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11 January 24 · Uncategorized
The Royal Exchange Theatre are delighted to be re-introducing the Observer Mondays Directors Scheme. This Scheme allows one local theatre maker at an early stage in their career the opportunity to “observe” rehearsals for an in-house production. The participant is invited into re
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The Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize 2024 Awarded for the best playwriting response on the theme of ‘Language’. Prizes: The winner of the Theatre Prize will receive a cash prize to support the writing of their proposed play, and the runners up will receive travel expense support t
Read with a free account →19 December 23 · Opportunities
Greenlit, a crowdfunding and business services platform for creatives, will be hosting a series of workshops on how to ‘set yourself up for success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’ with their Head of Theatre, Grace O’Keefe. Grace, co-creator of the five-star, two-time EdFringe s
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Offshoots Theatre are inviting playwrights to submit ten minute and/or one minute scripts, on any theme. A selection will be produced and performed at the Golden Goose Theatre on 24 & 25 Jan 2024. Please submit scripts to offshootssubmissions@gmail.com by December 21st. Unpaid –
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Interested in LGBTQ+ drama but unsure where to start? want to check terminology, approaches and know where to submit your work? or are you interested in the history of LGBTQ+ theatre in order to inform your writing? This workshop will do both. Giving you an overview of previous L
Read with a free account →14 December 23 · Opportunities
Submissions for Anthrotalks – REFRESH are now OPEN! A pick’n’ mix of London’s hottest new poets, Anthrotalks is an evening of new-writing, comedy and songs, curated by Anthroplay Theatre. Ten exceptional performers take to the stage, with each night revolving around a different t
Read with a free account →07 December 23 · Opportunities
The Women in Theatre Lab is the new UK version of US and Australian models, providing a ongoing paid pipeline to support UK female playwrights from ideas to first drafts to full commission/productions. The Lab offers: 10 £1000 seed commission to support emerging and mid-career
Read with a free account →30 November 23 · Opportunities
OPTIK THEATRE SCRIPT ROOM This is a call out for Optik Theatre’s mext Script Room new writing showcase in March 2024. The Script Room is for UK based established and emerging writers who want to see a work in progress or a completed play performed professionally. This is a paid o
Read with a free account →30 November 23 · Opportunities
The fifteenth King’s Shorts Festival of Ten Minute Plays, will be hosted by King’s Theatre in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada on June 21, 22 and 23, 2024. Entries for the Festival may be sent either by mail or online by January 15, 2024. By Mail: Send postmarked no later tha
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Green Curtain Theatre are offering writers with an Irish heritage the opportunity to have their writing performed. This is as part of their latest theatre project to mark the centenary of the ending of the Civil War in Ireland in June 1923 and the hostilities that preceded it. Th
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Menagerie Theatre Company is now accepting applications for their Young Writers’ Workshop 2024. The YWW is a development programme for playwrights aged 18 – 30 who are based in the East & South-East. It supports writers to develop a new one-act play with individual coaching & men
Read with a free account →16 November 23 · Opportunities
Just Some Theatre have just launched our latest script call out and are looking for script submissions of full length plays suitable for Rural Touring in the UK. The script must be: Written by a UK resident Able to be performed by a cast size of 2 to 4 Not previously performed pr
Read with a free account →16 November 23 · Opportunities
Calling all WRITERS! Quantum Egg Theatre Company are proud to announce our first project: ALGORITHM For this anthology night in March 2024, we are looking for scripts centred around our sci-fi inspired theme. Scripts should be no more than 30 minutes and should require no more th
Read with a free account →09 November 23 · Opportunities
UR UPCOMING SCRIPT DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 17 WHICH IS THE CUT-OFF FOR SCRIPTS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORT+SWEET HOLLYWOOD!!! ALL SCRIPTS SUBMITTED BEFORE NOVEMBER 17, 2023 WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THE FOLLOWING SHORT+SWEET FESTIVALS HAPPENING ACROSS THE GLOBE IN 2023 AND 2024: Short+S
Read with a free account →09 November 23 · Opportunities
FeshFest is a celebration & showcase of brand new theatre between the 4th & 24th February 2024. Our venue is the Old Red Lion Theatre in Angel, Islington – a highly reputable fringe space for new writers & theatre companies since 1979. We are looking to debut a number of innovati
Read with a free account →06 November 23 · Opportunities
Have you got a new idea for climate theatre? Would you like to try out a 5 to 10 minute extract in front of a friendly audience? We’re Wise Ram Theatre and we make theatre that explores the climate crisis with humour, nerve and heart. We run monthly workshops for VAULT Creative A
Read with a free account →06 November 23 · Opportunities
Mary and Her Monster: Join theatremaker Catherine Duquette in open rehearsals for a new show about mothering and technology. What are open rehearsals? Fun interactive sessions where you can shape the show and peek inside the creative process. Pick from three locations (Camden/Eus
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Theatre companies Sohaya Visions and Mukul and Ghetto Tigers are looking for scripts that promote tolerance and understanding in imaginative ways for their RAFTA award (Rise Against Fanaticism Through the Arts). The winner will be awarded £500 to develop the work to performance s
Read with a free account →02 November 23 · Opportunities
Bitter Pill are launching The Painkiller Prize: a new (and hopefully annual) playwriting prize, but with a twist. Unlike many other prizes, they will not be asking for completed scripts. Instead, playwrights will be invited to submit a pitch form for a new idea alongside a sample
Read with a free account →31 October 23 · Opportunities
White Noise Theatre are looking for some collaborators to be involved in our brand new scratch night just for actor-writers: Write Noise Night. The night will present a line-up of noisy new work created and performed by actor-writers. Over the course of the night, as the other ac
Read with a free account →26 October 23 · Opportunities
Theatremaker, Sarah-Louise Young will be delivering a two-hour online workshop on November 4th (11 a.m.–1 p.m.) all about how we need to be preparing for Edinburgh 2024 now. In this session, you will explore: – The pros and cons of taking a show to the Fringe and what you can exp
Read with a free account →19 October 23 · Opportunities
The Script Readers is an organisation which connects talented writers with professional actors. Their Autumn fundraiser includes a meet and greet and a writing workshop. Autumn FundraiserWednesday 22nd November 2023 5-7pm Meet and greet @ Theatre Royal Stratford East (at the bar)
Read with a free account →16 October 23 · Opportunities
Flawstate Theatre Company are hosting a scratch night celebrating our imperfections with the theme: ‘Flawed & Flawless’ They are looking for ready-to-perform monologues, duologues and spoken word pieces. They will provide: Mentoring and support from the Flawstate team A space to
Read with a free account →12 October 23 · Opportunities
Degenerate Fox, the London Neofuturists, are holding auditions for company members on Tuesday, November 14th 6:30pm – 9:30pm and Wednesday, November 15th 6:30pm – 9:30pm, with callbacks Saturday, November 25th and Sunday, November 26th from 10am – 5pm at the Rosemary Branch Theat
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