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title: "Year 9 Twyford student play premieres at Young Playwrights Festival"
url: "https://www.twyford.org.uk/news/2026-07-13-year-9-twyford-student-play-premieres-at-young-playwrights-festival"
school: "Twyford CofE High School"
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# Year 9 Twyford student play premieres at Young Playwrights Festival

  ![Image of Year 9 Twyford student play premieres at Young Playwrights Festival](https://files.schudio.com/twyford-cofe-high-school/images/news/Rufus_1.jpg)  13 July 2026

"You'll Live", written by Rufus Peaty was one of three short plays premiered on Thursday 9th July in the intimate space of the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square.

Running just over 80 minutes altogether and presented by a talented and diverse cast of 11 professional actors, these three inspired scripts were deserving winners of the "13-15 Age Group" category of the theatre's **Young Playwrights Festival**, selected from over 260 entries nationwide.

![](https://www.twyford.org.uk/images/news/Rufus_3.jpg)

Opening the evening's performances, Rufus's play is a haunting but humorous story about teen-hood and self-discovery, through the eyes of the main character Abbie and her family, along with her best friend Amira - all from a bargain of a prom dress bought from Vinted.

The full script of "You'll Live", amongst the other winning plays, is available for download for free here:

**<https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/royal-court-young-playwrights-award-winners-2026>**

Our massive congratulations go to Rufus on this amazing achievement, fresh off the Twyford stage appearing as the charismatic Dewey in the "School of Rock" section of our summer production just the week prior. Well done, Rufus!

![](https://www.twyford.org.uk/images/news/Rufus_2.jpg)

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