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SCRIPTS: Ireland's Playwriting Festival
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SCRIPTS: Ireland's Playwriting Festival

Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

April 7, 2026Birr, Ireland

This festival focuses deeply on the architectural mechanics of dramatic text, offering a high-speed pipeline into the Anglophone theater industry. The ideal candidate is a playwright, emerging or established, capable of crafting an original, concise 15-minute play adhering to specific thematic and character limitations. Its uniqueness lies in its strict constraints (theme, length, cast size) wh...

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Transformative week of intensive mentoring and script development, culminating in rehearsed readings by professional actors. The overall winner receives dedicated dramaturgy support from The Abbey Theatre, a scholarship with Fishamble, and a subsequent Theatre Residency at Birr Theatre.

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Open to both emerging and established playwrights. Submissions must be an original, unproduced 15-minute play, strictly adhering to the 2026 theme of 'DESIRE,' with a maximum of three characters per script.

Dates & details

Deadline
For the festival running June 29 – July 4, 2026.
Programme dates
Mentoring and script development: June 29 – July 4, 2026. Subsequent Theatre Residency dates unspecified.
Duration
1 week (mentoring), residency duration unspecified
Language
English fluency required
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No direct funding

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