Hoxton’s Courtyard Theatre would be to relaunch as a home for new writing, just after handing more than the programming of its key space to a enterprise that nurtures emerging talent.

From May perhaps, the Courtyard’s 150-seat theatre space are going to be programmed by theatre company Writers Avenue, which was founded six years ago by Sandra Thompson-Quartey to discover new writing talent.

Earlier writers it has worked with include Chris Urch and Rose Lewenstein.

Functioning in the Courtyard, Writers Avenue will create operate across a range of genres from diverse writers, together with the aim of staging shows that reflect “contemporary Britain”.

Writers Avenue may also programme shows from external providers and host improvement initiatives in areas for instance producing and directing.

Courtyard artistic director Tim Gill mentioned: "We want the Courtyard to become synonymous with new writing and for people today to really feel like it really is the 'go to' theatre to find out new and diverse operates."

The move has been welcomed by industry figures like Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway, who runs Artistic Directors in the Future.

She said Thompson-Quartey would “inspire a brand new way of considering, cultivate groundbreaking collaborations and bring fresh and fascinating talent to the theatre scene”.

The Courtyard’s studio space, which seats 80 men and women, will continue to become programmed by the theatre itself. The Courtyard has been operating for pretty much 30 years and moved into its present premises in Hoxton in 2007.