10 August 20 · Opportunities
Poems, short stories and monologues that show something new emerging either from a rediscovery made after returning to a familiar place or from an embarrassing moment that became cathartic. This moment can only be experienced now, like One Last Gasp. Recent projects from this tea
Read with a free account →10 August 20 · Original Content / Play Club
Our fourth and final submission window is now officially open for #PlayClub2020! We’re looking for brand new short plays written in response to this month’s play: As You Like It by William Shakespeare. Selected plays will be given a rehearsed reading at an event with industry pro
Read this article →07 August 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →05 August 20 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in August 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 the
Read with a free account →05 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: Tamasha Theatre – Made at Home: A Tamasha Virtual
Read with a free account →05 August 20 · Opportunities
An Online Workshop (1 hour a day for 5 days) for those interested in writing Comedy for Television, Radio and Theatre with Arron Bennett. Next Workshop: Monday 17th August – Friday 21st August 2020 Find out more here: https://www.bennettarron.com/gigs/ (Arron Bennett also offers
Read with a free account →05 August 20 · Opportunities
The BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Competition is a platform for aspiring screenwriters to have their work showcased and a fantastic opportunity to take their writing career to the next level. The TV Comedy strand of the competition is now open for entries Applications open: Monday 2
Read with a free account →05 August 20 · Opportunities
Writing East Midlands (WEM), the literature development agency for the region, is hiring a Writer Development Manager. This key role involves working to develop the creative and professional practices of writers at various stages of their careers, creating opportunities for them
Read with a free account →05 August 20 · Opportunities
Arts education company, Changing Relations, are seeking to commission a writer committed to socially engaged / participatory practice to work collaboratively with an existing group of young people – in Bensham, Gateshead. The commissioned writer will shape the young people’s indi
Read with a free account →05 August 20 · Opportunities
Writer Support Plan 2020-2021 What is it: Award-winning Hull company Silent Uproar is releasing £20,000 to support brilliant, bold and exciting Northern playwrights (anyone who was born, raised or lives in the North of England). Year-Long Support Selected playwrights will receive
Read with a free account →05 August 20 · Opportunities
Reflex Theatre in Norwich are returning with their successful online Short Form Scratch Night format and they are accepting new submissions. They are inviting writers to send in the First page, Last page and Synopsis of their script and the Reflex Theatre ensemble will improvise
Read with a free account →05 August 20 · Opportunities
INK is welcoming new short scripts for stage and radio from writers aged 25 and under for the 2021 INK Festival. Writers must be based in the UK or have links with East Anglia. There are multiple categories including New Short Play, Theme Play, Radio Play and Under 18. One script
Read with a free account →03 August 20 · Opportunities
JW3 are looking to commission up to 5 emerging artists/performers/theatre-makers to create a new, short site-specific piece of performance for an evening of immersive theatre at our newly re-opened venue on Sunday 29th November 2020. The performances will be informed by Jewish th
Read with a free account →31 July 20 · Opportunities / Original Content
And last but not least… So far over Play Club 2020, we’ve had the privilege of reading hundreds of fantastic new works, making choosing each winning work incredibly difficult. We’ve had four brilliant new winning pieces over the past year and we were astounded by the high level o
Read with a free account →31 July 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →29 July 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: SLAMinutes – SLAMinutes does Mental Health throug
Read with a free account →29 July 20 · Opportunities
CURRENT PLAYWRITING COURSES (August-September 2020) COURSE 1: BEGINNERS PLAYWRITING In this course you will begin a new play and embark on a process towards a first draft of a script. Starting with discovering your idea and into genre, themes, character development, the form and
Read with a free account →29 July 20 · Opportunities
Every year, Tamasha Theatre Company has been asking you to send them new short scripts, on any subject, with those selected few being scratched in front of a live audience. But a certain virus that shall not be named has pooped all over that, so Plan B: they’ve adapted and taken
Read with a free account →29 July 20 · Opportunities
The Green Curtain Theatre company are looking for pieces of new writing inspired by those summer events which could not take place this year because of Covid-19. These pieces of writing should be inspired by a photo. Entry is open to anyone aged over 18 based in the UK, who is a
Read with a free account →28 July 20 · Opportunities
QUEER ALL ABOUT IT SCRIPT CALL OUT QUEERS BEYOND BORDERS Green Carnation Company are looking for script submissions for the third of our QUEER ALL ABOUT IT short film commissions. We are looking for writers to respond to the theme ‘Queers Beyond Borders’ exploring the experiences
Read with a free account →24 July 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →23 July 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 Fagon Award 2020 Description: The accompli
Read with a free account →22 July 20 · Opportunities
The Dramatic Pulse of your Play: An Online Workshop with Marietta Kirkbride During this workshop we will investigate scene structure and chronology to find the most compelling path through a story. We’ll look at where drama sits in some existing plays, and use a series of exercis
Read with a free account →22 July 20 · Opportunities
The Factory Theatre Workshop (based at the Bomb Factory) is a company developing new writing, with an emphasis on excavation and experimentation. The theme for their next online new writing showcase: ‘MIDSUMMER’. They are looking for images and written submissions of 500 words or
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