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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · Jun 29

Join us July 15-19 at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social for the annual Out of the Wings Festival. Plays from Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Brazil, all in English translation, and all UK premieres. www.omnibus-clapham.org/out-of-the-w...

OUT OF THE WINGS – Omnibus Theatre

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · Jun 19

🍊✍️ Introducing our 2025 Writers’ Collective!

We’re delighted to welcome Hassan Abdulrazzak, Azan Ahmed, Martha Watson Allpress, Catherine Dyson, Ben Weatherill, and for the first time, the Collective includes a translator, Lucy Phelps, in association with
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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · May 23

I'll be chatting to editor Dom O'Hanlon, playwright Abel González Melo, and translator @Jozefina Komporaly at this free online seminar with @methuendrama.bsky.social , Global Plays in #Translation, May 28. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · May 17

Just announced! The line-up for the 2025 Out of the Wings festival at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social July 15-19. UK premiere play readings from Mexico, Portugal, Colombia, Brazil, Spain and Chile, all in English translation. Join us! www.omnibus-clapham.org/out-of-the-w...

William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · May 5

Theatre translators and their friends and co-conspirators, speakers of all and any languages, join us May 16 at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social with Out of the Wings for A Night in Translation. An open-mic and a brilliant set of panellists. Free! www.ootwfestival.com/post/ootw-a-...

OOTW: A Night in Translation, May 16

Out of the Wings: A Night in TranslationOmnibus Theatre, 16 May 2025, 7:30pm, admission free (book here)Join Out of the Wings (OOTW) this May for a night in celebration of theatre, translation, and ho...

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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · Apr 13

Theatre translators and their friends and co-conspirators, speakers of all and any languages, join us May 16 at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social with Out of the Wings for A Night in Translation. An open-mic and a brilliant set of panellists. Free! www.ootwfestival.com/post/ootw-a-...

OOTW: A Night in Translation, May 16

Out of the Wings: A Night in TranslationOmnibus Theatre, 16 May 2025, 7:30pm, admission free (book here)Join Out of the Wings (OOTW) this May for a night in celebration of theatre, translation, and ho...

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · Apr 10

We're buzzing to welcome Olivier award-winner Maimuna Memon as the guest speaker for our next OT Artists' Network Night.

📅 Thursday 17 April, 6:30pm
🎟️ £5 + a free drink

🔗 Join OT Artists' Network and book now: ow.ly/GMzE50VahFh

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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · Mar 30

A plethora of free translation labs and creative sessions coming up this week from the excellent Foreign Affairs theatre company. More at www.foreignaffairs.org.uk/celebrating-...

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · Mar 27

Happy World Theatre Day from the OT Team! 🍊

Thank you for all your support - thank you to our performers, technicians, creatives, Members, Patrons, and audiences for allowing us to deliver ever-more ambitious work, reaching further into our community, and helping us make theatre for everyone 🧡

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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · Mar 22

Very exciting that March 28 1500GMT we'll be sharing a translation by the brilliant Jo Clifford, one of our finest theatre translators, at Out of the Wings's monthly meet-and-read. Free to attend in London or on Zoom. Not to be missed! Details via ootwfestival.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Out of the Wings

Out of the Wings Email Forms

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · Mar 10

Can you help? There's no centralised script archive of Scotland's stage translators' staged works 1974-now, but support from SSP & @edmorgantrust.bsky.social is helping me change that.

Any detail might be useful! 🙏
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Translation archive submission form

You can use this form to submit the details of any foreign language play performed professionally in translation (into Scots, English or Gaelic) in Scotland. The information will be added to an archiv...

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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · Mar 8

The Out of the Wings Festival of plays from Iberia and Latin America will be back at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social in July. We've been doing it for a decade now! Join us this summer. www.omnibus-clapham.org/out-of-the-w...

OUT OF THE WINGS - Omnibus Theatre

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Playwriting UK @playwritinguk.bsky.social · Feb 21

CALLING ALL PLAYWRIGHTS🚨

Got a script? Wondering what’s next? Do you need an agent? What do they do? How do you reach out?✍️

Join us for a Zoom Q&A with Casarotto agents 🎭

📅 Monday 10th March
⏰ 7 PM
🔗Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · Feb 13

A pleasure to read so many international plays in preparing this piece for Drama Online. Showcasing here playwrights from Nigeria, Japan, Spain, India, Argentina and Ukraine, and the translators who translate them. @methuendrama.bsky.social

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Drama Online - Featured Content

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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · Feb 4

An wonderful reflection on the art of translating a play from Rory Mullarkey.

Exeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social · Feb 4

"'Sounding English' isn’t the point. It’s a Russian play, set in Russia, 125 years ago... if anything, 'sounding Russian' is the point"

Today, we have Rory Mullarkey on his new version of Chekhov's "most beautiful" play, Three Sisters, and why the magic is in its maintaining its mystery...

'Meaning is always unstable': Rory Mullarkey on the mystery of Chekhov

As Three Sisters opens at the Globe, the playwright explores how translating Russian and Ukrainian has defined his career - and his life

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Exeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social · Feb 4

"'Sounding English' isn’t the point. It’s a Russian play, set in Russia, 125 years ago... if anything, 'sounding Russian' is the point"

Today, we have Rory Mullarkey on his new version of Chekhov's "most beautiful" play, Three Sisters, and why the magic is in its maintaining its mystery...

'Meaning is always unstable': Rory Mullarkey on the mystery of Chekhov

As Three Sisters opens at the Globe, the playwright explores how translating Russian and Ukrainian has defined his career - and his life

exeuntmagazine.substack.com

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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · Jan 31

Submissions for the 2025 Out of the Wings festival of plays from Ibero-America in English #translation at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social are open until February 17. www.ootwfestival.com/post/call-fo...

Call for Submissions: Out of the Wings Festival 2025

Out of the Wings Festival 2025Omnibus Theatre Clapham Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 July 2025Call for Script Submissions Out of the Wings Festival 2025 Out of the Wings (OOTW) is a collective whose missio...

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · Jan 27

📢 Applications are now open for our 2025 OT Writers' Collective!

If you're a mid-career playwright looking to share practice, build networks, gain industry insights, and develop new ideas, we'd love to hear from you.

Find out more below 👇

⏰ Applications open until 10am on Mon 10 Feb!

Applications open for OT Writers' Collective

Applications now open for the 2025 OT Writers’ Collective, supporting mid-career playwrights with workshops, industry insights, and a bursary.

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Caridad Svich @csvich.bsky.social · Jan 26

#theatre dear UK theatre pals: on Feb 21 at 1 PM, join us @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social for reading of my new play KORA K. A ghost story about the self and the space between truth and fiction. Or the story of a translator. tix: orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/kor...

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Caridad Svich @csvich.bsky.social · Jan 23

London theatre pals: you can hear/see my new play KORA K on February 21 @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social . #theatre
tix here: orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/kor...

Kora K - Orange Tree Theatre

Join us for the next in the OT Lunchtime plays series, KORA K. Written by Caridad Svich and directed by Ben Purkiss.

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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · Jan 10

Join us at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social Feb 8 for PLAYS FROM SPAIN. Work by three brilliant Spanish playwrights in English translation, hosted by Out of the Wings. And it’s free! 🎭 🇪🇸 🥳

Details and tix via: www.ootwfestival.com/post/out-of-...

Out of the Wings: Plays from Spain

Out of the Wings: Plays from Spain - Omnibus Theatre, 7:30pm, Saturday 8 February 2025 Join Out of the Wings at Omnibus Theatre, Clapham, for Plays from Spain, an encounter with contemporary Spanish p...

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Methuen Drama @methuendrama.bsky.social · Jan 10

How do you choose a text to translate? What challenges do you encounter?

Translators and editors @wjg22.bsky.social, Heather Jeanne Denyer & Anna G. R. Miller discuss their new play collections, collaboration, the future of translating plays & more over on our blog bit.ly/40ch9ul

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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · Dec 1

Submissions are now open for the 2025 Out of the Wings Festival of #theatre in #translation from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds at Omnibus Theatre. Our ten-year anniversary!

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Call for Submissions: Out of the Wings Festival 2025

Out of the Wings Festival 2025Omnibus Theatre Clapham Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 July 2025Call for Script Submissions Out of the Wings Festival 2025 Out of the Wings (OOTW) 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 2025 will celebrate its ninth edition, and ten years since its first.Taking place at Omnibus Theatre, Clapham, from 15 to 19 July

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Amanda L. Andrei @amandalandrei.bsky.social · Nov 29

👋🏽 if you're a theatre translator or company supporting translated plays -- please introduce yourself and share widely! 🌍🌏🌎

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