Award-winning playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, whose play Jefferson’s Garden was recently produced at the venue, has become the latest artist to join Watford Palace Theatre as an associate.
Wertenbaker 's play Our Country’s Good won an Olivier award and the 1990 New York Drama Critics award, Three Birds Alighting On A Field received the Writers’ Guild, Critics’ Circle and Susan Smith Blackburn awards and The Love Of The Nightingale the Eileen Anderson Central TV Drama Award.
She joins a team of creative associates that includes playwrights Charlotte Keatley, Gary Owen and Alice Birch as well as resident and associate companies and movement directors and choreographers.
Wertenbaker said, “having had such a welcoming and supportive experience with my play Jefferson’s Garden, I’m delighted to become Watford Palace Theatre’s new Creative Associate.
"The theatre has a big, beautiful, classical stage and it’s exciting to present new work here. The whole organization focuses on involving the playwright at every stage of the process, which makes it a very pleasant and secure environment for writers.
"I’m looking forward to working closely with Brigid Larmour and the theatre over the coming years and I hope to help support the extraordinary work of the company and Brigid’s bold and distinct vision.”