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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
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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martinplayer
Jun 14, 20221 min read
+++STOP PRESS+++ No event on Monday 20 June 2022
There is no Player Playwright event on Monday 20 June, either at NLT or on Zoom. This is on account of the transport strikes. Player...
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martinplayer
Jun 6, 20221 min read
The Truth about Gatsby by Peter Briffa, 7.30pm, Monday 13 June 2022, ZOOM
On January 1 2021 The Great Gatsby entered the public domain, meaning that anyone and everyone could write their own version. This is...
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