Part of the Rolex Mentors and Protégés London Programme.

The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative is an international philanthropic programme created to assist talented young artists to achieve their full potential. It seeks out these artists from around the world and brings them together with great masters in the fields of dance, film, literature, music, theatre and visual arts for a year of creative collaboration in a one-to-one mentoring relationship.

To celebrate the end of the mentoring year, each mentor will present the work of their protégé through a weekend of talks, screenings, exhibitions and performances.

Masterclass is delighted to be hosting an event for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Renowned Nigerian writer and Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka, will introduce his protégée, young Australian novelist Tara June Winch, and discuss her work with readings from some of her recent writing and work in progress. Tara began writing at the age of 17 and published her first novel, Swallow the Air, in 2006, winning several prestigious Australian awards. During her mentoring year she has concentrated on writing short stories as well as for the stage.

This promises to be a fascinating event which will give insight into working with a mentor and the art of creative writing.