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Translating Deviance: The Gravity Myth

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 December 2022 session, we were joined by Panamanian playwright Javier Stanziola and  translator Alexander Aguayo, with Alexander’s English translation of […]

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OOTW2023 – Call for Play Submissions

  **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 […]

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Caption This: The Story of How a Photo Came to Be

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.  In this blog, translator Gigi Guizado tells us about her experience of sharing her work with us, how she found us, and […]

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When the Earth Stood Still: Translating for the End of the World

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 October 2022 session, we were joined by Honduran playwright Luís Emilio Cerna Mazier and  translator Larisa Muñoz, with Larisa’s English […]

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Out of the Wings Needs You!

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, […]

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From Caracas to London: Staying Connected with ‘Wanted a Pillbox…’

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 […]

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Mar (Sea) – A Translator-Actress’s Journey

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.  […]

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Call for Script Submissions – Out of the Wings Festival 2022

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 […]

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Meeting Spanish Playwrights: The 2021 AAT Playwrights and Translators Meeting

During the second week of December 2021, UK-based translators and OOTW colleagues Kate Eaton and Rachel Toogood, following an invitation from the Asociación de Autores de Teatro (AAT, the Spanish playwrights association), participated in the ‘Encuentro de dramaturgos con traductores’.  This annual event, which has grown in scope since its inception and has taken place […]

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The Girl who was Cyrano – Translating Theatre for Young People from Argentina

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 December session, we were joined by translator Sebastián Gutiérrez and his translation of La niña que fue Cyrano/The Girl who […]

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