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.

To submit, you must:

• Be aged 18-30 at the time of submission and based in the U.K. (incl Northern Ireland)
• Be without professional literary representation (ie a literary agent)
• Have no more than two professional writing credits

The two successful writers will:

• Receive a fee of £4,078.47 (exclusive of royalties)
• Be creatively involved in shaping the marketing and involved in the rehearsal process
• Receive dramaturgical support from both the Bristol Old Vic and the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
• Receive complimentary invites to tickets to all performances in London and Bristol
• Be invited to Lyric and Bristol Old Vic Press Nights

For full details, FAQs and to submit: https://lyric.co.uk/programmes/the-bill-cashmore-award-2027/