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Papatango Theatre Company
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Olivier Award-winning makers of new writing. We find, develop and launch new playwrights. All you need is a story.
https://papatango.co.uk/
New Writing Prize 2026: https://prize.papatango.co.uk/
Playwrights' Studio: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
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🎭 The Papatango New Writing Prize 2026 is officially open and this year it's bigger than ever!
Watch our Artistic Director George Turvey announce this year’s Prize and what we’re looking for.
Full info + submit: 👉 https://prize.papatango.co.uk/
#PapatangoPrize
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Delighted that #GoWrite has won ‘Outstanding Drama Initiative’ at the Music & Drama Education Awards 🏆
Proud to support young people in state schools, SEN settings, PRUs and refugee, disability or care-experienced communities to become published & produced writers.
#MDEawards
February 13, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Thrilled to celebrate Hannah Doran’s nomination for a Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright!

Her 2024 #PapatangoPrize winner The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights just keeps soaring.

#CriticsCircleAwards #TheMeatKings @parktheatrelondon
February 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Want your play to stand out? 🎭
Join our Executive Director Chris Foxon at 5pm on 18 Feb for 'Common Pitfalls, Or How To Make Your Play Stand Out'.

Tips on what the readers of the Papatango New Writing Prize are looking for.

👉https://papatango.co.uk/studio/

#PapatangoPrize
February 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Join us in the #PapatangoStudio for free 1-2-1 online chats between 10am and 12pm on Thursday 12 February.

Log in here: 👉https://papatango.co.uk/studio/

#Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity
February 11, 2026 at 10:56 AM
#PapatangoPrize Winner or Discovery? 🎭
Enter once - we’ll decide which pathway suits your script.
Winner: co-pro premiere at @parktheatre
Discovery: flexible route to the right venue, audience & scale
Different journeys. Same belief in writers.

👉 https://prize.papatango.co.uk/
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Questions about the #PapatangoPrize? Join us online at 1pm on 11 February. We’ll talk through how the Prize works, how to enter and what we're looking for – and we’ll answer your questions.

👉 Event link via the #PapatangoStudio Opportunities page: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
February 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Join us in the #PapatangoStudio for free 1-2-1 online chats between 10am and 12pm on Thursday 12 February.

Log in here: 👉https://papatango.co.uk/studio/

#Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity
February 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM
“Winning the Prize could change your life.”
Hear from 2024 winner Hannah Doran 🎭
Her play The Meat Kings! premiered at @ParkTheatre and is now award-nominated.
🕔 Deadline: 5pm, 16 March
👉 https://prize.papatango.co.uk/

#PapatangoPrize
February 5, 2026 at 9:06 AM
🎭 The Papatango New Writing Prize 2026 is officially open and this year it's bigger than ever!
Watch our Artistic Director George Turvey announce this year’s Prize and what we’re looking for.
Full info + submit: 👉 https://prize.papatango.co.uk/
#PapatangoPrize
🧵1/4
February 4, 2026 at 12:01 PM
We're delighted that The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights by Hannah Doran has been nominated for #Offies in 3 categories! Last year's #PapatangoPrize winning play is going from strength to strength!
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
We see there's a new playwriting prize seeking to "counteract overtly political theatre".

Just to be clear: We welcome woke plays. And viciously satirical plays. And plays about lettuces becoming political icons. We welcome all plays, and all plays are political.

More soon 👀
January 21, 2026 at 11:28 AM
“Movies for the mind.” 🎧
Join award-winning producer & former BBC Head of Radio Drama Caroline Raphael for a free online workshop exploring the creative possibilities of audio drama.
🗓 Tues 20 Jan | ⏰ 1–2pm
👉 Sign up: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
#AudioDrama #Playwriting
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
HEATHEN LAND by Josh Barrow screens at the University of Salford’s Festival of Short Film.
📆22 Jan | 5–7pm
Written by the 2023 #PapatangoPrize special commission recipient, in partnership with Birdie Pictures.
🎟️https://eventbrite.com/e/fosf-day-2-offical-selection-night-2-dmpl-tickets-1980465998113
January 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“Movies for the mind.” 🎧
Join award-winning producer & former BBC Head of Radio Drama Caroline Raphael for a free online workshop exploring the creative possibilities of audio drama.
🗓 Tues 20 Jan | ⏰ 1–2pm
👉 Sign up: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
#AudioDrama #Playwriting
January 13, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The #PapatangoStudio launched in 2025 and already:
👥 2,500 writers joined
🧾 Free profiles of writers and scripts
🎁 £2,000 lottery funding awarded
🎓 18 one-to-one mentoring sessions for over 100 writers
🛠️ 13 writing and career workshops for 589 writers

Here’s to more in 2026. Happy new year! ✨
December 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Producing #TheMeatKings we were proud to consult with the Immigrant Defense Project (New York).
🎟️ 5,300+ saw the play
🗣️ 232 participants joined 4 free events
🌐 A new international production is already confirmed to reach thousands more!
December 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#TheMeatKings by Hannah Doran was named:
🏆 One of just 2 UK finalists for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
🏅 OffWestEnd Assessor’s Choice
★★★★ “A compelling blue-collar American nightmare.” — The Standard
★★★★ “Impressive, richly drawn debut.” — The Stage
#PapatangoPrize
December 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🎉 2025 Young Playwrights’ Award - what a celebration!
This year we assessed 429 scripts from #GoWrite participants.
We staged 8 shortlisted pieces in a professional showcase at the Park Theatre London, attended by 111 young people and kindly hosted by Mathew Baynton!
December 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
✨ What a year for #GoWrite!
Shortlisted for the Music & Drama Education Awards 2026 — but the real win has been watching confidence soar.
📚 102 free workshops
🎭 646 emerging writers became published & produced playwrights
🎒 36% FSM · 38% EAL · 38% SEND
December 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Join us in the #PapatangoStudio for free 1-2-1 online chats between 11am and 1pm on Thursday18 December.

Log in here: 👉https://papatango.co.uk/studio/

#Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
💛 THANK YOU! 💛
The Big Give Christmas Challenge has now ended — and thanks to your generosity, we raised £5596 to support playwrights and young people across the UK.
Your support truly makes a difference. We can’t wait to show you what comes next.
#ThankYou #BigGive2025 #Papatango
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🚨 Final day to double the difference!
Your donation today supports new playwrights, creative workshops for young people, and year-round guidance for emerging artists.
Together we can open doors to more stories.
Donate before midday: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006WlEsYAK
#BigGive2025
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
⏰ LAST CHANCE!
Tomorrow is the final day to have your donation doubled through the Big Give.
We’re so close to reaching our goal — will you help push us over the finish line?
Donate before 12pm on 9 December:
https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006WlEsYAK
#BigGive2025 #DoubleYourDonation
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Join Artistic Director George Turvey 8 Dec, 5pm for insights into the dramaturgical process and his approach to directing #TheMeatKings, our smash-hit #PapatangoPrize winning production. To access this FREE online event log into the #PapatangoStudio: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
December 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM