We made it! We read every single play sent to us through our members’ submission window in full and provided every single writer with a valuable script report!
It was such a privilege to read your plays. Each one was unique and received so many exciting, beautiful, and insightful ideas. We delved in to unknown words, heard untold stories, and learned about poignant human experiences. We explored politics, imagined the future and read everything from musicals to comedies to abstract plays and everything in between!
It’s fair to say we loved the experience and if we had our way, we’d help develop all of your plays! But alas, our resources are limited so we had to make some tricky decisions. That said, we’ve been able increase the number of writers we’re working with through offering group development sessions alongside individual mentoring and Zoom table reads.
So, here is the list of selected writers! More details on the opportunities we’re providing for these fantastic writers is coming soon – and you’ll be able to check out profiles for all the writers on a brand new page on our website that is currently being created. Watch this space!
London Playwrights Submission Window 2022 Selected Writers & Plays
The Quisling by Samantha Pears
Give Me Back by Curtis Brown
Dirty Thirty by Caitlin Abra Middleton
Dare to Dream by Eileen Bellot
The Line by Sam Chittenden
Settled by James Pohotsky
The Knife in the Backpack by Héctor Manchego
Penguin by Scott Kingsnorth
Agathe by Angela Davis
Sakuntala by Andrew Day
X+Y+Z=? By Jo Griffiths
Troll Factory by Laura Hayes
Porcelain Dust by Emma Dawson
‘Dawn Bird’ by Danny Whitehead
Zahra’s Diary by Zak Ismail ‘
Weapon of Choice by Laurel Green
Sandman by John Adamthwaite
A Songbook for Queer Voices by Tai Francis
Bourne by Megan Smith
Dead Wings by Joey Ellis
Iron Lung by Izzy Fitzgerald
She’s Just Something That’s Happening by Penelope Saward
How to Blow up a Pipeline by Simon Jenner
Nightshift by Naomi Elster
QT (FT. TIME MERF + DEATH) by Sam Palmyra
The Antediluvian Order of Rhinoceros by Rupert Mallin
Trash Island by Frankie Regalia
In Close Proximity to Love by Lew Osteen
Toothache by Emily Hindle
Profoundly Calm by David R. Ford
The Forgotten Astronaut by Jayne Marshall
Big Day by Corene Lemaitre
Clown Face by Clare Knights
The Tinker by Olivia Foan
The Kitchen Fitter by Marie Hale
Screwball by Michael Monroe
Chrysalis by Jack Clearwater
A Nation Once Again by Jeremy Cooke
Killing Biff and Chip by Claire Marie Perry
The Understudy by Alison Mead
The Bus by Darren Hill
Little Boys, Grow Tall by Kieran O’Flaherty
Everyone Remembers Steve McQueen by Josh Du Sautoy
World Wide Web by Linda Morse
The Windrush Scandal – Our Stories by Fola Awofadeju
Mawddwach by Kevin McKiernan
The Crime of the Century by Eleanor Musgrove
Treaty, Yeah by Virginia Jane Rose
Tau(gh)t’ by D.Ray Zam.
Virginity and the Suburbs by Nayib Jean Baptiste
The Back of the Sofa by Gerard Moran
Fracture by Phillipa Lawford
The Family Trick by Elizabeth Appell
We hope you’ll join us in congratulating the selected writers! And don’t forget to keep your eyes peeled for news on our 2022 members’ submission window coming soon.
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Dear LPW Team,
I am thrilled to be included as one of your Selected Writers!
Thank you so much for your encouragement and support.
I have already made changes to make my script a lot better, using the very perceptive and helpful suggestions from your dramaturg in their first report.
It is exciting to be part of such an interesting and intriguing list of plays and writers. I look forward to our future work sessions with the LPW team.
Thanks again, and best wishes.
Virginia
Thanks Virginia,
We are so excited to be supporting you this year and can’t wait to see how your play develops!
Thanks to you too for all the support you give us!
Best wishes,
Kimberley