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09 January 20 · Opportunities
Places are still available for Advanced Playwriting at City Lit, Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 starting 21 January and running to the end of March. This weekly workshop class is for writers with previous experience (who’ve written at least one full draft of a play) and want a structured env
Read with a free account →08 January 20 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
London Lovecraft Festival 2020 are calling for writers to submit a H.P. Lovecraft inspired play for a staged performance at the Drayton Arms in Kensington between the 19th and 25th April. It can be a comedy, a drama, a heartfelt romance about Shoggoths falling in love, or a creep
Read with a free account →07 January 20 · Opportunities
30 Performers + ONE Location + ONE Vital Topic + ONE Minute Each SLAM Minutes are looking for 30 playwrights, spoken word artists, comedians, visual, drag and burlesque artists, singer-songwriters and everyone in between to submit one minute each of their voice, their perspective
Read with a free account →07 January 20 · Opportunities
Slackline Stories is back… with a twist! Slackline Productions is now accepting submissions for Slackline Stories (Part Deux), a new writing night to be held at the Southwark Playhouse in London on 8th March, 2020 in honour of International Women’s Day. For their second new writi
Read with a free account →07 January 20 · Opportunities
Are you a budding Playwright? Would you like to have your work performed on a London stage? Rebound Productions are looking for a total of five 10 to 15 minute, 2-3 character fictional stage plays to be performed this year at a London theatre. Their first production ‘Flights of F
Read with a free account →07 January 20 · Opportunities
BBC Cymru Wales, National Theatre Wales and BBC Writersroom Wales join forces again to find the next Wales Writer in Residence. In 2020 BBC Cymru Wales, National Theatre Wales and BBC Writersroom Wales are coming together again to search for the next Wales Writer in Residence. Th
Read with a free account →05 January 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Happy New Year from the LPW team! Watch this space for announcements of our plans for 2020 – coming soon! Want to support LPB? Become a member! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing d
Read with a free account →30 December 19 · Opportunities
What is it? Plays Rough London are calling for short plays (between 0 and 15 minutes) on the theme of ‘Factual and Fantasy’. Selected scripts will be part of the new-writing night: ‘Plays Rough London Presents: Factual and Fantasy’ performed at the Old Red Lion Pub Theatre on Mon
Read with a free account →30 December 19 · Opportunities
Actor Awareness are looking for beginners and emerging playwrights alike for the staging of their third consecutive year of new writing nights. Wanting to kick off 2020 with a bang, the theme for the first night is Class. As it will be part of their ongoing partnership with Spotl
Read with a free account →27 December 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →23 December 19 · News / Opportunities
It’s that time of year again and all of us at London Playwrights’ Workshop would like to wish you a very happy festive season! We’d also like to thank you for your support over the last year. To all our members, we honestly can’t thank you enough for your continued support and fo
Read with a free account →22 December 19 · Opportunities
The Upsetters make theatre written by writers of colour, directed by directors of colour and performed by actors of colour in all roles unless the script specifies otherwise. They are looking for scripts (15 mins) by writers of colour for our Takeover Festival on 29th February 20
Read with a free account →20 December 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →19 December 19 · Opportunities
Lita Doolan has a call out for writers inspired by the theme Shop Local – to remember all the small independent stores with their own ecosystem of community that will not be opening in 2020. She is looking for reflections that are personal, heartfelt or politically charged or hum
Read with a free account →19 December 19 · Opportunities
Amateur playwrights world-wide are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays in English for the Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing. Three winning scripts will be selected for fully staged performances during the Windsor Fringe Festival in October 2020. One of the three
Read with a free account →19 December 19 · Opportunities
SLAM Minutes are looking for 60 playwrights, spoken word artists, comedians, drag artists, burlesque artists, singer-songwriters and everything in between to submit one minute each of their voice, their perspective on Mental Health for performance on 2nd February 2020 at London’s
Read with a free account →19 December 19 · Opportunities
Sharp Scratches is back for 2020, with the first of many scratches being ‘Transforming the Narrative’ putting Transgender and Non-binary writers and performers centre stage. They are looking for: Play scripts or spoken word poetry no longer than 15 minutes running time. Pieces wi
Read with a free account →19 December 19 · Opportunities
Horatio Productions is running the 3nd edition of their very own Science Fiction Theatre Festival: Antarctica from the 19th – 23rd May 2020 at Pleasance Theatre in London. Horatio Productions is looking for groundbreaking short science fiction plays, for writers coming from all w
Read with a free account →19 December 19 · Opportunities
Comedy television production company Zeppotron have launched MAKE A SCENE!, a new scriptwriting bursary to provide opportunities for new and emerging writing talent from a specific demographic currently under-represented on UK television. This year, Make a Scene! aims to address
Read with a free account →19 December 19 · Opportunities
BBC Studios is holding a series of roadshows across the UK in January 2020 to attract talent from the UK film industry to work on its multi-award-winning continuing dramas Casualty and Holby City. The shows are seeking a whole new generation of writers and directors to reflect th
Read with a free account →18 December 19 · Events
JustOut Theatre are running regular scratch nights and they would love to hear from writers based in the North. They are looking for scripts between 10-15 minutes, which can be self-contained or part of a larger script, and cover any theme. They pride themselves on promoting new
Read this article →18 December 19 · Opportunities
What is it? The Phoenix Writes is a new One Act playwriting competition for 2020, which is open to playwrights of all age groups across the UK. Five successful submissions will be performed at the Daneside Theatre in Congleton, Cheshire on Saturday 5th September 2020, and the win
Read with a free account →13 December 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →12 December 19 · Opportunities
You are invited: to a birthday celebration of planetary proportions! The Search for Blue is hosting a special birthday celebration for our collective home, Earth, on April 22nd 2020, the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, and our Big Blue’s (unofficial) 4.544* Billionth Birthday! Wha
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