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29 August 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Cardboard Citizens is renowned as being one of the world’s leading Forum Theatre companies, and they are running a 5 day intensive Forum Theatre course led by their artistic director Adrian Jackson. In their words: “Participants will learn how to devise a Forum Theatre piece and
Read with a free account →26 August 17 · Original Content / Writing Advice
For Women’s Equality Day, LPB is re-running this post from last year’s Dark Horse Festival, which was our most shared post of 2016. After the post went live, we saw a huge uptick in submissions from female writers. In fact, we ended the submission period with roughly equal submis
Read this article →25 August 17 · Opportunities
Birmingham Repertory Theatre‘s acclaimed artist development scheme, REP Foundry, is now accepting applications for the 2018 programme. They are looking for emerging theatre practitioners from across the Midlands who wish to establish themselves as creatives, and will support arti
Read with a free account →25 August 17 · 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 →23 August 17 · Opportunities
The Bush Theatre have opened their 2017 script submission window, and are looking for your full-length unsolicited scripts. The Bush Theatre is committed to discovering the best new plays from playwrights who may be unknown to then and therefore seek unsolicited submissions from
Read with a free account →18 August 17 · 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 →16 August 17 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: The Old Vic accepting applications for the 3rd ye
Read with a free account →11 August 17 · 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 →10 August 17 · Opportunities
The Old Vic have launched the 3rd year of The Old Vic 12 and are now accepting applications! The Old Vic 12 is a creative scheme that aims to support artists. They are searching for 12 individual artists who are ready to take the next step in their careers. The scheme provides op
Read with a free account →07 August 17 · Opportunities
London Horror Festival are seeking horror scripts for their 2017 festival! Through their annual playwriting competition, they are looking for scripts with a time frame of 45-60 minutes. The winning applicant will have their play performed on the opening night of the festival at t
Read with a free account →04 August 17 · 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 →02 August 17 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: VAULT Festival 2018 open for applications Descrip
Read with a free account →31 July 17 · Opportunities
Karman Theatre Company are looking for plays to produce as part of their new writing night titled PIECES. They are looking for short plays with a time frame of 15-20 minutes. These can be of any genre and can also be an extract of a longer piece. In their words: “PIECES is a quar
Read with a free account →28 July 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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 with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Even
Read with a free account →26 July 17 · Opportunities
VAULT Festival is now open to applications for the 2018 Festival. They are looking for daring, innovative and engaging work to present to audiences between January and March 2018. This year there are three strands to which you can apply: Theatre & Performance, Comedy Festival and
Read with a free account →25 July 17 · Opportunities
It’s the 15th year of the New Works of Merit Playwriting contest, and they are seeking submissions! They are looking for original full-length scripts that are no longer than 2 hours or over 90 pages. (Scripts over 90 pages with a performance time under 2 hours are also eligible.)
Read with a free account →24 July 17 · Opportunities
Heretic Productions have launched their new playwriting initiative Heretic Voices, and seek monologues from writers and writer-performers to be fully produced by professionals at the Arcola in January 2018. Plays will also be published in a collection. Monologues can be of any ge
Read with a free account →21 July 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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 with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Even
Read with a free account →19 July 17 · Opportunities
The 2017 Alfred Fagon Award is open for submissions. The Award is open to any playwright of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the UK. They are looking for plays to be an original new stage-play written in English. Plays must be full length and presented as double-spaced,
Read with a free account →18 July 17 · Opportunities
Not strictly a playwriting opportunity but this one might be of interest to those of you who enjoy writing short stories… Galley Beggar Press return with their annual short story prize and are looking for writers of all backgrounds to send in their work. They are looking for shor
Read with a free account →17 July 17 · Opportunities
Camden People’s Theatre return with their annual offering of seed commissions to artists from BAME backgrounds. The initiative aims to support the development of innovative new theatre projects from six different artists. Three of these commissions will be offered for Autumn 2017
Read with a free account →17 July 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Soho Theatre are back with their young writers’ lab, and are looking to offer dramaturgy to a group of young people aged between 16-26. In their words: “Soho Theatre has played a unique and award-winning role in the development of new writing in Britain for more than 40 years. If
Read with a free account →15 July 17 · Opportunities
The Stepladder Award is a new opportunity for companies looking to take work out on tour for the first time from Les Enfants Terribles and house in association with Wilton’s Music Hall. The Stepladder Award is designed to support fringe theatre companies making original work as t
Read with a free account →15 July 17 · Opportunities
For the budding short story writers amongst you… Short story writers out with an interest in graphic novels, this a fantastic chance to get your work published! Jonathan Cape and Comica have got together with the Observer to offer you the chance to see your work in print and win
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