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2022 Artist in Residence Announced

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:03:00 GMT

African Women's Playwright Network and Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2022 artist-in-residence fellowship will be actor/playwright/ director/activist/educator Getrude Vimbayi Munhamo-Pfumayaramba from Zimbabwe who will be with us for 8-10 weeks to develop her new work, SIZWE (NATION), which will look at ethnic hatred that has led to genocide in various nations to answer the question, ‘what now?’

Kenilworth's Talisman Theatre Partners with the African Women Playwrights Network

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:44:41 GMT

On 4 February 2021 the Leamington Observer reported that the Talisman Theatre in Kenilworth had reflected on its whiteness, and has reaffirmed its commitment to diversity. This commitment has included partnering with Dr Yvette Hutchison's African Women Playwrights Network so that it can begin to change its position as a venue which has 'a very white membership, choosing plays mainly about white people, by white authors, presented to a mainly white audience' (Leamington Observer).

Unsettled shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 12:07:27 GMT

We are thrilled to announce that JC Niala's play Unsettled has been shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award for Black British playwrights. The play is published in Contemporary Plays by African Women and JC is a core member of the African Women Playwrights Network. Find out more about the award here: https://www.alfredfagonaward.co.uk/awards/2020-award/

JC Niala's play Unsettled wins the Alfred Fagon Award

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:43:00 GMT

Congratulations to JC Niala, a Research Fellow in Theatre and Performance Studies at Warwick and a core member of the African Women Playwrights Network (AWPN). Her play Unsettled - published in the collection Contemporary Plays by African Women - has just been longlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award. https://www.alfredfagonaward.co.uk/awards/2020-award/

African Women Playwrights Network: Video Launch

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 21:30:45 GMT

In Summer 2020 the African Women Playwrights Network launched a video to describe the activities of the network and the rationale for it being founded. Take a look at the video here.

Dr. Yvette Hutchison launches Woza Africa! Educational Resource

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:19:01 GMT

The resource that explores theatre in the African context, led to 1177 hits of the projects Facebook page in two hours of its release with dozens of registrations in the first hour.

Listen to Yvette Hutchison on Switch Radio discuss AWPN with James Sandy

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 12:00:00 GMT

Yvette Hutchison awarded WIF Award

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:00:00 GMT

Yvette Hutchison was awarded a WIF award of £20k to make a 10-15 minute film to document the research from her African Womens' Playwright Network project. Its objective is to capture and amplify the non-academic voices conveying how AWPN has influenced and changed their lives and livelihoods. We will also upload short pieces of events and stories along the way.