17 May 21 · Opportunities
Ever read a book you’d love to see onstage? Why not try it yourself? This brand new 2 hour session will take you through the building blocks of adaptation: changing prose to dialogue; chapters to scenes; descriptions to stage directions. Lead by Sam Essame, we’ll explore how to t
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OPPORTUNITY FOR PLAYWRIGHTS We are looking for three playwrights to join our creative team for our new project A Map to You A Map to You is a storytelling project that will connect families living with dementia to professional playwrights. We’ll provide a series of sensory, remin
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Entries for the Yale Drama Series 2021 open on 1st June. The winner will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, the publication of their manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading or virtual performance. Playwright Paula Vogel will judge this year’s co
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Optik Theatre has a call out to writers for the return of its Script Room showcase series in October 2021. The final date for sending in a script is August 1 2021. With the support of Richmond Libraries this is the seventh workshop event showcasing writers’ work with a profession
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The New Works Playhouse is a non-profit organisation driven by a single goal; to do our part in facilitating new, inspiring works from performing artists and writers. Through their work, they aim to create a more accessible route into the industry for those who may otherwise feel
Read with a free account →14 May 21 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →13 May 21 · 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: Graeae Theatre – Script Submission Window Descrip
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Have you caught up with our latest NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast yet? In this episode they speak to award-winning playwright Janice Okoh about her fascinating play The Gift, how she got started as a writer, and more. Listen here or on your favourite podcast platform. Deadline: not ap
Read with a free account →13 May 21 · Opportunities
Puncture The Screen, our new digital art festival this summer, wants to commission you! They are looking to programme existing work, and to commission artists to make their first piece of digital art or performance There are four lots of £500 to apply for. Find out more at http:/
Read with a free account →12 May 21 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Join Sam Essame on this two-hour session on theatre in its simplest form: one person telling another a story. We’ll explore how characters relate to their audience; how they create whole worlds with words alone; how they make us see things through their eyes. Whether you’re inter
Read with a free account →12 May 21 · Opportunities
Missing theatre and bored of Zoom? We have just the ticket. This 5-week course will explore the building blocks of playwriting with a 2021 twist. Delving into the pros and cons of this brand spanking new theatrical medium, participants will get the chance to write and receive fee
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This 5-week course will introduce you to the untapped potential of horror theatre. Participants will explore how the unique nature of theatre lends itself to all things terrifying and write their own short plays which will receive feedback. Run by writer and director Sam Essame,
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WRITERS OF ‘HADESTOWN’, ‘SIX’ AND ‘FUN HOME’ JOIN WORKSHOP SERIES FROM CHALK DRAMATURGY Introducing online talks and workshops for musical theatre writers, led by a host of international writers and creatives. Leading the workshops are Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (SIX), Lisa Kron (
Read with a free account →12 May 21 · News / Opportunities
One Tough Mudder by LPW member Stacy Shane is having a rehearsed reading this May! This is a free event with refreshments being served during the interval. There are 4 pairs of tickets available on Thursday, May 27th, for a 12:30 PM start. There are 2 pairs of tickets available o
Read with a free account →12 May 21 · Digital Resources
MISFITS – 29th June – 3rd July 2021 – LIVE PERFORMANCE and on-line streaming at The Space Theatre – Isle of Dogs, London A modern family comedy about Meera, a traditional Indian mother, with a status to maintain within her much-feared community steeped in old-fashioned values. To
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Learn with London Playwrights is a series of podcast style lectures, resources, and workshops covering all things theatre related! Want to find out more about your favourite musical? Fancy a discussion on Fleabag? Or want to brush up on Brecht? The Learn with London Playwrights s
Read with a free account →10 May 21 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in May 2021. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through to peruse the who
Read with a free account →10 May 21 · Opportunities
Farnham Maltings and NRTF are inviting proposals from those who want to create theatre for libraries. They are looking for ideas that are enticing and relevant and that might not look like theatre; it might be based in variety, comedy, or escape rooms. The work should be able to
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The Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize provide a great platform for new comedy plays and writers across the UK. To qualify for the prize, scripts must be original, unperformed and funny! The Prize is judged anonymously, meaning the reading and judging panels do not know the identit
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Freedom Studios will host an 8 week ‘Introduction to Playwriting Course’ this Summer and would love to hear from creative writers who would like to have a first go at playwriting. Interested applicants must be 18 or over with little or no experience of writing for theatre (the sc
Read with a free account →10 May 21 · Opportunities
Corridor8 and The Art House Wakefield invite proposals from writers based in the North of England to work with Iranian printmaker Mohammad Barrangi. The Art House is the first Studio of Sanctuary in the UK, providing time, space and support for professional artists who are seekin
Read with a free account →10 May 21 · Opportunities
What: Devised production telling the story of the Nornen When: R&D October 2021, full production Summer 2022 Where: Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset Who: Professional cast alongside community outreach performers Producer: Corrinne Curtis Inviting Expressions of Interest for a new devised
Read with a free account →10 May 21 · Opportunities
The Customs House in South Tyneside is thrilled to be able to offer a new opportunity for five writers to have 15 minutes of their play performed as a rehearsed reading by professional actors as part of an evening of new writing on Friday 11 June at 7.30pm. They are seeking submi
Read with a free account →10 May 21 · Opportunities
9 Writers. 5 Weeks. 1 Short Film. x5 (120 Min) sessions Complete a short film Receive written feedback and industry advice Led by acclaimed writer Freddie Machin This rapid-write course will equip any budding writer to finish a short film. Details and book: https://www.fluxgym.co
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