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Dateline: 13th March, 2009
New Writers at Paines Plough Paines Plough has announced eight new writers "on attachment" for 2009. The wew Pearson writer in residence is Bola Agbaje who was a member of the Young Writers’ Programme at the Royal Court Theatre and her first play, Gone Too Far!, premiered there in February 2007, directed by Bijan Sheibani. The production won a 2008 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre and transferred to the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs. She will now write a full-length play for Paines Plough, as well as working closely with the Company to experience the fullest programme of work in a new writing theatre.
Bola Agbaje was chosen for the award by a distinguished panel of judges for the Pearson Playwrights’ Residence scheme, including Michael Billington, Thelma Holt CBE, Catherine Johnson and Beryl Bainbridge DBE. In addition, six writers will join the Future Perfect programme, a year long attachment challenging playwrights at the earliest stages of their careers to develop their unique vision, supported by established writers at Paines Plough. Now in its fourth year, it has allowed Paines Plough to work with nineteen emerging playwrights. The company will now be joined by Lucinda Cardey, Laura Lomas, Penelope Skinner, Adam Taylor, Danielle Sibley, Tom Wells. The Future Perfect writers were chosen from a record 500 national submissions by Paines Plough and by Robert Wulff-Cochrane and Claire Marshall of Channel 4 Film & Drama. The programme will comprise a wide range of activities with partner theatres, and will focus throughout the year on the development of a full-length play. They are joined by this year's winner of the Rod Hall Memorial Award, Phil Davies.
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