Theatre503  Theatre503, formerly the Latchmere Theatre, is a theatre located at 503 Battersea Park Road in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth, above the Latchmere pub. The venue is known for promoting the work of new writers. The theatre was founded in 1982 as the Latchmere Theatre (the name taken from that of the pub downstairs), an offshoot of the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill Gate. It is a custom-built studio theatre. The opening production was a new adaptation of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", which proved so successful that the production transferred to the West End. In 2004 the theatre was renamed as Theatre503 under Artistic Director Paul Higgins, and became a home for new writing. In 2006 Paul Robinson and Tim Roseman were appointed as Artistic Directors with the brief of developing the theatre's profile. Robinson was sole Artistic Director from 2012 to 2016. Under Robinson and Roseman, the venue saw the premiere of works by writers including Duncan Macmillan, Tom Morton-Smith, Anna Jordan, Alice Birch, Charlene James, Katori Hall, Jon Brittain and Phoebe Eclair-Powell. It has won the Peter Brook Empty Space Award and two Olivier Awards, in 2010 for its production of Katori Hall's "The Mountaintop" and 2017 for "Rotterdam" by Jon Brittain. Andrew Shepherd became Executive Director at the beginning of 2016. In August of the same year, Lisa Spirling became Artistic Director, directing the winner of the 2016 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award, "In Event of Moone Disaster" (October 2017) by Andrew Thompson, nine years after making her directorial debut "Cotton Wool" by Ali Taylor at the same venue. Steve Harper is the theatre's Literary Manager and has overseen the debuts of more than 1,000 first time writers during his tenure. Over 120 debut and emerging writers are staged each year in more than 70 productions ranging from one night series of shorts to full length four week runs. In a two year cycle they read and receive over 4,000 scripts including their bi-ennial International Playwriting Award, 503 Five writers-in-residence, unsolicited and their pioneering Rapid Write Response programme.  2014 Bea Roberts - "And Then Come the Nightjars" and Paul Murphy - "Valhalla" 2016 Andrew Thompson - "In Event of Moone Disaster" 2018 Danusia Samal - "Out of Sorts"  Beth Steel, Lou Ramsden, Nimer Rashed, Rex Obano, Richard Marsh (2011-12); Brad Birch, Charlene James, Chris Urch, Gemma Langford, Jon Brittain (2013-14) Brian Mullin, Chloe Todd Fordham, Ella Greenhill, Neasa O'Callaghan, Vinay Patel (2015-16) Aisha Zia, Chris Hogg, Mahad Ali, Ross Willis, Yasmin Joseph (2017-18), Annie Jenkins, Benedict Lombe, Joel Tan, Jon Berry, Zak Mahinfar (2019-20)  Winner Winner  Nominations  Winner Nominations –  Winner – Olivier Awards, Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre "Rotterdam" by Jon Brittain (Premiered at Theatre503 in 2015 before transferring to Trafalgar Studios)  Nominations –  Winner – Off West End, Best Producer (DEM Productions at Theatre503)  Nominations –  Winner – Argus Angel for Artistic Excellence ("Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho") Winner – Off West End, Best Set Designer (Signe Beckmann for "A Handful of Stars") Nominations – Nominations – Off West End Awards: Winner – Off West End Awards:  Winner – Olivier Awards, Best New Play, "The Mountaintop" by Katori Hall  Nominated –   Nominated – Evening Standard Awards, Most Promising Playwright, Katori Hall for "The Mountaintop" Shortlisted – Evening Standard Awards – Best Actor, David Harewood for "The Mountaintop" Nominated – TMA Awards, Best New Play, "The Lifesavers" by Fraser Grace (co-production with Mercury Theatre, Colchester) Winner – Meyer Whitworth Award, Ali Taylor for "Cotton Wool"  Nominated – Peter Brook Empty Space Award  Landmark Productions