The annual PLAYMARKET PLAYWRIGHTS b4 25 competition challenges young playwrights (24 and under) to write about anything that matters to them in any way they like, for any kind of audience they like, with the tag-line CHANGE THE WORLD – WRITE A PLAY!

This year the competition had a record number of entries from all over the country and from writers of varying ages and experience. PLAYMARKET is delighted to announce the shortlisted playwrights and we congratulate them and all who submitted.

SHORTLISTED PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS 
Ben Anderson                                           The Suicidal Airplane 
Charlotte Greenfield                                Moments in Longing 
Danny Aumua                                           Back Home 
Eli Mathewson & Hamish Parkinson   Square Eye Pair 
Jess Sayer                                                FIX  
Joseph Harper                                         The Boy and the Bicycle 
Louise Blackstock                                   Six Hours 
Matthew Arrowsmith                                Plaything 
Ralph McCubbin Howell                         The Spin 
Robyn Paterson                                        Mooi River 
Stevie Wildewood                                     Temperamental Bastards 

The winner will be announced in the first week of June. 
(Please see our website for information on this annual competition for playwrights