Out of the Wings returns for its seventh annual festival of theatre in translation from the worlds of Spanish-, Portuguese- and Catalan-language playwriting, and beyond. Commencing with the Out of the Wings Forum at King’s College London, the week continues at Omnibus Theatre with play readings from five different countries, all in English translation and in the UK […]

  **UPDATED 15 April 2023: Submissions for the 2023 OOTW Festival and Forum are now closed. Please see our FAQs for information about other ways to share your work with us throughout the year.** Out of the Wings Festival 2023 Omnibus Theatre Clapham Tuesday 11 to Saturday 15 July 2023 Call for Play Submissions Out […]

As a collective of practitioners made up of volunteers, OOTW is only as strong as its constituent parts.  We are also unusual in the world of UK theatre as our programming is based entirely on a completely and continuously open submission process.  So if you think you could contribute to the running of the collective, […]

The Out of the Wings festival 2022 opens on 19 July with Daniel Dannery’s Wanted a Pillbox, Ended up with a Plastic Bag, translated and directed by Mary Ann Vargas.  In advance of rehearsals, Mary Ann and Daniel, in London and Caracas respectively, chatted over WhatsApp audio – apt for a play about social media […]

Every month, Out of the Wings invites a translator to share their work in our free-to-attend laboratory.  We gather to read a play in translation, discuss it, and offer feedback.  All are welcome.  For our April 2021 session, we were joined by translator Naty Barry and her translation of Mar/Sea by Argentinian playwright Arístides Vargas.  […]

Out of the Wings is a collective whose mission is to explore and promote theatre in translation from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds.  A flagship event in our activities is our annual festival, which in 2022 will celebrate its sixth edition. Taking place at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham, from 19 to 23 July 2022, the […]