BBC Radio Wiltshire & BBC Radio Gloucestershire are working with Prime Theatre to give you the chance to write a short radio play and get it broadcast on the radio and on BBC Sounds!

All you need to do is write a play set in Wiltshire or Gloucestershire, in any time period, with the theme of ‘home’. Home can mean whatever you see it as; a place to live, a feeling, a sound, a memory, a group of people, the end of a journey etc...

To enter, complete the relevant entry form below and send it to info@primetheatre.co.uk along with your play, or post to

Prime Theatre, Wyvern Theatre, Theatre Square, Swindon, SN1 1QN.

• Entries open on 22^nd April 2025 at 06.00 and must be received no later than 17.00 on 30^th May 2025.
• One entry per person.
• Please note that you must be 16 or over to enter the competition.

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The Challenge

- Plays must be no longer than 2 minutes
- Plays must include no more than 2 voices (these can be of any age)
- Plays must be set in Wiltshire OR Gloucestershire at any location and in any time period
- Plays can be based on fact or fiction or a mixture of both
- Play must be original works and not adaptations of any other works
- No sound effects will be used. The time and location of each play will introduce each recording

Tips
- Choose a creative setting for your play eg,
~ druids carry out a health and safety briefing while building Stonehenge
~ seagulls look down on visitors from the top of Gloucester Cathedral
~ a barmaid’s ghost serves a pint on a Friday night at your local

- Read your script out to yourself at a pace you’d expect to hear it recorded.

- Only refer to sounds or music that are absolutely key to the action

You might like to download this tip sheet and visit these BBC resources:

Writing for Radio | Writing Radio Drama | Writing Radio Comedy | BBC Script Library