This year, we added a little twist to our online book club for plays, Play Club by featuring new writing from 3 incredible writers selected from our 2020 submission window (read more about the writers and their plays here). Every other month, we sent out a play for participants to read and chat about in …
Play Club 2021 – Selected Short Plays and Writers Announced! Read More »
New! London Playwrights Monthly Zoom Drop-in for members (no extra cost!) Read More »
We’ve hit the summer holidays and lockdown down has lifted (in the UK, at least). So many of you will be taking a break, getting out or going away. Starting a new project or committing to serious amount of writing might be way down there on your list of priorities and whilst taking a break …
Fizzy Sherbet is currently accepting submissions of short plays by women writers for their fantastic podcast. We caught up with co-founder, Tamara von Werthern, to tell us how the project has evolved from a pre-pandemic live reading event in Hackney to an Arts Council funded podcast… “Little did I know what …
Fizzy Sherbet Podcast: showcasing plays by women writers Read More »
Here’s our list of digital resources, from podcasts to special offers to inspirational interviews and more! (If you’d like to add something to this list, feel free to share it in the comments or drop us an email at contact@londonplaywrights.org). Playwright and former Space Theatre script reader Scott Younger is offering free feedback on …
MISFITS – 29th June – 3rd July 2021 – LIVE PERFORMANCE and on-line streaming at The Space Theatre – Isle of Dogs, London A modern family comedy about Meera, a traditional Indian mother, with a status to maintain within her much-feared community steeped in old-fashioned values. To fit in, she sets out to find a bride via …
Learn with London Playwrights is a series of podcast style lectures, resources, and workshops covering all things theatre related! Want to find out more about your favourite musical? Fancy a discussion on Fleabag? Or want to brush up on Brecht? The Learn with London Playwrights series is for everyone! Maybe your background isn’t in theatre …
Learn with London Playwrights -a new series of resources on theatre & playwriting Read More »
An English Angst – a new political comedy drama in reaction to Brexit, written and created during lockdown “An English Angst” tells the story of Charlotte, a Briton living in Frankfurt, Germany. Like many British people living in the EU, Charlotte has built a life for herself as a Briton and European. Now settled in …
Small is beautiful and never more so with dinky new writing magazine TYPE! When friends of LPW, George and Sarah Hamilton, told us about their new project, a free ‘bookmark magazine’ which aims to champion bold new writing and illustration, we couldn’t wait to find out more! With the first edition of TYPE! available now, …
Q&A with the creators of TYPE! Bookmark magazine Read More »
We’ve put together a list of places that you can watch recorded and live theatre streamed online while you are sitting at home in quarantine. Hopefully this can give you the little dose of theatre you have been missing! With more exciting fringe theatre put online daily, we’ve added a separate list at the bottom, …
Theatre to Watch at Home: Digital Theatre Listings Read More »
