 1966 in China; and a comedy involving a group of Irish country girls travelling to London to audition for the X-Factor.

Victim Sidekick Boyfriend Me; Journey to X; Little Foot; Prince of Denmark; Socialism is Great; The Grandfathers; Alice by Heart; Generation Next; So You Think You’re a Superhero?; The Ritual

National Theatre Connections 2012: Plays for Young People

Hilary Bell

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