The Royal Court Theatre in partnership with the British Council announce new readings of work with writers based in China. This series of public readings titled New and Now: Plays from China will take place in The Site at the Royal Court Theatre from Tuesday 4 December 2018 to Thursday 6 December 2018.
The Royal Court Theatre began working in China in 2015. Fifteen young playwrights were chosen to take part in workshops in Chengdu, Beijing and Wuzhen over a two year period and invited to address subjects they felt urgent to write about in contemporary China.
Three of these writers, CHEN Si’an (陈思安), YANG Jingguan (杨静观) and ZHANG Zai (张在), will spend two weeks at the Royal Court Theatre working with directors Jude Christian and Royal Court Associate Director (International) Sam Pritchard and a company of actors. The plays will then be presented as rehearsed readings in English translation.
There will also be a discussion event about the development of all three plays and the impact of contemporary writing in Chinese Theatre with playwrights CHEN Si’an (陈思安), YANG Jingguan (杨静观) and ZHANG Zai (张在), chaired by Elyse Dodgson, International Director, Royal Court Theatre. Discussion: New Writing In China will take place in The Site on Thursday 6 December at 9:30pm and is free with a ticket to any of the readings.
Public booking opens Friday 21 September 2018, full details and tickets can be found here.
