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04 February 21 · Opportunities
Lockdown, Taboo and You focuses on the theme of mental health and the stigma surrounding it. You are invited to submit a short 15-minute play (comedy or drama) based on your own experiences of the pandemic. The winning short play will be chosen from four finalists, performed onli
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The David Nobbs Memorial Trust, established after the death of the beloved Reggie Perrin author, has launched its fourth annual sketch comedy writing competition, encouraging new talent with financial aid in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition offers cash prizes t
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Awarded for the best playwriting response to the theme of the Alpine Fellowship 2021 – Untamed: On Wilderness and Civilization. The prize will be £3,000 plus a rehearsed reading at the Fellowship’s annual Symposium to which the winner will be invited to attend. Runners up will be
Read with a free account →03 February 21 · Opportunities
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 feedback for a short play written specifically for Zoom. Run by
Read with a free account →03 February 21 · Opportunities
This brand new 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 Sa
Read with a free account →03 February 21 · Opportunities
Theatre Peckham are delivering a writing programme for 6 emerging young writers and we wanted to share this news around! Writers between the ages of 14-21 will take part in a 4-week programme to hone their craft and skill in writing poetry, prose and industry tips on breaking thr
Read with a free account →03 February 21 · Opportunities
London performing arts charity, KDC Theatre, have been running a new writing project annually for the last few years to encourage new writers and promote efficient storytelling, here are the details of their latest scheme: What writers should submit Short plays: Related to our th
Read with a free account →01 February 21 · Opportunities
Danse Macabre is looking to read unsolicited scripts from theatre writers working in the horror genre. Whether it’s a rough first draft that you want to improve or a final draft that you’re ready to share with the world, they want to read it. They strive to offer in-depth feedbac
Read with a free account →30 January 21 · Opportunities
Flux Writers’ Lab. 10 Writers. 10 Weeks. 1 Full Length Play. This rapid-write course will equip any budding writer to finish a full length. Dates: 17th February – 21st April (ten sessions) Every Wednesday 6-7.30pm Cost: £150 Limited Spaces. How to book: visit the website www.flux
Read with a free account →30 January 21 · Opportunities
Think Shorts is an online short film platform with hundreds of independent short films. Listing your short film is now FREE. They embed films that are on YouTube or Vimeo – so you will retain all content rights for monetisation. We will categorise your short film to aid viewershi
Read with a free account →29 January 21 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to support us? Become a member today for less than £4! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news. Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! London Playwrights’ Workshop supports the Living R
Read with a free account →28 January 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: Make ‘Em Laugh comedy night accepting submissions
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
MAKE ‘EM LAUGH is a night of new comedy set up by Rebecca Rayne, in partnership with The Etcetera Theatre. A night of 5-10 minute live & screened comedy acts (monologues/stand up/sketches/Improv/filmed sketches/funny shorts) which will take place on ZOOM with an invited audience
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
OOT is a project that will develop 7 new plays based on themes of Heritage and/or Working Class Identity. Each play will be read and explored by professional actors, with support from a director and dramaturg. WRITERS Please send: – Your script that focuses on themes of Heritage
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
Reflex Theatre are bringing their globally successful online Short Form Scratch Night format to the Living Record Festival and they are accepting new submissions! They are inviting writers to send in only the First page, Last page and a brief Synopsis of their script, after which
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
The London Library has opened its Emerging Writers Programme for submissions for the third year. The Emerging Writers Programme offers unpublished writers, in all genres, one year’s membership of The London Library (which normally costs £540 per year) alongside writing developmen
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
From 2021, Comedy writer and writer/performer development is now part of the new BBC Comedy Association. This includes the Caroline Aherne Bursary, the Felix Dexter Bursary and the Galton & Simpson Bursary We will no longer open a window specifically for Comedy script submissions
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
Mammoth Screen has partnered with BBC Writersroom and BBC Drama Commissioning to search for the most exciting writers with a strong connection to Northern Ireland to develop bold, original drama and comedy-drama television series for BBC network broadcast. The scheme will give up
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
Saturday 15 May, 11am – 4pm Saturday 12 June, 11am – 4pm John Retallack’s taster day for the Oxford Playwriting Course will take you through key elements of his course, engage you in a writing a dramatic scene and invite you to hear it read aloud by professional actors. The taste
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
Oxford Playwriting – A playwriting course for all levels Applications open for 2021/22 courses! Oxford Playwriting is a programme of three Oxford-based writing courses for aspirant professional playwrights run by theatre director and Olivier award-winning playwright John Retallac
Read with a free account →25 January 21 · Opportunities
Listening, Hearing, Seeing A free Radius online workshop led by BBC radio dramatist Nick Warburton (The Archers, Tommies, Holding Back the Tide) Saturday 20 February – 2.30 to 4.00 pm GMT “Writers don’t do writing: they do listening, hearing and seeing.” (Sebastian Barry) ‘Listen
Read with a free account →22 January 21 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to support us? Become a member today for less than £4! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news. Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! London Playwrights’ Workshop supports the Living R
Read with a free account →21 January 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: The Living Record Festival live from 17 January t
Read with a free account →20 January 21 · Opportunities
In 2017, Audible launched a theater initiative, intended to radically increase access to exceptional plays and performances. A core pillar of the initiative is the Emerging Playwrights Fund, a program that invests in and nurtures self-identifying emerging playwrights, some of our
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