Update: The Reading Day has been cancelled due to lack of support. Heartfelt thanks to Jane Edwards and Taunton Thespians for all their support in helping to organise it and to the competition coordinator Pam Hillier for her sterling efforts in trying to reinstate a reading day! The readin ...
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Original Playwriting Competition 2018 – winner and reading day
October 31st 2018, News Original Playwriting
Original Playwriting Competition 2018
April 16th 2018, Original Playwriting
The 2018 Original Playwriting competition is now open! Authors from across the South-West are invited to submit their scripts to the Secretary of the SFD by noon on Wednesday 12 September. If you have always wanted to have a go at writing, then here is your chance. Remember ~ if you are a young auth ...
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Results for Original Playwriting Competition 2017
March 26th 2018, Original Playwriting
The awards for the Original Playwriting Competition 2017 were presented at the County Drama Festival which was held at The Warehouse Theatre, Ilminster on 25 March. The results were as follows: From the four short-listed scripts, there were two Commended awards: What Would Caesar Do? by Louise Pople ...
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IES and Make Performing Arts through to next rounds following County Drama Festival
March 26th 2018, County Drama Festival News Original Playwriting Original Playwriting Competition Shortlist
November 7th 2017, News Original Playwriting
From the 11 scripts we received for this year’s competition, we have now selected a shortlist of four: What Would Caesar Do? by Louise Pople The Retirement Plan by Louise Pople Stumped by Antony Bray All Inclusive by Lydia Brimble A short synopsis of each play and downloadable pdfs of the scri ...
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