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Jan 31, 20232 min read

Monday 6 February / 7.30pm - Blood Gold and Oil by Jan Woolf Upstairs@NorthLondonTavern

Jan Woolf writes: Blood Gold and Oil is written for the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. The play was ‘dug out of the...

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Jan 26, 20231 min read

Monday, 30 January, 7.30pm - I PICTURE Upstairs@NorthLondonTavern

I PICTURE written by Natsu Hirukawa Seven year old Winter is locked down with his mum and abusive stepdad. One morning, his mum shares a...

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Jan 20, 20231 min read

Monday, 23 January, 7.30pm - Competition Play-Off - Online / On Zoom

Our latest Competition Play-Off consists of six short plays. These are the winners and runners-up from each of last year's competitions -...

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Jan 3, 20231 min read

Monday, 16 January, 7.30pm - Blind Date Bar Upstairs@NorthLondonTavern

Player Playwrights returns with a stage reading of Blind Date Bar, a new play from Peter Eyre. Liz is looking forward to a blind date...

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Nov 18, 20221 min read

A QUESTION OF BALANCE COMPETITION - RESULTS

Congratulations to Peter Eyre whose entry in our more recent short play contest was the overall winner. Thank you to all the members who...

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Monday 21 November - Steve Harper, Literary Manager, Theatre 503 - On Zoom

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Nov 17, 20221 min read

Monday 21 November - Steve Harper, Literary Manager, Theatre 503 - On Zoom

Theatre 503 in Battersea has carved out a reputation as one of London’s top theatres for new writing and new playwrights. Steve Harper,...

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Nov 9, 20221 min read

Monday 14 November, 7.30pm - Short Play Competition - On Zoom

Short plays from members on theme of A Question of Balance The running order: 1. THE ACTIVIST 2. MY TURN 3. THE CONFESSION 4. THE MOVE 5....

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Oct 26, 20221 min read

7.30pm, Monday 31 October Harry and Rose by Francis Beckett - Upstairs@North London Tavern

The fascinating, true story of Harry Pollitt, leader of Britain’s communists from the 1920s to the 1950s, and Rose Cohen, a courier for...

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Oct 21, 20221 min read

7.30pm, Monday 24 OCTOBER - I CAN'T LIVE WITH A MAN CALLED HILLARY

A romantic farce from SOPHIE MONJOIE AND PAUL HAM 'I Can't Live with a Man Called Hillary' is a romantic farce about an Anglo-French...

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7.30pm, Monday 17 OCTOBER - THE RAILWAY KING by MATTHEW PARTRIDGE

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Oct 11, 20221 min read

7.30pm, Monday 17 OCTOBER - THE RAILWAY KING by MATTHEW PARTRIDGE

In 1848 George Hudson was one of the richest and most powerful men in Britain, controlling nearly a third of the railway network. Six...

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Oct 5, 20221 min read

Entries open for member short play contest: A QUESTION OF BALANCE

Time to get to work on your entry in Player Playwright's Autumn short play contest. You piece should somehow relate to our latest theme:...

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Oct 4, 20221 min read

7.30pm, Monday 10 October - AMORAL PLAY BY CHRIS SALT

‘Is there such a thing as community anymore?’ asks a well-intentioned but hopelessly naïve documentary-maker to a largely disinterested...

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Sep 27, 20221 min read

AWAKEN THE DEAD &THE STORY OF FIRE AND FLOODS - 7.30pm, Monday, 3 October - Upstairs@NLT

Play readings will be live and on stage Upstairs@North London Tavern AWAKEN THE DEAD - Robert Royston An elderly couple with unsound...

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Sep 20, 20221 min read

REVOLUTIONS by Ezra Elia - 7.30pm, Monday 26th September, Upstairs@NorthLondonTavern

C (Chaos) and O (Order) together embody the essence of all Nature. Their lives are infinitely long, and filled with glorious effects. Yet...

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Aug 17, 20221 min read

Play reading for Monday 19 September cancelled

Due to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II taking place on Monday 19th September, there will be no Player Playwright meeting on that...

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Jul 4, 20221 min read

FORBIDDEN FRUIT by Niall McCarthy, 7.30pm, Monday 11 July, Upstairs@NorthLondonTavern

Forbidden Fruit is a retelling of the story of Adam and Eve through the lens of a woman attending a catholic confessional and telling the...

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Jul 3, 20221 min read

+++ CANCELLED +++ DAMASCUS ROAD reading on Monday 4 July

Unfortunately, we have had to cancel the reading of Richard Fitchett's play DAMASCUS which was due to be performed at the North London...

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Jul 2, 20221 min read

ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? - COMPETITION RESULTS

Congratulations to Peter Skyte and Meryl Walker who were the joint winners in this season's short play contest. The competition, where...

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Jun 27, 20221 min read

CANCELLED DAMASCUS ROAD by RICHARD FITCHETT, 7.30pm, 4 July, North London Tavern

This play reading has bene cancelled due to Covid. Richard's play will be rescheduled for the next season. Whilst watching a play that...

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Jun 22, 20221 min read

Short Play Contest: You Talking To Me? Monday 27 June 2022 Online on Zoom

An evening of the finalist entries in our short play contest, on theme of ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? Join us online and help decide the...

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