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Mufaro Makubika to write a new play for the stage based on Booker prize shortlisted novel WE NEED NEW NAMES by NoViolet Bulawayo In the midst of an exhausting year- we’re delighted to share some good news: NoViolet B…
We're thrilled to announce full casting for our UK tour of LAVA by award winning writer James Fritz. Kacey Ainsworth, Dan Parr, Safiyya Ingar and Fred Fergus make up our cast in this moving and humorous four-hander set…
Fifth Word are delighted to announce two new collaborations with east midlands- writers Mufaro Makubika and Sophie Ellerby. Both Sophie and Mufaro are fast rising writers who we believe will be part of the next mighty…
Fifth Word are thrilled to announce that we are new associate artists at Oxford Playhouse! Over the next 12 months, we’ll be getting under the skin of all things oxford playhouse - building meaningful relationships w…
Over the last two years Fifth Word has been running an exciting Community project entitled ‘This is Normanton’ in partnership with Derby Museums and supported by Derby City Local Studies & Family History Library. This pro…
Just before LAVA rehearsals moved to Nottingham Playhouse, we spoke to Nottingham born actress Emma Pallant who plays Vicky. Vicky is mum to Vin, a young man who stopped speaking after an asteroid devastates London. …
Rehearsals kicked off in London but for the last few weeks of rehearsals we’ve been based back at camp in the Neville Studio at Nottingham Playhouse. LAVA has been created and designed specifically with the P…
In January 2014, Fifth Word commissioned me to write a play. Any play. About anything I wanted. The only stipulations were that it had to suit their company ethos, and it had to be less than 70 minutes. We discussed a…
It was a grim morning at the start of August when I arrived at the Silk Mill Derby, with flushed cheeks and damp clothes. Greeted with an endless supply of tea and biscuits, excited anticipation drifted between staff…
Nottingham Playhouse have invited us into their building as we become their associate company! We are delighted to be based in our lovely new office at Nottingham Playhouse and are excited to work alongside Nottingham…