Two sharings of writing from Clean Break Members at the Royal Court Theatre
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court
Monday 4 September | 7pm
Tuesday 5 September | 3pm
Content warnings and self-care guide
The plays contain references to themes some audience members might find challenging to engage with. We have created a self-care guide which includes content warnings, a grounding exercise, self-care tips, and other useful information for support.
Playwrights Pathways has been a creative development opportunity supporting six Clean Break Members to further their playwriting craft, knowledge of theatre making processes and the theatre industry. Each writer pitched an idea and across the programme these ideas have been developed into the writer’s first full-length playscript.
These events - which take the form of a rehearsed reading extracts - is an opportunity to share, celebrate and platform the necessary, imaginative and wildly different stories that have been brought to life through the individual voices and talents of our writers.
The company
Catherine Cusack (Difficult Daughters/ Mix Up Mix Up)
Emily Taaffe (Difficult Daughters/swan)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Mix Up Mix Up/swan)
Posy Sterling (Glitz'n'Gutz)
Renu Brindle (Glitz'n'Gutz)
Sarah Kinlen (swan)
Shona Babayemi (Mix Up Mix Up)
Anna-Maria Nabirye (Mango Season)
Directors
Anna Herrmann (Mix Up Mix Up; Glitz ‘n’ Gutz) and Rachel Valentine Smith (Difficult Daughters; Mango Season; swan)
Dramaturgs and co-facilitators
Gurnesha Bola, Jade Franks, Dubheasa Lanipuken, Titilola Dawudu and Rachel Valentine Smith