Theatre Renegade
Theatre Renegade is a theatre company based in the United Kingdom which produces socio-political theatre and has a strong focus on putting story, engagement and empathy at the heart of the theatrical experience.[1]
Overview[edit]
The company was founded in late 2012 by current Artistic Director Ryan Forde Iosco. Focusing on new writing, collaboration and innovation Theatre Renegade produces full productions, theatrical response nights to political/world events and created Courting Drama.
Courting Drama[edit]
Originally produced in 2013 at the Bush Theatre, Courting Drama showcases five new collaborative partners and the five pieces that they create and mould together over a two-week period. Previous writers include: Anna Jordan, Judy Upton, Phoebe Eclair-Powell, Joseph Wilde, Hassan Abdulrazzak, Vinay Patel and James Fritz and have been nominated/won Laurence Olivier Award, Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, Verity Bargate Award, George Devine Award, BAFTA and Emmy Award.[2]
Moving to The Little at Southwark Playhouse in 2014[3] and then subsequently The Large in 2015,[4] Courting Drama is one of the pre-eminent nights of short plays in London.[5]
Selected work[edit]
- In Response To... Politics by various writers (The Other Palace, 2017)[6]
- In Response To... The Orlando Attack by various writers (The Other Palace, 2016)[7]
- Scarlet by Sam H Freeman (Southwark Playhouse, 2015)[8]
- Courting Drama by various writers (Southwark Playhouse, 2014/15/16)
- Courting Drama by various writers (Bush Theatre, 2013)[9]
- Kingdom Come by Nia Da Costa (Leicester Square Theatre, 2012)
- How the Heart Works by Shapour Benard (Leicester Square Theatre, 2012)[10]
Award nominations[edit]
- Nomination - 2016 Off West End Award for Best Ensemble for Scarlet (Heida Reed, Jade Ogugua, Lucy Kilpatrick and Asha Reid)[11]
- Nomination - 2016 Off West End Award for Best Production for Scarlet [12]
References[edit]
- ^ "Theatre Renegade Information". Theatre Renegade.
- ^ "Courting Drama". Courting Drama.
- ^ "Courting Drama Announcement". BroadwayWorld.
- ^ "Courting Drama at Southwark Playhouse". Southwark Playhouse.
- ^ "London's Best Events". City Academy.
- ^ "Casting announced for In Response To... Politics gala". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ Snow, Georgia (2016-06-22). "One-off gala to commemorate victims of Orlando attack". The Stage. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ Iosco, Ryan Forde (2015-04-28). "Ryan Forde Iosco: A digitally themed play helped us work better with technology". The Stage. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Courting Drama". Amazon.
- ^ "A Younger Theatre". A Younger Theatre.
- ^ "Cast Announcement". Whatsonstage.
- ^ "Offies 2016". Off West End Awards. Archived from the original on 2018-01-07.