The Script’s The Thing 3 will take place on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October 2026 and as before events will be happening across 5 different venues – The Corn Exchange, Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, Tom Browns, The Kings Arms and The Sleeping Bear Hotel.
The Festival programme for The Script’s The Thing 3 is now available as a download right here! By popular demand, we have provided this in three ways: the full programme in brochure form as a PDF (a printed version will be available on the day), an Excel spreadsheet over two sheets with the timetable for both days, and a PDF version of the same spreadsheet. Links to all versions below…
Brochure download
Excel timetable download
PDF timetable download
What Is The Script’s The Thing? It’s a celebration of new writing for theatre, TV, film, radio and all performance, taking place across five different venues in the centre of Dorchester: The Corn Exchange, Tom Browns, The Kings Arms, Dorset Museum and Shire Hall. The Festival provides opportunity for writers to present work at any stage of development, from initial ideas through to first draft, work that writers really want to take further. It may be work that is looking to connect with venues and promoters so it’s a fully-staged extract or shown in a partial presentation – all we ask is the writing is centre-stage for the day. The Festival also allows the public to come and discover a huge range of new writing in a bite-size format…all for free. Alongside the work, there are other workshops and Q&As, with venues and organisations including the National Theatre and BBC Writers, and guest speakers Alison Steadman, Michelle Collins, Chris Chibnall and much more!
The whole Festival is FREE, non-ticketed – just have a look through the programme and turn up to see what you want!
Come and spend the weekend with us for this celebration of new work.
To stay in touch, join our mailing list by contacting scripts@dorchesterarts.org.uk
Supported by…
The Script’s The Thing 2 took place on Saturday 3rd May 2025, and more than 800 people came to see 100 scripts and 25 talks and workshops across 9 spaces in 5 venues. A huge thank you to all the writers, actors, speakers, workshop leaders and volunteers who made the day such a success.
If you were there, you might spot yourself in this short film about the day – and if you weren’t, here’s a chance to see what you missed…
If you have any questions then contact us at scripts@dorchesterarts.org.uk
…and watch this space or join the Dorchester Arts mailing list for more news about the next The Script’s The Thing
