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16 September 20 · Opportunities
Tablespoon Theatre Company proudly presents their new online publication featuring all about theatre, art, poetry and future opportunities! Read MOUTHFUL here now: https://tablespoontheatre.com/Mouthful If you want to subscribe to MOUTHFUL to receive future editions in your inbox
Read with a free account →15 September 20 · Opportunities
ounded in 1993 by Carolyn French, a highly successful literary agent, Playwrights First is an organization which recognizes, rewards and advances playwrights of unusual promise. The judges of our annual contest are made up of actors, directors, producers, playwrights, teachers, a
Read with a free account →15 September 20 · Opportunities
‘I’m still here’ – Summerseat Players monologue competition The Summerseat Players, a thriving community theatre in the north of England, are looking for short monologues which can then be produced by professional filmmaker Michael Wray to form a series of short films for periodi
Read with a free account →14 September 20 · News / Play Club
And that’s a wrap for Play Club 2020 submissions! We’re thrilled to now have our full line-up of short plays which will get receive readings in an event towards the end of 2020, or start of 2021 – COVID depending! Play Club Winner #6 – Rupert Mallin: Juno’s Swans Our fourth winne
Read this article →14 September 20 · Forms
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Read this article →11 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 →09 September 20 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in September 2020. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through to peruse t
Read with a free account →09 September 20 · Opportunities
Scriptly Writing is a new writing opportunity from The Literal Challenge – a small social enterprise that brings together a community of writers, wannabe writers and newbies through creative challenges. Over the last few years, they’ve run 10 different challenges, in which people
Read with a free account →07 September 20 · Opportunities
Disentangle Projects are planning a live/broadcast Halloween storytelling/theatre show based at Stanley Halls this October. They are calling out for 10-30 minute spooky scripts that they can produce as part of this project. £200 is available if they choose to produce a script tha
Read with a free account →07 September 20 · Opportunities
By popular demand, Rebecca Humphries is returning to The Mono Box to run her brilliant comedy writing course. The past two iterations have been a huge success (2 people who’ve taken it so far have had a tv show optioned and another has won a major bursary) and we would love to in
Read with a free account →07 September 20 · Opportunities
Scene Sessions is an online forum where each week two play or screen writers share a new piece of writing, which is read by professional actors. The group then discuss topics promoted by the piece and share any useful feedback or thoughts. This forum was created during lockdown b
Read with a free account →07 September 20 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
This week Actor Awareness have a chat with Artistic Directors of Salford Arts Theatre Scott Berry & Roni Ellis. Date: 9 September 2020 6.30pm-7.30pm Location: Online Cost: Free Book here. Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Group
Read with a free account →07 September 20 · Opportunities
SUBMISSIONS CALL-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 ni
Read with a free account →07 September 20 · Opportunities
Scratch Me is a new filmmaking lab from Film Hub North for people based in the north of England who don’t make films. Yet. It’s a talent development programme for writers and writer-performers from a range of disciplines who want to experiment with the moving image. You might be
Read with a free account →07 September 20 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Is structuring a play really as daunting as it’s made out to be? Is the five act structure the enemy of the free-thinking playwright? Should we map out the structure of a play before writing it? All too often, we see structure as a challenge which stands in our way but what if we
Read with a free account →07 September 20 · News
Get Your Play on is a podcast for playwrights and theatre makers who want to know more about getting their play produced on the professional stage. In each episode, they talk to the people who decide what gets made: from artistic directors to producers, programmers, and theatre c
Read this article →07 September 20 · Opportunities
Edwin Wong presents the 2021 Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Playwriting Competition. The world’s richest competition for the writing of tragedy is now richer. At stake is over $12,000 (CDN) in prize money. The competition challenges playwrights to write 90-120 minute tragedies and c
Read with a free account →04 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 →02 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: Alfred Bradley Bursary Award Description: The Alf
Read with a free account →02 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 →01 September 20 · Opportunities
Turn Point theatre are running a new scratch night, Tickle & Scratch. The first theme will be: “MY FIRST TIME” Send in your 5-8 minute pieces by Friday 4th September, 5pm (UK), for a chance to have it showcased on Thursday 10th September & receive feedback by our group of readers
Read with a free account →01 September 20 · Opportunities
QUEER ALL ABOUT IT SCRIPT CALL OUT FAITH & SEXUALITY Green Carnation Company are looking for script submissions for their fourth and final QUEER ALL ABOUT IT short film commissions. They are looking for writers to respond to the theme ‘Faith & Sexuality’ exploring different relat
Read with a free account →26 August 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: LPW Online Workshops – Intro to Writing Musicals
Read with a free account →26 August 20 · Opportunities
WHAT: A New Writing Night WHO: Playwrights, Poets, Spoken Word Artists & New Writers – All Welcome. WHEN: 7.30pm Thursday 17th of September -The September New Moon WHERE: Zoom THEME – 2020 (Interpret this however you please) FORM: A poem or 5 minute monologue, either from the per
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