ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? - new short play contest open for entries
Our latest short play competition for Members is now open for entries. The theme for this contest is ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? The deadline...
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martinplayer
May 17, 20221 min read
New Play Commission Scheme, 7.30pm, Monday 23 May 2022, ZOOM event
Playwright Nick Wood will talk about the New Play Commission Scheme (NPCS) which is now accepting applications. Led by the Writers Guild,...
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martinplayer
May 10, 20222 min read
Writers Thinking Aloud: 7.30pm, Monday 16 May 2022, Upstairs@NorthLondonTavern
One of the main purposes of Player Playwrights is to bring playwrights and actors together so they can re-energise one another, hone...
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martinplayer
May 2, 20221 min read
THE RADIO ROOM by Tom Pauk: 7.30pm, Monday 9 May On Zoom
In the regional offices of Icarus Media Productions, script manager and sometime actor Jimmy King receives an urgent call from company...
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martinplayer
Apr 5, 20221 min read
Celebrating Peter Thompson
A very special event to round off the current season on Player Playwrights. An evening at the North London Tavern celebrating one of...
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martinplayer
Apr 5, 20221 min read
Player Playwrights returns Monday May 9
Player Playwrights takes a break for Easter. We return with a new season of play readings, talks and other events in May. To kick off...
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martinplayer
Mar 28, 20221 min read
7.30pm Monday 4 April A Very Special Evening Upstairs@NorthLondonTavern
A very special event to round off the current season on Player Playwright – a radio play by a highly distinguished Player Playwright...
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martinplayer
Mar 22, 20221 min read
7.30pm, Monday 28 March TOWER STREET by Lynne O’Sullivan - On Zoom
Bradley Benson is a high flying property developer at the top of his game, transforming derelict buildings into luxury apartments. But...
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martinplayer
Mar 21, 20221 min read
Short Play Contest: the winners
Congratulations to Meryl Walker whose entry, Out To Stud, was the winner of our latest Member Short Play contest. The runner up was...
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martinplayer
Mar 14, 20221 min read
7.30pm, Monday 21 March, COMMITTEE MEETING Upstairs@NorthLondonTavern
This coming Monday will be a meeting of the Player Playwright Committee Upstairs at The North London Tavern Our programme of new play...
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martinplayer
Mar 8, 20221 min read
7.30pm, Monday 14 March / OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE CONTEST / On Zoom
An evening of the entries in our short play contest under the theme of Out of The Comfort Zone 1. THE PARK 2. PICNIC AT DREAMY DRAW 3....
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martinplayer
Mar 2, 20221 min read
7.30pm, Monday 7 March / Works In Progress / Upstairs@NorthLondonTavern
A slight change in format this coming Monday: An evening of short plays curated by Joanne Bhouri with the aim of discussing how ideas are...
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martinplayer
Feb 23, 20221 min read
7.30pm, Monday, 28 February: Talk with Katharine Way on Writing for Television - On Zoom
Katharine Way has been a commissioned writer of TV and radio drama since the 1990s, working on many of the most popular programmes - THE...
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martinplayer
Feb 17, 20221 min read
7.30pm, Monday 21 February / Harry and Rose by Francis Beckett / Upstairs@North London Tavern
This is the true story of Harry Pollitt, leader of Britain’s communists from the 1920s to the 1950s, and Rose Cohen, a courier for the...
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martinplayer
Feb 15, 20221 min read
New short play contest for Members - Enter Now
The next Player Playwright short play competition will take place via Zoom on Monday 14th March. But now is the moment for Members to get...
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martinplayer
Feb 8, 20221 min read
The Gift of the Numbers by Tom Pauk - 7.30pm, Monday 14 February / On Zoom
THE GIFT OF NUMBERS is a TV drama in six episodes. Episode 1: Basic Strategy A gifted London rich kid gambles with his future when he...
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martinplayer
Feb 1, 20221 min read
Majesty, The final hours of King Charles l - 7.30pm Monday 7 February - at the NLT
A new two-hander stage play on a crucial moment in English history from Mary Conway This performance will be live on stage Upstairs at...
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martinplayer
Jan 26, 20221 min read
COMPETITION PLAY OFF - 7.30pm Monday 31 January - ON ZOOM
The best loved pieces in our three short play contests from 2021 will play off against each other to find the best overall piece. Here...
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martinplayer
Jan 18, 20221 min read
The Year That Couldn’t Happen by Karen Bartholomew, 7.30pm, Monday 24 January, Upstairs at NLT
Time stood still. Lars hears a Voice and is forced to confront himself. The Voice is merely returning home. Between them, society will...
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martinplayer
Jan 12, 20221 min read
CULRA by Robert Frew, 7.30, Monday 17 January - ON ZOOM
Mike, a glory-seeking English 'Munro Bagger,' is forced to shelter from an unrelenting snowstorm in an abandoned mountain bothy, which he...
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