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28/05/2026

⭕️ PlayMakers Circle incoming! Our latest monthly online session for Northern playwrights is back next Wednesday. Join us via Zoom to connect with fellow playwrights, reflect on your current projects and carve out time to write.

🗓️ Weds 3rd June 10:30am

🎟️ Book Now (PWYD from £1) >>>

20/05/2026

⭕️ PlayMakers Circle incoming! Join Box of Tricks and fellow writers on Zoom for a check-in, catch-up and time to write.

🗓️ Weds 3 June, 10:30am

🔗 Sign up today (PWYD) >>> https://f.mtr.cool/utvvytvfua

12/05/2026

📚 PlayMakers! Join us at our latest Masterclass with writer at next week. Talking it Out: Dialogue is King will explore how to play with dialogue to tell the story you want to tell.

🗓️ Weds 20 May 6:30pm at

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06/05/2026

📚 New PlayMakers Masterclass! Join us for Talking it Out: Dialogue is King! with theatre-maker Nicole Joseph at Stephen Joseph Theatre. Expect to get to grips with dialogue and explore it in practical, creative ways, looking at how it shapes character, drives action, and brings work to life on stage.

📆 Weds 20 May 6:30pm, SJT

📲 Book Now >>> https://f.mtr.cool/qwhjlcuemp

29/04/2026

⭕️ PlayMakers Circle is back next week! Join Box of Tricks and fellow writers on Zoom for a check-in, catch-up and time to write.

🗓️ Weds 6 May, 10:30am

🔗 Sign up today (PWYD) >>> https://f.mtr.cool/bzbzqxfust

23/04/2026

⭕ PlayMakers! Join us at our latest PlayMakers Circle - a monthly online meet-up and communal writing session for playwrights across the North. There's a growing family of writers each month, so we'd love to see you there.

📆 Weds 6 May 10:30am-12:30pm

📲 Book now (PWYD) >>> https://f.mtr.cool/wmiyocrgjq

21/04/2026

📚 PlayMakers Masterclass next week! Join Box of Tricks’ Artistic Director Adam Quayle at for Off Roading: Exploring Rural Touring. Experienced in directing and producing four sold-out tours of Chip Shop Chips and Last Quiz Night on Earth, Adam will explore the wonderful world of rural touring.

Off Roading will be a workshop on how to uncover stories that resonate with local audiences, break the fourth wall and bring non-theatre spaces to life. Not only that - we’ll look at how you go about putting together a tour and taking your work to pubs, community centres, village halls, libraries and even chip shops!

So whether you’re a playwright, theatremaker or producer interested in making theatre in unusual spaces, this one’s for you!

If you can’t make it to Leeds Playhouse, no worries - you can join us via Zoom. All places are PWYD from just £1.

🎟️ Book Now >>>

14/04/2026

📝 PlayMakers! Discover how to take theatre beyond traditional stages and into the heart of communities. Join Box of Tricks’ Artistic Director Adam Quayle for a dynamic, practical workshop exploring rural touring, forging local connections and bringing bold new stories to village halls, libraries, pubs and community spaces.

📆 Leeds Playhouse | Tues 28 April, 6:30pm

🎟️ PWYD (from £1) >>> https://f.mtr.cool/rntxhwxhuw

02/04/2026

🐣 ☕️ Great morning with local playwrights and theatre makers at for our PlayMakers Easter Coffee Morning. Lovely to see new and familiar faces. Creativity plus connection brings community.

26/03/2026

⭕️ PlayMakers Circle is back next week! Join Box of Tricks and fellow writers on Zoom for a check-in, catch-up and time to write.

🗓️ Weds 1 April, 10:30am

🔗 Sign up today (PWYD) >>>

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The Yard
Manchester
M88NF

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http://www.boxoftrickstheatre.co.uk/

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