05 November 20 · News / Original Content
**ALL EMAILS AVAILABLE ON THE MEMBERS’ SITE! IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO GET SOME INSPIRATION!** I think we can all agree that we’re done with 2020, right? With that in mind, we’re really excited to announce that WrAP (or, Write A Play) is back for 2021! For the 4th year running, we’ll
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‘Lost Souls Monologues’ is a brand new podcast. This ground-breaking series features new works from British, Irish, Australian and American writers. Drawn from more than six hundred submissions from around the globe, the thirty monologues reflect something of the richness of the
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“In partnership with Pinkhouse Productions, we’re offering an early career writer the chance to have their script fully staged as a part of our socially distant Main Stage season in 2021. In order to find our next new work, we are hosting an exciting, online event: Scranton Scra
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INTERNATIONAL STAGE ON SCREEN THEATRE FESTIVAL The MAIN Theatre located in Santa Clarita, California is seeking entries for its upcoming 8-week online theatre festival that will feature plays performed by theatre companies from around the world. We are happy to accommodate all ti
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Sky Writes Freelance Roles New Writing North and Sky Studios are working together on Sky Writes, a new talent development programme which seeks to identify and nurture television writers from under-represented groups who are based in the North of England. This is the first year o
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INK has a new writing project for Christmas, An INKy Christmas with BBC Radio Suffolk. Write A MONOLOGUE OR A DUOLOGUE – to be no more than 2 MINUTES in length, with a Christmas theme. Choose a Christmas song – be it a popular Christmas song, a Christmas classic, or a carol. Anyt
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Comedy writers and performers – make a 3 minute comedy sketch for the chance to win up to £500, be seen by industry judges and thousands of comedy fans Chorts is an annual competition by The Comedy Crowd for short comedy sketches that engage an audience, introducing a new comedy
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The Mother Tongues Award development initiative, set up by Ardimages UK and Shudder Films with the support of Curzon and Charades, is looking for feature films at treatment or script stage that are set mainly in the UK, written by UK-based filmmakers. The film dialogue must mainl
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The Painkiller Project run by Bitter Pill Theatre is now open to all writers. They are looking for 1500 word plays, with a maximum cast of two (multi-rolling allowed). TWO winners will be selected. Each will receive £150 and their play will be produced for the Painkiller Podcast.
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Theatre Three Off-Stage/On-Line https://theatrethree.com/offstage-online.html In an effort to present content in a unique way, Theatre Three, Port Jefferson, is seeking short plays to be produced as part of a series of online works. Since its inception in April, the company has p
Read with a free account →30 October 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →23 October 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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CALLING ALL WRITERS! EVENT: Triumph Theatre’s Halloween 48HR Bake-off HOSTED BY: Triumph Theatre at UNCG Based on Paula Vogel’s Bake-Off’s, Triumph Theatre is hosting a virtual event to encourage people to stay indoors to prevent the spread of COVID-19 this Halloween while still
Read with a free account →21 October 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Creative Outburst is a free program for new and established writers. Every week for 8 weeks (19th October – 14th December), they will be bringing you a new theme, along with tips and exercises from a host of fantastic writers, including Vinay Patel and Ella Hickson. E
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Inverness Playwrights is a collection of drama writers of all kinds (stage, radio, screen) and of all abilities and backgrounds – who support each other and regularly get together to write, share work in progress, run workshops, hold rehearsed readings, set up scratch nights and
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Triforce WriterSlam and Prime Video are in search of new writers for paid development commission! What are they looking for? New voices, new faces, new perspectives. They want to hear from a broad range of applicants from all backgrounds. You might have literary representation, y
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Our friends at Box of Tricks Theatre and Sky Studios are now accepting submissions for the inaugural Screen/Play Award! They’re on the hunt for two Northern writers with no professional TV experience, from communities currently underrepresented on stage and screen, to write a bra
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Turn Point Theatres newest theme of their FREE online scratch night is of course: “SPOOKY STORIES” Send in your 5-8 minute piece by Friday 23rd October at 5PM (UK TIME) for a chance to have it performed online and receive feedback by their panel of judges next week. You can send
Read with a free account →16 October 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →14 October 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: The Living Record Festival – Submissions now open
Read with a free account →14 October 20 · Opportunities
Blank-Shift Writers’ Workshop is an unparalleled opportunity for young and talented writers to push their craft as part of a regular and dynamic new programme. Run by Playbox’s Literary Associate, Toby Quash, with guest speakers and writers from across the industry, the regular s
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Arch 468 want to commission 5 writers based in or with meaningful links to the Royal Docks to write a series of audio micro dramas inspired by the Royal Docks area, its history and what it means to live there now. Audio pieces can be anything up to 10 mins in length, but must be
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A freelance director and MA Theatre Directing Student at Mountview is looking for London-based writers to write a one hour play for performance next summer at Mountview’s ‘catalyst’ festival in front of a live audience. The plays must be around (or just under) 60 minutes in durat
Read with a free account →09 October 20 · Opportunities
The Living Record Festival is a month-long curation of Digital Art made from independent companies and freelance artists launching in January 2021. A broad church of accessible digital entertainment will be presented within their brand spanking new interactive virtual theatre in
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