About The Writing Company

Beyond Face has launched a 2 year Writers Company for global majority writers based in the South West. Combining financial investment (totalling 5.5k across the 2 years), bimonthly in-person development sessions and regular deadlines to gently move your ideas forward, it is designed to offer a more long-term support to enable writers to bring a new play into the world.

2026 marked 5 years of We are Here to Write, our group for global majority writers and we have created The Writers Company in response to recognising that there is an urgent need for more robust development of new writing for theatre in the region. We want to support urgent ideas rooted in the South West which platform global majority stories and provide a clear pathway from the early seed of an idea to a draft with financial support and an established development process. 

The Writers Company will provide opportunities for in person connection with fellow regional writers and exists to champion 3 South West based writers to bring the creation of 3 new plays into the world through guidance, financial investment, a community and those all important deadlines.