RFI Theater 2025 Prize: five weeks to enter

Sectors :

Performing arts

Countries :

Mali

Sudan

Mauritania

Since 2014, each year a new playwright is revealed by this prize that rewards a text for the theater. In this way, a somewhat subjective map of French-language dramaturgies from the South takes shape. In addition to recognition, the prize opens the way to residencies, readings and, in some cases, publication of the play. The call for entries runs from Monday March 31 to midnight Saturday May 3. So who's going to win the prize for this year 2025?

Opening date for applications : March 31, 2025

Closing date for applications : May 03, 2025

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Informations

Eligibility criteria

Stages

Issuer(s) and managers

Details

To succeed Gad Bensalem, winner 2024 with Enfant, you need a little patience, a lot of pugnacity, and a lot of talent. First of all, the reading committee will read all the texts we receive between March 31 and May 3. They will then make a pre-selection of a dozen texts, which will be sent to the jury before the summer. The jury will then hold a closed meeting to decide on the winning entry. The winner will then embark on a series of meetings and encounters that will take him or her throughout the following months, from Limoges to Rouen, from St Louis du Sénégal to Avignon. Winning the Prix RFI théâtre means a chance to have your play read at the Avignon Festival as part of the Ça va, ça va le monde! cycle of readings, and to be heard on RFI radio and on the rfi.fr website.

Partners

CNational Center for Contemporary Dramaturgy

Dramatic national Center de Normandie-Rouen

The Francophonies – From writings to the scene and the Open Theater écritures à la scène et Théâtre Ouvert

The French Institute

The French Institute of Saint-Louis, Senegal

The SACD

Eligibility criteria

Authors must be between 18 and 46 years of age

and send a text in French with a minimum of 15 numbered pages.

Exclusively for authors born and living in

Africa, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Middle East.

Open to nationals of countries in the above-mentioned zones

living in France for less than four years and holding a residence permit or political refugee status.

Stages

03/31/2025

Opening of applications

Official announcement of the call for projects and online application form. Participants can access the criteria, participation conditions and resources to prepare their application.