Join The Slate
The Slate is a multi-year co-producing, philanthropic opportunity to support the earliest point of the new writing pipeline and recognise the value it brings to the rest of the theatre and screen industry as well as its social value. The Slate is an annual fund supporting our ongoing schedule of play development and productions/co-productions of the most outstanding new plays worldwide. By joining the Slate you will:
- Support new and diverse voices to make ground-breaking theatre
- Meet the next generation of the best new writers at the most important stage in their careers, and build ongoing and lasting relationships
- Be part of a creative community and 503’s legacy
- Support young people in our community to engage with their creativity and become writers of tomorrow
- Gain a first look at the most exciting scripts by debut writers before they are produced
- Receive first refusal to participate as a co-producer in productions of interest produced by 503Productions
- Be introduced to writers of interest
- Share in the potential long-term financial return from an uncovered gem
We read and receive over 2,000 scripts a year from all over the world and filter them down to the very best. We matchmake them with exceptional directors, producers and companies to bring their words to life. Across the first iteration of The Slate (2022-2025), we supported a total of 16 Slate productions and will participate in subsidiary rights and management participation rights of the future life of each of these plays for up to 15 years.Slate membership begins at £5,000 per year for a 3-year term. To find out more about the Slate and to join, please email our Executive Director, Emily Carewe – emilycarewe@theatre503.com
Notable Theatre503 Alumni
- Alice Birch – BAFTA nominee, BIFA winner, George Devine Award, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
- Anna Jordan – Bruntwood Prize Winner, writing for Killing Eve, One Day and Succession
- Beth Steel – Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright, Olivier Nominated
- Charlene James – Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright, Doctor Who writer
- Chris Urch – Bruntwood Prize Winner
- Dennis Kelly – Multi-Award Winning (Olivier, Tony, Emmy BAFTA & more) Writer of Matilda the Musical & Pulling
- Jon Brittain – Olivier Award Winner for Rotterdam at 503/West End, writer on The Crown
- Katori Hall – Olivier Award for The Mountaintop at 503/West End/Broadway; Pulizter Prize for Drama Winner
- Phoebe Éclair Powell – Bruntwood Prize Winner
- Rex Obano – Alfred Fagon Bursary Winner
- Ross Willis Writers Guild – Off West End Winner Wolfie
- Tearrance Chisholm – Off West End Award Winner, Br’er Cotton
- Tom Morton-Smith – Oppenheimer, Olivier Award for My Neighbour Totoro RSC and West End
- Vinay Patel – BAFTA winning One Day, Murdered By My Father, Doctor Who writer
- Yasmin Joseph – James Tait Black Prize Winner, J’Ouvert, BBC Arts & West End, writer for A24 & Disney+
