SIMONE BENJAMIN, CORPORATE AFFAIRS SPECIALIST AT DISTELL
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Distell, a global business with roots in South Africa which produces and markets a diverse portfolio of award-winning alcoholic brands have partnered with the National Arts Festival, calling on new playwrights to step forward with exciting ideas for plays that will inspire and challenge audiences for the 2020 Distell National Playwright Competition.
The inaugural competition was launched in 2018 in honour of Adam and Rosalie Small, leading lights in South African education, social justice and literature.
The competition calls for submissions of scripts by writers who have not had a script or other written work professionally produced for the stage or television. The 2019 Distell National Playwright Award was won by Koleka Putuma who is given the opportunity to have her script No Easter Sunday for Queers produced. It will be presented at The Market Theatre from 20-25 August.
The inaugural competition was launched in 2018 in honour of Adam and Rosalie Small, leading lights in South African education, social justice and literature.
The competition calls for submissions of scripts by writers who have not had a script or other written work professionally produced for the stage or television. The 2019 Distell National Playwright Award was won by Koleka Putuma who is given the opportunity to have her script No Easter Sunday for Queers produced. It will be presented at The Market Theatre from 20-25 August.
