About the show
This is a double-bill show. Once you’ve purchased your tickets, this will enable you to watch both shows: Britney’s Lock & The Animals.
Britney’s Lock: When Ruby acquires a lock of Britney Spears’ hair as a relic to help her stay calm during her GCSE mocks, her friends dismiss it, but one by one they feel its power and want a piece of it, until it is destroyed. This funny play about how we cope in stressful situations, explores the power of belief and friendship.
Britney’s Lock will be performed by Brixton Youth Theatre as part of National Theatre Connections 2026.
The Animals: Student teacher Sam arrives at Redhill Youth Custody Secure Unit hoping to enrich the troubled residents’ lives there by introducing them to the subject of Philosophy. The wary class resist engaging in this alien, ancient art of thinking at first, but start to thaw when they find themselves being challenged and empowered in ways they haven’t previously experienced. Yet the hope Sam’s teaching offers them is fragile, particularly for hard fronting Gee, who’s on the verge of being released from the unit and is secretly terrified at this prospect.A bruising, moving, surprising drama about education within the Youth Custody System and the power of creative thought.
The Animals will be performed by Black Box Theatre Company as part of National Theatre Connections 2026.
