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The in-house Bread & Roses Theatre Company (BRTC) began running writing nights for new short plays in 2012. Hosted in what was initially nothing more than the upstairs function room at The Bread & Roses Pub, these first regular theatre performances gained attention from other companies hoping to put up scratch performances and showcases.