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09 December 14 · Opportunities
Claremorris Fringe Festival 2015 is seeking submissions of 15 minute plays. The Fringe will be held from April 4th to 11th 2014 – with two plays each night – that’s a total of sixteen plays. The venue is The Dalton Inn Hotel in the centre of the town, adjacent to the Town Hall. T
Read with a free account →08 December 14 · Events
Can Playwrights Cross Borders Others Can’t? (New Writing Platform) Tuesday 09 Dec 2014 from 18:30 to 20:00 This event will be run by dramaturg and writer Caroline Jester, who has developed international playwriting projects in Germany, Poland, Croatia, Italy and the US including
Read this article →05 December 14 · Opportunities
If you’re aged 14 to 26, and want to develop your comedy, theatre or writing skills to a higher level, then SYC Comedy Lab, SYC Theatremakers or SYC Writers’ Lab is where you should be. Launched in 2011, Soho Young Company gives you the opportunity to meet new people, have a laug
Read with a free account →05 December 14 · 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 →03 December 14 · Opportunities
Berliner Festspiele is accepting submissions of plays from dramatists at the beginning of their career for a performance in Berlin next year. The competition is open to applicants from all over Europe. For full details see the website. Deadline: 15 December 2014 Source: Playwriti
Read with a free account →28 November 14 · Opportunities
Fisher Taylor-Gaunt Productions is offering four writing teams the opportunity to develop their musicals. Each successful musical will receive a week’s worth of development in Spring 2015, culminating in a 30-minute showcase in a Central London venue. Each successful musical will
Read with a free account →28 November 14 · 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 →26 November 14 · Opportunities
ARE YOU AGED 16-19? ARE YOU PASSIONATE AND COMMITTED ABOUT WRITING FOR FILM? Then the BFI Film Academy Residential Programme in Screenwriting is for you! The BFI are looking for 25 of the most talented and committed young writers from across the UK to take part in an intensive an
Read with a free account →26 November 14 · Education / Events
Head to IdeasTap HQ to meet Ugly Sister Productions (As of 2015 to be known as The Story Project), a new writing theatre company headed up by Esther Jane Shepherd and Julia McShane. They are responsible for The Story Project – a large project where they collaborate with writers,
Read this article →24 November 14 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
Filmmakers! IdeasTap are offering £10K to fund the production of a short film of any genre. The only restriction is that they are looking for film makers who have at least one short film under their belt. The length of the film can be anything up to 25 minutes. They will issue th
Read with a free account →24 November 14 · Opportunities
Vertical Line is inviting writers to submit a brief or 10 pages from a full length script made for 10 year olds. Selected plays will be performed at Little Line Up, a new writing event for young audiences. The performance will take place on 17 January 2015 at a Greenwich Theatre
Read with a free account →24 November 14 · Events / Opportunities
Writers are invited to go to a performance of ‘Fear in a Handful of Dust’ at COG Arts at 3pm on December 7th on a pay what you can basis. You then write your response and submit it to scripts@verticallinetheatre.co.uk Selected scripts will be performed on 16 December 2014 at COG
Read with a free account →24 November 14 · Events
You can catch Mike Bartlett talking about his play, King Charles III at Waterstones Hampstead this Friday 28 November at 7pm. Tickets cost £5 and you can get them in the store or by calling 02077941098. Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Page
Read this article →21 November 14 · 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 →20 November 14 · Education
Calling all playwrights and screenwriters! Suba Das is hosting this free Q&A sesssion with Louise Stephen (Deputy Literary Manager Royal Court) and Henry Swindell (Development Producer for BBC Writers Room). Where: Curve, Leicester When: 29 November 2014 at 6.30pm Book here. Sour
Read this article →19 November 14 · Opportunities
Moniack Mhor is proud to host the eighth annual Jessie Kesson Fellowship. This annual award was established in 2009 by Moniack Mhor to honour Jessie Kesson’s inspirational life and work. Moniack Mhor Writers’ Centre (Scotland) is inviting established writers to apply for the Jess
Read with a free account →18 November 14 · Opportunities
Amsterdam based theatre company, Orange Tea, is accepting full length plays for a production in 2015-2016. They are looking for plays of about 60-90 minutes in length for a cast of 2-4. Plays should be contemporary and reflect global society. Topics might – but don’t have to – in
Read with a free account →14 November 14 · 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 November 14 · Opportunities
Giant Cherry Productions are pleased to announce the launch of their new annual LGBT Playwriting Contest! The premise is simple: they are on the lookout for the next great gay play with LGBT characters, stories or themes. Three scripts will be selected as finalists and then perfo
Read with a free account →13 November 14 · Opportunities
IdeasTap is currently running its quarterly editor’s brief, open to artists from all disciplines, on the subject of FAMILY. The brief: “They f**k you up; you can’t choose them; and happy ones, apparently, are all alike. For this month’s Editor’s Brief, we’re asking you to go back
Read with a free account →13 November 14 · Opportunities
The Sussex Playwrights’ Club is now open to submissions for their annual Ten Minute Play Competition. These plays will be produced at the New Venture Theatre in the 75 seat Theatre Upstairs for 8 performances during the week 17 to 25 July 2015. What to submit: Your play should me
Read with a free account →12 November 14 · Opportunities
Lost Theatre is open to applications for its 5 Minute Festival, which will run from 2-7 February 2015. They are looking for emerging/newcomer playwrights, poets, spoken word artists, comedians, actors (who write their own material), physical performers…etc who have something diff
Read with a free account →10 November 14 · Opportunities
GLYPT Young Writers Collective: Writing For Change A free 10-week creative writing course for 16 to 25 year olds – part of GLYPT’s Progressionprogramme. We’re looking for young people with a strong interest in creating an original piece of writing. This could include poetry, play
Read with a free account →10 November 14 · Opportunities
The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award is for an emerging company or individual to create a show either for the Pit Theatre, Barbican or a site-responsive, non-traditional show to take place in East London. The winning show will be part of the Barbican Theatre 2016 season.
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