To get a sense of what happens to a play after it has won the competition and been selected for production, we ask 2008 winner Vivienne Franzmann to start a correspondence with playwright Simon Stephens.
Vivienne’s play MOGADISHU premieres at the Royal Exchange in January 2011 and Simon Stephens’ plays PUNK ROCK, ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD and PORT have all been produced at the Royal Exchange. As the show progresses, we will update their conversation.
From: Simon Stephens
To: Vivienne Franzmann
30th December 2010
Hi Viv,
You must be in rehearsal now.
Surely.Am I right?
How’s it going?
If not how’s casting?
Did you go to auditions?
How’s the design?
How are you coping with the spatial challenges of the Exchange and the specificity of the round and then bringing it to the Lyric in Hammersmith?
I hope you’re well.
It’s such an energising feeling to go into a new production at the start of a new year.
If there’s anything I can help you with just let me know.
Simon
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Vivienne,
I stumbled upon your conversation with Simon Stephens and couldn’t pass the opportunity to send my regards after, what is it, twenty years or so since we shared an employer? Or did Harmony post-date that period?
Hope you are well etc. and feel free to come back if you are so enclined.
Cordially
David