Two women read from scripts in saturated magenta and red light, one gesturing as the other looks down at the pages.

Jermyn Street Theatre, 16b Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6ST2026

Playwriting from Estonia

The Production

A one-day Foreign Affairs showcase of contemporary Estonian playwriting in translation, presenting script-in-hand readings of Queen of the Night, An Orgy, Business as Usual and The Last Livonian at Jermyn Street Theatre, followed by discussions with visiting playwrights and translator Adam Cullen.

29 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Flo Dessau; Ria Samartzi

A wide black-box theatre view shows the audience wrapped around a small stage where performers sit and stand in bright pools of light.

A man in a blue sweater sits forward with a script on his lap, pointing out toward the audience under a tight spotlight.

A woman in red sits watching as a man in a blue sweater walks away across the stage holding a script.

Several people gather in vivid blue and magenta light, talking closely with scripts and bags in hand beside the performance space.

A deep side view shows the audience facing a circle of seated performers beneath a low grid of theatre lights.

A man in a blue sweater leans over an open script, laughing with his hand pressed to his forehead.

Four performers cluster tightly with scripts, two seated in front and two standing behind, all focused upward toward something offstage.

A woman in red smiles broadly over an open black folder, isolated against the dark stage background.

A lone performer with a script stands in a pool of light beside empty chairs, with audience silhouettes along the bottom edge.

A man in a red sweater laughs face to face with a woman in a pale blue top, both holding scripts on the dark stage.

A printed rehearsal sheet rests on red auditorium seats, picked out by warm light and shallow focus.

A woman with glasses leans close over a seated man's shoulder as both read from scripts in a tight pool of light.

The audience fills tiered seating beside a blue-lit stage where two performers stand facing them with scripts.

A seated man in a blue sweater looks up anxiously at a woman in black leaning toward him with a script.

A man in a grey sweater points sharply while reading from an open script under a clean spotlight.

Three performers stand together with open scripts, the central woman speaking animatedly between two smiling men.

Two people laugh together in a dim lobby or bar area while holding theatre programmes and standing among other patrons.

Four performers stand and crouch in a small stage grouping, scripts open as they play a comic moment toward the audience.

One man stands reading from a script while another sits in the shadows behind him with clasped hands, creating a tense stage tableau.

From behind a woman in red, the auditorium stretches wide in blue light toward rows of seated audience members.

Two seated men lean forward with scripts, one clasping his hands near his mouth as a shadowed figure stands behind them.

Performers holding scripts face one another in a tense exchange, including a young man in a red beanie turned toward the group.

A woman in black stands alone with an open script, meeting the light with a calm, direct expression.

A group of performers laughs and turns toward one another on the dark stage, their scripts caught mid-gesture.

A seated man raises one hand while reading from a script, with a woman in a pale blue top listening beside him.

A full line of performers stands at the stage edge under spotlights, facing the audience with scripts in hand.

A woman in a red top sits with an open script, looking sharply to one side against the dark background.

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