09 November 14 · Opportunities
Goblin Baby Theatre Company is now accepting submissions for the UNHEARD Festival in February 2015! What to submit: They aim to include as wide a variety as possible of new, challenging and thought-provoking writing addressing sexual abuse and violence, the victims, the survivors
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The Bravo 22 Company are currently looking to commission a new play up to 70 mins with a delivery date of January 30th 2015 and four performances of the production at the studio at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre on 26th-28th March 2015. It is the first play to be commissioned as par
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Descent Theatre is looking for incredible short plays to be performed in February 2015. On Friday 6th February they will return to Rich Mix with our regular night of new writing: Descent Shorts. What to submit: They are looking for five original shorts, 5 – 20 mins in length Scri
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Playmakers Festival is looking for playwrights who would like to see their script performed at The Tabard Theatre in Chiswick as part of the theatre’s 30th Anniversary celebrations. Eligibility: Scripts can be submitted from anywhere across the UK, however, successful applicants
Read with a free account →07 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). Kenyon Institute offering week-long intensive for writers (Ohio, USA; $2,000 fee) – Deadline: None posted, however registrations are accep
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The Writing Platform Bursary supports experimentation and inter-disciplinary collaboration between writers and technologists. What you get: This year they will be awarding two £4000 bursaries. Each bursary will be awarded to a team made up of one writer and one technologist to co
Read with a free account →07 November 14 · Education / Opportunities
The Kenyon Institute is offering an extraordinary opportunity for aspiring and working playwrights: immerse yourself in an intensive seminar-based workshop led by creative teams and commissioned playwrights from three leading international theatres – Playwright Horizons, La Jolla
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The Saving Endangered Species International Playwriting Competition is accepting submissions. Entries must be received by midnight November 30, 2015. Winners and Finalists will be announced by May 31, 2016 via e-mail and on the SES website. What to submit: A ten-minute play about
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Tamasha Theatre will be holding an Introduction to Playwriting Workshop with Fin Kennedy on Friday 5 December 2014, from 10am-6pm in the Paines Plough rehearsal room (Aldwych, London, WC2B 4DN). About the workshop: This one-day workshop for beginners aims to introduce some basic
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Following the sell-out success of Briefs‘ first foray to Waterloo East Theatre, they are now accepting submissions for the next edition of the quarterly new writing night will be back at the same venue in the New Year. The Winter 2015 show will take place on January 7 2015; with
Read with a free account →05 November 14 · Opportunities
The Brockley Jack Theatre is currently accepting submissions for Write Now 6. The Write Now Festival began at the Jack in 2010, and has run for five successive years. Under the artistic direction of Kate Bannister, the Write Now festival is an integral and essential part of the J
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The East End Literary Salon is a monthly new writing night at Ophelia in Dalston featuring rehearsed readings and semi-staged performances from emerging playwrights. The idea is that the salons are a safe space for emerging playwrights to have their work performed with drinks and
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Carabosse in Milton Keynes is currently accepting submissions for its next Pub Theatre nights to be performed in May 2015. What to submit: Pieces for the Pub Theatre night can only be 5 minutes up to 20 minutes in length – however they can be pieces in their own right, ‘works in
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Artists Anonymous are delighted to present Page to Stage. The next event is on Wednesday 26 November 2014 – and we’d like to hear from theatre scriptwriters! Page to Stage is a script development and networking event for London theatre-makers. They are looking for writers to subm
Read with a free account →31 October 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). Mordue Pictures seeking writer for film project – Deadline: 31 October 2014 New York University seeking New Plays for Young Audiences – De
Read with a free account →27 October 14 · Jobs / Opportunities
Bravo 22 Company is the Royal British Legion’s theatre welfare programme. The Company is currently looking to commission a play (up to 70 minutes in length) to be delivered by January 2015. The play will be performed on 26-28 March 2015 at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre. It is essen
Read with a free account →24 October 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). East End Literary Salon have one slot left for their November show (submit asap!) – Deadline: none posted Rapid Write Response Night comin
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The Bruntwood Prize will be open to submissions in 2015, so start getting yourself ready! In honour of the prize’s 10th Anniversary, a special panel event will be held at the National Theatre on the official launch date of 29 January 2015. (The closing date has not yet been annou
Read with a free account →20 October 14 · Events
For writers interested in participating in Theatre503’s next Rapid Write Response, you can get discounted tickets to their Writers Night for Cans on 5 November 2014. (Sign up to their writers newsletter to get the discount ticket code!) Source: Theatre503 e-newsletter
Read this article →17 October 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). Secret Theatre has an opportunity for playwrights… – Deadline: None posted NT New Views Playwriting programme for 15-19-year-olds – Deadli
Read with a free account →16 October 14 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
The Emerging Creatives (ECs) programme at the Hospital Club supports London based creatives working in one of the following categories: Film, Publishing & Writing, Art & Design, Theatre & Performance, Fashion, Games& Digital and Creative Entrepreneurs, who are in the early stages
Read with a free account →14 October 14 · Opportunities
The Sussex Playwrights’ Club is pleased to announce a new playwriting competition to help celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2015. What to submit: New plays in any genre (not musicals) are welcome, lasting from a minimum of 75 minutes to a maximum of 100 minutes – and containing t
Read with a free account →13 October 14 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
Forty aspiring writers for screen, stage and radio will attend a practical, hands-on BBC Writersroom workshop at IdeasTap, taking place on Wednesday 17 December 2014. The workshop will be held from 1pm till 6pm with a free lunch being served from 12pm for all attendees. The works
Read with a free account →13 October 14 · Opportunities
Entries are now open for the Channel 4 screenwriting course 2015. The purpose of the course is to offer 12 writers new to television drama an insight into how the industry works and to provide a “dry-run” of what it can be like to write under a television drama commission, specif
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