Each of our members gets their own page on our website. Join us & you will get your own dedicated page. There are many opportunities to act, write, direct or help in other ways. We're a very friendly group, so come along & find out how to get involved! www.actorsandwriters.london/biographies/...

#Writers, we need you! AWL is always looking for emerging writers. It's a great opportunity to have professional directors & actors bring your work to life, and get constructive audience feedback. And for under-30s it's all FREE. More here: actorsandwriters.london/writers/inde... Please repost!!

As well as actors & writers, we need professional or aspiring #directors. If you're a non-professional or inexperienced director, you may get mentoring from AWL directors to help us develop directing talent. Remember, under-30s join FREE! More here: actorsandwriters.london/ads/index.php

Hello! We're AWL, a professional play-reading forum for actors & writers. We're always looking for new members, so if you're an actor, writer or director, or just like seeing plays, check our website to find out how to join. Please follow us and repost!

Our next reading is "Weekend in Venice" by Robert Frew, directed by Rowland D. Hill, at 7.30pm on Monday 20th October. www.actorsandwriters.london/castlist/ind...

Meryl Walker's short play "That Dream" will be performed in Page to Stage London at the Water Rats, Kings Cross, on 20th October. www.page2stagelondon.com

Actors Richmond Centre (ARC) runs acting workshops for professional actors and is seeking new attendees. Kenneth Michaels leads an Impro workshop on Thursday 23rd October. ARC also offers singing classes, with one free trial. actorsrichmondcentre.co.uk

"Saracen and Jonas both deliver stand-out performances" www.thereviewshub.com/lambeth-frin...

"A promising concept with standout performances and moments of brilliance" - review of Fatal Floor at Bread & Roses Theatre. www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/news/post/fa...

Melanie Hughes’ new book, "Delhi, City of Spies", will be published by Holand Press on 13th October. holandpress.com

We need actors, writers and directors, and we also need people to help with sound, costumes, props, music, admin and much else! Remember that if you're under 30, membership is FREE. Find out more here: www.actorsandwriters.london/members/inde...

ACTORS UNDER 30! We're a professional play-reading forum & we want you, especially if you're BAME. Join our sessions FREE & raise your profile. And after 3 sessions you get your OWN PAGE on our website: actorsandwriters.london Please everyone REPOST!

Simone Vause directs "Date Your Ego Marry Your Soul" by Serena Salvador, on 6th & 7th October at the Etcetera Theatre and 8th October at the Bread & Roses Theatre, as part of the Lambeth Fringe. breadandrosestheatre.co.uk/whats-on.html

Our next reading is "Rooms Four, Seven and Eight" by Maurice Thorogood, directed by Orsolya Nagy, at 7.30pm on Monday 6th October. www.actorsandwriters.london/castlist/ind...

Rehearsal photo of "The Forgotten and the Found" by Liam O'Grady, read at AWL on Monday. More photos here: www.actorsandwriters.london/castlist/ind...

As well as new #actors, we are always looking for new #directors and #writers. Here's how you can get involved: www.actorsandwriters.london/members/inde...

Anthony Shrubsall directs Peter Saracen, Hélène Le Bohec, Simon Brandon, Megan Stander & Alexander Jonas in "Fatal Floor", three plays by Richard Fitchett, Liam O’Grady & Wally Sewell, at the Bread and Roses Theatre on 3rd and 4th October. lambethfringe.com/events/fatal...

Fiona Tong plays Mrs Bradman (and understudies Madame Arcati) in "Blithe Spirit". It runs at the Salisbury Playhouse from 2nd to 25th October before spending one week only at the Blackpool Grand Theatre until 1st November. www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk/events/blith...

"The ensemble" (including Jonathan Hansler) "deftly handle multiple roles, giving each character a distinct, lived-in presence."

Announcing a new adaptation of a Solo Dramatic Reading of Charles Dickens’s "A Christmas Carol" at The Charterhouse in London on 4th December and Arundel Castle on 7th December, following the continued success of "Crummles" adapted from "Nicholas Nickleby" (going strong since the Millennium)!

Teresa Jennings reprises her starring role in Rian Flatley’s musical "Seven Letters" at Riverhouse Barn Theatre, Walton-on-Thames, on 27th September. www.riverhousebarn.co.uk/events/12156...

"Keep Your Sunny Side Up!" by David Hampshire - a celebration of Dame Gracie Fields' life and career, featuring songs - is on at the Lantern Theatre, Brighton, from 25th to 27th September. Movement is by Crissy Mullen. Maurice Thorogood directs. lanterntheatrebrighton.co.uk/listings-new/

Rehearsal photo of "The Girl in the Mask" by Brad Sutherland, read at AWL on 8th September. More photos here: www.actorsandwriters.london/castlist/ind...

Our next reading is "The Forgotten and the Found" by Liam O'Grady, directed by Simone Vause, at 7.30pm tonight, Monday 22nd September. www.actorsandwriters.london/castlist/ind...

Karen McCaffrey performs songs from the Roaring Twenties through the Swinging Sixties and Seventies to the 2020s, with Ambivalence: Patrick Moore (guitar) & John Pead (bass and vocals) at The Hit or Miss, Bromley BR2 9QN, at 8pm on Saturday 6th September: www.google.com/maps/place/T...

Paul Antony-Barber is currently filming a Christmas commercial in London, then flies to Jersey, filming till the end of the month on the new series of "Bergerac", playing opposite Ade Edmonson, Zoe Wanamaker and Leslie Sharp.

As part of her PhD research, Orsolya Nagy directs a one-act Polish absurd play, "Striptease" by Sławomir Mrożek, at Tea House Theatre, Vauxhall, starring Rowland D Hill & Simon Brandon. 5th and 6th September at 7.30pm. www.teahousetheatre.co.uk/whats-on

Richard Fitchett's short play "Small Heath" features in the (w)Hormones scratch night on 14th September at the Hen & Chickens Theatre. Emma Riches' Upper Hand Theatre is casting for three roles in the play.

Karl Moffatt plays Major Watson in the first London revival in more than 70 years of R.C. Sherriff’s "Home at Seven". The West End premiere in 1950 starred Ralph Richardson. Theatre at the Tabard, 2nd to 20th September, then touring until 3rd October. tabard.org.uk/whats-on/hom...

Jonathan Hansler plays the inn-keeper Sabouroff, Vera's father and the despotic tyrannical psychotic Czar Ivan in this production at Brockley Jack Studio Theatre.

Alexander Gordon-Wood plays King Duncan, Porter, Old Man & Doctor in the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival production of "Macbeth" at King’s College Master’s Gardens until 30th August. cambridgeshakespeare.com/tickets/

youtube.com/watch?v=pqp9... 3-minute Student Workshop Film - nice work!

soundcloud.com/radiotheatre... Happy Friday - fancy a trip in a hot air balloon?

Feeling creative? Get involved in our previously sell out scratch night celebrating Womxn in Theatre! All details below ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #FLINTAfriendlyopportunity #WomenledTheatre #GirlBoss #Scratchnight

youtu.be/pqp9_uMDMXM Link to an NFTS Student Film Workshop Exercise ("Carried Away") - a 3-minute Film, but a good day's work!

"ADHD? WTF is ADHD!", co-written by Gail Louw & directed by Anthony Shrubsall, is on at the Playground Theatre from 12th-16th August. It's the story of a woman who lived decades feeling "different" only to find out why - and her extraordinary liberation. www.theplaygroundtheatre.org.uk/whats-on

Nirjay Mahindru writes: The InterAct Stroke Support charity’s Ruth Rendall Short Story Competition is open for submissions. It will be judged by Dame Margaret Drabble. There is a prize of £1,000. Earlybird discount of £10 on entry before 31st August 2025. www.interactstrokesupport.org/ssc

Hey @whsmithofficial.bsky.social your company is one of 32 chronicled in my new book on tales and lessons from over 200 years of British commerce londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...

Emma Riches' company Upper Hand Theatre wants plays for "(w)Hormones 2.0" at the Hen & Chickens Theatre on 14th Sept. No more than 15 mins, any genre; mainly female casts preferred; minimal props/set if possible. Deadline 10th Aug. Send scripts to Emma or [email protected].

Ruth O’Callaghan’s play "Hiroshima" gets a rehearsed reading at 156 Shepherds Bush Market on 8th August. PLEASE NOTE: this play will be read at AWL in November. The August reading is directed by Lucy Appleby, with actors Ianthe Bathurst, Amanda Holt, James Vaughan & Lewis Rae.

Martin Szalla, Ben Owora & Liam O’Grady plus others will be appearing in "An Evening of Phantasmagorical Absurdity" as part of the @camdenfringe.bsky.social at the Libra Café Camden and Barons Court Theatre on 6th, 10th, 12th & 13th August. camdenfringe.com/events/an-ev...

#Writers, we need you! AWL is always looking for emerging writers. It's a great opportunity to have professional directors & actors bring your work to life, and get constructive audience feedback. And for under-30s it's all FREE. More here: actorsandwriters.london/writers/inde... Please repost!!

Teresa Jennings sings jazz with Stefan O’Gooderson and a fab trio of musicians at the Northumberland Arms, 11 High Street, Brentford, on Sunday 3rd August at 6.00pm. Free entry - cheap bar! northumberlandarms.uk

Our next reading is "The Girl in the Mask" by Brad Sutherland, directed by Orsolya Nagy, at 7.30pm on 8th September. Have a lovely summer break, and we look forward to seeing you in the autumn! www.actorsandwriters.london/castlist/ind...

Emma Graveling is fundraising for "Girls On Fire", based on the true story of 3 Dutch resistance fighters in WWII. It will be staged at the Golden Goose Theatre on 27 & 28 September & the Etcetera Theatre on 29 Sept. Emma is a co-writer & actor on the project. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-take-...

The short film Gregory Fox starred in - "Papa", filmed in Cyprus and directed by Bella Rinsky - has been selected as a main entry at the Brittany International Film Festival in July. And Gregory's recording of "Under Darkening Skies" is soon available on Audible.

Peter Saracen writes: “I have been cast as the grandfather (bloody cheek!) as part of a family in a Xmas commercial.” No further details provided. We'll just have to wait...

Robin Miller and Gregory Cox are cast in a rehearsed reading of "The Importance of Being Earnest" at Barons Court Theatre at 7.00pm on Sunday 20th July, presented by Persever Productions. www.baronscourttheatre.com/importanceof...

Vaughan Evans won our play competition last night. Meryl Walker came 2nd and Brad Sutherland 3rd. The other writers were Frank Mariani, Trevor Hartnup, Kate Glover, Richard Fitchett & Eileen Morrison. Congratulations to them and thanks to all involved! www.actorsandwriters.london/readings/ind...

Meryl Walker @merylwww.bsky.social is one of the New Tottenham Singers. Their next concert is on 19th July at 7.30pm in St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington: Antonio Vivaldi’s "Gloria" & Purcell’s "Dido and Aeneas". www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...