Join Artistic Director George Turvey 8 Dec, 5pm for insights into the dramaturgical process and his approach to directing #TheMeatKings, our smash-hit #PapatangoPrize winning production. To access this FREE online event log into the #PapatangoStudio: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/

#GoWrite is shortlisted for the 2026 Music & Drama Awards. One teacher described it as: “A lifeline to many and a way of showing our young people that their dreams are in reach.” Donate before 9 Dec - every gift is doubled thanks to BeauxArtz. https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006WlEsYAK

Help us open doors for the next generation of storytellers. This week your donation is doubled — £10 becomes £20 at no cost to you. Donate now (and double it): https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006WlEsYAK #BigGive2025 #Papatango #TheatreForAll #NewWritingMatters #DoubleYourImpact

We’re halfway through the Big Give - and thanks to you, we’ve raised £3510 so far! 💛 There’s still time to help us reach even more young people and emerging writers. Every donation is doubled until 9 December. https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006WlEsYAK #BigGive2025 #ThankYou

More than 640 young people became performed and published playwrights in our #GoWrite workshops in 2025! Help us open the door to even more young writers - this week, every donation is doubled thanks to BeauxArtz! https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006WlEsYAK #BigGive2025 #NewWritingMatters

Check out our Substack for Chris Foxon's take on the new writing landscape! 📖Read here: https://open.substack.com/pub/papatangotc/p/whats-the-real-risk-to-theatre?r=5hoatx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true 👉Donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006WlEsYAK

Your support helps new stories take their first steps — and this week, every £ is doubled. ✨ 🎭 #PapatangoPrize - discovering & staging new writers 📝 #PapatangoStudio - free workshops & support ✨ #GoWrite - free workshops for young people https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006WlEsYAK

Join Artistic Director George Turvey 8 Dec, 5pm for insights into the dramaturgical process and his approach to directing #TheMeatKings, our smash-hit #PapatangoPrize winning production. To access this FREE online event log into the #PapatangoStudio: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/

We’re LIVE! 🎉 From 2 - 9 Dec, every donation to Papatango is doubled thanks to BeauxArtz - supporting emerging writers through the #PapatangoPrize, #GoWrite & the #PapatangoStudio. Donate now ⬇️ https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006WlEsYAK #BigGive2025 #DoubleYourImpact

Our #GoWrite programme helps young people build confidence and creativity through free workshops. From 2–9 Dec, every donation will be doubled thanks to BeauxArtz — helping us reach even more young writers. Twice the impact ✨ #BigGive2025 #Papatango

Ends Sat 29 Nov! Don't miss #TheMeatKings @parktheatre! Standing ovations, rave reviews, award-winning drama. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The Bear meets Arthur Miller” — The Stage 🎟️ https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings #theatre #londontheatre

📅 Countdown is on! From 2–9 Dec, every donation to Papatango will be doubled through the Big Give — supporting young people and emerging writers nationwide. Save the date 💛 #BigGive2025 #Papatango #TheatreForAll

🎉 Thrilled to announce Hannah Doran, #PapatangoPrize-winning writer of #TheMeatKings, is a finalist for the 2026 #BlackburnPrize! ✨ Don't miss this 'prime cut of contemporary theatre’ (Theatre Weekly) - must end 29 Nov @parktheatre 🎭 🎟️ https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings

This year’s Big Give (2–9 Dec) will support free workshops & opportunities for young people and emerging writers nationwide. Stay tuned to see how you can help! 💛 #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #Papatango

Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Join us in the #PapatangoStudio for free 1-2-1 online chats between 11am and 1pm on Thursday 27 November. Log in here: 👉https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity

🎉 This December, Papatango joins the Big Give Christmas Challenge! From 2–9 Dec, every donation is doubled thanks to BeauxArtz — championing new writers both professionally and in schools, PRUs, refugee/care settings & SEN centres. 💛 #BigGive2025 #Papatango #NewWritingMatters

Last chance to nominate #TheMeatKings @parktheatre for the @WhatsOnStage Awards. If you loved this “accomplished, richly drawn, debut work”, please support it! 👉 Nominate here: https://awards.whatsonstage.com/26th-annual-whatsonstage-awards-nominate-now/ #WOSAwards #WhatsOnStage #PapatangoPrize

3 days left! Nominate #TheMeatKings @parktheatre for the @WhatsOnStage Awards. If you loved this “accomplished, richly drawn, debut work”, please support it! 👉 Nominate here: https://awards.whatsonstage.com/26th-annual-whatsonstage-awards-nominate-now/ #WOSAwards #WhatsOnStage #PapatangoPrize

Book for #TheMeatKings at @parktheatrelondon on Wed 19 Nov and stay for a free post-show panel discussion — automatically included in your ticket. AMERICA: WHO BELONGS? If every dream has a price, who pays it? 🎟️Book tickets: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings

Join Artistic Director George Turvey 8 Dec, 5pm to hear how he staged our #PapatangoPrize-winning world premiere #TheMeatKings! Running until 29 Nov: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings To access this FREE online event log into the #PapatangoStudio: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/

Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Join us in the #PapatangoStudio for free 1-2-1 online chats between 3.30pm and 5.30pm on Thursday 13 November. Log in here: 👉https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity

🌟 NEW ASSESSORS’ CHOICE ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟 We’re thrilled that #TheMeatKings at @parktheatrelondon has been recognised as an OffWestEnd Assessors’ Choice! Playing until 29 November 🎟️Book now: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings #OffWestEnd #AssessorsChoice #TheMeatKings #PapatangoPrize

Want your script noticed by the BBC? Join @macneighill.bsky.social on 13 Nov, 1pm for a FREE #PapatangoStudio online workshop. Learn how the BBC Writers Open Call works & what they look for in scripts. Log into the Studio to find the event link. 🔗https://papatango.co.uk/studio/

“A PRIME CUT of contemporary theatre” (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Theatre Weekly) In the rehearsal room for Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize-winning #TheMeatKings, we asked the cast the really controversial questions… ➡️ Plays until 29 Nov at Park Theatre London 🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings 🎥 Ben Hewis

🔊 ‘Storytelling at its finest... One of the best plays I’ve seen in years’ Hear what audiences are saying about Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize winning debut #TheMeatKings @parktheatre! 🎟️ Book: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings 📽️ Ben Hewis #theatre #londontheatre #theatrelondon

Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Join us in the #PapatangoStudio for free 1-2-1 online chats between 3.30pm and 5.30pm on Thursday 13 November. Log in here: 👉https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Refreshingly gutsy” — The Daily Mail ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A compelling blue-collar American nightmare” — The Standard Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize-winning debut #TheMeatKings is playing @parktheatrelondon until Sat 29 Nov. 🎟️ Book now: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings 📸 Mark Douet

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘TV’s The Bear meets Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge in this impressive debut’ The Stage Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize winning #TheMeatKings has opened to standing ovations & rave reviews at Park Theatre London. 🎟️https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings 🎥 @piersfoleyphoto

Want your script noticed by the BBC? Join @macneighill.bsky.social on 13 Nov, 1pm for a FREE #PapatangoStudio online workshop. Learn how the BBC Writers Open Call works & what they look for in scripts. Log into the Studio to find the event link. 🔗https://papatango.co.uk/studio/

Ever wondered how we make prop meat that looks this convincing? 🥩 Step behind the scenes of #TheMeatKings with our Assistant Stage Manager Mia Stubbings to see the magic behind our nightly butcher's shop transformation. 🎟️ Tickets: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings #PapatangoPrize

⭐️ “TV’s The Bear meets Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge… an accomplished, richly drawn play, meaty and full of heart.” — The Stage ⭐️ Reviews are in for #TheMeatKings! 🎟️ On @parktheatre until 29 Nov 👉 https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings #PapatangoPrize #newwriting #theatre

PRESS NIGHT tonight at Park Theatre London! Topical, moving & dramatic – see why Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize winning play #TheMeatKings is earning standing ovations. 🎟️ Tickets £15+ | 30 Oct–29 Nov 📸 Mark Douet https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings #theatre #londontheatre #newwriting

Packed houses. Standing ovations. SOLD-OUT previews. 🙌🔥 The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights is taking @parktheatrelondon by storm! Come down, grab a #TheMeatKings themed pizza 🍕, and see what all the fuss is about. Book: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings #LondonTheatre

Just a handful of seats left for the Saturday & Monday preview performances of The Meat Kings (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights @parktheatrelondon - and Tuesday's already sold out! Grab a ticket fast for this #PapatangoPrize-winning play. Book here: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings

A standing ovation for The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights on opening night at @parktheatrelondon! Don’t miss Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize-winning play — a timely take on immigration and the American Dream, and a cracking drama too. Book now: parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-m...

Every week we shine a spotlight on a randomly selected #PapatangoStudio member. This week it's Emily Low, a writer, performer and storyteller based in Newcastle. https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #theatre #playwrights #playwriting

“If there’s anything to be said for Trump being re-elected, it’s that the play has once again become relevant.” The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights opens tonight at the Park Theatre; Read Hannah Doran’s interview in The Irish World. www.theirishworld.com/a-slice-of-t...

Meet the Meat Kings! Watch our brilliant cast discussing themes of immigration, family and the American Dream. The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights will premiere at @parktheatre, 30th Oct - 29th Nov. Book now: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings/ #PapatangoPrize #TheMeatKings

‘A sobering examination of the fallacy of the American Dream.’ https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Guest-Blog-Were-On-The-Cusp-Of-Losing-New-Writers-Writer-Hannah-Doran-on-Her-Papatango-Award-Winning-Play-THE-MEAT-KINGS-INC-OF-BROOKLYN-HEIGHTS-20251028

Every week we shine a spotlight on a randomly selected #PapatangoStudio member. This week it's Eliza Beresford. She has over 14 years experience within classical, contemporary and musical theatre. https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #theatre #playwrights #playwriting

Screening of HEATHEN LAND at the North East International Film Festival, on 25th October! A short film by @joshbarrow96 awarded in the 2023 #PapatangoPrize in partnership with @Birdie_Pictures. Tickets: https://neiff.co.uk/event/difference-of-opinion-shorts-screenings-block-with-qas #neiff

"It’s just so relevant at the moment". Fab interview with Marcello Cruz, JD in The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights, premiering at @ParkTheatreLondon, 30 Oct – 29 Nov. https://www.beyondthecurtain.co.uk/2025/10/the-meat-kings-inc-of-brooklyn-heights.html #londontheatre #PapatangoPrize

Our fantastic cast are creating something really special in rehearsals for The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights! Book now for the world premiere of #TheMeatKings at The Park Theatre London, 30 Oct – 29 Nov: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings/ 📷 Mark Douet #PapatangoPrize

Screening of HEATHEN LAND at the North East International Film Festival, on 25th October! A short film by @joshbarrow96 awarded in the 2023 #PapatangoPrize in partnership with @Birdie_Pictures. Tickets: https://neiff.co.uk/event/difference-of-opinion-shorts-screenings-block-with-qas #neiff

Every week we shine a spotlight on a randomly selected #PapatangoStudio member. This week it's Tyrone Baptiste. He is currently writing a trilogy of plays viewing pivotal moments of Black British history through the lens of one family. https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #theatre #playwrights

Here's a really easy way to help Papatango keep doing all the things we do! Please nominate us for a special draw to receive £5000 to help towards the Papatango Prize, the Playwrights' Studio and our GoWrite programme of free workshops for young people. http://bit.ly/3LcLepO

17 October, 1pm: FREE workshop on revising & rewriting new plays with Stephanie Bain of the Almeida Theatre. Stephanie is the Head of Programming and Literary Manager at the Almeida Theatre & in-house dramaturg on all Almeida new plays. https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #PapatangoStudio

A sneak peek inside the rehearsal room for Hannah Doran’s #PapatangoPrize-winning play The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights. Catch the world premiere at the Park Theatre in London, 30 Oct – 29 Nov: https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-meat-kings/ #TheMeatKings #theatre #londontheatre

Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Log into the #PapatangoStudio between 11.30am - 1.30pm on Thursday 16th October to access our free 1-2-1 Online Chat. https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity

Know I bang on about screenwriting on here, but many screenwriters began their careers as playwrights (and vice versa). If you fancy dabbling into writing stage plays this looks very good. 👇