The Festival is for people who love theatre, making it, watching it and talking about it. This Festival is an opportunity to show your work, learn, discuss,…
NSDF would like to recruit a Technical Director to join our team as we move towards NSDF 22, our 66th Annual Festival.
NSDF wants to create a new generation of young producers.
We’ve all lost time and opportunity during these long lockdown months.
This is our 65th Annual Festival. None have been made in stranger circumstances. None have shown more clearly the resilience of young people. None have…
We’re very grateful to be recognised as one of The Stage 100, for our work in this pandemic year.
Selectors Lucy and Sean have put together a little Radio Times Rainbow Edition for your Pride celebrating pleasure.
James Phillips writes for the National Campaign for the Arts about taking #NSDF20 Online.
NSDF 20 announcement
NSDF is very excited to announce that this year’s Festival Patron is Gary Lineker.
Srishti Ray, winner of the 2019 Management Team Award, tells us what it's like to be on the NSDF Management Team
NSDF Technical Advisors Hamish and Emma explain what the NSDF Technical Team get up to at the Festival.
NSDF selectors Sean Linnen and Lucy Ellinson share a few thoughts on LGBTQ representation at the festival...
"On a really basic level, NSDF meant that Barrel Organ came into existence"
"I’ve seen future movies stars perform in gyms turned in to hand-made theatres, and watched students from all over the country take risks and mean it…
"NSDF gave me the opportunity to try and fail and try again with boundless encouragement...."
This year, we need the NSDF more urgently than ever. Its guest director, James Phillips, tells The Sunday Times why.
Writer, performer and NSDF associate Chris Thorpe tells you why you should come to NSDF19.
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