Salford Arts Theatre recognises new writer’s award-winning play

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Winner of the Shelagh Delaney New Writing Award comes to Salford Arts Theatre next month with a new theatre-performance.

Rayla Clay (and the following day) by Drayla Kasheen tackles complex themes such as female autonomy, paternal abuse and escape, showcasing at the theatre from 3rd - 5th April.

A rite of passage drama about broken promises and squandered opportunities, the piece examines the relationship between a father and daughter.

The performance takes place where the past, present, and future exist at the same time.

Teenage Rayla single-handedly props up her emotionally abusive, addicted, highly intelligent father in a brutally honest battle between hope and despair.

On one life-changing day, her world undergoes a seismic shift under the influence of an unexpected apparition - her older self, where the father and daughter fight for control of his inability to change.

Writer Drayla Kasheen said: "To see my work produced and performed is vital in terms of confirming a concept and expediting its possibilities - the notion that a script doesn’t exist until it’s seen, shown, done, I agree."

This is the venue's third year running the Shelagh Delaney New Writing Award supporting new writers and giving them a platform to see and hear their work performed.