Every year since 2014, Cross-Channel Theatre collects dramatic artworks which enliven French contemporary theatre. They are put forward by specialised institutions to be submitted to a Reading Committee made of French and British professionals. The laureates, 3 or 4 texts each year, are then translated into English.
The translation is entirely funded by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, in partnership with Artcena/CONTXTO where the text is also selected by their network.
Members and partners of Cross-Channel Theatre have at heart to promote French artworks through translation, to stress the diversity of the French-speaking world’s artistic productions as well as to create the best conditions to initiate a production process on British stages.
Members of the Cross-Channel Teatre Reading Committee:
- Marianne Badrichani
- Chris Campbell
- Felicity Davidson
- Kate Fahy
- Simon Scardifield
- Mona Guichard
- Christophe Fiat
- Ronan Cheneau
Contacts
- Isabelle Manci, Cultural Attachée, Head of the Visual and Performing Arts Department
isabelle.manci@institut-francais.org.uk - Mathilde Charras, Culture and Education Assistant
mathilde.charras@institut-français.org.uk