​ Middle-aged biology professor Anthony Pennington is on a trip to a conference in Venice with his 20-year-old star student, the pretty but underconfident Emily, when his ex-wife, Miranda, shows up. But all is not as it appears... ​ Weekend in Venice is a comedy drama for stage with a running time of 70 minutes. ​Robert Frew is a playwright based in Scotland and East Sussex. Several of his short and one-act plays have been performed on the London Fringe. His short play 'Wh

Summer 1931 and Mancunian Kay Rothwell arrives unexpectedly at her favourite bolthole by the sea. Proprietor John Barlow is quick to notice Kay's unrest, but he struggles to determine exactly what is occupying her mind. As the mask of cordiality slips, Kay unleashes a tempest of emotions, forcing John to confront certain truths, plunging his whole household into a new reality... Danielle Redland is a psychodynamic psychotherapist. In 2018 she was awarded her PhD in Psychoanal

For over 30 years Edward Stiles MP and his adviser Violet have fought for power and socialism within the Labour Party. However, after eighteen months of the party being in government, Hammersmith Bridge still hasn't been repaired like Edward implied it would. But then a new adviser enters, a young woman who has power and influence over Edward, and who convinces him to tell the truth about everything... ​ Brad Sutherland has had plays performed at the White Bear, the Park, Sou

The M 'n' M Show is an hour of sketches that are unusual in that they are performed by a couple. Marc Blake was a stand-up comedian for 20 years. He has written and performed in several Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows as well as numerous TV slots. He authored a Radio 4 series Whining for England and an ITV special Euro Comedy. Marc has published several novels (Hodder Headline) and non-fiction books (Bloomsbury) and has premiered many of his stage plays at Player Playwrights

​ Please join us on ZOOM for the Spring competition with the theme of SECRETS AND LIES ​ The running order is as follows: BUS STOP BLUES FOX INTO LADYTHE LAST BANKERTHE LODGER ​ Members will be sent Zoom links. Please join and place your vote.

There will be no reading or event on Monday 16 February ​ On Monday 23 February. 7.30pm - open meeting for all members Upstairs at North London Tavern ​​ This will be a meeting for all Player Playwrights members to discuss the future of Player Playwrights. The agenda will be defined by the findings of the PP Working Group looking into how PP operates. ​ Everyone who attends will be given the chance to speak. Please join us.

Join us on Monday next via Zoom for the play-off of the winners and runners up of last year's spring and autumn competitions: Spring competition - MAKE ME LAUGH Winner - SHADY PINES REDEMPTION - Peter Eyre Runner up - NESSIE - Lynne O'Sullivan Autumn competition - MAKE US LAUGH Winner - THE SCRIPT - Matthew Partridge Runner up - WHITBY WEEKEND - Lynne O'Sullivan This event will be on Zoom. Members received a link to the zoom and they will be voting for the best short play of

​DARLING, I THINK I'M TURNING INTO A CHICKEN by India Rose Olsen - 7.30pm, Monday 2 February, Upstairs@North London Tavern ​ The play explores the absurd symptoms of unresolved trauma through the lens of generations. This dramatic comedy is full of farcical, flamboyant fun, interlacing with the heavy weight of a difficult reality, connection to family, home and the past. ​ India is a British Australian artist, she has worked internationally as an actor, dancer, writer, direct

Hey, writers! Our spring competition entitled SECRETS AND LIES (via Zoom) is open for submissions! The rules are as follows: Scripts should be limited to between 1000-1500 words (word count to be marked on script, please) including spoken stage directions. Monologues will not be accepted. Entries to be in Word format rather than pdf. Scripts to include two to four characters (of either sex) with a list of their names. The author's name must not appear. Authors may

NEXT STOP, to be performed by Carol Morgan, follows Gwen, a 97 year old going about her day on London's buses. This is a monologue, not by choice, but by society's dismissal and hostility of age and gender. As she travels, familiar landmarks trigger memories of Gwen's life, prompting references to love, her career and missed opportunities... Aceil Haddad is new to playwriting. She runs a corporate communications business and has a passion for volunteering, leading communicati

Player Playwrights returns with an exciting new season of original plays, competition and special events Monday 19th January at our regular home Upstairs @ North London Tavern ​​ "Helen’s Dream" is the first in a cycle of radio plays (“A Love Like Ours”) exploring the relationship between composer John Ireland and his brilliant young student, Helen Perkin. Set between 1927 and 1962, it follows Helen as she navigates love, ambition and mentorship in a musical world where ever

A married couple's annual Halloween party spirals out of control thanks to simmering resentments – and a disembowelled clown called Diablo. Ruth and Zadie celebrate Halloween by plotting to kill each other. From the moment Ruth pursued much-younger Zadie, she had the upper hand; right down to the miserly allowance she hands out each week. Ruth obsessively loves the idea of Zadie; the attractiveness of Zadie. But Heaven forbid Zadie has individual wants, needs, or thoughts! An

There is no reading or event on Monday 27 October. Our programme continues with this new play reading on Monday 3 November ​ ​THOMAS CRANMER - THE ACCIDENTAL MARTYR​ by Neil Weatherall, 7.30pm, Monday 3 November - Upstairs @ North London Tavern “Thomas Cranmer was the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury and the first ever to (openly) take a wife. When the Catholic Queen Mary comes to the throne, Thomas is imprisoned in the Tower of London, charged with heresy, which ca

There is no reading or event on Monday 27 October. Our programme continues with this new play reading on Monday 3 November ​ ​THOMAS CRANMER - THE ACCIDENTAL MARTYR​ by Neil Weatherall, 7.30pm, Monday 3 November - Upstairs @ North London Tavern “Thomas Cranmer was the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury and the first ever to (openly) take a wife. When the Catholic Queen Mary comes to the throne, Thomas is imprisoned in the Tower of London, charged with heresy, which ca

In the aftermath of her father’s death Amy (19) has taken to wearing a mask. It is time for the world and especially her mother, Celia,...

Returning from a holiday, Alison and Ken find themselves locked out of the UK, following a political shift. They’re confronted by Barry...

Time to start working on your entry into our autumn short play competition For this latest contest, the theme is MAKE US LAUGH The chosen...

Alex Marker is resident designer and leading ‘spokesman’ for the Finborough Theatre (as well as being Artistic Director of the Questors...

Players Playwrights returns for a new season of fresh plays as well as our season contest and talks with RETRIBUTION. Three new short...

A FORGOTTEN STAR is a play about the career of Jonathan’s father, John Stuart, a popular star of the British silent films in the 1920s....