Papatango

The best new writing. Made for audio. Delivered to you.

In a reimagined iteration of Papatango’s annual playwriting awards, three winning plays have been produced as audio productions. The thirteenth Papatango New Writing Prize winning plays are Nkenna Akunna’s Some Of Us Exist In The Future, Tom Powell’s The Silence and The Noise, and Tajinder Singh Hayer’s Ghost Stories from an Old Country.

The audio productions will play from free listening devices which can be booked and collected from our Box Office, or listened to on your own device via a QR code.

Listen to the three award-winning plays in the comfortable surroundings of Mull Theatre!

Some Of Us Exist In The Future
by Nkenna Akunna
Chiamaka is new to all this. Fresh off the plane from the UK, she’s new to Brooklyn and its extremes. She’s new to queer dating. She’s new to being an immigrant. Most of all, she’s new to the voices of the gods…

Utterly original, wryly funny and always gripping, Some Of Us Exist In The Future follows one woman’s journey to finding her place in a world that’s not all it seems.

Directed by Rasheka Christie-Carter
Composer and Sound Designer: Xana
Cast includes: babirye bukilwa, Florian Clare, Funmi James, Rachel Nwokoro and Oseloka Obi

Ghost Stories From An Old Country
by Tajinder Singh Hayer
Dalvir has always told a good ghost story, properly unsettling, dark tales to send a chill right through his younger brother Amar. But now Dalvir’s almost a ghost himself, cloistered and secretive. Amar desperately wants to reconnect with the only family he has left, but can he unravel Dalvir’s stories to find a way back to his brother?

Threaded through with captivating fables, Ghost Stories From An Old Country is a riveting and poignant exploration of the ties that bind us.

Directed by Jessica Lazar
Composer and Sound Designer: Farokh Soltani
Cast includes: Rebecca Crankshaw, Raj Ghatak and Shane Zaza

The Silence and The Noise
by Tom Powell
Every teenager knows what it’s like to be stuck between things: childhood and maturity, innocence and experience, hope for the future and uncertainty about what that will be. But Daize is torn between even greater challenges: her love for her vulnerable mother and her dangerous friendship with Ant. An outsider with knockout trainers, Ant has just appeared on her doorstep, bringing with him a whole world of trouble.

The Silence and The Noise beautifully captures the story of two young people on the edge.

Directed by George Turvey
Composer and Sound Designer: Asaf Zohar
Cast includes: Aldous Ciokajlo-Squire and Shakira Riddell-Morales

★★★★★“A modest masterpiece.”The StageonThe Silence and The Noise

★★★★"A deep and moving exploration of brotherhood."The StageonGhost Stories From An OldCountry

★★★★“Emotionally rewarding,refreshing andrelevant all at once.”West End Best FriendonSomeOf Us Exist In The Future