The Ryan Calais Cameron Season Launch
Groundbreaking initiative launched to champion the next generation of British playwrights.
Olivier-award-nominated playwright and Sky Arts Award winner Ryan Calais Cameron has announced The Ryan Calais Cameron Season, an ambitious new development and production programme launched in association with Broadway Theatre, Catford. The initiative is designed to champion the next generation of British playwrighting talent at a time when opportunities for emerging creatives are rapidly diminishing.
The programme will provide vital resources including dramaturgical support, financial backing, development space and mentorship to three early-career Black and Global Majority writers based in the borough of Lewisham. Justice Ezi, Demi Wilson-Smith and Kaleb D’Aguilar’s respective plays — Last Goal Wins, Cranes and How to Keep Warm in Winter, will be progressed from early-stage scripts into fully realised productions with 12 performances each in the Broadway Theatre’s Studio. A complete pipeline, from development to staged production. The three plays have been hand-picked by Ryan Calais Cameron, whose acclaimed credits include For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy and Retrograde.
Under Ryan’s direct mentorship the three playwrights will receive a fully funded dedicated production run across the upcoming summer and autumn months and employment for over 23 creatives.
Last Goal Wins by Justice Ezi:1 – 12 July
A high stakes football drama which follows two footballers competing for a place on the Nigerian national team, exploring themes around Nigerian football culture, identity, brotherhood and power.
Cranes by writer and performer Demi Wilson-Smith: 23 September – 4 October
A moving depiction of the personal cost of activism, the suppression of protest, the brutality of the criminal justice system, and the heroes who don't get commemorated by statues. At least not at first.
How To Keep Warm in Winter by Kaleb D'Aguilar: 14 – 25 October
A Caribbean love story set against the adversity of 1970s London. Following Jamaican newlyweds navigating racism and economic hardship, exploring themes of migration, race, economic crisis and family.
Where: Broadway Theatre, Catford, Rushey Grn, London SE6 4RU
Prices: £15 General, £12 Concession
Further Information: www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk