Writers are asked to submit a short play or extract of no more than ten minutes (ten pages, double spaced) for an opportunity to see their work rehearsed and performed on stage.
Readers, directors and actors, will be of professional or semi-professional standard, to give writers the best possible experience of writing for the stage.
Writers applying should live or work within a twenty-mile radius of the Phoenix Theatre.
To apply please email Rob Allerston.
The deadline for submission is 5.30pm Friday 11 February 2022.
The Scratch Night will be held at The Phoenix Theatre on Thursday 31 March, 2022 at 7.30pm.
Latest articles
2 February 2026 Blog
What’s On at Phoenix Arts – February
February is full of big laughs, powerful theatre, live music and cinema favourites
26 January 2026 Blog
🎬 What’s On: Films at Phoenix Arts
From classic cinema and heart-warming dramas to accessible showings and cult favourites, there’s a varied selection of films screening at The Phoenix Theatre this season
19 January 2026 Blog
What’s On - Comedy at Phoenix Arts
Laugh your way through the season with an outstanding lineup of live comedy at Phoenix Arts
Upcoming events
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Friday 13 February 2026Robin Morgan: Let's Overshare!
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Saturday 14 February 2026Crafty Fools: Adventures in Science
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Saturday 14 February 2026Valentine's Movie Night: When Harry Met Sally
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Tuesday 17 February 2026Matinee Moments: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
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Tuesday 17 February 2026Phoenix Cinema: F1: The Movie
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Wednesday 18 February 2026Half-Term Kids Rave
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Thursday 19 February 2026Sherlock Holmes: The Death and The Life
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Friday 20 February 2026Dragonfly Sensory Disco
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Saturday 21 February 2026The Rising Room: Encore
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Sunday 22 February 2026One Love Jamaica
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Thursday 26 February 2026National Theatre Live: The Audience
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Friday 27 February 2026Lucy Porter- Let Yourself Go!
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Saturday 28 February 2026Blubber
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Sunday 1 March 2026The Rising Music Festival: Battle of the Bands – Heat One
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Tuesday 3 March 2026Afternoon Cinema: The Last Showgirl
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Wednesday 4 March 2026An Audience With Pete Mercer
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Thursday 5 March 2026Phoenix Comedy Club
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Friday 6 March 2026Counting Sheeps
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Saturday 7 March 2026Fossil Mary: The Legend of Mary Anning, the World’s Greatest Fossil Hunter
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Wednesday 11 March 2026Simon Evans is Staring at the Sun
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Thursday 12 March 2026New Writers' Scratch Night
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Friday 13 March 2026Eat The Peach 40th Anniversary Screening & Exhibition
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Saturday 14 March 2026The Man In The Moon Presents: Look Up
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Tuesday 17 March 2026Matinee Moments: The Odd Couple
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Wednesday 18 March 2026Phoenix Cinema: Dead of Winter
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Sat 21 Mar 2026 – Sun 22 Mar 2026Farnham Music and Drama present: Urinetown The Musical
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Wednesday 25 March 2026Marcus Brigstocke: Vitruvian Mango
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Wed 18 Mar 2026 – Wed 25 Mar 2026Solid Gold Fitness
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Friday 27 March 2026Every Other Mother
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Friday 27 March 2026Red
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Saturday 28 March 2026Darren Walsh: Do You Like Puns?
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Thursday 2 April 2026The Essence of Audrey
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Tuesday 7 April 2026Afternoon Cinema: The Salt Path
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Friday 10 April 2026Dragonfly Accessible Performance: The Bad Guys 2
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Friday 10 April 2026Russell Hicks: This Time It's Personal
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Saturday 11 April 2026Robin Morgan: Storytime! (A Family Friendly Comedy Show)
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Saturday 11 April 2026Kathakali Workshop: Kathakali Drama & Mask Making
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Wednesday 15 April 2026Phoenix Cinema: Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues
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Thursday 16 April 2026General Medical Emergency Ward 10
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Saturday 18 April 2026National Theatre Live: All My Sons
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Tuesday 21 April 2026Matinee Moments: Singin' in the Rain
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Fri 24 Apr 2026 – Sat 25 Apr 2026Phoenix Cinema Event: Escape to Victory
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Friday 1 May 2026Rising Anthems DJ Night
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Saturday 2 May 2026A Night in Nashville with Snake Oil Band and Friends
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Tuesday 5 May 2026Afternoon Cinema: The Choral
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Thursday 7 May 2026Ian Stone is Looking for the Wow
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Friday 8 May 2026The Everlys and Friends
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Saturday 9 May 2026Flyaway Katie
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Friday 15 May 2026Patrick Monahan: The Good, The Pat & The Ugly
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Saturday 16 May 2026Fusing Fabrics Workshop with Margaret Beal
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Saturday 16 May 2026Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope
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Tuesday 19 May 2026Matinee Moments: The Treasure of Sierra Madre
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Wednesday 20 May 2026Phoenix Cinema: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
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Dragonfly Sensory Disco
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Thursday 28 May 2026National Theatre Live: Playboy of the Western World
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Saturday 30 May 2026Pauline Eyre: Anyone For Tennis?
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Sunday 31 May 2026The Rising Music Festival: Battle of the Bands – Heat Two
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Fri 5 Jun 2026 – Sat 6 Jun 2026The Butterfly
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Friday 12 June 2026Boxed In
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Friday 12 June 2026Genesish
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Wednesday 17 June 2026Phoenix Cinema: Nuremberg
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Thursday 25 June 2026National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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Sunday 28 June 2026The Rising Music Festival: Battle of the Bands – Final
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Wed 11 Mar 2026 – Wed 8 Jul 2026Introduction to Line Dancing
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Thu 9 Jul 2026 – Sat 11 Jul 2026The Phoenix Players present: A Few of our Favourite Things
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Saturday 1 August 2026Rising Music Festival 2026
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Friday 4 September 2026Oasiz
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Thursday 10 September 2026The 80s Mixtape
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Saturday 12 September 2026Charlie Connelly's Attention All Shipping: A Celebration of the Shipping Forecast
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Friday 18 September 2026Danny Hunt: The Secret
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Thursday 24 September 2026Chauntecleer & Pertelotte: A Beasty Babel Fable
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Saturday 24 October 2026Oliver Meech: When Magic & Science Collide
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Friday 30 October 2026Aidan Jones: Chopin's Nocturne
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Sat 13 Jun 2026 – Sat 28 Nov 2026Lesley Carver: An Evening Of Clairvoyance