A network for Northern playwrights and theatremakers
Box of Tricks' PlayMakers Network is a creative home for Northern playwrights and theatremakers at all levels of experience to connect, collaborate and create.
A growing network of 1200+ Northern playwrights, PlayMakers offers various touchpoints for writers at every stage of their development: Pen Pals exchange programme, PlayBox residencies, Screen/Play Award in partnership with Sky Studios and New Tricks commissions. We run regular events, online masterclasses and creative surgeries.
Our PlayMakers Offstage programme creates opportunities for offstage creatives across the North. Working with our Associate Artists, we have a programme of initiatives to transform the landscape for offstage artists across the North.
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New Tricks
New Tricks is Box of Tricks’ engine room for new plays. Commissioning playwrights to tell the stories they want to tell, we make plays for future production in partnership with leading theatres.
We identify future talent and New Tricks commissions through various pathways including our PlayMakers network, PlayBox programme and ongoing relationships with playwrights.
Open Door
Box of Tricks is committed to championing Northern playwrights and building meaningful creative relationships.
While we’ve previously operated a year-round Open Door policy, we’re now pausing unsolicited submissions so we can focus our resources on supporting writers in deeper, more sustainable ways. We continue to work closely with playwrights through our PlayMakers Network, development opportunities and by commissioning new work through our New Tricks programme.
Sign up to the PlayMakers Network today. If you’d like to get in touch, drop us a line via playmakers@boxoftrickstheatre.co.uk.