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07 January 21 · Opportunities
Writing a play? Would you like to dramaturge your own writing? In this dramaturgy workshop you will be introduced to The Mosaic Scale, Emily’s step by step dramaturgy process to help you edit and develop your stage script. For the purposes of this workshop, dramaturgy is: the exp
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
The Lyric Belfast is now accepting submissions for the New Playwrights Programme 2021! The programme is open to all new and emerging playwrights interested in developing a new full-length play with the guidance of the Lyric’s Literary Manager. They are also thrilled that, for the
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
Amateur playwrights world-wide are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays. Three winning scripts will be selected for fully staged performances during the Fringe Festival in October. This year, due to Covid, we filmed them on-line. One of the three scripts will be chosen for
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
Appetite are delivering The Newcastle Common, a three year programme in the centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme, which will look at the changing use of the town centre. It will test empty shops as sites of production of culture, rather than consumption, and as useful community spaces.
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
Composer and improviser James Banner is commissioning 6 people who work with words to create new pieces of writing for a new duo with Stephanie Lamprea. The words will form the basis of a new series of works for voice and double bass (plus guests) for a 2021 album release. Each c
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
The Greenhouse – the UK’s first zero-waste theatre – is now accepting applications for its 2021 programme. Whether you’re passionate about making the world a greener place through performance, or you’re simply excited to develop your sustainable practice, we’d love to hear from y
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
Watersprite Student Film Festival is looking for eight short film screenplays for the 2021 Festival. Pieces must be up to 15 pages long in standard industry format. Entry is free and open to all students currently in education, or within a year of graduating. However, Watersprite
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
Sony Pictures Television and Stellify Media, in partnership with Northern Ireland Screen, are launching a brand-new All-Ireland screenwriting prize. They are looking for ideas for high-concept, contemporary, returnable crime drama, that can be filmed on the island of Ireland. The
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
Green Curtain Theatre are offering writers from the Irish diaspora the opportunity to have their writing performed as part of their latest lockdown theatre project which celebrates the centenary since the birth of an independent Ireland. The competition is open to anyone over 18
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Uncategorized
Beardance Theatre are looking for five new texts for the next instalment of their ‘Texts in Isolation’ series of audio shorts. Pieces must be up to 5 minutes long and be in response to the theme of ‘isolation’. This doesn’t mean that it should be about COVID or lockdown, but it a
Read this article →07 January 21 · Opportunities
Has something ever made you feel like you just had to make a public declaration of love? Or lust? Indifference? Hate? How did it go? If you’re a writer, actor, comedian, singer, musician, poet, playwright, or someone who’s got a burning desire to tell us about their burning desir
Read with a free account →03 January 21 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
ChewBoy Productions are now accepting submissions for their fourth online gallery for the ‘Quarantine Collective’, in association with Living Records Festival. In light of recent events, they are seeking any creative work that has been created in or is inspired by self isolation
Read with a free account →18 December 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →15 December 20 · 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: #WrAP 2021 write a play this January Description:
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
KEEP WRITING: Subtext | 6-8 PM, Wednesday 17th February | £10.00 | Book online via squinttheatre.com/book. In this 2-hour online playwriting workshop, London-based new-work company Squint will explore how to create subtext in your writing. Squint’s Keep Writing workshops are for
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
GET WRITING: Action | 6-8 PM, Wednesday 3rd February | £10.00 | Book online via squinttheatre.com/book. In this 2-hour online playwriting workshop, London-based new-work company Squint will use the action of a scene as a starting point. Squint’s Get Writing workshops are for part
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
Squint’s GET WRITING & KEEP WRITING workshops | Booking for 2021 sessions now open | From £1 to £10 | Book online via squinttheatre.com/book. Starting in February 2021, Squint launch their third series of online playwriting workshops for participants of all experience levels. The
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
The ETPEP Award 2021 is a playwriting prize for new UK playwrights who work or have worked in the theatre industry, run by the Finborough Theatre in association with the Experienced Theatre Practitioners Early Playwriting Trust (ETPEP). The Award’s purpose is to find and nurture
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
LabWeek is development time in the Changing House offered to one artist each season. The one-week residency comes with a £3,500 budget to support the artist in their activities. A successful LabWeek applicant receives: a five-day residency in the Tron Theatre’s Changing House sup
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
The Arcola are now inviting submissions from companies and individuals – from anyone and everyone – to be part of Today I’m Wiser. They are going to be staging pop-up events in our new venue, Arcola Outside and/or and at other outdoor locations in Hackney. This festival aims to b
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
Short Circuit is a new film talent initiative for Scotland delivered by Film City Futures in partnership with Glasgow Film, and supported by Screen Scotland and BFI NETWORK (using funds from the National Lottery) They are now accepting applications for their new programme aimed a
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
Pozzitive is a multi-award-winning producer of audio comedy (Cabin Pressure, Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive, Agendum) and they couldn’t get to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, so they’ve launched a competition to find – and then develop – the four funniest scripts in the realm
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
Loud Voices Silent Streets are looking for writers to take part in and submit pieces to their upcoming writing challenges. Loud Voices Silent Streets are a production company and worldwide artistic community that value the importance of all writers being able to tell their own st
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
Our next submission window will be from Monday 4th January (10am) until Thursday 7th January (10pm). During this period we will allow access to our portal that can be found here. You will only be able to submit your script during a submission window. Before submitting your scrip
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