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 […]

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 […]

THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST. DO STAY IN TOUCH WITH US AS WE ARE ALWAYS KEEN TO MEET ACTORS AND OTHER COLLEAGUES. Out of the Wings is seeking six English-speaking actors (any age, any gender) of Yoruba- and/or Mbundu-language heritage for an online workshop reading of the Brazilian […]

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 session, we were joined by Mexican playwright Luis Edoardo Torres and the translator of his play ‘En la margen […]

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 September session, we were joined by Colombian playwright Felipe Botero and the translator of his play ‘El Ausente’, Santiago del […]

Translator and actor Gigi Guizado is in London for the premiere of her translation of The Therapist by Peruvian dramatist Gabriela Yepes.  But her journey with Out of the Wings began with an altogether more personal connection.  Here, Gigi describes how researching her family history, and the work of her pioneering playwright grandfather, led to her […]

As the 2021 Out of the Wings Festival approaches, our teams are busy preparing our readings of UK premiere English translations.  The team behind ‘Shopping Centre Paradise’ have also been busy putting together a playlist inspired by this contemporary play exploring love in the age of consumerism, and have shared it with us here. This […]

As our Winter Warmer, hosted digitally at the Omnibus Theatre, came to a close, our director Catherine Boyle shared some thoughts on what we’d achieved, on the many people we wished to thank, and the power of making work in a collective community. Throughout this week we have been reminded how central to our work […]