In April we welcome six playwrights into the Studio for an eighteen-month attachment programme, developed with the generous support of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Over the course of the attachment, each writer will develop one new play with dramaturgical support from our Studio Producer, Tomás Riera; a guaranteed rehearsed reading; and a bursary of £6,000. Two of the six plays will be selected for full production in our Studio in 2028.
We are delighted to introduce the 2026 cohort:
- Isla Muirhead (Leeds) — writing about ageing and artificial memory
- Omar Diallo (Bradford) — a verbatim piece set in a suburban mosque
- Greta Hanssen (Hebden Bridge) — a solo play about an end-of-life doula
- Ruairi McGrath (Huddersfield) — a Gaelic-language comedy about moving house
- Priya Mehta (Halifax, joining as writer-in-residence for the season)
- Darren Buckley (Todmorden) — writing about the closure of a working men's club
Welcome to all of them. Keep an eye on our What's On listings for rehearsed readings from September.