Kali’s free writing programme for aspiring female playwrights of South Asian descent

Selected writers receive:

• 3 playwriting workshops led by leading female practitioners
• Dramaturgical support to develop their 10-page submission into a 20-minute play
• Rehearsal with actors and director
• Two public performances of a staged reading as part of a showcase for industry, friends and family
• A bursary towards travel expenses and childcare
• It is open to UK based female writers of South Asian descent* who are eligible to live and work in the UK, and who have not had a play presented as a full production.
• No previous playwriting experience is necessary.

  *At least one parent must be descended from the diasporas of the Indian subcontinent

The next DISCOVERY programme will run from September 2020 to March 2021

Discovery Programme