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Zia Ahmed, Tife Kusoro and Ruby Thomas announced as Jerwood New Playwrights Writers.

by Staff Writer
May 6, 2021
Reading Time: 2 mins read

Now in its 26th year, the Royal Court Theatre Jerwood New Playwrights Programme continues to support emerging writers to develop their practice, take risks and create extraordinary new work.   Zia Ahmed, Tife Kusoro and Ruby Thomas have all been offered full commissions to support them in developing their writing practice.

Since 1994, the Jerwood New Playwrights programme at the Royal Court has supported 78 writers who have had their plays produced in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. In 2020, the scheme was relaunched with a new focus on writer development opportunities for emerging playwrights with writers Hester Chillingworth, Somalia Nonyé Seaton and Ross Willis receiving the commissions.

Jane Fallowfield, Literary Manager, Royal Court, said; “It is a joy to continue working with Jerwood Arts to shape a development process that is led by our playwrights and their work, and to support commissions by three extraordinary new writers – Zia Ahmed, Tife Kusoro and Ruby Thomas. These three writers are thrillingly distinct in their processes but what they share is a purity and fearlessness in the way they make work. For us, this partnership has meant being responsive to our writers over the last year and celebrating the ideas that have emerged and will take us into the future.”

       

Lilli Geissendorfer, Director, Jerwood Arts, said; “Zia Ahmed, Tife Kusoro and Ruby Thomas are all at such exciting stages in developing their writing practice: we are delighted they will have the expert support of the Royal Court Theatre’s team to develop their commissions through Jerwood New Playwrights over the coming year. Congratulations! The Royal Court Theatre has shown the depth of its commitment to nurturing new voices throughout the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic so far. Vicky Featherstone and her team continue to inspire through their leadership on key issues facing the arts as we collectively navigate a return to live performance and cultural togetherness, from action on the climate crisis, to providing work for freelancers, and their commitment to anti-racism. We remain very proud funders.”

The Jerwood New Playwrights Programme is supported by Jerwood Arts Development Programme Fund.

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