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25 June 18 · Offers / Opportunities
Playpens is a one-to-one professional feedback service. for playwrights at any level with dramaturg, David Lane. You can now book July sessions with 15% off. Playpens support playwrights with honest, constructive feedback from an experienced dramaturg, helping you find the time t
Read with a free account →18 June 18 · Opportunities
Following on from the success of their show Cracked! They are now looking for new plays! The theme for their second show is FAKE! “From news and marketing, to science and politics, our world is filled with lies, deception, disinformation, misinformation, fakery, fraud, facades, m
Read with a free account →15 June 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to support LPB? Become a member! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities
Read with a free account →11 June 18 · Opportunities
Ashland New Plays Festival is an international playwright competition that culminates in the reading of four new plays chosen from hundreds of submissions by a cadre of volunteer readers. The event includes rehearsals and two staged readings of each winning play. The winning play
Read with a free account →18 May 18 · Opportunities
Are you a writer? Are you trying to progress your career in film or television but you feel held back by your disability, gender, race, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background? BAFTA is seeking 15 writers from areas of under-representation within our industries, including
Read with a free account →18 May 18 · Opportunities
The team that brought you Shorts @ The Canal are inviting all writers to submit a play no longer than 15-minute, for their next enterprise, “The Twilight Hour”. The show will be based on The Twilight Zone TV series to be performed at the award-winning Canal Cafe Theatre a renowne
Read with a free account →17 May 18 · Opportunities
The 2018 edition of the BBC Hausa short story writing competition is now open for entries from all women writing in Hausa, irrespective of their nationality or experience. Entries must be engaging works of fiction on any topic and should be between 1000 to 1500 words. How to appl
Read with a free account →16 May 18 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
Just Some Theatre are looking for new play scripts. After successful Arts Council funded tours and London runs including Coward (2013) and The Doppel Gang (2015/17), they are looking for fresh projects with a view to produce in 2019. “We focus on new writing, and strive for high
Read with a free account →16 May 18 · Opportunities
Angel on the Corner are looking for a new theatre project! Founded in 2014, the female led company are passionate about new writing and giving women a voice. Their first show, ‘Zero Down’ written by BBC award winning writer Sarah Hehir, premiered at Theatre 503 in August 2015 and
Read with a free account →15 May 18 · Opportunities
Metamorph Theatre is looking for new artists to write or devise for its’ upcoming night ‘Pick and Mixed Plays’. They are looking for 6, 10-15 minute short plays or extracts that will be ready for showcase in July. Picked and Mixed Plays will be the performance evening by Metamorp
Read with a free account →10 May 18 · Opportunities
Hatch #9 is an event that is taking place at Brainchild Festival itself in East Sussex! This is a really exciting opportunity for an artist or company to perform a 15 minute slot on theit line up, who in exchange will receive tickets to the 3 day festival and £30 towards covering
Read with a free account →26 April 18 · Resources / Writing Advice
We’re thrilled to announce some exciting new content coming up for our members this Spring & Summer… The Re-drafting Toolkit Following on from the success of #WrAP2018, where a whopping 150 of you signed up to write a play in January, we figured it was high time to give you some
Read this article →14 April 18 · Opportunities
Persistent and Nasty is a script reading and debate series for the female identified voice in stage and screen. It was born from the frustration and anger of four actresses/writers with the business. Male, male-identified, and gender fluid audience members are also very welcome.
Read with a free account →13 April 18 · Events
‘So you want to publish a play’ LIVE 27 April 2018 from 12.15-12.45pm Dom O’Hanlon, Commissioning Editor for Plays at Methuen Drama, talks through how to get your play, play companion and more published. Dom will explain how the process works for this unique area of publishing an
Read this article →12 April 18 · Opportunities
Stitchin’ Fiction is a free, non-profit platform for creatives to come together in a workshopping environment. Writers with words stuck in their laptops and notebooks are given a pool of performers, who want to work and stretch their collaborative muscles and skills. They are loo
Read with a free account →04 April 18 · Opportunities
ADP Audio are seeking new audio drama submissions from anywhere in the country. They are looking for plays of approximately 15 minutes length. ADP Audio is a podcast due to launch later in the year. Script formatting guidelines: Include a page within the main document that has a
Read with a free account →16 March 18 · Opportunities
SOLO2 is looking for exciting new writing or lesser known current written monologues and solo performances for their show on 14:30 Sunday 15 April as part of Swindon Fringe, at Swindon Town Hall. How to apply: email Doug Kirby on doug@shoutoutproductions.com with SOLO2 in the sub
Read with a free account →13 March 18 · Opportunities
Have you ever wanted to be a playwright? Would you like to have your play broadcast on BBC Radio? Do you have what it takes to become a BBC Essex Playwright of the year? They are looking for a 15 minute fictional radio play with an Essex connection to be recorded in their studios
Read with a free account →08 March 18 · Opportunities
Shorts @ the Canal are inviting all writers to submit a play no longer than 15-minutes in length, to be performed at the award-winning Canal Cafe Theatre in London. A selection process will follow and if your play is chosen, it will be assigned to an emerging director. The play w
Read with a free account →06 March 18 · Opportunities
Manchester ADP are seeking new script submissions from anywhere in the country. Following the sell-out success of their first full production at the Lowry and on tour, Manchester ADP are looking for their next script to produce. They are also keen to read new 15 minute plays. The
Read with a free account →06 March 18 · Opportunities
The Arden School Of Theatre are inviting submissions for short 15 minute theatre pieces for their Arden Fringe at The Kings Arms Salford in November 2018. The event forms part of their third year actors professional year and past contributors have included writers Sarah McDonald
Read with a free account →28 February 18 · Opportunities
“IGNITION” is a new writing night from Into the Fire, which will take place at Theatre N16 on Sunday 22 April 2018. They are looking for 10 – 15 minute scripts with a maximum of 5 actors and minimal set. They welcome submissions from any writer. Please note that this is an unpaid
Read with a free account →26 February 18 · Opportunities
Matchstick Theatre are a small independent theatre company, set up in late 2015 and based in South East London. They have produced new plays and adaptations in tunnel arches and festivals around London. They are about to open a new arts and theatre space in Deptford, and are taki
Read with a free account →26 February 18 · Education / Writing Workshops
Write a ONE act play in ONE week with Kim Komljanc in a residential course at Le Verger, France. After the course, you might have the opportunity to have your play staged the the WRiTEON Festival in Cambridge next year. Course dates: 15- 20 June 2018 How to book: via their websit
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