Sean Buckley’s play THE ANIMALS written for the National Theatre’s Connections Festival 2026 is a powerful and poignant look at agency and education within the youth custody system. It will be performed by young drama companies at theatres across the UK this Spring.
25th March at York Theatre Royal, Soho Theatre Walthamstow, Theatre Peckham and Bristol Old Vic. Lyric Theatre Belfast 28th March, Worcester Theatre 31st March, Nottingham Playhouse 14th April, Home Manchester 21st April, Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 22nd April, Mayflower Studios Southampton and Tramshed London 23rd April, Royal and Derngate Northampton 23rd and 24th April, Gulbenkian Theatre Kent and The North Wall Oxford 24th April , Theatre by the Lake Keswick 25th April, Theatre Royal Plymouth 25th April and 2nd May, Crewe Lyceum 26th April, Queens Theatre Hornchurch 28th April and 1st May, Exeter Northcott 29th April and 2nd May, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith 21st and 29th April, Artsdepot London 30th April, Cast Doncaster 2nd May and The Lowry Salford 1st and 2nd May.
More about Sean Buckley HERE