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Homegrown: The Mountmellick Playwrights Festival Page to Stage โ€™27 ๐ŸŽญ
Original local stories brought from the page to the stage.
19โ€“20 March 2027, Mountmellick Community Arts Centre.

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง? โœ๏ธSometimes with a big idea. Sometimes with something much smaller: a memory, a strange convers...
16/10/2026

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง? โœ๏ธ

Sometimes with a big idea. Sometimes with something much smaller: a memory, a strange conversation, a local story, a piece of folklore, or simply something you feel strongly about.

For ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, there is no set theme. We want to hear the stories you want to tell.

And you donโ€™t need previous playwriting experience, first-time writers are very welcome.

โœ๏ธ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ? Find full submission details at ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ.๐ข๐ž and send your script to ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ@๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ.๐ข๐ž

๐Ÿ“… Submissions close ๐Ÿ7 ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ŸŽญBefore there was Homegrown, there was Page to Stage - local writers putting their ideas on paper, ac...
13/10/2026

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ŸŽญ

Before there was Homegrown, there was Page to Stage - local writers putting their ideas on paper, actors bringing those words to life, and a community coming together around new theatre.

As we get ready for ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, we wanted to look back at some of the people and moments that made last yearโ€™s festival happen.

Every performance starts somewhere: often with one idea, one conversation, or one person deciding to write something down.

Weโ€™re looking forward to doing it all again in March 2027.

๐Ÿ“ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž
๐Ÿ“… ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—โ€“๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

(๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ. ๐˜‰๐˜บ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ)

๐ŸŽญ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐š ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ?A 30-minute play sits in a lovely space between a very short piece and a full-length production.I...
11/10/2026

๐ŸŽญ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐š ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ?

A 30-minute play sits in a lovely space between a very short piece and a full-length production.

It gives a writer enough time to develop a character, explore a relationship, build tension and tell a complete story without needing the scale of a full eveningโ€™s play.

It can be intimate. Funny. Uncomfortable. Moving. Strange. Familiar.

And sometimes, one strong idea is all you need.

If you have a story that feels too big for ten minutes but doesnโ€™t need two hours, maybe 30 minutes is exactly the right space for it.

โœ๏ธ Homegrown 2027 is inviting submissions for 30-minute plays.
๐ŸŒ Full submission details: mmplays.ie
๐Ÿ“ฉ Send your script to [email protected]
๐Ÿ“… Submissions close 17 November 2026
๐Ÿ“ Mountmellick Community Arts Centre
๐ŸŽญ Selected plays will be presented on 20 March 2027

๐ŸŽญ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ?A short play can still do a lot.It can introduce unforgettable characters, bui...
09/10/2026

๐ŸŽญ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ?

A short play can still do a lot.
It can introduce unforgettable characters, build tension, shift relationships, and leave the audience with something that stays with them long after the curtain falls.

In this carousel, weโ€™re sharing a few simple prompts to help you think about what can make a strong 30-minute play:
โœจ one strong central idea
โœจ a character we care about
โœจ tension that grows
โœจ change in a relationship
โœจ something memorable at the end

If youโ€™ve been thinking about writing something for ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, maybe this is your sign to begin.

๐ŸŒ Full submission details: mmplays.ie
๐Ÿ“ฉ Send your script to [email protected]
๐Ÿ“ Mountmellick Community Arts Centre
๐Ÿ“… Festival dates: 19โ€“20 March 2027
โœ๏ธ 30-minute plays are open to submissions
๐Ÿ“… Submission deadline: 17 November 2026

๐ŸŽญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž!We now have a home for everything ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ...
08/10/2026

๐ŸŽญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž!

We now have a home for everything ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• โ€” festival information, submission details, FAQs and updates as we make our way towards March.

โœ๏ธ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง.

If you have a story youโ€™d love to see move from the page to the stage, weโ€™d love to hear from you.

๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž: ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ@๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ.๐ข๐ž
๐ŸŒ ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ.๐ข๐ž

Youโ€™ll find further information about the festival and submissions on the website.

And this is only the beginning โ€” weโ€™ll be adding more news, people, programme details and behind-the-scenes updates over the coming months.

๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ
๐Ÿ“ Mountmellick Community Arts Centre
๐Ÿ“… 19โ€“20 March 2027

โœ๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•?We asked festival director ๐†๐ข๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐š ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ some of the questions that ...
06/10/2026

โœ๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•?

We asked festival director ๐†๐ข๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐š ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ some of the questions that often come up when people are thinking about submitting their work.

Do you need experience?
Is there a theme?
How long should a ten-minute play be?
How many characters work best?
And can you get feedback on your script?

Swipe through the carousel for Giuliaโ€™s answers. ๐ŸŽญ

The important thing to know? ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž. Your idea can come from lived experience, an overheard conversation, history, folklore โ€” or simply something youโ€™re passionate about.

๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ7 ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.
Weโ€™ll share the dedicated submissions email and full details very soon, so keep an eye on the page.

๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ
๐Ÿ“ Mountmellick Community Arts Centre
๐Ÿ“… 19โ€“20 March 2027

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๐€ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ŸŽญYou may know us as ๐๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž, and for 2027, weโ€™re growing into something new.Introducing ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ...
02/10/2026

๐€ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ŸŽญ

You may know us as ๐๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž, and for 2027, weโ€™re growing into something new.

Introducing ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ โ€” a celebration of original local writing, theatre and the creative voices of our community.

๐Ÿ“ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž
๐Ÿ“… ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—โ€“๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

Over two nights, weโ€™ll be bringing new and original work from the page to the stage, with local writers, performers and creatives at the heart of the festival.

๐๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž โ€™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• will still be part of our story as we make the transition, but from now on youโ€™ll start seeing more of the ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง name across the page.

โœ๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ?
Submission details will be announced very soon, so keep an eye on this page.

We canโ€™t wait to share more over the coming weeks.

Just in case you missed the night or you want to rewatch the performances, you'll find them on YouTube hosted by and cre...
31/03/2026

Just in case you missed the night or you want to rewatch the performances, you'll find them on YouTube hosted by and credit to MPC - TV who recorded and edited the event.

Mountmellick Arts Collective'Page To Stage' whole 12 playsRecord & Edit MPC-TV

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