DunsPlayFest

NIne Day Festival of New Writing - Bringing Brand New Theatre to the Borders. The annual Festival has a home in the beautiful town of Duns, Berwickhire, where from 1 - 9 May, this sleepy rural town hosts artists, musicians, performers, directors and playwrights abound. The, now, well-established nine-day festival of new dramatic writing and so much more, brings delight, wonder, challenge and enlightenment to the people of the Borders and beyond. And this year’s DunsPlayFest promises to be even bigger and better than before as Duns becomes the centre of the performing arts world in May.

Established in 2019, DunsPlayFest concentrates on new works from rehearsed readings to full scale productions, and also features poetry, story-telling, workshops, children's events, film and lots of music. Based in the Volunteer Hall, Duns, fabulously transformed by local artists for the occasion, the festival now takes in neighbouring venues around the town which has now become THE place for the theatre-lovers of Scotland to be at the beginning of May.

Featuring up to 100 events, DunsPlayFest this year will welcome back such luminaries of the Borders theatre world as Firebrand, John Nichol and Tideline Runners. Shark Bait and SlashHouse will be coming back from Edinburgh and two brand-new works - Derby Day and Perfect Dead Girls - are bound to command considerable attention and give rise to the concerted discussion which is one of the hallmarks of the festival. As is community involvement which this year will be thrillingly demonstrated by the Peebles-based project, Rope & Flame, about the shocking persecution of Borders "witches" in the 17th century.

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