We are looking for emerging playwrights of international origin who
are resident in East London. Writers must be 18 or over and plays will be read in all languages as well as in translation.

Entries:

Writers must submit at least three scenes of an unperformed play with no more than 5 characters. The deadline for submission is 2nd Febuary 2008 and plays should be sent to:

New Writers Awards 2008,
Angle,
70A Elizabeth Avenue
London,
N1 3BH

What happens next:

Plays will be read by both English and foreigh language speaking practitioners and a panel of leading theatre professionals will decide which play will be selected for production. The pane includes:
Dominic Dromgoole (The Globe)
Indhu Rubasingham (The Royal Court Theatre)
Chris Campbell (The Royal National Theatre)
Dianh Wood (Faber & Faber)
Roy Williams (The Royal National Theatre)

We will select 5 writers to work with a full professional team to develop a public theatre production at Hackney Empire Studio in 2008. All plays will be performed in English. In the build up to the production selected writers will receive sessions with established playwrights, tickets to see new plays in London, guided tour of the Hackney Empire by theatre practitioners and development sessions with directors and translators as needed.

Contact:

Email info@angletheatre.co.uk
Telephone: 0786 627 7171 or go to www.angletheatre.co.uk for more information.