Papatango are a multi-award-winning theatre company. They discover, develop and launch brilliant new playwrights through completely free and anonymously assessed opportunities.

Their motto is simple: all you need is a story. Every year they provide free training, feedback and individual support to over 3000 people nationwide. Writers they have discovered have won BAFTAs, OffWestEnd, RNT Foundation and Alfred Fagon awards and premiered in over 20 countries.

Their world premiere productions/artists have won OffWestEnd and Critics’ Circle awards and transferred to the West End.

Their first book, Being a Playwright: a career guide for writers was described as a “phenomenon for playwriting good” (Steve Waters) and an “excellent tool for playwrights” (Indhu Rubasingham).