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Good News from PapaTango.

My play LEOPOLDVILLE has won the 2010 Papatango New Writing Award in the UK.

The judges were:

Ruth Carney (Associate Director Sheffield Theatres), Tamara Harvey (West End Director), Gene David Kirk (Artistic Director Jermyn Street Theatre), Jeremy Kingston (Times Critic), Tanya Tillet (Agent at Rod Hall), Tara Wilkinson (Producer Bush Theatre).

The world premiere will be staged at the Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden, London WC1 from April 6th – April 24th 2010.

Hope to see you there!

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  1. Rachel FentonFebruary 18, 2010 at 2:43 PM

    Brilliant! Congratulations! How cool is that?!

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  2. JAKI MCCARRICKFebruary 18, 2010 at 3:01 PM

    Thanks so much Rachel. It's very cool, thanks! I'm looking forward to it. But why does everything come at once? I've two or three deadlines now all around the same time. Hoping to finish my new play in ten more days...and as you can see I am working very hard at it, no procrastination whatsoever. Hope all is well with you.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 19, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    Fab news - great start to the year already :)

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  4. JAKI MCCARRICKFebruary 19, 2010 at 11:29 AM

    Hello B, yes not bad at all. I start to get really busy on it from the end of next week. Though I can always have a nice rest in May - am dreaming of it already!

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  5. LizFebruary 22, 2010 at 2:06 PM

    Congratulations, Jaki, that's fantastic and very well-deserved....enjoy all the excitement and run up to its premiere...looking forward to hearing about it all... : )

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  6. JAKI MCCARRICKFebruary 22, 2010 at 4:22 PM

    Thanks Liz. Oh it's all so busy! But mustn't complain, it's good to get your teeth into something. It really is always the way though, the pressure comes and you're just looking for the quiet times again. Go with the flow, must remember that one.

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