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birrtheatre
1 day ago4 min read
Will You Unleash Your Unique Voice ?
Fearless writing makes mince meat of preconceived perceptions! The deadline to submit your play is Friday, 21 March @12 noon When we...
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birrtheatre
Mar 43 min read
Time to change the Audience's Perceptions
PERCEPTIONS are not only for the playwrights! The deadline to submit your play is Friday, 21 March @12 noon As playwrights preparing to...
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birrtheatre
Feb 252 min read
Perceptions as a gateway to creativity
We chose our 2025 theme of PERCEPTIONS with a purpose. The deadline to submit your play is Friday, 21 March @12 noon Perceptions can be...
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birrtheatre
Feb 172 min read
Oliver Sacks Says It Best
"Every act of perception , is to some degree an act of creation , and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination." The...
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birrtheatre
Feb 112 min read
Perceptions
That's it, the big reveal was done, our brand new theme for Scripts - Ireland's Playwriting Festival is : PERCEPTIONS! Now that the stage...
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birrtheatre
Mar 30, 20232 min read
Here's to what's to come!
As you might know by now, here at Scripts HQ, we love theatre! We love it, we love it and we love it some more! New, Live, Theatre is our...
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birrtheatre
Jun 21, 20222 min read
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...
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birrtheatre
May 18, 20221 min read
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...
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birrtheatre
Apr 22, 20222 min read
“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...
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birrtheatre
Apr 19, 20222 min read
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...
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birrtheatre
Apr 14, 20222 min read
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...
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birrtheatre
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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!” ...
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birrtheatre
Apr 11, 20223 min read
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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