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28 January 15 · Writing Workshops
The Role of Music in Theatre Thursday 29 January 2015, 6.30-9.30pm Soho Theatre Tickets: £30/£25 concessions Led by Greg Harradine In this workshop, Soho Theatre’s resident composer Greg Harradine explores the questions: What is music’s role within a play? How do writers and comp
Read this article →28 January 15 · Opportunities
In Spring 2015, the Royal Court will again be running their Introduction to Playwriting group – a group for writers who want to write for the stage and are just starting to do so. The groups are a friendly and supportive environment where playwrights at an early stage of their ca
Read with a free account →26 January 15 · Opportunities
The Ticket To Write Festival is a showcase of original plays based on The Beatles. The competition is for one-act stage plays about The Beatles or any other artist, group or aspect of the 60s Mersey pop music scene. What to submit: Your plays can feature any aspect of The Beatles
Read with a free account →26 January 15 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in February 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 wh
Read with a free account →25 January 15 · Opportunities
The Walter Swan Playwriting Award is being run in association with the Ilkley Playhouse and the Ilkley Literature Festival and with support from the West Yorkshire Playhouse. It is planned that it is an annual event. There are two categories: The Walter Swan Young Playwriting Awa
Read with a free account →23 January 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
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Sky Blue Theatre Company is now accepting submissions of one-act plays for the 2015 British Theatre Challenge competition. What you get: Your play will be staged and performed by a professional director and actors at the Courtyard Theatre in London on the 4th and 5th of July. Wri
Read with a free account →22 January 15 · Opportunities
Have you committed to challenging your creativity in 2015? We’ve got just the thing for you. February brings the launch of a brand new playwriting challenge – 28 Plays Later! During the month of February, 2015 (it’s not a leap year so we have 28 days) you will have to write one s
Read with a free account →22 January 15 · Opportunities
A Friend of a Friend Productions, in partnership with Southwark Council, is proud to be working towards the second instalment of Blackfriars Stories. Following the success of October 2014’s Another Day, a site-specific promenade theatre production celebrating the area of Blackfri
Read with a free account →22 January 15 · Jobs
Channel 4 has a vacancy for an Assistant Script Editor in their Drama department to work on Hollyoaks. The role is offered on a 12 months’ fixed term contract and is based in London. The Drama department is responsible for Drama output across all the portfolio of channels, predom
Read with a free account →22 January 15 · Opportunities
To launch the Write Now 6 Festival the Jack Studio Theatre invites you to submit a 10 minute play based on the theme of Leadership. Writers of the shorts do not need to have a connection to south east London. Performances of selected scripts will take place on Saturday 9th May 20
Read with a free account →20 January 15 · Opportunities
SPUR is an independent artist-run organisation based in the North. They are currently working on a project with Tate Britain as part of the wider Radio City project, organised by artists Harold Offeh and Marion Harrison, being held at Tate Britain between November 2014 and Februa
Read with a free account →16 January 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 →14 January 15 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
In the run up to the launch of the Bruntwood competition, there’ll be an online live workshop with Bryony Lavery. When: 20 January 2015 at 6pm Find out all the details here.
Read with a free account →14 January 15 · Opportunities
Masterclass is once again offering you the opportunity to have your play staged as a rehearsed reading on stage at the Theatre Royal Haymarket! Applications for this year’s Pitch Your Play close at 5pm on Friday 27th February 2015. Pitch Your Play is an initiative that Masterclas
Read with a free account →09 January 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 →08 January 15 · Opportunities
Mind Your Head is an innovative new theatre company, creating new work that will inspire thought in its audiences. Mind Your Head was formed in September 2014 by Marni Appleton and Jessica Daniels. What started out as a little seed of an idea has quickly grown into an exciting co
Read with a free account →08 January 15 · Opportunities
HighTide Festival are giving two IdeasTap members the chance to have your play read at their brilliant theatre festival in Aldeburgh in September 2016. Up to two winners of this brief will each receive feedback from Steven Atkinson, HighTide Artistic Director, and Stephanie Stree
Read with a free account →07 January 15 · Opportunities
BBC Writersroom has changed the way they accept scripts for 2015. To simplify their system, this year there’ll be just two Script Room windows: one for comedy and one for drama. These windows will encompass all platforms, including stage, TV, film and CBBC. The Comedy window will
Read with a free account →07 January 15 · Opportunities
Got a great theatre project? Looking to bring it to life? The Space is now taking submissions for its’ 2015 Summer Season. The Space is a performing arts centre based in a converted church on the Isle of Dogs, East London. We aim to programme high quality theatre productions, run
Read with a free account →07 January 15 · Opportunities
Please note: theatre companies or agents must put plays forward for this opportunity and all plays must have received a professional production between 1 Jan and 31 Dec 2014! The University of Edinburgh in association with Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland and the Traverse Theatre ar
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Plane Paper Theatre is an emerging theatre company founded in 2014. We are dedicated to creating a platform for theatre makers to develop and produce original work that explores interesting questions and themes. We aim to work with new writers to create original and experimental
Read with a free account →05 January 15 · Education / Writing Workshops
Playwright Katherine Mitchell is leading an e-course for playwrights. It starts on 19th January 2015 and lasts for 10 weeks. It is available at the moment for the introductory price of £55. For more details on what the course entails and how to apply, visit Katerine’s website. De
Read this article →05 January 15 · Opportunities
Peppered Wit are looking for new and challenging material for 2015 for performance at the Fringe Festivals and theatre tours. They are looking for something edgy that will challenge audiences and actors alike! How to apply: send your submissions to tara@pepperedwit.co.uk Deadline
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