29 June 20 · Opportunities
BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the South East of England the New Cre
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Applications to the 2021 TV Drama Writers’ Programme are open from Friday 26th June 2020 to 12 noon on Monday 20th July 2020 for credited and/or agented writers. Please read the full Terms and Conditions of Entry ELIGIBILITY Writers must have at least ONE professionally produced
Read with a free account →29 June 20 · Opportunities
To help lift writers’ spirits Natura Contemporary Theatre have a free podcast of our live theatre production of ‘The Tree Charter Tapestry’ recorded at the Everyman Theatre Cheltenham in 2017. Streaming now. Here is the link: The Tree Charter Tapestry by Caroline Summerfield • A
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Part of the Grid is Part of the Main’s programme of affordable theatre tech, design and producing workshops. With the theatre industry on pause, they have decided to offer affordable Zoom workshops designed to provide artists with opportunities to train and create. They have laun
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Muck + Rumble is on the look out for new stories, but with Covid-19 hijacking all the theatres for the time being, they have been curating a different kind of theatrical, new writing, online experience. All in aid of Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity. This is where you c
Read with a free account →29 June 20 · Original Content / Play Club
Our third submission window is now officially open for #PlayClub2020! We’re looking for brand new short plays written in response to this month’s play: ear for eye by debbie tucker green. Selected plays will be given a rehearsed reading at a special event at the end of this year.
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The Painkiller Project is now a monthly playwriting competition with a small £150 prize for each winning play. Two plays will be selected each month and released fortnightly as podcasts (available here). So far our plays have featured Sophie Thompson, Toby Jones, Miriam Margolyes
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During the 17 June session of the East Asian Theatremakers Discussion Group, it was suggested that a writers group be formed, to provide a space for mutual support and sharing of work and ideas. This is an open invitation to all writers of East Asian/Southeast Asian descent (aspi
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Playwrights Wanted: New Normal / New Writing Theatre Festival, 17 & 18 July 2020. Over a twenty-four hour period, new plays will be written, rehearsed & performed via a digital platform. The Common Air Theatre Company is producing the New Normal / New Writing Theatre Festival, a
Read with a free account →24 June 20 · Resources
Since lockdown started Smithscripts have published over 150 new scripts online – they continue to do so and help keep theatre alive. They have also gathered a number of new writers including; Vivian Lermond, Gary Morgenstein, Doug DeVita, Philip Middleton Williams, Dennis Bush, C
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TriForce Creative Network and Greenacre Films are launching a new opportunity for writers. #ScriptSearch is a great opportunity for writers to get their feature film idea into paid development! Greenacre Films, the team behind Netflix hit Been So Long, starring Arinze Kene and Mi
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StageLaunch, a brand-new website connecting indie/unpublished playwrights with am dram societies throughout the UK. The idea behind StageLaunch is to promote indie playwrights to amateur societies in the hope that they choose more amateur plays for their future seasons. They beli
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Harpy Productions, a new company specialising in Theatre and short-film mediums are hosting an online / interactive Theatre event this August called ‘Like No Tomorrow: An Apocalypse Anthology’ For one night only, they are looking for a variety of artistic creators to come togethe
Read with a free account →19 June 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to support LPB? Become a member! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities
Read with a free account →18 June 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: Saw It Here First Productions seeking submissions
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Creative Youth are delighted to announce that applications are open for their Creative Talent Programme for 2020-2021. They are searching for three new and exciting emerging or early career companies/artists to support. What they are looking for? They are particularly keen to sup
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Six to Start is expanding its slate of immersive New Adventures audio dramas – thrilling adventures where you’re the main character. They’re looking for writers with an excellent ear for dialogue, an impeccable understanding of story and character, and the ability to produce firs
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Plays Rough London are looking for writers to take part in ‘Fly on the Wall’ a 24 Hour Plays Challenge, taking place 11th – 12th July. 4 short plays will be written and staged in 24 hours and performed live via Zoom. Plays Rough are a new-writing collective founded in Feb 2016. S
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As we slowly emerge from Lockdown, some things are edging towards normality whilst everything else still feels strange. In this video, LPW’s director Kimberley Andrews, discusses feeling like she’s in lockdown limbo and shares her tips for writing during this time…
Read this article →16 June 20 · Opportunities
BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the South West of England the New Cre
Read with a free account →16 June 20 · Opportunities
BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the South East of England the New Cre
Read with a free account →16 June 20 · Opportunities
Are You the Next Spoken Word Star? Words First is a talent development scheme for Spoken Word artists that will run throughout 2020. Selected artists will be given the chance to attend digital workshops in July and August 2020, where they will work with established artists and me
Read with a free account →16 June 20 · Opportunities
BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the English Midlands, the New Creativ
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