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Viewing projects tagged with genre New Writing

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1st Dec 2020 — 31st Mar 2021

Meet the winners of our 27th International Radio Playwriting Competition

Writers from Kazakhstan, Ireland and Australia win the top prizes in our search for fresh international talent

Announcing the winners of the International Radio Playwriting Competition

Air-raids, game shows and mattresses. Outstanding radio plays from Belgium, Nigeria and Yemen come top in a record-breaking year

15th Sep 2018 — 15th Oct 2018

Join us online for stories of migration with National Theatre Wales

Watch Tide Whisperer, an immersive performance tackling the global phenomena of mass movement and displacement

20th Mar 2018 — 6th Jun 2018

Watch our spring season of online shows

Dance, hip hop and new writing — join us online for a special programme of dynamic performances from across the UK

27th Feb 2018 — 4th Mar 2018

Female solo shows at Lagos Theatre Festival

Yolanda Mercy and Mara Menzies set off for one of West Africa's most innovative festivals

1st Dec 2015 — 26th Oct 2016

“Remarkable plays” from Brazil and Canada win the 25th International Radio Playwriting Competition

Joanne Gutknecht and Pericles Silveira win the opportunity to travel to London and have their plays produced and broadcast on the BBC World Service

New Writing

25th Feb 2016 — 26th Mar 2016

I See You premieres at the Royal Court

The first Royal Court and Market Theatre co-production is made possible through our support of the Royal Court’s new writing programme in South Africa

28th Feb 2016 — 12th May 2016

Told from the Inside at the Royal Court

New plays from Syria and Lebanon are brought to the London stage

1st Nov 2014 — 30th Nov 2015

Writers' Bloc, Mumbai

1st Jul 2014 — 31st Jul 2014

Daniel Bye in the Philippines

1st Apr 2012 — 31st Dec 2013

Indian play at the Royal Court

1st May 2011 — 26th Mar 2013

Georgia and Ukraine at the Royal Court

New Writing

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