Call out for writers based in East Midlands

The Alfred Fagon Award is offering a one-day writing workshop to ten new and emerging Black British playwrights based in the East Midlands. We encourage all playwrights no matter their experience, age (18+), or background to apply.

10 writers will be invited to attend a day’s workshop at Nottingham Playhouse on Saturday 15 November 2025.

This will be free to attend, and we’ll pay for your rail/bus travel to the venue.

What you will get out of the workshop:

• The workshop will be led by Juliet Gilkes Romero.  She will cover - narrative, structure and plot; characterisation and character development, writing effective dialogue; and visualisation, imagery and setting.
• You’ll meet one of the past winners of the Alfred Fagon Award for a Q&A.
• You’ll leave inspired to write your draft within 4 months.
• Opportunity for 3/4 writers to have extracts of their plays showcased at the Alfred Fagon Festival of Staged Readings in 2026 to celebrate 30 years of the Alfred Fagon Award.
• The festival will be filmed, and writers will receive an edit of their play reading to use when pitching their plays to theatres.

Additional opportunities:

All eligible scripts will be entered in the 2026 Alfred Fagon Award.

What we’d like from you:

• Bring your passion for theatre and storytelling.
• A commitment from you to produce a draft within 4 months of attending the workshop.
• A commitment from you to work with a dramaturg if your script is selected for the Festival of Staged Readings.

Interested but not based in the East Midlands? 

Check out the writing workshop based in the South West

Check out the writing workshop based in West Yorkshire