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🎭 The Papatango New Writing Prize 2026 is officially open and this year it's bigger than ever!
Watch our Artistic Director George Turvey announce this year’s Prize and what we’re looking for.
Full info + submit: 👉 prize.papatango.co.uk/
#PapatangoPrize
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An extraordinary story of greed & glory in Blackpool, told with generosity & empathy towards its impoverished heroes by the brilliant @lewis_goodall. What would you do if you were trapped in poverty & suddenly found yourself $$$ on stolen bitcoin?? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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There's still time to enter the Young Playwrights Award!
Find out more: whatsonstage.com/news/theres… #sp
Getting strong Liz Truss flashbacks from Trump 2.0. Can’t see his presidency lasting four months let alone four years. Will he outlast a lettuce? 🥬
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Launching today - a new 6 episode video series from award-winning playwrights Sabrina Ali, Tife Kusoro, Ryan Calais Cameron, Beth Flintoff, Nina Segal & Vinay Patel, helping you to start, write & finish a play.
Designed to support entry to the Royal Court Young Playwrights Award, videos will be released weekly.
Watch, listen & write along here: royalcourttheatre.com/how-to…
If you’re an arts journalist looking for a UK angle on the Oscars, write about the amazing @LenaLongstream script for The Girl With the Needle, nominated for best international film #Oscars2025
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The world’s richest man @elonmusk is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a @Tesla.
Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin.
(In collaboration with @politicalbeauty)
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"For it to be a beautiful ring, it had to be burnt and battered and bent into shape. Maybe that's what you're going through."
@DwayneFields, the UK Chief Scout and #R4Today guest editor, tells @BBCNickRobinson how a moment of kindness when he was homeless changed his life.
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4 WEEKS UNTIL OUR SUBMISSIONS CLOSE!!! Apply here💛 writeaplay.co.uk/2025-prize/
What a thrill to see the Royal Court bar packed to the rafters with writers last night. Great vibe. Great chance to see so many friends. Thank you @WAPtheatre @VinayPatel @mrdavebyrne @royalcourt #playwrights #playwrightschristmasparty
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Exciting times ahead for us at 503! We’re recruiting for our next Artistic Director.
Follow the link for the full job spec and instructions on how to apply. We want to hear from you! Applications open until 10am, 11 November.
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Just announced: THE BILL CASHMORE AWARD
A new playwriting award for young writers, the prize offers a paid opportunity for two new one-act plays to be professionally produced at the Lyric. Applications are now open and close Monday 23 December at 12pm.
lyric.co.uk/bill-cashmore-aw…
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The Channel 4 screenwriting course is accepting entries until this Friday October 4th at 5pm. Don't miss out - and avoid the stress of leaving your entry to the last hour. No late entries will be accepted script-consultant.co.uk/chan…
Lisa’s one of my favourite people in the world and has done a phenomenal job at 503 championing the next generation of artists. Stratford East is very very lucky.
Lisa Spirling (@Spirlingo) is to become @stratfordeast’s artistic director in the spring of next year, succeeding Nadia Fall.
👉 thestage.co.uk/news/appointm…
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We're excited to announce a unique opportunity for a young playwright/scriptwriting workshops facilitator, starting later this year. Details here facebook.com/share/p/jhx7a3k… .@Playwriting_UK .@royalcourt .@thisalitaylor .@RomanaFlello .@OlaInce .@BrockJackTheatre .@BdgHseTheatre
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This column is a masterpiece of explanation, clarity and truth.
After the riots, Keir Starmer should tell us the truth about our country. This is why he won't | Nesrine Malik theguardian.com/commentisfre…


























