NEWS: Hear the Papatango Prize-winning plays for free at Mold's Theatr Clwyd

Papatango New Writing Prize Audio Plays Free at Theatr Clwyd

Papatango are an organisation that champion the next generation of brilliant playwrights, especially those who might otherwise lack pathways into theatre. Their opportunities are free, open to anyone and anonymously assessed.

Next month at Theatr Clwyd, the three winning plays (of the thirteenth Papatongo New Writing Prize) will be available to listen to, free of charge. In partnership with ETT (English Touring Theatre), the audio productions will play by scanning a QR code on your phone, with copies of the scripts including braille translations available.

The three winning productions are:

Some Of Us Exist In The Future written by Nkenna Akunna. Rasheka Christie-Carter directs the cast  babirye bukilwa (Neighbour/You), Florian Clare (Coe), Funmi James (Isata), Rachel Nwokoro (Chiamaka) and Oseloka Obi (Black Masc/Dad).

Chiamaka is new to all this. Fresh off the plane from the UK, she's new to Brooklyn and its extremes. She's new to queer dating, to the realities of being an immigrant. Most of all, she's new to the voices of the gods...

Utterly original, wryly funny and always gripping, Some Of Us Exist In The Future follows one woman’s journey to finding her place in a world that’s not all it seems.

Silence and The Noise written by Tom Powell. Artistic Director of Papatango, George Turvey directs the cast Aldous Ciokajlo-Squire (Ant) and Shakira Riddell-Morales (Daize).

Every teenager knows what it’s like to be stuck between things: childhood and maturity, innocence and experience, hope for the future and uncertainty about what that will be. But Daize is torn between even greater challenges: her love for her vulnerable mother and her dangerous friendship with Ant. An outsider with knockout trainers, Ant has just appeared on her doorstep, bringing with him a whole world of trouble.

The Silence and The Noise captures the story of two young people on the edge.

Ghost Stories from an Old Country written by Tajinder Singh Hayer, Jessica Lazar directs Rebecca Crankshaw (Paula), Raj Ghatak (Dal) and Shane Zaza (Amar).

Dalvir has always told a good ghost story, properly unsettling, dark tales to send a chill right through his younger brother Amar. But now Dalvir’s almost a ghost himself, cloistered and secretive. Amar desperately wants to reconnect with the only family he has left, but can he unravel Dalvir’s stories to find a way back to his brother?

Threaded through with captivating fables, Ghost Stories from an Old Country is a riveting and poignant exploration of the ties that bind us.

For more information, please visit the Theatr Clwyd website at www.theatrclwyd.com or www.papatango.co.uk/2021-prize-announcement/