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08 May 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 →07 May 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: Sphinx 30: open call for female playwrights (£100
Read with a free account →07 May 20 · Opportunities
Submissions for an exciting new monthly project. In association with @thebombfactoryartfoundation, Factory Theatre Workshop will be sending out a monthly email featuring YOUR WORK! This month, they want your work on the theme of ‘DYSTOPIA’. They want to stress that they do NOT wa
Read with a free account →06 May 20 · Opportunities / Original Content
We received a huge amount of fantastic entries for the lockdown edition of Play Club 2020 in response to Shelagh Delaney’s Taste of Honey which has led to a longer than anticipated shortlisting process! Because of the high number and high quality of submissions, we’ve decided to
Read with a free account →06 May 20 · Events / Opportunities
Tickets for WMC Writers are FREE and must be booked in advance. The May session of WMC Writers will take place via Google Hangout on Friday 8th May 6:30-9pm. If you’ve not been before, this is how it works: 1. Five writers bring 10 minutes each of new work to share. 2. Actors are
Read with a free account →06 May 20 · Events
Each week Space Theatre Club watch a play online. Then they meet to discuss on zoom. It’s like a book club but you watch plays rather than read books. Where possible, they’ll invite special guests from the original production to join in. For security reasons and because places ar
Read this article →06 May 20 · Opportunities
Scratching Collective are hosting a zoom scratch night aimed at those with little experience / in training / emerging. Requirements: 10-15 minutes long 1-4 characters max not have been produced be somewhat zoom-able be the only script submitted by the writer How to apply? Send in
Read with a free account →06 May 20 · Events
The Black Men’s Consortium presents ‘Kwame & the Lockdown’ an interactive theatre performance & community dialogue during mental health awareness week 20th & 24th May 2020 7pm. Join the Black Men’s Consortium on the global stage for a virtual performance in order to connect and d
Read this article →04 May 20 · Events
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’ve decided to offer Zoom workshops that are either free or under £10. Check out their upcoming events here. Source: PLAYWRITING UK
Read this article →04 May 20 · Opportunities
Thornhill Theatre Space is excited to host their first 12-Hour Theatre Fest. Over the space of 12 hours the goal is to come up with an idea, write the play, read it and then edit. At the end of the 12 hours the goal is to have a short 10-15 minute play to share and … Thornhill Th
Read with a free account →04 May 20 · Opportunities
Filmarket Hub opens its call for projects for the UK Online Pitchbox – a two-day pitch event dedicated to British feature films and scripted series in development. In partnership with Film London, this brand new online initiative aims to discover high quality unproduced projects,
Read with a free account →04 May 20 · Opportunities
As part of Brush Stroke’s work with Manchester International Festival, they are offering THREE female playwrights living in the Greater Manchester* area the opportunity to access their script reading service FREE OF CHARGE. Selected playwrights will have their work read by Naomi
Read with a free account →04 May 20 · Events
An Online Workshop (one hour a day for five days) for those interested in writing Comedy for Television, Radio and Theatre. Have you always wanted to write Comedy? Do you have an idea for a Sitcom but don’t know where to start? Have you started a Sitcom script but don’t know how
Read this article →04 May 20 · Opportunities
As we get ready to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, The Royal Airforce Benevolent Fun are giving you the chance to honour the brave men and women that served our country by having your Battle of Britain-themed play turned into an audio drama. All you need to do
Read with a free account →04 May 20 · Opportunities
Sapphic Voices are looking for women playwrights who’d like a wee segment of their work featured on their RadioReverb 97.2fm. Monologues, duologues or segments of full plays are all welcome. Only stipulation is that pieces must feature strong women characters. Your play will be p
Read with a free account →04 May 20 · Opportunities
Masterclass’ Pitch Your Play scheme returns for 2020, and applications are now open! They are looking for either a pre-existing team consisting of a writer, a producer and a director aged 17-30 or a passionate writer, also aged 17-30, with a finished play. The Theatre Royal Hayma
Read with a free account →01 May 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 →30 April 20 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in May 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 who
Read with a free account →29 April 20 · Opportunities
Up ‘Ere Productions have setup a new online play reading group, ‘The Breakfast Club’ and are hosting a reading of a new play each day at 11am. The project is open to anybody, anywhere and are currently still open for submissions. If any writers are working on something that they
Read with a free account →29 April 20 · Opportunities
London based Chalk Roots Theatre are seeking 5 to 10 minutes monologues for their online showcase OUT OF CONTROL that will be streamed online on their YouTube channel this May. For the first time in our lives humanity as a whole is forced to confront the vulnerability and helples
Read with a free account →29 April 20 · Opportunities
Submissions are now open for Lonely Penguin’s very first scratch night. This is an unpaid opportunity for writers and performers to share their new material to an audience of fellow creatives on Saturday 26th of September evening (having been moved from the 9th of May due to the
Read with a free account →29 April 20 · Opportunities
The BCG Pro Video Contest is looking for the best scripted video sketches, which are two minutes in length or shorter. Each month, a panel of judges will select a sketch, which will be awarded £100 and shared with over 150,000 comedy fans via British Comedy Guide’s social media p
Read with a free account →29 April 20 · Opportunities
BBC Comedy Commissioning is delighted to announce the Galton & Simpson Bursary for Comedy Writing. Aimed at writers and writing partnerships, the bursary will award £5,500 to develop a script for broadcast consideration under the guidance of established industry practitioners and
Read with a free account →29 April 20 · Opportunities
Northern Ireland Screen is seeking feature film scripts to develops for its New Writer Focus scheme 2020-21. Who can apply? Only Northern Ireland resident writers new to feature film and long-form drama are eligible to apply. For the avoidance of doubt “writers new to feature fil
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