21 Plays
6 Continents
16 Languages Unlimited Workshops!
Performing International Plays (PIP) is a University of Kent-based provider of educational resources, student workshops and teacher CPDs exploring contemporary plays in translation, using a blend of drama and MFL pedagogies. In partnership with Foreign Affairs theatre company, we offer young people in secondary schools much-needed opportunities to connect with important stories from around the world by a diverse set of playwrights who write in languages other than English. Our mission is to expand and diversify the curriculum through international plays and make each student feel represented. Through our workshops, we develop young people's international cultural capital through hands-on devising, scene studies and collaborative translation for the stage.
“Thank you so much for all your hard work developing this exciting new resource. Really looking forward to exploring these new texts with my students.”
“A great and exciting project reaching people across the continents, where we can have the opportunity of reading global contemporary plays.”
“It was really special to be involved in a production that carries such an important message and ultimately tries to change the current course of British theatre studies”
SPOTLIGHT: The Grain Store by Natal’ya Vorozbhit
Based on the terror-famine that caused seven million deaths in Ukraine and neighbouring lands in the 1930s, Vorozhbit’s play illustrates the consequences of Stalin's first five-year-plan on a small Ukranian village.
This month we’re highlighting Natal’ya Vorozghit’s play The Grain Store, a powerful documentary drama set in Ukraine, exploring the impact of horrific terror on a small village.
The play features 13 characters and is available with video excerpts in its original language Russian, in an English translation and an interview with the cast and creatives.
