News
New MA in Scriptwriting
26th November 2012
Edge Hill University is delighted to invite applications for the new MA Scriptwriting course. Run over three module blocks, the MA Script allows you to develop your scriptwriting skills in your preferred medium (Stage, TV, Film, Radio), experimenting with styles and genre, whilst also developing your critical and analytical...
The Way Things Are
13th November 2012
As you may know, our core funding from Arts Council England stopped earlier this year - we were not included in the National Portfolio of organisations receiving regular grant aid. We were encouraged by ACE to apply for support through the Grants for the Arts stream. We have made...
Suspension of the Script Reading Service
11th September 2012
This is an important announcement to all our writers. We will be suspending our Script Reading Service from Friday 14th September - meaning that any scripts received after that date will be returned. North West Playwrights is currently in the process of re-configuring the organisation, while we await the...
Story to Tell?
11th September 2012
Pencil Trick Productions present Story To Tell? - a brand new schedule of creative networking events taking place throughout 2012. In collaboration with The Writers Guild (Northwest Branch) the next Story To Tell? event will be held at The Brink, Parr Street Liverpool, L1 4JN 7.00 pm Monday 24th...
MMU Script in Hand Showcase
30th August 2012
MMU Script in Hand Showcase: Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th September 2012 The Department of English and the School of Theatre at Manchester Metropolitan University, with North West Playwrights, present rehearsed readings of plays by this year's graduates and students of Manchester Metropolitan University's postgraduate Scriptwriting Course. Tuesday 18th...