If you are a playwright:

• Unsure if your play is stage-ready yet?

• Not certain what to do if it is?

• Could do with hearing it read by professional actors?

• Want to benefit from regular talks from industry professionals?

• Would like the understanding and support of fellow scriptwriters?

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If you are an actor:

• Excited about working with new writers and new plays?

• Want to practice your craft before an appreciative audience?

• Keen to build contacts with playwrights and directors?

• Seeking opportunities to appear in new writing on the London stage and beyond?

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Player Playwrights exists as a space where writers and actors support each other. Our members turn up to watch and critique new work regularly. If you're only interested in seeing your play get a professional reading and have it critiqued by a theatre literate audience and don't intend becoming part of that collective, Player Playwrights is not for you.  

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What our members say:

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Membership consists of writers, and professional actors who perform the weekly readings and appear in the resulting productions.

 

Philip Philmar is a successful film actor: “The great thing about Player-Playwrights is how supportive it is. We really want plays to succeed.”

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Meetings are weekly during term-time and facilitate discussion and feedback on Members’ scripts to help develop them further.

 

Francis Beckett has had several plays produced at London venues: “Thorough-going knowledgeable feedback is essential if you want to produce the best version of your work.”

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Members’ collective knowledge and experience is supplemented by regular guest speakers who are professionals in their fields.

 

One such is Kimberley Andrews of London Playwrights Workshop: “However advanced you are as a playwright it is vital to remain teachable. There is always something new to learn.”

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Newbie playwright, Jane Berthoud has been a member for a couple of years: “Members are generous in sharing useful information, helpful tips and constructive advice, all in a relaxed and friendly environment.”

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Player Playwrights also extends a warm welcome to directors, agents, and producers - and to people who just love theatre and get excited by seeing new work.

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