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12 December 13 · Events
Theatre503 will be holding their Writer’s Christmas Party next Tuesday 17 December 2013. This will give you the chance to see their holiday double bill – BORIS AND SERGEY’S VAUDEVILLIAN ADVENTURE and MARGARET THATCHER QUEEN OF SOHO, with time for drinking and socialising between
Read this article →11 December 13 · Opportunities
The IdeasTap Takeover is a five-day festival at London’s Rich Mix featuring some of the most exciting artists in the UK. This opportunity is open to writers aged 16 and over. There will be all sorts of creative delights on offer. There’ll be double bills of original theatre, scre
Read with a free account →11 December 13 · Opportunities
The 2014 Papatango New Writing Prize in association with the Finborough Theatre is now open for submissions until midnight 31 March 2014. What to submit: Papatango are not prescriptive in the plays they consider, asking only that they have never before been professionally perform
Read with a free account →10 December 13 · Opportunities
Quids In Theatre Company, a professional theatre company in Aberdeen are putting together their programme for Lunchbox Theatre, held on the last Saturday of every month for 2014. What to submit: A one act play lasting 40 min- 1 hour with 4 or less characters. How to apply: Plays
Read with a free account →10 December 13 · Opportunities
Theatre503 has launched a prestigious new Playwriting Award, which will be open to submissions in February 2014. About the award: First prize of £6000 and guaranteed full production at Theatre503. All UK submissions become eligible for the next 503 Five Writer Residencies. The aw
Read with a free account →09 December 13 · Opportunities
For the second year running the Oldham Coliseum Theatre has teamed up with Oldham Council libraries to run a writing competition linked to First Break, the Company’s annual showcase for new writing and emerging talent. This year they are inviting writers to send us dramatic monol
Read with a free account →05 December 13 · Opportunities
Short plays are sought for ObamAmerica, a festival of new writing to be produced at Theatre503 in London. Over Here Theatre Company is seeking submissions of fifteen minute plays for ObamAmerica, a festival of new writing to be produced at Theatre503 in London in the spring of 20
Read with a free account →05 December 13 · Opportunities
Manchester’s 24:7 Theatre Festival is now accepting submissions for 2014. The festival, which will be celebrating its 10th year, will take place from 18-25 July 2014 in venues across Manchester. They are looking for original, unpublished scripts of between 40-60 minutes in length
Read with a free account →04 December 13 · Opportunities
The CLF Art Café / aka The Bussey Building calls for submissions for their first ever scratch festival in March 2014. Have you got a brilliant new piece of theatre, spoken word, comedy or cabaret act? If so, the CLF Art Café is offering emerging artists the opportunity to submit
Read with a free account →03 December 13 · News
The King’s Head Theatre in London has named Thomas Pickles as the inaugural winner of its Adrian Pagan Playwright Award, given for a new play by a theatre professional who does not describe themselves as a playwright. Pickles won the prize for his piece, Dead Party Animals. Read
Read this article →02 December 13 · Jobs / Opportunities
The project: The Box is a new collaboration between Stoke-on-Trent Libraries and B Arts aimed at 9-13 year olds and their families and funded by Arts Council England and local partners. Part-theatre piece, part digital workspace, it will tour libraries and other venues in Stoke-o
Read with a free account →28 November 13 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
IdeasTap are working with Underbelly and some of their performing arts partners to take a season of their members’ best work to next year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The scheme will offer funding and support for new plays or pieces of theatre to be produced at the fringe. IdeasTap will b
Read with a free account →28 November 13 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
IdeasTap are offering four funds of £1000 for members taking work to next year’s Brighton Fringe. This could include cabaret, comedy, dance, music, theatre, literature and visual arts. They want to see ambitious projects with more than three performers and there should be at leas
Read with a free account →28 November 13 · News / Opportunities
Theatre503 has unveiled The Theatre503 Playwriting award, a new biennial competition which will be open to all writers over the age of 16 who have written an original unproduced full-length play. The winner will be awarded with £6000 and a production at Theatre503. All UK submiss
Read with a free account →26 November 13 · Opportunities
SPACED is an opportunity launched by Theatre Delicatessen for emerging theatre artists to develop their work in a free and creative environment. In February 2014, Theatre Delicatessen will offer 15 chosen companies and artists residencies at their pop-up creative hub at the forme
Read with a free account →25 November 13 · Opportunities
The Cockpit Theatre is looking for work for ‘Theatre in the Pound’, an award winning evening of fifteen minute performances. Each month, they showcase new work from directors, writers and artists to provide a platform for new work as well as a great evening of exciting performanc
Read with a free account →21 November 13 · Opportunities
The Bush Theatre’s Autumn/Winter submission window will be open from 21st November 2013 and closes at 5pm on 20th December 2013. In an interesting twist, the Bush is only looking for proposals for developing work, part of their efforts to reach out to a wider range of theatremake
Read with a free account →21 November 13 · Opportunities
Submissions are open now for The West Avenue Theatre Company’s next scratch night, Briefs – which will be on Wednesday, 15 January 2014. The event will return to the Rosemary Branch for another one-off evening of short, relatively light-hearted plays by emerging writers, directed
Read with a free account →21 November 13 · Opportunities
The National Student Drama Festival will feature performances, workshops, discussions, masterclasses and entertainment in venues across Scarborough, including the Stephen Joseph Theatre, University of Hull Scarborough Campus and the Scarborough Spa. NSDF14 will run from 12-18 Apr
Read with a free account →21 November 13 · Opportunities
Undeb Theatre is offering IdeasTap members the opportunity to pitch a script idea for its festival in 2014. What to submit: To apply, you should prepare a script treatment of no more than 1,000 words. Script ideas must adhere to the following rules: There must only be two charact
Read with a free account →20 November 13 · News
Graeae has announced the writers selected for Write to Play, its new playwriting scheme, which aims to provide opportunities to deaf and disabled writers. The scheme will be run by Graeae in partnership with the National Theatre Studio, Royal Court, and Soho Theatre. The writers
Read this article →19 November 13 · Opportunities
Writers are invited to submit plays for the Arundel Festival Theatre Trail, conceived and presented by Drip Action Theatre Company, now in its fourteenth year. It performs at the end of August, on each of the Festival’s eight days, eight short plays at eight different venues all
Read with a free account →14 November 13 · News
Theatre Centre has announced the winners of its competitions recognizing and supporting writing for young people. Danny Braverman won the Brian Way Award for Wot? No fish!!. The £6,000 is designed to support the development of a new play. Lou Ramsden received the Adrienne Benham
Read this article →14 November 13 · Opportunities
The New Musical Project is searching for up and coming musical theatre writers who want to develop their work alongside industry professionals and a West End theatre. The Project is looking for submissions of new one act musicals, of which The Project will select six to be develo
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