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NEW TALENT: FIVE PLAYWRIGHT COMPETITION FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
The winning play will be staged at the National Arts Festival this year.
The National Arts Festival has revealed the five finalists of the Distell National Playwright Competition. These finalists will now embark on the next phase of the competition: a mentoring programme, during which they will receive advice and support towards preparing the final version of their scripts.
The competition recognises new talent that has not presented a finished play to an audience.
One play will be produced and staged at the 2019 National Arts Festival in Makhanda.
National Arts Festival associate producer Nobesuthu Rayi says: “We received an encouraging number of entries, so our writers are engaged in idea making and dreaming.
“We are very excited to see our five finalists take their scripts to completion now.”