Offaly Hosts 12th Scripts Playwriting Festival

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The event runs from today until this Sunday.

Playwriting is being celebrated in Offaly this week. 

Scripts: Ireland's Playwriting Festival, which is marking its 12th edition, will get underway today and run until this Sunday, and will be held in Birr.

This year saw a record-breaking 183 script submissions on the theme of Desire from writers across ten countries.

Three playwrights have been selected to take part in a week-long residential development programme with mentor Eugene O'Brien.

The four-day festival features performances of Love in the Wild, The Quiet Men, Footnote and Elysium Nevada, alongside workshops with Abbey Theatre dramaturg Emily Reilly and playwright Ultan Pringle.

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