Writing

Customs House Takeover play director announced

South Shields’ Customs House has announced who is to direct this year’s play from the Takeover Young Writer in Residence.

Writehouse invites new theatre writing submissions

A new theatre scratch night for playwrights from Sunderland and beyond provides an informal, social environment and is open to all.

Monster of a writing challenge

A creative writing challenge has been launched alongside the UK tour of A Monster Calls.

NE playwrights under 25: an opportunity

The Customs House in South Shields is looking for a NE-based playwright under 25 to become its third Young Writer in Residence.

New musicals to get Northampton showcase

The line-up has been announced for the “UK’s leading showcase for new British musical theatre writing” BEAM2020 which will be held in Northampton.

Hurry, if you've an itch to Scratch in Keswick

Theatre by the Lake in Keswick is launching its first-ever scratch night.

Six new plays in tribute to Delaney

Salford Arts Theatre pays tribute to Shelagh Delaney with an evening of new writing.

Write chance in Liverpool

Liverpool’s Royal Court is continuing its search for new scriptwriting talent.

Shed explodes to win £16,000 playwriting prize

The £16,000 first prize for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting was awarded to Phoebe Eclair-Powell for her play Shed: Exploded View at a ceremony at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester hosted by Royle Family actor Ralph Little.

Female voices to the fore at Hope Mill

Six female writers for stage and screen have been commissioned by HER Productions to write six original short plays.

30th Chester Literature Festival

Authors Armistead Maupin and Michael Morpurgo, poets Imtiaz Dharker, Benjamin Zephaniah and Lemn Sissay and writer and TV presenter Nadiya Hussain top the bill at the Chester Literature Festival.

The Bread & Roses Playwriting Award programme

This biennial playwriting award offers three writers the opportunity to see their work staged in a professional production. The first of these, Hungerland by Rachel O'Regan, opens this month.

Paines Plough celebrates living life out loud in new season

Live Out Loud, the inaugural season of Paines Plough artistic directors, Charlotte Bennett and Katie Posner, includes four world premières, a tour and co-productions, plus the first Women’s Prize For Playwriting.

Poetic licence in Bolton

There is opportunity for budding poets to submit and showcase their work in Bolton.

Lowry's performing arts opportunities

Lowry’s Artist Development Programme is offering four opportunities for new performing arts work in the North of England.

Playwright Peter Nichols dies at 92

British playwright Peter Nichols CBE, whose play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is revived next week on the West End, has died at the age of 92.

Quiet Man Dave Prize for new writing

A donation page has been set up to create a writing prize to honour Manchester-based writer, blogger and critic Dave Murray, aka Quiet Man Dave, who died earlier this year.

Seven up for OutStageUs

Seven new scripts from North West writers take centre-stage at The Lowry next month, presenting works that reflect the past, present and future of LGBT+ activism.

Four-day writing workshop in Coventry for young people

Coventry’s Theatre Absolute is looking for new members aged between 14 and 18 to form its first group dedicated to nurturing the voices of young people in the city.

An opportunity for North East sketch writers

Sunday for Sammy presents A Sketch for Sammy 2019, an opportunity for budding North East comedy writers.

Musical theatre showcase to be held in Northampton

BEAM2020, the third industry showcase of new British musical theatre, is to take place outside London for the first time—in Northampton.

Words at The Sage

A Words Weekend festival comes to Sage Gateshead in December.

Papatango New Writing Prize for Samuel Bailey

Samuel Bailey's prize winning play about men in a young offenders' institution will tour after premièring at London's Southwark Playhouse in the Autumn.

Vignettes

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Harry Long

Edith—In The Beginning

Karen Forbes

Crocodile Fever

Meghan Tyler