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 »
You can now watch this event on YouTube. Watch here: https://youtu.be/TFAyrVGjLv8 It’s free to watch but if you like what you see, donations are very welcome and help us to create more events like this! Over the bizarre year that 2020 has been, we’ve been running our annual Play Club project. Writers get a …
After the success of the launch of our Zoom workshops in 2020, we’re excited to bring you a selection of courses to take you into 2021! Whilst we’d love to see you in person again soon (and when the time comes when we can run live events and courses again, we’ll be straight in there), …
London Playwrights’ Workshop: NEW Zoom Workshops Read More »
As lock down eases and we are propelled into the outside world again, you might be thinking about getting organised with your writing and treating yourself to some new gear to get you in the mood for a professional and/or creative boost. Or perhaps you’re looking to find a special gift for a writer-friend but …
As we slowly emerge from Lockdown, some things are edging towards normality whilst everything else still feels strange. In this video, LPW’s director Kimberley Andrews, discusses feeling like she’s in lockdown limbo and shares her tips for writing during this time…
In this new blog series, the LPW team discuss their thoughts on all things writing and performance during the lockdown. In this post, Jack Pepper talks about the current opportunities to watch theatre performances online, and whether these can compare to the real thing… This week the National Theatre are streaming Treasure Island, the third …
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Our submission window is officially open for the lockdown edition of #PlayClub! We’re looking for brand new short plays written in response to our bonus play: A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney. Selected plays will be given a rehearsed reading at a special event at the end of this year. Plays must be direct …
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In our latest free resource, our Literary Projects Manager, George Bailey will be posting a series of videos to help keep you inspired and motivated during this time! All you need to do to see the videos is follow us on Instagram @LondonPlaywrights See you there! (Scan this to find our Instagram feed).
As promised in our latest update, we’ll be opening up for rolling submissions from our members – if you’re not a member yet, find out more about joining for just £3.63 here! Why? One of our (many!) plans for the year was to use our member meetups to showcase the work of our members – …
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