International Playwrights

Twelve emerging playwrights from across India who have been working with the Royal Court Theatre to develop their craft will have new work staged at the Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai this month as part of the third Writers’ Bloc Festival.

Haunted Child by Joe Penhall is the latest production from Genesis partner The Royal Court to be praised by the national critics. A chilling family drama that centres on a young boy who starts seeing visions of his absent father, this unsettling play questions the things we believe in and their uncertain consequences.

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The Royal Court is working with writers from the Ukraine and Georgia in the latest phase of its ground-breaking International Playwrights project supported by the Genesis Foundation.

Elyse Dodgson, Head of the theatre’s International Department, will lead development work with Ukrainian and Georgian playwrights from 4 to 10 December in Lviv, Ukraine. This follows her successful trip to Tbilisi in May 2011 with playwrights Nick Payne and April De Angelis to launch the first phase of the project.

The Royal Court Theatre is running a playwrights’ workshop in Brazil as part of its ground-breaking International Playwrights project supported by the Genesis Foundation.

Rough Cuts is the Royal Court’s season of work-in-progress, experimental pieces, readings and shorts. Rough Cuts emerges from the year-round activities of the Studio, providing an opportunity for emerging and established artists to develop ideas collaboratively, experimentally and informally.

Remembrance Day by Aleksey Scherbak, translated by Rory Mullarkey, sold out towards the end of its highly successful run at the Royal Court Theatre. The play was part of the International Playwrights Season and was supported by the Genesis Foundation who celebrate 15 years of pioneering international work with the Royal Court Theatre in 2011.

Remembrance Day by Aleksey Scherbak, translated by Rory Mullarkey, has now sold out for the rest of its highly successful run at the Royal Court Theatre. The play is part of the International Playwrights Season and is supported by the Genesis Foundation who celebrate 15 years of pioneering international work with the Royal Court Theatre in 2011.

Our Private Life by Pedro Miguel Rozo, translated by Simon Scardifield opened at the Royal Court Theatre on 11 February 2011 and attracted a wealth of praise from the national press. The play was part of the international playwrights season and was supported by the Genesis Foundation who celebrated 15 years of pioneering international work with the Royal Court Theatre in 2011.

Our Private Life by Pedro Miguel Rozo, translated by Simon Scardifield, has recently opened at the Royal Court Theatre and has attracted a wealth of praise from the national press. The play is part of the international playwrights season and is supported by the Genesis Foundation who celebrate 15 years of pioneering international work with the Royal Court Theatre in 2011.

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