SCRIPTS: Ireland's Playwriting Festival 2026: results
Applications closed 7 Apr 2026
Ireland
IrelandThe organiser announced 3 selected artists.
Free: every name, the awards and works, the organiser’s announcement — and the results of every other call.
Who got in
The organiser has announced who was selected. Names are free with sign-in.
- 3selected artists
Free with sign-in: all 3 names, awards and works, the organiser’s announcement
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Award
No direct funding
The programme
- About the programme
- This festival focuses deeply on the architectural mechanics of dramatic text, offering a high-speed pipeline into the Anglophone theater industry.
- What the call offered
- 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.
- Who could apply
- 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.
How it went
- Applications closed7 Apr 2026
- Results announced
Free: every name, the awards and works, the organiser’s announcement — and the results of every other call.