One act plays debut at Cork Writers' Week

Arts Theatre runs its annual Writers’ Week from February 19-22. The competition, which sees six shortlisted plays premiere, was established in 1986. This year saw the biggest entry, with 38 writers entering their work for the competition.

Three plays will be performed each night, with each being performed twice over the three days. The adjudicator is Maureen O’Byrne. Category A is for experienced playwrights and/or playwrights who have been previously short-listed for the competition. Category B is for novice playwrights.

An open call for directors was carried out. “We always have a huge response,” says manager of the event, Breda Healy. “We select new directors as well as directors that are established.” Healy says that logistically, staging the six plays is not problematic.