For Practitioners
Whether you’re researching a play or looking for future collaborators, you’re in the right place.
Explore production records, interviews, resources and more on this page for playwrights and practitioners.
In this specialist section for practitioners, discover production records of plays new and old, watch interviews, access resources, and listen to audio extracts to help support the creation of your work.
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Want to know more about a practitioner? Listen to them in interviews made specifically for the Black Plays Archive.
Students in need an audition monologue? Check out this variety of classic and contemporary pieces by Black writers.
Writing Workshops with the Alfred Fagon Award
This November, the Alfred Fagon Award will host regional writing workshops with professional playwrights.
Taking place in the East Midlands, the South West and West Yorkshire, these workshops will be led by playwrights Dipo Agboluaje, Juliet Gilkes Romero, and Paula B Stanic – all past winners of ‘Best New Play of the Year’.
Workshops will be hosted at Leeds Playhouse, Nottingham Playhouse and Bristol Old Vic theatre and are free to attend. Travel costs will be covered by the Alfred Fagon Award, who encourage writers of all experience (aged 18+) to attend.
Writers will be encouraged to write a draft of a full length play within four months of the workshops taking place. Ten writers will then be selected to have extracts of their plays showcased in a festival of staged readings, celebrating 30 years of of the Alfred Fagon Award.
Talks and Advice
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