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HighTide has announced the first season of work programmed by new Artistic Director Clare Slater, as she sets out a refreshed Artistic Mission for the company. Building on HighTide's celebrated legacy as a new writing company, HighTide are reshaping to become wholly writer-centred, with a deeper, more focussed commitment to playwrights.
Based in the east of England, HighTide's renewed focus will be on nurturing and producing work from the pool of playwriting talent in the region, working in collaboration with local partners, to create a thriving community of playwrights in the east.
As a touring company, HighTide also takes this moment to prioritise climate careful practices and to show that it is not only possible but creatively exhilarating to become a decarbonised company by 2030.
Clare Slater, Artistic Director of HighTide, said today: "I couldn't be more proud of my first season of work as Artistic Director at HighTide. I've spent over 15 years working as a Dramaturg and believe that playwrights are our truth-tellers. They have a significant part to play in shaping the cultural narrative, and this season begins our new commitment to the exceptional playwriting talent in our home region of the East of England. It is also shaped by our new practice of climate dramaturgy, led by me and our Associate Artist, Zoë Svendsen.
Be it in a country barn, on the beach, on tour all across the East, or at the Globe in London, the HighTide team and I invite you to come and experience the joy and power of inspiring stories from this evocative, but often overlooked, region."
With all the work by writers who come from, or live in, the eastern region, the new season includes:
HighTide has established a new Strategic Partnership with the University of East Anglia (UEA) which will enable points of creative collaboration, to support playwrights and artists in the region, and further their shared ambitions for climate positive action.
Also joining HighTide are Zoë Svendsen as an Associate Artist, Emma Butler Smith as new Executive Director/Joint CEO and Nicola Werenowska as Writer in Residence in 2023, supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation/Film 4 Playwrights' Award Scheme.
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