PLAYWRIGHT’S PLAY NIGHT No.10
Once a month we are inviting audiences to a double bill of brand new work at different levels of readiness. Scripts will be in hand. Some plays might be 20 minutes of an idea, others will be full length. It’s not polished but it is all the fun. We are inviting audiences to take a look and support some of the incredible new voices out there. There’s nothing better than live feedback, and this is giving exactly that.
Lineup and Schedule
Tuesday 3rd March 2026 7.00pm
7pm How To Prepare a Duck by Clodagh Chapman
Directed by Lauren Tranter
"You start to understand why they believed things. In the olden days."
On the edge of an ice field, far away from their former big-city life, Pol and Liza are rehearsing for the end of the world - but between sub-zero temperatures and stock takes, their relationship is starting to fray.
Longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2025.
7.45pm Guests Of Honour by Kurban Kassam
Directed by Cassia Thakkar
When a surprising visit ignites a family feud, long-buried resentments surface and everyone is forced to fight for space, relevance, and the right to be heard. A funny, volatile family drama about emotional inheritance and the chaos caused by people who refuse to grow.
ABOUT THE WRITERS
Clodagh Chapman
Clodagh Chapman is a writer and director. Her work for theatre includes butterfly (VAULT Festival; as co-writer), LADYFRIENDS [a period drama] (Hope Mill Theatre & Touring) and Sink (in R&D with Just Something Different). Clodagh’s work has been longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, BOLD Playwrighting Award, Theatre503 International Award for Playwriting and Papatango New Writing Prize. In film, Clodagh’s debut short played in competition at BAFTA-qualifying festivals worldwide, and she is currently in post-production on her next short, Uncool (BFI NETWORK). Clodagh is a BAFTA Connect member, and a board member of Dramaturgs’ Network. She has previously been part of writer development programmes with BFI NETWORK, Film London, Film Hub North, Box of Tricks and Rope Ladder Fiction.
Kurban Kassam
Kurban’s co-wrote The Hungry, a modern-day adaptation of Titus Andronicus. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released globally via Amazon Prime.
He was previously shortlisted for the BOLD playwriting award, the Channel 4 New Writing North Programme and completed the Rifco’s Associates programme, where he is currently under commission to write a new play. Previously, he was part of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme and came second in the Soho Theatre’s former Westminster Prize.
Kurban completed his MA in writing for Stage and Broadcast Media at the Royal Central Speech and Drama in 2022. Through the course he has completed a TV project which has now been optioned by a leading production company and a radio play which has been shortlisted for BBC Radio 4’s recent drama round, with award winning company Naked Productions.
Kurban has extensive experience in film and television. In 2022 he produced the BAFTA and RTS winning ‘Jungle’ for Amazon Studios, between 2020 – 2023 was managing director of Mews Films, a comedy feature fund, whose first film ‘Fackham Hall’, and previously worked as a development executive on BAFTA winning SMALL AXE, for Turbine Studios.