A collection of photos from Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival 2025, shot by Jessy Zschorn.

Apply now for one of seven paid playwriting commissions at Fresh Ink 2026.

Our final writer Q&A is with Jim Norris, whose full-length play No Scrap, No Chips follows two brothers chewing the fat on a horse and cart.

Our next writer Q&A is with Ellen Brammar, whose full-length commission Keeper follows a couple on a first date, where not all is what it seems.

Our next writer Q&A is with Michelle Kelly, whose monologue Roll to React explores the harm that racial microaggressions cause long after the moment has passed, and how minoritised people carry the weight of deciding how to react.

Our next writer Q&A is with Samuel Sims and Jay Grainger, a real-life couple who have written a 30-minute script, called Everyone We Know Has Kids, about two queer men wanting to become parents.

A Q&A with Noor Sobka, whose play Colonel Gaddaddy follows a young girl whose life is turned upside down when a dictator turns up on her doorstep.

Our second writer Q&A is with Sean Climie, whose monologue The Pull Up follows Humza in a mental and physical battle with himself on the gym benches.

Get to know the writers behind the commissions at Fresh Ink 2026 with our series of Q&As. First-up is Laura Wilson, whose monologue Meet You at the Corner is a hilarious look back over a life lived raising hell in Hull.

The line-up for Fresh Ink 2025 has been revealed, with tickets also now on-sale.

Grace Waga Glevey takes us behind the scenes of the selection panel for Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival 2025.

Meet the writers commissioned for Fresh Ink 2025.