Rehearsals for the world premiere of Guillermo Calderón’s B are well under way at the Royal Court.  I have been in rehearsals to watch the production taking shape under Sam Pritchard’s expert direction, and the first previews begin on September 28.  You can see some rehearsal images below, and book your tickets here.

Before that, however, I’m delighted to be working with the new company Latin American Voices on a UK premiere reading of Pig Woman by Santiago Loza, one of Argentina’s leading contemporary writers.  This one-woman tale of a harrowing search for spiritual perfection will be performed as a rehearsed reading at the Arcola Theatre on Saturday, September 23rd at 13:00.  The reading is free to attend.

On October 7 my translation of Weathered will have its second rehearsed reading in the UK.  This contemporary Cuban family drama by Abel González Melo was originally commissioned by HOME MCR for their Viva! festival in 2016, alongside a produciton of Abel’s nocturnal thriller Chamaco.  As at HOME, Cat Robey directs this reading, which will take place at the Southwark Playhouse at 13:30.  Like Pig Woman, this reading is also free to attend.

And finally for now, I am really delighted to be co-presenting the plenary event at this year’s International Translation Day at the British Library, on October 2nd.  I will be sharing the stage with the London-based international theatre company

[Foreign Affairs] to talk about theatre translation, about the company’s innovative theatre translators’ programme, and to lead our audience in a mass theatre translation activity.  This year’s ITD promises to be very eclectic and inspiring and I look forward to rounding the day off with little drama!  We’ve already been hard at work getting things ready.