Call for plays

YELLOW EARTH is launching the fifth international East Asian play-reading festival Typhoon 5, which will take place at the prestigious SOHO THEATRE in central London, the week of the 10th November 2008.

The purpose for the festival is to promote East Asian drama from around the world and encourage British companies to produce the work. Previous festivals have featured plays from both established and emerging writers, including Kee Thuan Chye (Malaysia), Oh T‚ae Sok (Korea), Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian (China), Kobo Abe (Japan), Derek Nguyen (USA), Ovidia Yu (Singapore) and many more.

TYPHOON LIVE In 2007, Yellow Earth produced two short plays which had featured in previous festivals. Getting Married by Lee Kang-Baek and Dogs by Elangovan were presented as a double bill, which toured England and played at the Oval House in London. Liz Sutherland was subsequently awarded Best Actress by the London Fringe Report for her performance in both plays.

This year, TYPHOON 5 includes a special feature of three new British East Asian plays that are currently being developed as part of the writing scheme YELLOW VOICES. Yellow Earth, with the support of Birmingham Rep, Soho Theatre and the Young Vic, is mentoring three London based writers to produce new and exciting plays that will be given their first public reading during the Festival.

We are looking for three other East Asian plays to complete what promises to be a very exciting week of international theatre. If you are interested in submitting your work, please send it to the Literary Associate, Philippe Cherbonnier. Your play will be read by a selection panel of three and a shortlist of six plays will be drawn up by the end of May. The final selection will be done by the end of June 2008.

Hard copies to be sent to:
Philippe Cherbonnier
 La Chapeliere
 86270 Coussay
les Bois
 France
Email copies to be sent to: philippe@yellowearth.org