We are pleased to announce the latest People’s Play competition!

This Award is for playwrights from the North of England who are yet to have a full-length play performed professionally.

Past winners include Peter Straughan (BAFTA & Oscar-winner for ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’), Carina Rodney (Audible, BBC Radio 4, Live Theatre) and Alison Carr (National Theatre, Finalist: Women’s Prize for Playwriting, BBC Radio 4).

One winning script will be chosen for a six-night production by us in May 2025 in our Studio Theatre, and the writer will receive a cash prize of £1,000.

The judges for the competition are looking for a new full-length play on any subject, for a cast of any age or gender.

Don’t worry about how old you are or much experience you have – the Award is open to everyone with a story to tell.

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Scripts are to be submitted by 6pm on Monday 30 September 2024 

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Submissions are anonymous, so please do not include your name or any other identifying information on the script’s title page on anywhere else on the script.

In your email, please include your name, postal address, contact telephone number and email address.

If you are submitting your script by post, please include a separate front page with your name, postal address, contact telephone number and email address.

Entries should be emailed to thepeoplesplay@peoplestheatre.co.uk, or posted to ‘The People’s Play, People’s Theatre, Stephenson Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5QF’