Scotland's rich legacy of stage translations discussed by leading playwrights and translators

A panel event celebrating Scotland's translators of international plays for UK stages. Chaired by Joyce McMillan, and featuring writer-translators Jo Clifford, Liz Lochhead, Alan McKendrick, Katherine Mendelsohn and Mariem Omari, the event will explore the importance of this vibrant aspect of Scottish theatre.

The event is part of a project to build a script archive of 50+years of international plays translated by Scotland-based translators and professionally produced on stages large and small - from the Highlands to the Edinburgh International Festival, at the National Theatres of Scotland and Great Britain, in London’s West End, Dublin, Paris, & at Festival d’Avignon - and to inspire new generations of playwrights, directors and actors to explore this rich seam.

This stage of the project is funded by the Scottish Society of Playwrights and the Edwin Morgan Trust, and supported by Magnetic North and Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland, where the archive will be hosted.

Main image: Medea by Euripedes, adapted by Liz Lochhead; photograph by J.Shurte

Description supplied by the event organiser.