Date: 10th – 13th 2025

Location: Birr

About: Ireland’s Playwriting Festival will return in Birr from 10th – 13th of July 2025. The four – day festival is back with a thrilling programme of live theatre & workshops, celebrating the best of contemporary Irish theatre. Audiences will be treated to a diverse line up of staged readings, full productions and engaging workshops, all helmed by talented Irish artists. For those interested in developing their writing skills, there’s an impressive line up of workshops across the festival with special guests Rian Smith from The Abbey Theatre, David Horan, Artistic Director at Bewley’s Café Theatre as well as others on topics like promoting Female Writers, The Role of Al in the creative process & Where The Stage meets the Digital Age. Scripts Ireland’s Playwriting Festival is our annual four-day festival in Birr County Offaly dedicated to new  Irish plays – the writing of them, the development and nurturing of them. Established in 2013, Scripts continue to create exciting opportunities for playwrites, established and aspiring ton have their work developed and produced.

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