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Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from all at Player Playwrights
Player Playwrights is on holiday now until January 2022 when we will return with a full programme of events, new play readings and...
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Dec 9, 20211 min read
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Christmas Meet & Mingle, 7.30pm, Monday 6 November - Upstairs at the North London Tavern
A chance for everyone to get together and catch up in person with their fellow Members at out annual Christmas get together. ​ Food is...
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Dec 3, 20211 min read
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Short play contest winner: Meryl Walker
Congratulations to Meryl Walker whose short play, Wedding Night Nerves, was the clear winner of the latest Player Playwright contest. The...
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Nov 23, 20211 min read
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Short Play Member Competition: 7.30pm, Monday 22 November - Upstairs at North London Tavern
The selected entries for our latest Short Play Competition will be performed live and in person Upstairs At The North London Tavern. The...
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Nov 17, 20211 min read
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In discussion: Victor Glynn, 7.30pm, Monday 1 November 2021 - ON ZOOM
Victor Glynn, veteran film and television producer and writer, will discuss his amazing career with Tony Diggle. Victor is a film and...
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Oct 27, 20212 min read
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Committee Meeting, 7.30pm, Monday 25 October 2021 - Upstairs at the NLT
This coming Monday seems the Committee meeting for Player Playwrights. It takes place at the North London Tavern. Any Members who wish to...
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Oct 20, 20211 min read
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Monologues & Dialogues, 7.30pm, Monday 4 October 2021, ON ZOOM
An evening of new short pieces, either monologues or dialogues, written by Members. Join us online to watch the pieces being performed...
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Sep 28, 20211 min read
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Dr Jane Faustus - Monday, 20 September, 7.30pm, Online
Player Playwrights returns for a new season of play readings, contests and events. Our first reading is a radical new telling of a...
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Sep 15, 20211 min read
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Player Playwrights Youtube Channel – New Submissions invited
After our successful evenings of monologues for possible inclusion on the PP YouTube channel on January 18th and March 8th, there is now...
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Sep 3, 20211 min read
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Player Playwright returns 7.30pm, Monday 20 September 2021
Player Playwrights returns with an exciting season of readings of new plays, competitions and special events. During lockdown we took our...
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Aug 24, 20211 min read
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Making A Difference By Tom Park - Monday 5 July, 7.30pm
A new radio drama written by Tom Pauk Determined to give something back, and despite wife Jess’s concerns, George decides to volunteer in...
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Jun 29, 20211 min read
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The Accident - 7.30pm, Monday 26 April 2021
The Accident by Tom Pauk ​ An unlikely, long-distance friendship strikes up between an Indian call-centre operative and the man he cold...
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Apr 20, 20212 min read
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FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY - MARKS AND GRAN: 7.30pm, Monday 29 March 2021
A break from our normal play readings with an evening in the company of Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.​ The legendary writing...
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Mar 23, 20212 min read
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Saving Grace - 7.30pm, Monday 22 February 2021
SAVING GRACE - A RADIO COMEDY BY KAREN BARTHOLOMEW A middle-aged and uncompromising comedy, SAVING GRACE follows divorcee Grace -...
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Feb 17, 20211 min read
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Survival of the Fittest: 7.30pm Monday 1 February 2021
Monday night reading: Survival of the Fittest by Ian Reade Survival Of The Fittest is a thirty-minute pilot episode for a TV show about a...
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Jan 26, 20211 min read
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An end of year message from the Player Playwright board
After a break made necessary by the Covid-19 lockdown Player Playwrights continued via Zoom. ​ Usually at our readings at the North...
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Dec 17, 20202 min read
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Sharing your voice: a new Player Playwrights initiative
Next year Player Playwrights is creating its own Youtube channel. To begin with, we will only post short monologues on it – maximum...
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Nov 26, 20201 min read
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Monday 30 November - Double Bill: Reward Points & A Force of Nature
Another double bill of new work online this week ​ REWARD POINTS by Peter Briffa A vagrant (Ben) telephones a rich lady (Miriam) to say...
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Nov 26, 20201 min read
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7.30pm Monday 16 November - Samaritans
Our programme of new works returns on Monday 16 November with Samaritans by Lynne O’Sullivan Should we offer a lift to that exhausted...
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Nov 13, 20201 min read
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Monday 9 November, 7.30 - Annual General Meeting
We have a short break in our reading programme this coming Monday for the annual AGM for Players Playwrights. Members are welcome to join...
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Nov 8, 20201 min read
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