International Residency

The 2009 International Residency was the twenty-first to take place and involved ten playwrights from nine different countries. Launched in 1989 in the form of an International Summer School, the Residency now acts as a springboard for all the international work of the Royal Court; it facilitates the search for international plays, allows us to work more intensively with promising playwrights and directors and develops long-term commitments that are beneficial to artists in both countries. Previous participants on the Residency are now some of the most important international writers in their country today. They include: Anupama Chandrasekhar (India), Dea Loher and Marius von Mayenburg (Germany), Juan Mayorga (Spain), Rafael Spregelburd (Argentina), Olivier Choinière (Québec, Canada), Amir Reza Koohestani (Iran), Natalia Vorozhbit (Ukraine), Mikhail Durnenkov (Russia) and Gianina Cărbunariu (Romania). Many of these playwrights have also gone on to have their work produced by the Royal Court, most recently Anupama Chandrasekhar whose second play for the Royal Court, Disconnect was presented in spring 2010.

The 2010 International Residency will take place this July. Playwrights will be attending from the Czech Republic, Denmark, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine.

The International Residency is supported by the Genesis Foundation and the British Council.