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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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The Shed - 7.30pm, Monday 2 November
Congratulations to Stephen Dinsdale whose play, The Shed, was second place in our radio play contest and which gets its debut reading,...
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Oct 28, 20201 min read
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Hero by Jim Mannering - 7.30pm Monday 26 October 2020
Player Playwrights' online season of new plat readings continues with the latest offering from award winning writer Jim Mannering this...
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Oct 21, 20201 min read
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The 'Kindness of Strangers' radio play contest winners
Congratulations to Katherine Way whose play, The Charity Woman, picked up the top prize in our radio play contest. The play,  about...
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Oct 20, 20202 min read
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Monday 19 October, 7.30pm Online: See our winning radio play
Players Playwrights continues with our regular Monday night plays online, available to Members to watch in your own home. ​ This coming...
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Oct 13, 20201 min read
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Player Playwrights Committee meeting: Monday 12 October
Players Playwrights is returning to what we love – showcasing new dramas and comedies from our members. ​ For Covid reasons we cannot, as...
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Oct 10, 20201 min read
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The Dalby Spook - Monday 5 October, 7.30pm
= Players Playwrights is returning to what we love – showcasing new dramas and comedies from our members. For Covid reasons we cannot, as...
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Sep 20, 20202 min read
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Radio Play competition from Player Playwrights
While the coronavirus keeps us in lockdown our hoped for restarting of our meetings have to be postponed. In the meantime we are running...
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May 10, 20201 min read
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Update on Player Playwrights
While the coronavirus keeps us in lockdown so our hoped for restarting of our meetings have to be postponed. We want to reassure you that...
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Apr 18, 20202 min read
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Player Playwrights Postponed
In the light of the coronavirus pandemic and after much consideration, the committee have decided to postpone Player Playwrights meetings...
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Mar 14, 20201 min read
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The Cupola Room by Rob Fearn: Monday 16 March, 7.30pm
The Cupola Room is a dystopian drama set in London in the 2030s. Former vlogger Tommy Moss is the latest populist president of the...
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Mar 11, 20201 min read
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Monday 9 March, 7.30pm​: The Wasps, by Eamann Breen
Monday 9 March, 7.30pm ​ The Wasps, by Eamann Breen ​ THE WASPS is an unlikely tale of funerals, friendship and taking chances: ​...
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Mar 6, 20201 min read
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Monday 2 March, 7.30pm: ​RADICAL by Marcus Taylor
Monday 2 March, 7.30pm ​ RADICAL by Marcus Taylor RADICAL explores nationhood, xenophobia and extremism in the UK, through the comedic...
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Feb 25, 20201 min read
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