Act quickly! Just a couple of days left to make your choice for the next Plymouth Laureate of Words! Read about the four shortlisted writers, watch them performing new work, and then cast your vote... bit.ly/PLOWvote

🚶 History Walk: Plymouth's Queer District 🚶 📍 Starting from The Box, Plymouth 📅 Monday 2 October ⏰ 12:30pm-2pm Book your FREE spot here 👇 🔗 ow.ly/ouXt50PMeuk 🌻 Mimi 🌻 Down Stage Write

Amazing afternoon talking all things dialogue with the brilliant Bea Roberts. Thank you Down Stage Write, flying the flag for south west playwrights xx

This Thursday 23rd Nov our Playwright's Cafe is at Hall for Cornwall 7 - 9 pm (Tea, coffee and cake provided) Join us to write, chat and share together! Anyone interested in writing for stage is welcome, no experience necessary! Book now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/cornwall-pla…

Are you developing a project that explores the environment and ecology crises through words and stories? #SeedBed could be the boost you need. 🌱 Find out more and get in touch: literatureworks.org.uk/seed-bed/

We've previously supported the likes of Festival of Nature, MED Theatre and @DownstageWrite1, and many other small ecologically-minded community groups via #SeedBed.

BTS: creator and writer of BBC3 and Dancing Ledge's Domino Day, Lauren Sequeira, on the creative process behind the modern-day witchcraft drama - televisual.com/news/bts-laure…

IdeasTap - gone Old Vic New Voices/24 hr Plays - gone OV12 - gone VAULT - gone EdFringe - priced out ACE - tiny success rate so what now

When I started out in theatre all of this existed: - Vault Festival - A Night Less Ordinary - Ideas Tap - £10 tickets at The National - Day tickets in the West End All gone in the last 10 years. Where is the infrastructure for emerging theatre makers now?

this is ashame 👇 Down Stage Write have provided an energetic and supportive environment for the region's writers

This is really really sad news for the region's playwrights and the theatre sector as a whole

Sad to hear this news. I remember the first scratch they held at Exeter Phoenix. At a time when Exeter theatre scene was feeling a little lost after Bike Shed closure. It was fizzing with energy & talent. No doubt Jon & Sam will continue to champion new writing via other avenues.

Such dispiriting news, such an important company for the new writing community of the South West. Where is the expertise, the support of playwrights & the production of new plays, beyond one person shows, going to come from in the region? All strength @Jon__Nash & Sam Parker