Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival will return 18-19 July 2026
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.
Fruit Market, Hull
19-20 July 2025
Plays
Keeper
Ellen Brammar
No Scrap, No Chips
Jim Norris
Everyone We Know Has Kids
Samuel Sims and Jay Grainger
Colonel Gaddaddy
Noor Sobka
The Pull Up
Sean Climie
Roll to React
Michelle Kelly
Meet You at the Corner
Laura Wilson
Middle Child Writers’ Group: Part One and Part Two
Various Writers
Isabelle
Marc Graham
Workshops
How to Experiment with Form
Javaad Alipoor
How to Write Class
Holly Beasley-Garrigan
How to Write Across Media
Lydia Marchant
How to Write About Place
Nathan Queeley Dennis
How to Start Writing Plays
Tom Wells
How to Write Plays that Change the World
Winsome Pinnock
Talks
How I Act in New Plays
Samuel Edward-Cook
How I Explore Transfem Rage on Stage
Tabby Lamb
How I Review New Work
Holly Williams (Exeunt Magazine)
How I Amplify Real Voices
Matt Woodhead (LUNG Theatre)
Keynote Speech
Ola Animashawun (National Theatre)
Keynote Speech
Maureen Lennon
Meet the Writers
Fresh Ink 2025 Commissioned Playwrights
Social
Bring Your Lunch: Creative Networking
Rabbey
Bring Your Lunch: I’m Looking for…
Ruby Thompson
Seven writers were selected from 123 applicants to each write a new script for the 2026 festival
