Young Playwrights Mayo 2025

Authors: Young Playwrights Mayo 2025

Publication Date: November 2025

Description: This is a collection of new short plays, devised and scripted by young writers from across Mayo:
Conor Galvin, Yvonne Henaghan, Blake Joyce, Eve Lally, Kai Mehighan, NJ McDonnell, Aoíbhín Nic Dhonnacha and Maya Ní Mhóráin.

The authors completed an intensive writing course with Fighting Words mentors at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar and each young writer was matched with a professional theatre director and professional actors to create a rehearsed reading.

The plays are available to download, read and perform here!