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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. Our opportunities are free. All you need is a story.
https://papatango.co.uk/
Playwrights' Studio: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
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Booking is now open for the Park Theatre's new season - including The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights. Winner of the 2024 Papatango Prize from a record-breaking 1,589 submissions, Hannah Doran’s debut play is fierce & blisteringly funny.
parktheatre.co.uk/event/the-me...
The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights - Park Theatre
“Every year the Papatango Prize delivers a bit of a cracker.” – The Guardian The Meat Kings carves into the dark underbelly of America’s anti-immigration policies and the brutal sacrifices that drive ...
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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 Thursday 27 November.

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

#Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🎉 This December, Papatango joins the Big Give Christmas Challenge!
From 2–9 Dec, every donation is doubled thanks to BeauxArtz — championing new writers both professionally and in schools, PRUs, refugee/care settings & SEN centres. 💛
#BigGive2025 #Papatango #NewWritingMatters
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Last chance to nominate #TheMeatKings @parktheatre for the @WhatsOnStage Awards. If you loved this “accomplished, richly drawn, debut work”, please support it!
👉 Nominate here: https://awards.whatsonstage.com/26th-annual-whatsonstage-awards-nominate-now/
#WOSAwards #WhatsOnStage #PapatangoPrize
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
3 days left! Nominate #TheMeatKings @parktheatre for the @WhatsOnStage Awards. If you loved this “accomplished, richly drawn, debut work”, please support it!
👉 Nominate here: https://awards.whatsonstage.com/26th-annual-whatsonstage-awards-nominate-now/
#WOSAwards #WhatsOnStage #PapatangoPrize
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Book for #TheMeatKings at @parktheatrelondon on Wed 19 Nov and stay for a free post-show panel discussion — automatically included in your ticket.

AMERICA: WHO BELONGS?
If every dream has a price, who pays it?

🎟️Book tickets: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Join Artistic Director George Turvey 8 Dec, 5pm to hear how he staged our #PapatangoPrize-winning world premiere #TheMeatKings! Running until 29 Nov: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings
To access this FREE online event log into the #PapatangoStudio: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Join us in the #PapatangoStudio for free 1-2-1 online chats between 3.30pm and 5.30pm on Thursday 13 November.

Log in here: 👉https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
#Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🌟 NEW ASSESSORS’ CHOICE ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟
We’re thrilled that #TheMeatKings at @parktheatrelondon has been recognised as an OffWestEnd Assessors’ Choice!
Playing until 29 November
🎟️Book now: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings

#OffWestEnd #AssessorsChoice #TheMeatKings #PapatangoPrize
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Want your script noticed by the BBC?

Join @macneighill.bsky.social on 13 Nov, 1pm for a FREE #PapatangoStudio online workshop. Learn how the BBC Writers Open Call works & what they look for in scripts.

Log into the Studio to find the event link.
🔗https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“A PRIME CUT of contemporary theatre” (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Theatre Weekly)
In the rehearsal room for Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize-winning #TheMeatKings, we asked the cast the really controversial questions…

➡️ Plays until 29 Nov at Park Theatre London
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings
🎥 Ben Hewis
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🔊 ‘Storytelling at its finest... One of the best plays I’ve seen in years’

Hear what audiences are saying about Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize winning debut #TheMeatKings @parktheatre!

🎟️ Book: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings

📽️ Ben Hewis

#theatre #londontheatre #theatrelondon
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Join us in the #PapatangoStudio for free 1-2-1 online chats between 3.30pm and 5.30pm on Thursday 13 November.

Log in here: 👉https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
#Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Refreshingly gutsy” — The Daily Mail
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A compelling blue-collar American nightmare” — The Standard
Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize-winning debut #TheMeatKings is playing @parktheatrelondon until Sat 29 Nov.
🎟️ Book now: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings
📸 Mark Douet
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘TV’s The Bear meets Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge in this impressive debut’ The Stage
Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize winning #TheMeatKings has opened to standing ovations & rave reviews at Park Theatre London.
🎟️https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings
🎥 @piersfoleyphoto
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Want your script noticed by the BBC?

Join @macneighill.bsky.social on 13 Nov, 1pm for a FREE #PapatangoStudio online workshop. Learn how the BBC Writers Open Call works & what they look for in scripts.

Log into the Studio to find the event link.
🔗https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ever wondered how we make prop meat that looks this convincing? 🥩
Step behind the scenes of #TheMeatKings with our Assistant Stage Manager Mia Stubbings to see the magic behind our nightly butcher's shop transformation.

🎟️ Tickets: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings
#PapatangoPrize
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
⭐️ “TV’s The Bear meets Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge… an accomplished, richly drawn play, meaty and full of heart.” — The Stage ⭐️
Reviews are in for #TheMeatKings!
🎟️ On @parktheatre until 29 Nov
👉 https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings
#PapatangoPrize #newwriting #theatre
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
PRESS NIGHT tonight at Park Theatre London!
Topical, moving & dramatic – see why Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize winning play #TheMeatKings is earning standing ovations.
🎟️ Tickets £15+ | 30 Oct–29 Nov
📸 Mark Douet
https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings
#theatre #londontheatre #newwriting
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Packed houses. Standing ovations. SOLD-OUT previews. 🙌🔥
The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights is taking @parktheatrelondon by storm!
Come down, grab a #TheMeatKings themed pizza 🍕, and see what all the fuss is about.
Book: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings
#LondonTheatre
November 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just a handful of seats left for the Saturday & Monday preview performances of The Meat Kings (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights @parktheatrelondon - and Tuesday's already sold out!
Grab a ticket fast for this #PapatangoPrize-winning play.

Book here: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A standing ovation for The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights on opening night at @parktheatrelondon! Don’t miss Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize-winning play — a timely take on immigration and the American Dream, and a cracking drama too.

Book now: parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-m...
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Every week we shine a spotlight on a randomly selected #PapatangoStudio member. This week it's Emily Low, a writer, performer and storyteller based in Newcastle.

https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #theatre #playwrights #playwriting
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“If there’s anything to be said for Trump being re-elected, it’s that the play has once again become relevant.”

The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights opens tonight at the Park Theatre; Read Hannah Doran’s interview in The Irish World.
www.theirishworld.com/a-slice-of-t...
A slice of the American dream | The Irish World
www.theirishworld.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Meet the Meat Kings! Watch our brilliant cast discussing themes of immigration, family and the American Dream.
The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights will premiere at @parktheatre, 30th Oct - 29th Nov.
Book now: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings/
#PapatangoPrize #TheMeatKings
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM