The Bill Cashmore Award - One Act Play

Submissions are now OPEN for the Bill Cashmore Award: One Act Play Prize.

The Bill Cashmore Award offers a paid opportunity for two new one-act plays by writers aged 18-30, to be professionally produced at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Bristol Old Vic.

The two winning plays will run as a double bill and will be performed by the Bristol Old Vic’s Young Company and Young SixSix in April 2027, and the Lyric’s SPRINGBOARD trainee actors in August 2027.

The award is kindly supported by the Bill Cashmore Award Founder Sasha Bates.

Deadline: Midday, Tuesday 25th August 2026

For more information and to apply, click here.