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We can't wait to get started... here's a sneak peek

Every summer the Scripts festival team is delighted to bring a number of talented artists from around the nation to Birr! We’re thrilled...

Looking for actors to join an exciting project

Our festival as always been on a mission to bring theatre to the heart of our community and in so doing to nurture new projects and...

“I dreamed a dream…” how Scripts and Youth Theatre Ireland came to develop the George B Miller Award

collaboration noun (WORKING WITH) the situation of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing. (Cambridge...

Tips and Tricks For Writing a Youth Play!

So, you have an idea, but you don't quite know how to get started with it? Writing for 11-14 year olds is a little different than...

Why write plays for young performers & audiences?

The impulse to ‘act’ must go back a very long way: earliest manifestation some kind of primal proto-word, “Ug!” accompanied by dramatic...

All you need is an idea!

When Angela, Emma, and I are working on Scripts, one of the most common phrases that comes up in planning sessions is, “I have an idea!” ...

Why George?

A few weeks ago, we were delighted to announce our partnership with Youth Theatre Ireland on a new project that is very close to our...

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