New plays
from all over the world were brought to life
at the Warehouse Theatre's annual
International Playwriting Festival.
Celebrating 21 years of success,
the IPF continues to discover
and promote the work of new playwrights,
consolidating the Warehouse Theatre's
role as a powerhouse of new writing.
The selected plays for 2006 were:
Mother Russia
by New Zealand's Alex Evans
Death and Taxes
by London-based writing team
Mary Stewart-David and Beverley Hunt
The Cliff Witch and the Sea
by Hampshire based Hannah Ashwell
From the shortlisted plays, the judges also
liked and excerpts were presented from:
The Soprano Frog
by Australian writer Michael Richards
The Swordfish, then the Concubine
by Malaysian writer Kee Thuan Chye.
 IPF's Italian partner Extra Candoni
presented Western Woman by Rita Maffei
and IPF's Greek partner, Nicosia-based
Theatro Ena presented Beyond the Good
and the Bad by Nikos Nikolaides.
New work was also showcased
from the Warehouse Writers' Workshop
and the BRIT School.
‘Doing playwrights
and the theatre
at large a fine service’
The Times

Festival patrons are
Thelma Holt CBE & Harold Pinter CBE
produced by Evita Bier & Ted Craig