The Foreign Affairs Theatre Translator Mentorship (or FATT, as we like to call it) is a part time mentoring and workshop programme for translators wanting to translate for the stage, based on our experiences of bringing world drama from ‘page to stage’ for over a decade.
The core aim of the programme is to facilitate a space where emerging theatre translators can discover, explore and develop tools, skills and approaches to translating for the stage.
Rooted in a collaborative approach, practical sessions, which include play readings, workshops and rehearsals, are combined with one-to-one support from programme mentors.
The programme culminates in a showcase in January 2023 for the general public and invited industry, including theatre producers, directors and publishers.
Company members work side-by-side with translation mentors and external practitioners. To date mentors have included translators Charis Ainslie, Paul Russell Garrett (head of translation), Roland Glasser and William Gregory. Guest practitioners have included Almiro Andrade and Caridad Svich.
We’re very keen to hear from applicants from the global majority and/or people who identify as first or second generation im/migrants.
In the past participants have included non-native / L2 translators (English isn’t their first language), so please apply if this is you!
Hackney (east London) mentorship place
Committed to serving our local community (we’re based in Hackney, east London), one place on the mentoring programme is reserved for a participant living in/around Hackney, who meets all of the requirements.
This year’s programme will be delivered in a hybrid format with some workshops and sessions taking place in-person and some online (please see info pack for full details).
In-person
Rose Lipman Building
43 De Beauvoir Road
London, N1 5SQ
Online
All online sessions and workshops will be delivered using Zoom.
Please note, we’ll also use Slack for communications and community building, and Google Drive for file sharing.
The mentoring programme runs between July 2022 and January 2023 with the majority of the workshops and sessions taking place in the autumn of 2022.
Rehearsals and the public showcase will take place in January 2023.
Please see info pack for full schedule.
The FATT Mentorship is a FREE opportunity but participants are responsible for arranging their own travel.
Travel grant
We have a travel grant of £300 available for one participant living outside of London, who may need financial support to take part in the in-person sessions.
To apply for the travel grant, please let us know in the application form why you need this support.
“It was an amazing experience with an amazing team and was the beginning of what I hope will be a life-long commitment to translating for the theatre!”
Katherine WalkerFATT mentorship 2020/21
“The FATT Mentorship programme has been totally transformational for me. It led me to fulfil a dream I’d had since my student days – but more than that, it set me on a course where I developed strong relationships with playwrights, writers and theatre-makers and explored projects that were true to my heart – theatre, literary and writing projects that will be part of my practice (and identity) going forward.”
Charis AinslieFATT Mentorship 2018/19
