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'Albatross' by Martha Loader - on tour in 2026.  A woman dressed in active outdoor wear places a large box on the floor of her mother's kitchen.

'Albatross' by Martha Loader - on tour in 2026. A woman dressed in active outdoor wear places a large box on the floor of her mother's kitchen.

Delighted to announce our production and tour of 'Albatross' by award-winning writer @marthaloader.bsky.social. A play about love in the age of climate catastrophe, about deep family ties, about dreams deferred and surprise gifts. Full tour details: www.menagerie.uk.com

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Thanks Ben x

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Playwright Martha Loader has been named winner of the 2025 George Devine Award, giving her £15,000 to support the writing of her next play.

Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/mar...

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George Devine Award unveils shortlist of four writers The George Devine Award for new writing has unveiled its 2025 shortlist, with four writers in contention for the prize

The George Devine Award for new writing has unveiled its 2025 shortlist, with four writers in contention for the prize.

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Fantastic news, @marthaloader.bsky.social The Town is such a brilliant play (and best wishes to the everyone else on the shortlist too).

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Thank you thank you!

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George Devine Award 2025 shortlist of playwrights announced | West End Theatre Four shortlisted plays have been announced for this year's George Devine Award 2025.

Four shortlisted plays have been announced for this year's #GeorgeDevineAward 2025 for new writing

🔗 www.westendtheatre.com/323871/news/...

Bad Seed by #AsmaraGabrielle; Citizens of Umi by #YasminJoseph; The Town by #MarthaLoader; and The Knot by #IslavanTricht

#WestEndTheatre #LondonTheatre

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🎬 The arts aren’t a luxury - they’re an export.

At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.

🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90

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Theatre organisations from across East Anglia have joined together to create a network aimed at tackling the challenges of mid-scale touring.

👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/the...

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Eastern Angles Need Your Local Stories For Their Latest Project Eastern Angles are reaching out to people in Ipswich to help their latest creative project, Oh! What a Wonderful Westgate. The project will be a collection of audio stories, poems and songs that will recount the history of the Westgate ward in Ipswich. People are being asked to submit their stories inspired by the town, it could be its history, your experience of living in Ipswich, its nature, the people, shops, weather, transport, animals, or home, whatever fires your imagination about Ipswich in 2025. Stories can be about the things that bring you joy, fascinate you and move you, or maybe you are facing a challenge that you might want to highlight.

Eastern Angles Need Your Local Stories For Their Latest Project

Eastern Angles are reaching out to people in Ipswich to help their latest creative project, Oh! What a Wonderful Westgate. The project will be a collection of audio stories, poems and songs that will recount the history of the…

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Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School is about being Black, being British and being an actor before, during and after training. Written by Black writers working in and around ...

‘Being Black and British: Before During and After Drama School’ is released on September 22 but is available to pre-order from TODAY.

Pre-order now - directly from the publisher on the link, your favourite bookshop, or your institutional or local library.

Launch event(s) to be shared…

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📣 3 days left! 😱

Apply for the 503Five now: buff.ly/tcdzSCl ✨

📸 Rotterdam, Piers Foley Photography

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Theatre Script Submissions - Mercury Theatre Colchester The Mercury Theatre is dedicated to finding, supporting, and producing the next generation of playwrights based in the East of England.

@mercurytheatre.bsky.social Script Submissions are now open. Email the first 30 pages to script.submissions@mercurytheatre.co.uk by Sun 31 Aug.

#playwrights #scriptwriters #theatresky please share.

www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/taking-part/...

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And really fun to find a giant Laura Hanna in the RX too!

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Such a brilliant night on Monday at #BruntwoodPrizeforPlaywriting celebrating this incredible shortlist of writers. Huge congratulations to the winners and whole shortlist. I can’t wait to see your plays on our stages soon!

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Our next Mercury Original has been written by Suffolk-based writer Tassa Deparis. A recent graduate of the Mercury Theatre Writers Programme in association with Paines Plough, Tassa is currently under commission to New Wolsey Theatre and HighTide where she is Associate Artist. buff.ly/OZ17ur5

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📣 Calling all East of England Playwrights 📣

Meet our Artistic Director!

Join Titilola Dawudu at one of our upcoming Playwrights' East sessions for a creative workshop and Q&A.

Tue 22 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm at Eastern Angles
or
Wed 23 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm online
tinyurl.com/yx3u9te2

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It’s SO good!

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So delighted to get my amazing friend #EmmaSwan’s first book through the post from @waterstones.bsky.social. #CruiseShipKid is going to be huge! Great characters, unique setting, and a mystery to solve onboard. Fun for all the family #Booksky

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Almeida Theatre appoints Dominic Cooke as new Artistic Director | West End Theatre The Almeida Theatre in London has announced that Dominic Cooke will be its new Artistic Director, replacing Rupert Goold.

Almeida Theatre appoints Dominic Cooke as new Artistic Director

Read more: www.westendtheatre.com/295466/news/...

Dominic Cooke (Mrs Warren’s Profession; Hello, Dolly!; Follies) succeeds Rupert Goold (Dear England; Patriots) the Almeida Theatre

#AlmeidaTheatre #DominicCooke #RupertGoold

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Such a great night watching #Weer from the incredible Natalie Palamides tonight at the new, very shiny Soho Theatre Walthamstow. What a way to kick off their programme. As a romcom fiend, this was pure joy 🤩

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Brilliant night at #NoisesOff at #NewWolseyTheatre last night. Super slickly directed by the fabulous @dougrintoul.bsky.social. Highly choreographed mayhem. What a joy! Get your tickets now…

www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/noise...

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Really looking forward to this tonight!

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Looking forward to seeing Weer here next week!

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Such a dream to be repped by the brilliant Mark and Lily at Curtis Brown. I feel very lucky to get to work with them both ✏️

www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/marth...

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Looking forward to this!

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How to get Noticed - Martha Loader — INK Join Martha Loader for a practical workshop on how to get your play noticed by the industry. From script competitions to approaching new writing theatres, how can you make your work stand out from the...

Off to #INKFestival25 today to run this workshop (and generally be part of the festival festivities!) Only 2 tickets left, so come along 1-2:30 at Halesworth Library 🖊️

www.inkfestival.org/events/how-t...

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What's On — INK

www.inkfestival.org/whats-on-ink

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Looking forward to #INKFestival 24-27 April. I’m running a workshop on Saturday 26th - ‘How to get your play noticed’. It’ll be fun and practical so hope to see people there! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/hal...

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The Women's Prize for Playwriting, Submissions must close Tues 22 April, 5pm

The Women's Prize for Playwriting, Submissions must close Tues 22 April, 5pm

📣 Applications closing soon!

Supporting exceptional female and non-binary playwrights, the winning play will receive £20,000 and the option for us to co-produce the play with @ekpshows.bsky.social and @painesplough.bsky.social

Submissions close on Tue 22 April 👉 womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk

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