All that matters is that great stories are told. Soho Theatre presents a season packed with new plays and announces its hunt for the next generation of writers. With Citysong , winner of the Verity Bargate Award, making its London premiere tonight on our main stage, it is with much excitement that Soho Theatre and Character 7 begin their search for the next extraordinary play from an extraordinary new voice for the Verity Bargate Award , with judges including Phoebe Waller-Bridge , Arinze Kene , Lolita Chakrabarti and Laura Wade.
Cora returns to Soho Theatre for the first time since the critically acclaimed romantic comedy Midsummer a Play with Songs. Desperate to be seen as they are, not as the colour of their skin, Cassi and Simone decide to seize back control and write their own play. This is that play. A devastatingly powerful new play by award-winning writer Ryan Calais Cameron , Typical uncovers the man and the humanity behind the tragic real-life story of Christopher Alder.
Directed by Anastasia Osei-Kuffour. From our small island in the sea, to Malta, another small island in the sea Sh! Following its premiere this year at the Edinburgh festival, Soho Theatre in association with Show and Tell present a playful and political show about Europe by Sh!
Join Lucy in a late-night crawl through the annals of history in this enthusiastically humiliating exploration of power and purpose. And finally, the search is on. Soho Theatre and Character 7 , producer of The Night Manager , are looking for extraordinary plays from extraordinary new voices.
What matters is that great stories are told — human, inspiring and urgent stories which can only exist in this moment. Soho Theatre will present a series of workshops and information sessions in Dean Street and around the UK and Ireland in the lead up to submissions opening. Tickets for all shows announced are on sale now to Soho Theatre Friends, on sale to Soho Theatre Members from 12 noon Friday 14 June, and on general sale from 12 noon next Monday 17 June.
