Young Theatremakers Since 2006, the biggest development in the company’s work has been with young theatremakers. They are at the centre of much of our work and, in consultation with them, we are beginning to find a modus vivendi. We have two Young Angels schemes currently on the go and the results of some of this work will be presented at Theatre Café Festival later in November. Please look out for a major award to direct Jonas Hassen Khemiri's Invasion! as part of Young Angels Theatremakers 2008 in association with Soho Theatre and The Junction and supported by the Swedish Embassy. On May 23rd this year, we launched our Angels Associates scheme at Soho Theatre and we currently have eleven young theatremakers attached to the company; eight of them are directors and there is also a writer, an actor/musician and a movement specialist. They have been invited as a result of working with the company and we offer them the opportunity to apply to our Go and See fund (to see new work for young people in Europe) and to a small pot of R&D money for work on new ideas. We meet quarterly to exchange information and experience; we expect that there will be annual turnover as people go on to do different things or take permanent positions elsewhere – but nothing is set in stone as the scheme is a new departure for us. So it’s interesting to report – in our third month – on what the associates are currently doing. In June and July, Laura Baggaley directed The Gap Project at Kennet School near Newbury; last year she was assistant to Leisa Rea who co-founded Gap. Adam Barnard is going to the Edinburgh Festival over the next x weeks to scout new and exciting work for young audiences. Oystein Brager and Philip Thorne (who together make up Imploding Fictions) are presenting Norway.Today (Young Angels Award 2007) at Southwark Playhouse on November 14/15 as part of the Theatre Café Festival. Oystein is also a reader in Swedish and Norwegian for Theatre Café, as is Philip in German. Philip is translating Nightblind by Darja Stocker (Switzerland) for Theatre Café. Molly Davies is writing a play on violence in schools, a commission from Hillingdon Borough to Company of Angels; Jacqui Rice will direct the play. Molly and Jacqui were responsible for My Days (Young Angels Directors Designers & Writers 2007) at Soho Theatre. Max Key directed three plays for Theatre Café in 2007 and has been invited to lead a workshop on John Retallack’s adaptation of Richard Milward’s novel Apples in the autumn. Chris Rolls directed Truckstop by Lot Vekermans for the company in 2007 and will direct an Anja Hilling play for Theatre Cafe Festival 2008. Chris Staines acted in Theatre Café Sweden in June this year and led workshops with Laura Baggaley on Gap. He also introduced Joel Pommerat’s This Child to a group of young performers at Southwark Playhouse in July. Max Webster directed Mustard by Gemma Twells (Young Angels 2008) at Soho Theatre. He will also direct an Anja Hilling play at Theatre Café Festival 2008 and is co-translating Sandholm by Anna Bro for it. Mia Theil Have was movement director on Mustard (Young Angels - New Writing for Children 2008). She is co-translating Sandholm with Max Webster; Mia will also be movement director on John Retallack’s production in October. John Retallack  August 1st, 2008.