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The Mother of Kamal by Dina Ibrahim - Monday 5 June, 7.30. Downstairs @ The Gallery
The play is based on the author's true family history and is set amongst the turbulent backdrop of 1950's Iraq to the present day. In the...
martinplayer
May 26, 20231 min read
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Player Playwrights new short play contest: A STROKE OF LUCK
Player Playwright Members need to sharpen their pens and get to work on their entries to our latest short play contest, which this time...
martinplayer
May 25, 20231 min read
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PLAYER PLAYWRIGHTS IS ON THE MOVE!
Our regular home at the North London Tavern is have a makeover. For the rest of this season, our Monday night readings and events will...
martinplayer
May 25, 20231 min read
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Monday 22 May, 7.30pm HIGHER GROUND & A MATTER OF SOME DELICACY Upstairs @ North London Tavern
A new season of plays and events begins with a double bill of short plays from Robert Frew: HIGHER GROUND The eve of the Eurovision Song...
martinplayer
May 8, 20231 min read
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Monday 3 April, 7,30pm - LYSENKO LIVES by Rodney Clark VIA ZOOM
When Sam, a politics student, is invited to join a campaign against a lecturer who has been saying the wrong things, she is surprised to...
martinplayer
Mar 30, 20231 min read
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Members short play competition results
Congratulations to Peter Eyre who won the latest Player Playwrights member competition with his entry The One Cent Magenta. The theme...
martinplayer
Mar 28, 20231 min read
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Monday 27Â March 7.30pm - SEPARATED THE NEW NORMALÂ Upstairs @ North London Tavern
SEPARATED: THE NEW NORMAL by Brad Sutherland is a serious comedy about modern relationships. After fourteen years of separation, Beckett...
martinplayer
Mar 22, 20231 min read
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Monday 20 March, 7.30pm - A STORY WITH A TWIST - VIA ZOOM
An evening of the entries in our latest short play contest, this time on the theme of STORY WITH A TWIST ​ The running order is as...
martinplayer
Mar 16, 20231 min read
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Monday 6 March, 7.30pm - EMBRACING THE ENEMY by Philip Clapson, Upstairs @ North London Tavern
Embracing the Enemy explores the life and thoughts of Mikhail Brusilov, a businessman in Communist Russia, who escapes to Britain just...
martinplayer
Feb 24, 20231 min read
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Player Playwright Spring contest: A Story With A Twist
It's time for Members to get to work on your entry in our Spring competition. The theme this time is A STORY WITH A TWIST Deadline for...
martinplayer
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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Monday 13 February, 7.30pm THE WEE AMERICAN LASSIE Upstairs@NorthLondonTavern
The Wee American Lassie is a Girl-meets-Boy black-comedy set around a transatlantic clash of cultures. In this stage play, written by...
martinplayer
Feb 10, 20231 min read
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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...
martinplayer
Jan 31, 20232 min read
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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...
martinplayer
Jan 26, 20231 min read
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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 -...
martinplayer
Jan 20, 20231 min read
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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...
martinplayer
Jan 3, 20231 min read
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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...
martinplayer
Nov 18, 20221 min read
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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,...
martinplayer
Nov 17, 20221 min read
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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....
martinplayer
Nov 9, 20221 min read
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7.30pm, Monday 31 October Harry and Rose by Francis Beckett - Upstairs@North London Tavern  Â
The fascinating, true story of Harry Pollitt, leader of Britain’s communists from the 1920s to the 1950s, and Rose Cohen, a courier for...
martinplayer
Oct 26, 20221 min read
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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...
martinplayer
Oct 21, 20221 min read
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