Along with lots of new short plays for theatre and radio, play readings, workshops for adults and children, art exhibition, fab food, fun for all the family, this year’s big attractions include:
Hugh Bonneville gives a rare stage interview to producer and director Paul Schlesinger – Downton to darkest Peru – A behind-the-scenes tour
Alistair McGowan – a three-in-one master impressionist, comedian and classical pianist
Stars of Radio 4’s Dead Ringers – Jan Ravens and John Culshaw
Improv comedy with Joe Mcardle
Sir Tony Robinson and Helen Atkinson Wood
Poets Luke Wright, Jimmy Livingston, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Lewis Buxton, Rhian Brook
Conversations from a Long Marriage – Jan Etherington, Angus Deayton and Helen Atkinson Wood
INK began with a writer’s desperate cry that there were almost no platforms for new scripts to see the light of day. So we made one. In 2015 we staged 15 short plays at our first festival in Halesworth, Suffolk. Fast forward ten years. We are now producing at least 70 original short plays from over 1,000 annual script submissions. The INK Festival is a unique celebration of new and diverse writing, held annually. Every year, it begins with a free… Find out more
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Accommodation call-out During the INKFestival we need accommodation for actors and directors… So, if you have a spare room in or around Halesworth from 12–20 April 2026, or even one or two of those dates, and would like to host an actor or director, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact: kitty@inkfestival.org
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INK is the UK’s leading producer of new short plays for stage and radio.
INK inspires, educates and entertains through an annual 5-day festival, schools’ programmes, workshops, online classes and tours.
INK launches the careers of many of the UK’s future creatives and brings the experience of live theatre to audiences in rural Suffolk and beyond.
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