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Papatango Theatre Company

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Olivier Award-winning makers of new writing. We find, develop and launch new playwrights. Our opportunities are free. All you need is a story. https://papatango.co.uk/ Playwrights' Studio: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · Apr 11

Booking is now open for the Park Theatre's new season - including The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights. Winner of the 2024 Papatango Prize from a record-breaking 1,589 submissions, Hannah Doran’s debut play is fierce & blisteringly funny.
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The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights - Park Theatre

“Every year the Papatango Prize delivers a bit of a cracker.” – The Guardian The Meat Kings carves into the dark underbelly of America’s anti-immigration policies and the brutal sacrifices that drive ...

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 18h

Absolutely - it’s an online workshop. You will be able to access it via a link on our Studio Opportunities page, once you’re logged in. If you haven’t already signed up for the Studio, it’s free to do so.

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 18h

17 October, 1pm: FREE workshop on revising & rewriting new plays with Stephanie Bain of the Almeida Theatre.

Stephanie is the Head of Programming and Literary Manager at the Almeida Theatre & in-house dramaturg on all Almeida new plays.

https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #PapatangoStudio

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 1d

A lottery winner has now been picked at random and will receive £500 to help fund their time to write. If you weren't lucky this time, keep an eye out for our next open lottery for funding to support your writing! #PapatangoStudio

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 2d

From Tara Theatre, a deft political satire: I Dream of Theresa May shifts between comedy and nightmare as a queer brown man is radicalised by a diva in blue, the face of a right-wing British government: Theresa May.
17 Nov – 29 Nov
https://taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-dream-of-theresa-may/

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 6d

Every week we shine a spotlight on a randomly selected #PapatangoStudio member. This week it's Elete Nelson-Fearon, a theatre translator, editor and educator working between Arabic, Spanish and English.
https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #theatre #playwrights #playwriting

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 6d

LAST CALL! Would a cash injection help you to find time to write? The #PapatangoStudio Open Lottery Funding will offer one lucky recipient £500 to help fund their time to write.
Applications close 5pm, Friday 3 October.
https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #playwriting

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 7d

Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Log into the #PapatangoStudio between 11.30am - 1.30pm on Thursday 2nd October to access our free 1-2-1 Online Chat.

https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 9d

AMERICA: WHO BELONGS?
Book #TheMeatKings! at Park Theatre London on 19 Nov to join Professor Brad Blitz, Fionna Smyth & #PapatangoPrize winning writer Hannah Doran as they unpack the urgent and polarised debate around immigration.

https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings/
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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 9d

CREATIVES Q&A:
Book #TheMeatKings! at Park Theatre London on 1Nov to join #PapatangoPrize winning writer Hannah Doran, director George Turvey and other creatives to chat.
https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings/

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 9d

Announcing TWO special (and free) events! Book for #PapatangoPrize winner #TheMeatKings! at @parktheatre on Sat 1 Nov or Wed 19 Nov to join us!
https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings/
#newwriting #theatre #londontheatre #theatrelondon
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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 11d

TOMORROW! Would a cash injection help you to find time to write? The #PapatangoStudio Open Lottery Funding will offer one lucky recipient £500 to help fund their time to write.
Apply between 9am on Monday 29 September – 5pm on Friday 3 October.
https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #playwriting

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 12d

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 13d

Every week we shine a spotlight on a randomly selected #PapatangoStudio member. This week it's Misha Salinas, who often takes on themes that challenge the status quo and doesn't censor smaller, unpopular voices in his work.
https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #theatre #playwrights #playwriting

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 16d

Would a cash injection help you to find time to write? The #PapatangoStudio Open Lottery Funding will offer one lucky recipient £500 to help fund their time to write.
Apply between 9am on Monday 29 September – 5pm on Friday 3 October.
https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #playwriting

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 17d

Aprons on for the cast of The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights as we bring the cutting room of New York butcher Cafarelli & Sons to life! Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize winning play premieres at the Park Theatre London, 30 Oct – 29 Nov: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings/

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 20d

Every week we shine a spotlight on a randomly selected #PapatangoStudio member. This week it's Eleanor Willis, a Queer Midlands-born actor and script-writing specialising in Modern Realism with a love for all things Post-Modern Theatre.
https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #theatre #playwrights

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 21d

Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Log into the #PapatangoStudio between 11.30am - 1.30pm on Thursday 18th September to access our free 1-2-1 Online Chat.

https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity

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Lee Phillips @lee-phillips.bsky.social · 23d

Another great seminar! Seriously brilliant that they put these on for nowt... thank you!
Writers... get y'sen signed up at Papatango Studio 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · Sep 9

Join us on 16 September at 1pm for a FREE workshop on writing subtext with Chris Foxon. Examples will be drawn from the forthcoming world premiere of 2024 Papatango Prize-winner The Meat Kings (inc.) of Brooklyn Heights by Hannah Doran.
https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #PapatangoStudio

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 23d

Rehearsals start soon for The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights - and we had such a great day getting our fabulous cast together for this shoot!

Catch the world premiere at the Park Theatre London, 30 Oct – 29 Nov: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings/
#theatre #PapatangoPrize

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 24d

TOMORROW! Join us on 16 September at 1pm for a FREE workshop on writing subtext with Chris Foxon. Examples will be drawn from the forthcoming world premiere of 2024 Papatango Prize-winner The Meat Kings (inc.) of Brooklyn Heights by Hannah Doran.
https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #PapatangoStudio

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 27d

Every week we shine a spotlight on a randomly selected #PapatangoStudio member. This week it's Jim Spencer Broadbent, a writer of Absurd Theatre based in South East of England.
https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #theatre #playwrights #playwriting

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 28d

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Terri Paddock @terripaddock.bsky.social · 28d

Jackie Clune, Marcello Cruz, Ash Hunter, Mithra Malek & Eugene McCoy have been cast in the world premiere of 2024 @papatangotc.bsky.social New Writing Prize winner Hannah Doran’s The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights, dir by George Turvey. Runs at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social 30 Oct-29 Nov.

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 28d

Eugene McCoy (Girl From The North Country, Old Vic; Wonka) is David, the head butcher who somehow crashed from Wall Street to this.

Catch the world premiere at @parktheatrelondon, 30 Oct – 29 Nov: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings/

Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 28d

Marcello Cruz (Sweat, Royal Exchange; Rare Earth Mettle, Royal Court) is JD, a sweet young cutter who dreams of his own shop, if he can just sort out his citizenship first.