Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, London SW1A 2DY (nearest tube: Charing Cross)
Sunday 4 March 2007 - 8pm - £10
Tickets: 0870 060 6632 or in person from Trafalgar Studios

The return of the toughest creative challenge in town. A group of playwrights, directors, poets and musicians have just one week to respond to the most important news story of the moment.

Some of the UK's most exciting talent convenes to select the most momentous story on the news agenda. They each have one week to create a piece of work that responds to the topic they choose. As the news changes, they will be forced to adapt their work, until it is performed live in the West End on Sunday 4 March - exactly seven days after they began.

Stop Press: After much deliberation over a stack of newsprint last Sunday the group decided that the story of the schism over homosexuality in the Anglican Church that was voted on at the General Synod this Wednesday. More updates about this story are also available on the blog.

present : tense has recently featured playwrights John Donnelly, Chloe Moss and Duncan Macmillan, actors Bryan Dick and Douglas Henshall, poets Luke Wright and Aisle 16 and musicians Jason Soudah and Gavin Osborn.

This month's present : tense line-up of artists is currently being assembled and promises to be one of our most exciting yet.

Throughout the week, follow the artist's progress on the blog at www.nabokov-online.com/ptblog.