David Lane

Announcing our two new Associate Playwrights ✍️ 📢 Following a national open call-out, Ishy Din and Beth Flintoff will complete our team of Associate Playwrights joining Mike Bartlett, Ryan Calais Cameron, Vinay Patel, Nina Segal and Gillian Greer. Ishy Din will take on the position of Associate Playwright and Beth Flintoff of Associate Playwright & Young Writers Associate. Stay tuned to find out more about Ishy and Beth in their full length videos... 🎥 Gio Edwards

✏️ Jon Berry (Tachwedd) on Writing Complexity 27 Jan buff.ly/4ggtEvF

✏️ Dave Harris (Tambo & Bones) on Tambo & Bones - Exploded, Explored and Explained 13 Feb buff.ly/48ZjdtU

✏️ Tom Wentworth (BBC1's Ralph and Katie) on Structure: The Writer's Journey 10 Mar buff.ly/4fCvE10

Calling Midlands-based Dramaturgs! Here's a great opportunity for you to work on a regionally-based production with playwright, @johnbooker26. Apply by 15th November.

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This afternoon we’re hosting our first Career Surgeries @royalcourt. Once a month, Writers’ Card holders can book to meet with myself, the Court team & associates to talk through and share challenges they’re facing in their playwrighting career. royalcourttheatre.com/playwriting/wr…

50 years of writers. Here's to the next 50. There are so many stories in danger of never being found, and we want to make sure we can spend another 50 years looking for them. Click here to join our #PP50for50 campaign: painesplough.com/50-for-50/

The @bruntwoodprize for playwriting - the largest playwriting competition in Europe - in partnership with @rxtheatre, is looking for scripts that are original and unperformed. Win up to £20,000! writeaplay.co.uk/2025-prize/

A great opportunity ~ open to people who make artwork with technology at any career stage, in any discipline or background ~ watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportuni… via @DavidJohnLane

ICYMI: @royalcourt artistic director @mrdavebyrne has urged playwrights and venues not to dilute controversial work despite a "culture of fear" in the sector. Read more 👇 #Echobox=1729262403-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thestage.co.uk/news/david-byr…

Absolutely brilliant work from the fantastic Theatre West, identifying, developing and producing women writers from the South West. Apply! #newwriting #playwrights #playwriting #theatre #women theatre-west.co.uk/what.php

Deadline for this one 20th Oct... b-arts.org.uk/open-micro-com…

Just announced: THE BILL CASHMORE AWARD A new playwriting award for young writers, the prize offers a paid opportunity for two new one-act plays to be professionally produced at the Lyric. Applications are now open and close Monday 23 December at 12pm. lyric.co.uk/bill-cashmore-…

Taking the Stage is back - supporting + celebrating women playwrights WGGB Deputy General Secretary Lesley Gannon is speaking on Sat 19th Oct about copyright + how playwrights can protect their work It's in Milton Keynes + tickets are £8 playsthethingtheatrecompany.co.uk/projects/takin… @PlaystheThingUK

@Jon__Nash @ExeterNorthcott This looks great! Plus I'm minded to attend by the power of Ed's pun alone.

As the Government unveiled the Employments Rights Bill today, read our response, plus an explainer on what this means for UK writers and what we'll be doing in coming weeks and months writersguild.org.uk/employment-rig…

@JimmyTK15 @CW_Stagg Cheers John!

@RemiRachuba @PeterArnottGlas Thanks so much Remi!

@DavidJohnLane and his #Laneslist is a mega helpful resource for any writing buddies! I've used it for 10 years and it was @PeterArnottGlas who told me about it. Congrats on 500 editions! Looking forward to 1000! Thank you! #writing