Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival 2026
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Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival is an annual theatre festival supporting writers with a meaningful connection to Hull to create and develop new plays in the city.
Inspired by scratch nights, Fresh Ink showcases early versions of new plays, commissioned especially for the festival.
It features script-in-hand performances alongside writer workshops, industry talks and two keynote speeches, across venues in Hull’s Fruit Market quarter.
This year's edition includes workshops with Lydia Marchant and Matthew May, Simon Stephens, Kendall Feaver, Sami Ibrahim, Tom Wells and Iman Qureshi; talks from John Godber, Gillian Slovo, Leeds Playhouse, Sheffield Theatres and York Theatre Royal, and Maureen Lennon; with keynote speeches by Robert Hastie and Lydia Marchant.
Tickets are now available at freshinkhull.co.uk
Inspired by scratch nights, Fresh Ink showcases early versions of new plays, commissioned especially for the festival.
It features script-in-hand performances alongside writer workshops, industry talks and two keynote speeches, across venues in Hull’s Fruit Market quarter.
This year's edition includes workshops with Lydia Marchant and Matthew May, Simon Stephens, Kendall Feaver, Sami Ibrahim, Tom Wells and Iman Qureshi; talks from John Godber, Gillian Slovo, Leeds Playhouse, Sheffield Theatres and York Theatre Royal, and Maureen Lennon; with keynote speeches by Robert Hastie and Lydia Marchant.
Tickets are now available at freshinkhull.co.uk
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Where is it happening?
Fruit Market Hull, Humber Street,Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom
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