from 19.01.26 to 24.01.26
Scheduled 2026 Attività Concluso PLAYGROUND 24/26
PLAYGROUND – London Residency


04 Feb PLAYGROUND – London Residency

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QUIET HOURS FROM TWO TO SIX
by Serbian playwrights Sofija Dimitrijević and Tara Mitrović
director: Ria Samartzi
actors: Youness Bouzinab, Lanna Joffrey, Ella Jarman

ROAD TRIP
by Romanian playwright Andreea Tănase
director: Flo Dessau
actors: Anjelica Serra, Miranda Shamiso, Olivia Negrean

Time: 19-24 January 2026
Location: Rose Lipman Building, Centre 151, Jermyn Street Theatre, London

PLAYGROUND is coordinated by PAV (Italy) in collaboration with Ariel Children and Youth Theatre (Romania), Euradia (Italy), Heartefact (Serbia), and La Mousson d’été (France)

PLAYGROUND is a project co-funded by the European Union

The PLAYGROUND London Residency is part of Beyond Borders, a Foreign Aff airs season funded by Arts Council England

PLAYGROUND arrives in London this January for a week-long residency filled with rehearsals, workshops, industry exchanges, and a public showcase of new work in translation by Serbian playwrights Tara Mitrović and Sofia Dimitrijević, and Romanian playwright Andreea Tănase.

A week of writing, listening, questioning, and building an international playwriting community — together.

Discover more about Sofija Dimitrijević and Tara Mitrović
Discover more about Andreea Tănase
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From the authors

“I’m a young theatre and radio director who, during Playground, together with my inseparable collaborator, dramaturg and author Sofija Dimitrijević, dared to tell a story we believe is urgent and burning, here and now. The residency proved immeasurably precious and, without exaggeration, life-changing: it allowed us to test our play beyond its original context, to hear it in another language, to encounter new Actors and audiences, and to discover what truly works. I returned to Belgrade encouraged and newly confident, inspired by the London team’s discipline, openness, and generosity, and deeply grateful to everyone involved. Thank you for believing in young artists, for connecting us, challenging us, and becoming the wind at our backs. I hope this is only the beginning of a mission I wholeheartedly support.”

– Tara Mitrović

“This residency gave me an ideal framework to finalise my play, Road Trip. As a freelancer, it isn’t easy to find focused time and space away from daily distractions, and this experience offered exactly that. Programs like Playground are vital to the playwriting ecosystem. Playwrights need labs where work can breathe before meeting an audience, and Playground provides the rare infrastructure to help transform strong ideas into production-ready plays.

The cross-cultural dimension was equally invaluable. Testing the work and its translation, and exchanging methodologies with international peers, gave me a perspective I couldn’t have gained in Bucharest alone. It bridges local scenes with the global stage and builds a network that I believe will support my work going forward.”

– Andreea Tănase

Photos

Photos by Héctor Manchego

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