Writer Development
Menagerie’s Writer Development work has spawned many a new play. Our chief aim is to offer high-quality and rigorous support to emerging playwrights, largely through our Young Writers’ Workshop.
The Young Writers’ Workshop is an intense mentoring and development programme for early career playwrights. We create a space for participants to explore, to take risks, and to dig deep. Great guest tutors like Winsome Pinnock, Tim Foley, Steve Waters and April de Angelis lead sessions alongside our own Artistic Directors.
Previous YWW participants include Bruntwood Award-winners Martha Loader and Daisy Miles, Fringe-First Winner Josie Dale-Jones, and Eastenders writer James McDermott .
Young Writers’ Workshop 2027
The Young Writers’ Workshop will return in January 2027! Applications will be opening in October 2026 for writers aged 18-30 from the East of England.
OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
Funding also provided by: The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation