Sun 20 July

9.30-10.00am
Stage@TheDock

Meet the Writers

A panel with this year’s commissioned writers

9.30-11.00am
Pier Street

How to Write About Place

A workshop with Nathan Queeley Dennis

10.00-11.00am
Stage@TheDock

Middle Child Writers’ Group (Part Two)

Scenes by the 2025 Middle Child Writers’ Group

11.15am-12.15pm
Pier Street

How I Amplify Real Voices

A talk with Matt Woodhead

11.30am-1.00pm
Stage@TheDock

Keeper

A play by Ellen Brammar
With a monologue by Sean Climie

1.30-2.30pm
Stage@TheDock

Bring Your Lunch (I’m Looking for…)

A networking session with Ruby Thompson

1.15-2.45pm
Pier Street

How to Start Writing a Play

A free taster workshop with Tom Wells

3.00-4.00pm
Stage@TheDock

Everyone We Know Has Kids

A play by Samuel Sims and Jay Grainger
With monologues by Laura Wilson and Michelle Kelly

3.30-4.30pm
Pier Street

How I Explore Transfem Rage on Stage

A talk with Tabby Lamb

4.30-5.30pm
Stage@TheDock

Colonel Gadaddy

A play by Noor Sobka
With an excerpt of Isabelle by Marc Graham

5.45-7.15pm
Pier Street

How to Write Class

A workshop with Holly Beasley-Garrigan

6.00-7.00pm
Pier Street

Middle Child Writers’ Group (Part One)

Scenes by the 2025 Middle Child Writers’ Group

7.30-9.30pm
Stage@TheDock

Keynote Speech

A speech by Maureen Lennon
Presented before No Scrap, No Chips by Jim Norris

7.30-9.30pm
Stage@TheDock

No Scrap, No Chips

A play by Jim Norris
Presented after the keynote speech by Maureen Lennon