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14 March 24 · Opportunities
Shelagh Delaney New Writing Award Criteria – 2024 We are thrilled to announce submissions are open from the 25th November AWARD DETAILS The winning writer will receive a cash award of £3000.00 The winning play will be produced and performed at Salford Arts Theatre Support and men
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“The working classes in the gallery have supported the British theatre ever since Elizabethan times. Give them good plays and they will go to the theatre.” – Shelagh Delaney In conjunction with their production of A TASTE OF HONEY, Shelagh Delaney’s iconic play, the Royal Exchang
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Would you like to be a crucial role in our growing company – The Writer’s Mark? We’re looking for a Producer to be part of ‘next steps’ as we develop our work for future events, festivals and funding applications. This is an exciting role for someone seeking experience in this fi
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DIRECTING PLAYS An online workshop that introduces you to the fundamentals of being a theatre director In this workshop, you will learn: What a director does How to begin How to direct actors How to collaborate with writers How to collaborate with other creatives How to be a dire
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HATCH & SCRATCH AT PECKHAM FRINGE! Our amazing new writing night will be running for three evenings as part of Peckham Fringe 2024 at the Golden Goose Theatre. We are seeking writing, performance and directing submissions from Peckham-based, local creatives. Performers and direct
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Rewriting Justice is a one-day training course for theatre-artists and playwrights who want to learn how to facilitate playwriting workshops in criminal justice settings, women’s centres and in the community. This is an exciting opportunity to learn from Clean Break’s 40+ years o
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Applications for the 2024 WBD Access Northern Writers’ Programme are LIVE!!! ⭐️🎊. WBD Access is partnering with Wall to Wall North and the Royal Exchange Theatre for their Northern Writers’ Programme! They’re looking for four talented theatre writers from underrepresented backgr
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Following sold out events in 2023, Playfull theatre are holding their next Scratch Night on the 29th April 2024 at Civic House in Glasgow. They are now accepting submissions from playwrights and theatre makers with pitches of new work to be performed in front of an audience at th
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Scratch at the Jack are looking for pieces that are exciting, innovative and engaging to be performed on Sunday 31 March. The audience will give feedback after the event which will be sent to you. Your piece could be theatre (including extracts from a new play or a short play), f
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We are Carmen Collective, a theatre company making vibrant work in collaborative settings across the UK. Over the last three years, Carmen Collective have raised nearly a quarter of a million pounds in funding, produced national tours, and performed our work to sell-out audiences
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Calling all writers! Itchy Feet Productions are looking for a max 10 minutes (no minimum) monologue for a female voice (performer age 30-40) inspired by World Theatre Day, which is on the 27th March! The piece must be be all your own original work. The opportunity is open to writ
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Menagerie Theatre are seeking three professional standard theatre productions/performances to be developed and shared as part of Hotbed Theatre Festival 2024 (19-21 July). As a Hidden Voices supported production you will receive a grant of £1500 towards your development and perfo
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You’ve written your play, but not sure what it should look like on the page…unsure what theatres want, how many pages, what font even how many stage directions to write? In this workshop we’ll go over the common formatting styles, look at different approaches for different types
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PlayLab is an exciting new event, which launches July 2024 at East Riding Theatre. Our aim is to offer our audiences the opportunity to discover both new and established writers by engaging more people in the live theatre experience. Whether you are an established or first-time w
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Playwrights will have the chance to see their scripts performed next year at the Abbey Theatre in a New Writing Festival hosted by the Company of Ten. Entry to the festival is completely free. Perhaps you have a script languishing in a bottom drawer? Or maybe you’ve always wanted
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Play with your Play is back March 26th. The first call out will be for plays, performances, one person shows coming in at less than 45 minutes but more than 30 mins, ideal for fringe theatre. Only three actors maximum. Your play will be cast and played with by directors Amy Housl
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NEW WRITING OPPORTUNITY- Questors Theatre We’re looking for disruptive new writing for west London’s newest scratch night! As part of the QExtra season at The Questors Theatre, we’ll be selecting a range of 10-15 minute pieces with minimal staging requirements for an evening of s
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Blue Stocking Theatre are looking for short plays (around 15 minutes long) from emerging female writers to stage in Manchester City Centre in August 2024. After the success of All the Rage, they are producing All the Rage 2.0. They want to curate a playful, exciting evening, show
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Submissions for Anthrotalks – FEMME are now OPEN! A pick’n’mix of London’s hottest new performers, Anthrotalks is an evening of poetry, comedy and songs, curated by Anthroplay Theatre. Twelve exceptional artists take to the stage, with each night revolving around a different them
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“Bush Open Submissions in brief: We want to read full length, unproduced plays from writers based in the UK and Ireland that don’t have an agent We consider all the plays that are submitted. 100+ writers will get feedback, and we’ll find at least 2 members of our next Emerging Wr
Read with a free account →25 January 24 · 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
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We are recruiting a Writer local to South Yorkshire to create a new piece of theatre. Between April and November 2024, we will be delivering weekly creative sessions. The piece will reflect themes and ideas from creative sessions with people living with long-term mental health ne
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StoryTown is a 3-day event in Birmingham from 25th to 27th January 2024, featuring an inaugural festival, conference, and two Enter.Stage.Write screenwriting galas. It is open to storytellers, filmmakers, creatives, producers, VR enthusiasts, and theatre lovers with an entreprene
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This is a course for beginning and intermediate level writers who are interested in making work for TV, Film or Theatre that focuses on the core building block of dramatic writing: dialogue. Award-winning writer Tom Hunsinger will lead the group through a series of exercises desi
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