Invitational Retreat
From 2025 we're launching an invitational writers’ retreat
Each year, we’ll invite the writers we’re most excited about – but who’ve never had a play staged at the Royal Court – to join us on a week-long residency.
Chosen writers will be paid, housed, fed and watered, and given time and space to write with dramaturgical support on tap. Throughout the week, we’ll also encourage group discussion with peers and our artistic team, and bring in added expertise and inspiration from special guests and leading playwrights.
There’s no need to send an additional application or write a new lengthy proposal to take part. Every writer whose work our team or our talent scouts see, or who sends us a play through Open Submissions, will be eligible to be considered for inviting on the retreat.
Each year, we’ll invite the writers we’re most excited about – but who’ve never had a play staged at the Royal Court – to join us on a week-long residency.
Chosen writers will be paid, housed, fed and watered, and given time and space to write with dramaturgical support on tap. Throughout the week, we’ll also encourage group discussion with peers and our artistic team, and bring in added expertise and inspiration from special guests and leading playwrights.
There’s no need to send an additional application or write a new lengthy proposal to take part. Every writer whose work our team or our talent scouts see, or who sends us a play through Open Submissions, will be eligible to be considered for inviting on the retreat.