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21 September 26 · Opportunities
The Rewrite Lab. 2–9 November 26. Methana, Greece. Final two places. Book before 1 October to claim £150 discount. Quote Playwrights Led by Sara Murray, drama executive and development consultant — EastEnders, Top Boy, The Feed. A week-long residential retreat for 8 writers This
Read with a free account →21 September 26 · Opportunities
Kick It Anywhere is the production company behind 2026 Fringe sell-out hit The Jolly Fisherman and Brixton Calling, the most awarded show at the 2026 Off West End Awards. They also run an annual, 9-month new writing group, which will be returning in October 2026. As ever this is
Read with a free account →21 September 26 · Opportunities
Chesham, Buckinghamshire – The Chesham Literary Festival will launch two new writing competitions this autumn, expanding its work across prose and drama while continuing its mission to support writers at every stage of their development. In October, the Festival will relaunch its
Read with a free account →18 September 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Make sure you never miss an opportunity! Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! Our weekly round-up has always been, and always will be totally free! However, we do rely on our paid subscribers to keep our organisation going. Please consider su
Read with a free account →18 September 26 · Opportunities
This Fellowship is open to writers with an idea or story for an audience-focused, ambitious and entertaining new play that speaks to the urgent issues impacting on our lives now and into the future, contributing to the cultural voice. Spread across a 10-month period, each fellows
Read with a free account →18 September 26 · Opportunities
The Next Page Season is our annual festival of rehearsed readings of exciting plays in development. Writers get the chance to hear their work aloud and share it with a public audience. Friends, family and industry are invited, but strictly no reviewers! This is the time to take r
Read with a free account →18 September 26 · Opportunities
Table Read is an opportunity for writers not in the theatre medium (based in Cardiff or nearby) to hear their words read aloud for the first time in front of a live audience. After a great first event, Table Read is BACK with a second, this time focused on your back catalogue! Al
Read with a free account →18 September 26 · Opportunities
The purpose of the course is to offer 12 writers new to television drama an insight into how the industry works and to provide a “dry-run” of what it can be like to write under a television drama commission, specifically for one hour series and serial drama, and to work with them
Read with a free account →18 September 26 · Opportunities
Aspiring comedy writers from across the Liverpool City Region are being given the chance to turn their ideas into the next big BBC sitcom thanks to a major new development project launched by BBC Comedy, supported by Liverpool City Council’s Film Office. The BBC Comedy Liverpool
Read with a free account →18 September 26 · Opportunities
Five Day Writing Intensive From SCRUM Theatre, at Riverside Studios Mon 26 to Fri 30 October, 10am-5pm https://www.scrumtheatre.co.uk/playwriting-intensive Time to write that play? Join award-winning director and writer Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu and award-winning playwright and dramat
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Make sure you never miss an opportunity! Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! Our weekly round-up has always been, and always will be totally free! However, we do rely on our paid subscribers to keep our organisation going. Please consider su
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
An Introduction to Playwriting: Eight-Week Online Evening Course Playwright Erin Holland-Kamel is running an eight-week online evening course designed to help writers develop an initial idea into a script. Through practical exercises, feedback and structured weekly sessions, part
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
Scriptwriters Wanted for Stardust Productions Stardust Productions, a film and animation production studio, is looking for talented writers who have previously written screenplays or scripts to join its upcoming projects. This opportunity offers writers the chance to: Gain hands-
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
The BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Competition is back and accepting applications! We cannot wait to discover the next wave of innovative screenwriting talent! So dust off that draft, open the file, revisit the idea you couldn’t quite let go of, and send us your application. Find out
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
Applications for Criterion New Writing 2027 are NOW OPEN. The application window will CLOSE at midnight on Friday 16 October 2026. It is FREE to apply and take part. If you wish to apply, you will need to send a single document (file name = your name) by email to gregmosse@gmail.
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
Creating Routes is back for 2026/27! Creating Routes is a FREE practical training programme for Global Majority* theatre makers aged 18+ and creatives who want to use their creative skills in community settings (e.g. working with groups in schools, community organisations, health
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
Scram & Scrum Theatre are seeking short pieces for their first scratch night at the Hallamshire Hotel in Sheffield. This is an informal opportunity for writers to see their work performed by professional actors in front of a live audience. Unfinished work is welcome, including fi
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
If your memoir has been sitting in a folder, notebook or on your desktop waiting for “one more edit”, now is the time to send it out into the world. * Your memoir doesn’t need to be finished. Submit the opening 5,000–8,000 words, along with a short overview of the complete work.
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
Quick-fire scratch nights for adventurous new writing in theatre and performance! The Scrap is an open-access night for writers, actors and directors to try out new ideas, meet one another, and showcase their work in front of an audience. Live music, good drinks, and cool new the
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
Quick-fire scratch nights for adventurous new writing in theatre and performance! The Scrap is an open-access night for writers, actors and directors to try out new ideas, meet one another, and showcase their work in front of an audience. Live music, good drinks, and cool new the
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
As part of their Tandem at Ten Festival of Words, Writer/Producers Jennifer Adam (Ivor, Play, Pie Pint; HER, Strange Town) and Mhairi Quinn (Billie, Rolled Up Productions; Roots and Fruits, Mr Tumble, Balamory BBC) invite you to a FREE practical workshop aimed at emerging writers
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
Collective Fringe champions new writing from both established and emerging creatives, by offering free support to help you platform your work to the industry. If you are a writer or a producer, and you have a play that is currently in development they would love to hear from you.
Read with a free account →04 September 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →04 September 26 · Opportunities
We’re looking for writers for our next LEGBREAKERS event. LEGBREAKERS is our flagship scratch night, designed to provoke writers, and encourage them to push themselves. Job Description We’re looking for six original short plays up to 15 minutes. This is roughly 10 pages in a smal
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