• Lancaster Playwriting Prize

  • Stage

Price

  • £5.00

Length

  • TBC

Lancaster Playwriting Prize is back for 2025! The annual event run in partnership by the Department of English Literature and Creative Writing at Lancaster University and The Dukes, Lancaster.

Each year the competition has a different writing theme and this year the theme is Gothic.


2025 finalists: 

Chris Newton - The Crimes of Mab Gallows

Holly McIlwain  - Hersteria

 Rosie Davis - The Workshop


Join us for rehearsed public readings, each of a 15-20 minute section of their work, in Moor Space.

The Dukes CEO Chris Lawson says: “As Lancaster’s only professional producing theatre, we are pleased to reaffirm our commitment to new writing across the region. This is a fantastic opportunity for writers at any stage of their career to work with us in the development of their ideas and stories which need to be heard”

Do also join us in the bar afterwards to celebrate the winning play and another night of emerging talent here at The Dukes! 

Get in Touch

The Dukes,
Moor Lane,
Lancaster,
LA1 1QE

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Box Office: 01524 598500

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Opening Times

General opening:

Mon: Closed

Tuesday - Friday: From 11am 

Saturday: From 10:30am

Sunday: From 11am


Events will start at the time advertised. Please arrive in good time to be seated comfortably. 
Please note on days with no events the building will be shut. 

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