Support Us
Since 1974, Paines Plough has supported over 500 writers to develop and produce the best new writing across the UK, reaching over 30,000 people each year.
To celebrate the company turning 50 this year, we have launched our 50 for 50 fundraising campaign.
#PP50for50 aims to raise £50,000 over the year to enable us to platform, produce and tour ground-breaking new plays, and nurture the next generation of writers. Anything you can give – however big or small – will help us to continue our mission to support new writing in the UK and beyond.
As part of our 50th birthday celebrations, we hosted a 50th Anniversary Fundraising Gala at the Criterion Theatre in London on 10 February 2025, launched our 50 for 50 prize raffle, opened the bidding for One Page Play: an auction for a personalised one page play, and with writers James Graham and Nick Payne, we launched our Supporters Circle (scroll down for more information).
You can also support us by making a one-off or regular donation or buying tickets to one of our shows this year.
Or, you can get in touch with us to discuss becoming part of our longer term donor circle by emailing jodie@painesplough.com.
Thank you, your support means everything to us.
Join the Supporters Circle
To celebrate our 50th birthday, we are thrilled to announce the launch of Paines Plough’s Supporters Circle which will support our mission to discover, develop and empower writers across the UK.
Join our founding members, playwrights James Graham and Nick Payne, to support Paines Plough’s productions now and for the next 50 years.
Supporters will receive:
- Your name credited as a supporter on the Paines Plough website and in programmes at our shows across the country.
- Invitations to press nights to meet cast and creatives and watch the productions your donation makes possible
- A dedicated newsletter with Paines Plough news and personal updates from our writers
- Annual online event hosted by circle founders James Graham and Nick Payne, speaking to current Paines Plough commissioned writers
In our 50th anniversary year we want to recruit 50 patrons to support our work.
Supporters are asked to donate a minimum of £1,000 a year: you can donate monthly or annually.
If you would like to receive more information or join Anne McMeehan Roberts, James Graham and Nick Payne in their support of Paines Plough, please contact Paines Plough’s Executive Director Jodie Gilliam at jodie@painesplough.com.
Name a seat in Roundabout
Keeping Roundabout on the road is thanks to the generous support of our friends, without whom we wouldn’t be able to commission excellent new work, give people their very first theatre experience or discover tomorrow’s celebrated playwrights.
You can help us by naming a seat in the auditorium. By donating you will join our friends and supporters to help us raise funds to make great work. We can only do what we do because of you, and we so deeply value your support.
To name a seat we are suggesting a donation of a minimum of £300 but any additional support will take us one step closer to ensuring Roundabout’s ongoing success. Our designers will create a bespoke thank you for your support, which will travel around the country on your seat in the Roundabout and we will thank you on our website.
Thank you, we are so delighted you share our ambition, we couldn’t keep Roundabout on the road without you.
Our Supporters
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
The Noel Coward Foundation
Kim Grant
Anne and James McMeehan Roberts
Bridget O’Brien-Twohig
The Williams Charitable Trust
