The jury of the Dutch-language Playwriting Award (Toneelschrijfprijs) has selected seven plays with international potential from a total of 84 submissions. These texts are now in contention for the Translation Award 2026. The Translation Award aims to introduce a Dutch-language play to international theatre professionals, with a particular focus on the German-speaking theatre field.
The shortlisted texts are:
The winner will be selected by a jury of three professionals from the German-speaking theatre field: Maaike van Langen (director), Katja Herlemann (dramaturg) and Eva Pieper (translator). The winning play will be announced later this autumn. The awarded text will be translated into German by a professional translator and presented at the DramatikerInnenfestival in Graz, Austria, in June 2027. In this way, the play will be introduced to the German-speaking theatre field.
The Translation Award is a joint initiative of the Performing Arts Fund NL and Literature Flanders (Literatuur Vlaanderen), which take turns organising the award.
For questions about the Translation Award, please contact Anja Krans at a.krans@performingartsfund.nl.