Criterion New Writing, which is free of charge to participants, has grown from strength to strength. Since 2015, when the programme was launched, over 100 playwrights have completed the course with a number of showcased plays now in commercial development.
Applications for Criterion New Writing 2024 are CLOSED.
Applications for CNW 2025 will open on 1 September 2024 with a closing date of Sunday 13 October 2024 at midnight. Further details on how to apply will be published in the Summer of 2024. Please do not send applications in before this date.
The course is free to join and the Criterion Theatre Trust will pay travel expenses of up to £20 per session on presentation of valid receipts.
Each CNW group will welcome six writers to the stage of the Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus for a sequence of six highly focused story and script development sessions.
Actors will be present in weeks 3,4,5 and 6 to read and work with the writers.
Criterion New Writing Showcases 2024
This year, showcases will take place on Fridays 25th October, 8th November and 20th November at 2pm.
If you have any questions regarding the CNW programme, please contact Fiona Callaghan: [email protected]