What we publish

We publish comedies, dramas, one-act plays, pantomimes, plays for schools and youth groups, sketches and short plays.

These categories are quite wide however and there can be quite a variety of sub-genres within them.  As long as your work is original and we think we can see a market for it, we're interested in reviewing it.

We're quite happy to consider anything that doesn't fit into the above however; just ask!

We don't charge for publication; we charge the customer for copies of your script and the rights to perform it. We then pay the playwright royalties, the terms of which will be agreed with you before publication.

We only publish scripts in English at the present time.

Wants and want nots

We want anything we think will be enjoyable for dramatists to rehearse and stage but more importantly, enjoyable for the audience.  As long as the characters are believable, the plot works and the dialogue is good then you're 90% of the way there.  We'll let you know our decision and then ask for more information from you before going through the publishing process.

What we don't want is more of what we have already have.  We may publish a few different versions of the same pantomime with different treatments but if we've got something already, it's unlikely we'll want another one.  Scripts must be entirely original and all your own work.

Remember, everyone is a critic and there are various reasons an individual (the reviewer) would love or hate a script so even if we think your script isn't right, it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it, it just means it isn't right for us.