Playwrights are invited to submit original scripts for the Papatango New Writing Prize for a chance to receive a £6,000 commission.
Judges have been announced for the next Theatre Book Prize from the Society for Theatre Research and entries are invited.
A play about the aftermath of a terrorist attack has won the first Lancaster Playwriting Prize.
The winner of the inaugural Lancaster Playwriting Prize will be announced at a showcase.
A group representing Welsh and Wales-based playwrights has written an open letter to National Theatre Wales, expressing their concerns about its current direction.
Leading comedy writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are supporting the Sketch for Sammy competition in which local comedy writers are invited to submit a sketch which will be considered for inclusion in a future Sunday for Sammy show.
Budding writers who "identify as neurodivergent" have until 10 October to apply for a place in Mainspring Arts' new initiative.
There’s an opportunity to see what some North West performers are working on before anyone else at The Dukes.
New Writing North and the Royal Court present new plays by nine northern writers at Northern Stage.
A chance for local sketch writers to have their work crowned the best in the region.
The 2018 Vital Signs festival will offer a creative playground for artists working across movement and creative writing.
A 16-year-old schoolgirl from Salford won two awards for her debut play at Salford Arts Theatre as part of the Greater Manchester Fringe.
Matthew Gabrielli from Birmingham is one of three winners of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust Pitch Your Play writing contest.
The deadline for the third Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize is fast approaching.
Three brand new one act plays are being performed in Oldham.
The 19th Emergency takes place on October 6 in Manchester's Z-arts.
London Writers’ Week 2018, the annual celebration of what's best in writing this year focuses on writing for film.
The North Wall is offering support to a new theatre company to develop a piece of work for the 2019 Alchymy Festival.
Six theatres have announced a joint commission to create a piece of new writing for, with and about young people.
Live Theatre and Northumbria University announce the appointment of their third Writer-in-Residence.
Public readings of nine new plays developed by the Royal Court Writers’ Group: North are coming to Northern Stage
The third Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize invites writers to submit their comedy scripts.
Stockport Garrick Theatre is undergoing a flurry of activity as it heads towards the end of its current season.
Four new plays focusing on the strong women are being showcased as part of the Liverpool Fringe by the City’s Make It Write production group.
A new playwriting prize is being launched to discover new voices from culturally diverse backgrounds.
The Customs House in South Shields has appointed its first Young Writer in Residence.
Celebrating adaptation, the Creativity Across Media: Entertainment and Originality Awards, is one of the many events in of the London Book and Screen Week 2018.
Chris Foxon and George Turvey Nick Hern Books Released 18 October 2018
Isley Lynn, Eden Harbud, Rory Horne Nikki & JD, Hoipolloi, Rive Productions, Argonaut Theatre, China Plate New Wolsey Theatre 1 to 9 June 2018
