First Stage offers playwrights the opportunity to test their work in front of an audience. This has become a highlight of the re:play Festival, giving writers a great chance to experience how a script develops from page to stage.

If you have a script that has never been performed before, we want to hear from you. The winning writers will be invited to workshop an extract of their play with a director and actors and then to receive audience feedback on the script-in-hand performance at First Stage 2012.

Submission guidelines:

*Writers must be based in the Greater Manchester area *Scripts must have reached the end of the first draft

*We cannot accept work that has been performed anywhere previously *Applicants must be available on Saturday 21st January for rehearsals and the evening of Monday 23rd January for the performance.

*Scripts should be accompanied by a synopsis, a short biog and contact details

Entries to be made by email to FirstStage2012@gmail.com before midnight 16th December 2011

Further details here.

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