Submit your original script
Thank you so much for your interest in our Play Reading Programme!
To submit your play, please complete the form below.
By submitting your work, you are confirming that:
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The script is entirely your original work or it is the original work of you and a writing partner/team
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You are happy for The Masque to share your script with our trusted panel for review and feedback
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Should you be selected for a reading, you are happy for The Masque to share the script with the director and readers for the event
At every step along the way, the script you submit via this form remains your intellectual property.
All scripts must be formatted correctly and submitted as a Word Document. Please see our template here.
We look forward to reading your original work!
What to expect after submitting your script
After your play has been submitted, our team of reviewers will read through and provide feedback. This feedback will be collated and sent back to you. We endeavour to do this for all scripts that are submitted, even if it isn't selected for a reading. Please note, it can take up to three months for our team to review your script - depending on the volume of scripts we receive.
If your play is selected for a reading, you'll be given options for a date for your specific play reading. Only one play is done per month.
The Masque then takes care of the rest. A director will be selected for the reading and actors sourced (the playwright is not involved in this process - it's important to step away from the work to see how an external eye interprets the play).
On the day, the table reading will start proceedings. The panel and the audience will then be given the floor to make comments and offer their thoughts. The evening will be hosted and chaired by a representative of the Play Reading Programme.
After the play reading, your play will go into contention for selection for our One-Act Play Festival the following year.