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26 August 20 · Opportunities
American Actors UK are accepting play submissions for this event! Click here for details and to submit: https://forms.gle/nejxfqYH6V95smFh7 Unfortunately this is unpaid. Each piece must be written for 2-4 Actors, must have 50% female/ femal identifying characters and include the
Read with a free account →26 August 20 · Opportunities
Every year the Traverse Theatre open script submissions window seeking bold, brilliant, innovative new plays. As Scotland’s only theatre wholly dedicated to new writing, they strive to discover, nurture and produce the brightest new voices across Scotland, the UK and Ireland. The
Read with a free account →25 August 20 · Opportunities
The Factory Theatre Workshop would like to announce the theme for the next edition of their monthly newsletter, which will be released a month from today: ‘RETURN’. They are looking for images and written submissions of 500 words or less, in any genre (think monologues, poems, sh
Read with a free account →25 August 20 · Opportunities
BBC Studios is looking for the next generation of series creators. One of the biggest hurdles for a writer is making the leap from working on someone else’s show to getting your own work produced. The BBC Studios Writers’ Workshop is designed to bridge that gap and give writers a
Read with a free account →25 August 20 · Opportunities
The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is a £5,000 writing bursary to Northern writers new to radio and the chance of a Radio 4 drama commission. The Award was established in 1992 to commemorate the life and work of Alfred Bradley, the distinguished BBC Radio Drama Producer and is run
Read with a free account →24 August 20 · Digital Resources / News
After the success of the launch of our Zoom workshops in 2020, we’re excited to bring you a selection of courses to take you into 2021! Whilst we’d love to see you in person again soon (and when the time comes when we can run live events and courses again, we’ll be straight in th
Read with a free account →24 August 20 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Back by popular demand! This 2 hour workshop will explore inventive ways of utilising Zoom as a platform for dramatic writing; considering digital performance as a medium of it’s own – when we ran this recently, it sold out, so we decided to run it again in October. This one off
Read with a free account →24 August 20 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Want to write for Audio? No idea where to start? Look no further! This brand new 4-week long course run by our Literary Projects Manager George Bailey will give you the tools, techniques and knowledge to craft your own audio work. Through each session, participants will get invol
Read with a free account →24 August 20 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Designed as a ‘sequel’ to the introduction to musical theatre (find out more here), but also working as a stand alone, this two hour course breaks down starting to write a musical. Aimed at book writers/lyricists, but also useful for composers, we will look at dramatic structure
Read with a free account →24 August 20 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
A 2 hour overview of musical theatre style and structure and how to get started! This 2 hour workshop with Emily Garside is aimed at anyone looking to make a start in musical theatre. The workshop will take a look at the history and structure of the musical as a guide to writing
Read with a free account →24 August 20 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
In this six week course of 2 hour sessions with Emily Garside, we will combine writing advice and exercises with talking about our own work and sharing/reading extracts (only if you want to!). Designed for anyone whatever your experience of writing- whether you’ve never written a
Read with a free account →24 August 20 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
How do you pack a punch in your opening scene? How much information should you give your audience? And what does it take to hook the reader from the very first page? When you submit your play to theatres or competitions, the first few pages are everything – the opening scene is y
Read with a free account →24 August 20 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
For the 3rd year running, our popular Redrafting Course will be making a comeback in October, this time as an online course delivered via Zoom. If you want to redraft your play with practical masterclasses, tailored feedback, and dramaturgical support, read on! Ever wanted the in
Read with a free account →21 August 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 →19 August 20 · Opportunities
Fizzy Sherbet’s new podcast, which showcases short plays by womxn writers launches on 24 August. They are accepting submissions for the next series. Their submission policy is that all women and non-binary people from anywhere in the world, and of any age can submit short plays (
Read with a free account →18 August 20 · Guest Post
In this post, playwright Tamara von Werthern talks about Fizzy Sherbet, a short play reading series which has now been reimagined as a podcast to showcase the voices of womxm writers… At the tail end of 2016, theatre director Lily McLeish and myself met up for a coffee. We were m
Read this article →18 August 20 · Opportunities
The New Works Playhouse is a new organisation which aims to make the performing arts industry accessible to those who might not find it easy to be a part of it. They accept applications for performers and writers to be on their books and showcase talented performers and writers t
Read with a free account →18 August 20 · Opportunities
Quince Magazine ( www.quincemag.com ) is a new online literary and visual arts magazine that launched Summer 2020. They are accepting submissions for Issue Two from writers and artists on the theme of STREET LIFE. Submissions categories include one for SCRIPTS (stage or screen sc
Read with a free account →18 August 20 · Opportunities
Are you looking to sharpen your writing tools or jumpstart that next play? Squint’s GET WRITING and KEEP WRITING workshops are a fun, practical and accessible space to meet artists and develop your practice and work on your play. There are 12 weekly Zoom workshops starting from m
Read with a free account →14 August 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 →12 August 20 · Opportunities
WRITERS! Troubadour Theatre @troubadour2018 are calling for submissions for their Dark Work Monologues series. They are seeking monologues between 2-3 minutes in length that have an element of darkness/sinister theme/unexpected dark twist. They are not in a position to pay, unfor
Read with a free account →11 August 20 · Opportunities
The Imison Award from the Society of Authors and Peggy Ramsay Foundation (£3,000) celebrates the best in new writing for the medium of audio drama. The prize was established in 1994 in memory of Richard Imison, a BBC script editor and producer, to acknowledge the encouragement, s
Read with a free account →11 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: Sohaya Visions looking for scripts promoting tole
Read with a free account →10 August 20 · Opportunities
Playhouse Playmaker is a Writers Attachment Programme for playwrights at any stage of their career, led by award-winning playwright Clare Bayley. Up to six writers are invited to be a part of this free programme, which runs between November 2020 and July 2021. For more details, i
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