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24 March 15 · Opportunities
Writers are invited to write a 10 minute play in response to ‘Animals‘ by Emma Adams. To participate, you’ll need to see the show early in the run and get your Rapid Write Response script in by the deadline. Selected pieces will be performed in showcases on 26 and 27 April 2015.
Read with a free account →24 March 15 · Opportunities
The Bread & Roses Theatre is a new fringe theatre venue in Clapham, South London. For their 2015 Playwriting Competition, they are now looking for a one-act-play to be produced by their in-house theatre company as part of the Clapham Fringe in September 2015. What to submit: Leng
Read with a free account →20 March 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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 now grouped into three sections: 1) Opportunities with Deadlines; 2) Ongoing opportunities (no deadline); and 3) Worksho
Read with a free account →19 March 15 · Events
Adapting Annie’s Plays For Audio 16 April 2015 from 11:00am to 4:00pm Open your ears to the secrets of audio production. Enter the world of audio drama, where you can be transported from outer space to inner London in an instant. Annie’s Plays offer a perfect starting point for a
Read this article →19 March 15 · Opportunities
Act 2, in association with Fowl Humour, are looking for 10 minute monologues, set in a public space like a pub, a bench or a café, to be performed in Nottingham in late May. They are inviting writers to send scripts which explore the theme of honesty and have a Nottingham voice a
Read with a free account →19 March 15 · Opportunities
Velvet Trumpet are seeking submissions for new comedy writing night Soggy Brass, which will take place at the Southwark Playhouse on the 24th May. What to submit: All pieces must be comedic new writing. Running time of 10-15 minutes. Submissions must be stand-alone pieces. They a
Read with a free account →19 March 15 · Opportunities / Original Content
Competitions can be a great way to break into the industry as an emerging writer. Making a shortlist or winning a competition can be a huge step up in a writer’s career. And, most importantly, a competition deadline can be great motivation to write, regardless of the outcome. 201
Read with a free account →17 March 15 · Opportunities
Organized Chaos has put out their 2015 call for scripts. Organised Chaos Productions is about nurturing theatrical talent in the most chaotically organised way you could imagine. The company was set up to help and support undiscovered and emerging talent in Manchester and the Nor
Read with a free account →16 March 15 · Uncategorized
East End Literary Salon is currently seeking submissions for a monthly new writing night in Dalston. Next is on 12 April. Theme: “The theme is something around angels. However! If you don’t have anything on that theme, not a problem – don’t write something for it!! We theme aroun
Read this article →16 March 15 · Writing Workshops
DRAMATIC ACTION Tuesday 17 March 2015: 6.00pm – 8.00pm To inspire, provoke, challenge and support playwrights to create new work to submit for the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, the Royal Exchange Theatre will host a series of unique practical workshops with some of the co
Read this article →16 March 15 · Opportunities
Roister Doister Publishing is looking for plays written specifically for young people and their 2015 Competition has two categories that you can enter. One Act Plays and Full Length Plays. “Anything goes with regards to content, themes and genre of the play and we’re looking for
Read with a free account →14 March 15 · Opportunities
Lambeth new playwriting competition provides an opportunity for aspiring and emerging writers to showcase new work. We welcome submissions from anyone who lives, works or studies in Lambeth. There is a category for young writers of 21 and under. The selected pieces will be rehear
Read with a free account →13 March 15 · Opportunities
The London Short Play Festival is accepting submissions for 2015. They are looking for new and exciting plays that have not been performed in front of an audience. They can be between 15-20 minutes long and a maximum cast of 4. Unfortunately any piece which does not comply with t
Read with a free account →13 March 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
BBC Scriptroom now open for comedy submissions 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 now grouped into three sections: 1) Opportunities with Deadlines; 2) Ongo
Read with a free account →12 March 15 · Opportunities
About Guiding Lights 7 is now open for applications! First launched in 2006, Guiding Lights is Europe’s most prestigious film mentoring scheme. Majority funded by Creative Skillset, the programme supports upcoming filmmakers and professionals through high-level mentoring, complem
Read with a free account →10 March 15 · Opportunities
Story Storks Heritage delivers an interactive story workshop telling the tale of King Athelstan to children from nursery through to KS2. The story has gone down really well with teachers and parents alike, so much so that they are now developing a version to tell the tale to adul
Read with a free account →10 March 15 · Opportunities
And now. The end is near. And so we face. The final curtain… Yes, it’s true. With a tear in our eye and song in our heart, IdeasTap is closing after six years on 2 June 2015. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to rock the joint one more time like it’s 2009 with … IdeasTap Edit
Read with a free account →09 March 15 · Opportunities
BBC Writersroom’s regular window for unsolicited scripts is open between 9 March and 2 April 2015 for Comedy scripts (TV, film, radio, stage or online). See all the details here. Deadline: 2 April 2015 at midday due to the Easter holiday. No late submissions will accepted. Source
Read with a free account →06 March 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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 now grouped into three sections: 1) Opportunities with Deadlines; 2) Ongoing opportunities (no deadline); and 3) Worksho
Read with a free account →02 March 15 · Opportunities
Fine Mess Theatre are accepting applications from playwrights, directors and actors for their new writing night, Bites and Scratches. The night will feature s 15 minute extracts or plays and will be performed at the Camden People’s Theatre on 11th and 12th April. The only stipula
Read with a free account →27 February 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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 now grouped into three sections: 1) Opportunities with Deadlines; 2) Ongoing opportunities (no deadline); and 3) Worksho
Read with a free account →25 February 15 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in March 2015. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if you’d like to peruse the whole
Read with a free account →25 February 15 · Inspiration / Opportunities
As always, IdeasTap have got plenty of workshops coming up in the next few weeks. You can check out the full schedule here, but here are a couple aimed at playwrights Ideastap Inspires: A discussion on playwriting and research (4 March 2015 – London) Challenging traditional appro
Read with a free account →24 February 15 · Opportunities
Artists Anonymous are delighted to present Page to Stage. The next event is on 16 March– and they’d like to hear from theatre scriptwriters! Page to Stage is a script development and networking event for London theatre-makers. They’re looking for writers to submit a 10-minute scr
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