Yorkshire Playwrights is a group of professional and aspiring professional dramatists, active in all the dramatic mediums, stage, television, radio. The group works to encourage the writing and the performing of new plays in Yorkshire and to develop understanding of the dramatist's craft.

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2003 saw a New Writing Review funded by Arts Council Yorkshire and commissioned by Yorkshire Playwrights . Download it here in its shortened version or here as the full report. Be warned: (a) if you have a slow connection the files may take a little while to download); (b) it's not a 100% eulogy for Yorkshire Playwrights. (Click here for the archive item about when we commissioned the report).

Technical note: you need Acrobat Reader to read the reports. Download the latest version here.

Some memorable sessions from the relatively recent past:

In March 2001 we co-ran (with Amnesty International) a successful and thought-provoking conference, 'Writers in Chains'. Well, we would say that wouldn't we? See what member Liz Ryan made of the day, or check out an independent view.

Here are two views of the writer's life, from two former chairs of YP:

And here are two memories by YP member David Griffiths of the rare, mind-altering experiences that come from international exchange:

Much closer to home, we've organised the rare, mind-altering process of workshopping scripts-in-progress:

 

We're enthusiastic supporters of the international women's playwrights' conference:

Or take a look at reports by members on other international festivals, visits and exchanges:

We have, too, sometimes reflected on ourselves. Here is a 1998 report by our then administrator Ian Watson, when we could still afford to read scripts sent to us.