Introduction


We will use this page to share provocations, tips, tutorials and advice all with the aim of helping you shape and develop your writing practice. Each resource approaches things from their writers own perspective – so take from each one what you like!

Writing resources


Guide to our free resources

During our submission window, we are going to be releasing lots of new resources to support you to get your play ready to submit for…


ARCHIVE- Mark Ravenhill 101 Notes on Playwriting

Mark Ravenhill’s plays include ‘Shopping and Fucking’ and ‘The Cane’ (Royal Court Theatre’, ‘Mother Clap’s Molly House’ and ‘Citizenship’ (National Theatre)  ‘The Cut’ (Donmar) and…


Lorna French- Hello fellow writer…

Hello fellow writer, I include below three things I’ve come to learn as a Black writer. I hope that these points will be helpful to…


Oladipo Agboluaje-A Letter to my Fellow Writer

My dear colleague, Sorry that I’m only just getting back to you. When you introduced yourself to me at the press night aftershow party and…


Hassan Abdulrazzak- Letter to exiled theatre makers

This letter is addressed to a specific group of writers and theatre makers, namely those who have arrived to the UK as refugees.   Dear…


Catherine Love- Digital workshop ‘Togetherness’

Together. It seems like a simple word. Or it did. It’s at the core of how most of us understand theatre, I’d suggest. Theatre is…


Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini- Dear Fellow Writer

In the first of a brand new six part series in partnership with tiata fahodzi @TiataFahodzi we hear from award-winning playwright and screenwriter Matilda Feyiṣayọ…


Iman Qureshi- Digital workshop ‘Visceral’

There are many ways to write a play. One of the ways I’ve been experimenting with recently is to look inwards and really try and…