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30 September 20 · Opportunities
This new scheme offers five successful applicants £20,000 each to be trained and guided through the development process of writing their own original screenplay. It is aimed at Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers, who are currently under-represented in the UK screen industry
Read with a free account →28 September 20 · Opportunities
The 2020 Cheshire Prize for Literature is a celebration of all the creativity that has flowered and continues to flourish during the pandemic. This year the Prize is opening up its digital doors, in collaboration with Storyhouse, to accept digital submissions from all four catego
Read with a free account →28 September 20 · Opportunities
Stockroom is a writers room for theatre. Led by a Head Writer, the Stockroom Artists will produce new work for midscale stages around the country. It is Out of Joint’s mission to create the best new work for the midscale, working with diverse artists to develop and workshop new p
Read with a free account →28 September 20 · Opportunities
Applications for Season 3 of the Ragged Scratch Podcast are now open and they are looking for Writers, Directors, Actors and Sound Designers wanted (remote position, unpaid opportunity). Writers: They are after 5-8 minute plays written for audio, max 3 actors (doubling allowed).
Read with a free account →28 September 20 · Opportunities
The Dramatists Guild Legal Defense Fund (DLDF) is partnering with The Dramatists Guild Political Engagement Initiative to present two online panel discussions that will highlight BIPOC writers who have previously been left out of significant cultural conversations. Facing Censors
Read with a free account →28 September 20 · Opportunities
Turn Point Theatres 4TH theme of their FREE weekly online scratch night is “LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING” Send in your 5-8 minute piece by Friday 2nd October, 5pm (UK), for a chance to have it showcased on Thursday 8th October & recieve feedback by their group of readers. You can send
Read with a free account →25 September 20 · 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! Featured posts: **Update: Covid-19 and our work**
Read with a free account →23 September 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: Channel 4 – Screenwriting Course Description: The
Read with a free account →23 September 20 · Opportunities
The submission window for next month’s New Moon is now Open! FOR WHO: Playwrights, Poets, Spoken Word Artists & New Writers – All Welcome. WHEN: 7pm Friday 16th of October – The September New Moon WHERE: Live on The Queens of Cups Facebook page & YouTube channel. THEME – Break Up
Read with a free account →23 September 20 · Opportunities
If you’re a writer/theatre maker with some time to spare for reviewing live theatre in London, please get in touch with the Editor Heather Jeffery hjwrites@aol.com www.londonpubtheatres.com Deadline: none specified Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Group
Read with a free account →23 September 20 · Opportunities
The Treason Show is looking for new topical satire comedy writers for their TV show spin off on Local TV (Latest TV – Brighton). There are no limits on age, geography etc. Working class satirical voices very welcome. They would like to see two examples of your work, a sketch and
Read with a free account →23 September 20 · Opportunities
The purpose of the course is to offer 12 writers new to television drama an insight into how the industry works and to provide a “dry-run” of what it can be like to write under a television drama commission, specifically for one hour series and serial drama, and to work with them
Read with a free account →23 September 20 · Opportunities
Newsjack the Radio 4 Extra topical news sketch show, which anyone can write for, is again looking for writers to submit sketches and one-liners for its 23rd series. Irreverent and satirical, Newsjack is the scrapbook sketch show written entirely by the Great British public, and t
Read with a free account →23 September 20 · Opportunities
BBC Writersroom: Who We Are and What we Do: Saturday 26th September 2020 13.00 – 14.00 online webinar Ever wondered how to get noticed by the BBC as a writer? How to send your script and what happens when you do? BBC Writersroom is always on the look-out for fresh talented writer
Read with a free account →23 September 20 · Opportunities
The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 20/21 Launch – Friday 25th September 2020 from 21.00 – 22.00 The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is a £5,000 bursary for Northern writers new to radio established in 1992 to commemorate the life and work of Alfred Bradley, the distinguished BBC Radio
Read with a free account →23 September 20 · Guest Post
12.4%: The number of people who come from a working-class background working in Film, TV or Radio. In These Streets, the new film from Underscore Studios, the issue of classism within the arts is brought to the forefront. We caught up with writer, Jordan John, to find out more ab
Read this article →23 September 20 · Opportunities
The Swiss Church London are offering subsided (pay-what-you-can) space for emerging artists, including semi-residencies where they offer our smaller room for up to 2 weeks of unlimited access (perfect for R&D or pre-production rehearsals). The Swiss Church in London, Covent Garde
Read with a free account →18 September 20 · 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! Featured posts: **Update: Covid-19 and our work**
Read with a free account →16 September 20 · Opportunities
ALL-OUT FOR FEMALE IDENTIFYING PLAYWRIGHTS/WRITERS/PERFORMERS/DIRECTORS Empower Her Voice are looking for submissions from female-identifying writers for their SECOND scratch night online. It will be a beautifully curated evening of different forms of theatre. The night will be a
Read with a free account →16 September 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: Wolab – First Commissions Description: First Comm
Read with a free account →16 September 20 · Opportunities
Rcreatives is on the lookout for new scripts for R Online Read#2 If you have a script you have been working on and would love to hear it read out loud for the first time. Get other artists in the industry reactions and discuss what makes your piece special. Contact at Rcreativesl
Read with a free account →16 September 20 · Opportunities
Tuesday 22 September 2.30pm – 3.30pm Park Theatre Stage Craft: Narrative, Exposition, Subtext, Dialogue… This workshop, which is aimed at actors, writers and directors, aims to unlock some of the key components of drama: from narrative structure to exposition to creating (and spe
Read with a free account →16 September 20 · Opportunities
Find out more and apply here. Deadline: 15 October 2020 Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Group
Read with a free account →16 September 20 · Opportunities
First Commissions is a new project in association with Plaines Plough to commission three new writers. Applications are now open via this link. Each writer will: -Receive a £1,500 commission to cover 3 weeks of writing and development work, spread between October – December 2020
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