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06 September 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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 date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities
Read with a free account →03 September 19 · Opportunities
SF strives to be as inclusive as possible, and the team are driven by providing safe creative spaces for applicants from all backgrounds. Accurate representation and diversity are our driving force, and why we do what we do. All are welcome to apply. Described as ‘Tinder for Play
Read with a free account →03 September 19 · Opportunities
Newsjack the Radio 4 Extra topical news sketch show, which anyone can write for, is again looking for writers to submit sketches and one-liners for its 21st series. Irreverent and satirical, Newsjack is the scrapbook sketch show written entirely by the Great British public, and t
Read with a free account →03 September 19 · Opportunities
Lovers of scary stories, unite. Storytellers from across the Horrorfest and beyond will share their worst (or should that be best?) nightmares at Blackshaw Theatre’s fifth annual Scare Slam at London’s Pleasance Theatre on Friday 11th October. Prepare yourself for a night of chil
Read with a free account →03 September 19 · Events / Opportunities
Alfred Bradley Bursary Award BBC Writersroom interview with Alfred Bradley Bursary winners. The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is a £5,000 award for Northern writers new to radio established in 1992 to commemorate the life and work of Alfred Bradley, the distinguished BBC Radio Dra
Read with a free account →03 September 19 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Ever wondered how to get noticed by the BBC as a writer? How to send your script and what happens when you do? BBC Writersroom is always on the look-out for fresh talented writers across the UK and Republic of Ireland with an original voice, unique characters and great stories to
Read with a free account →03 September 19 · Opportunities
The Screenwriters Network is thrilled to partner with literary agents, managers and producers from several major talent agencies and production companies to unearth the next visionary talent in horror through the launch of its 1st Annual Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Comp
Read with a free account →03 September 19 · Opportunities
Calling all playwrights! Magnetic Island (MI) is looking for One Act plays (max. one hour long) to become a part of their 2019/20 programme. They are looking for plays on any topic and in any genre that they can collaborate on and bring to life in the upcoming season. If successf
Read with a free account →03 September 19 · Opportunities
A Pleasance Scratch is an evening of variety, ideas and fun; a chance for artists to present brave, bold and exciting new work at the first stages of development in Pleasance’s Main House. They are currently accepting submissions for their next event which will take place on 21 O
Read with a free account →30 August 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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 date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities
Read with a free account →28 August 19 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: Actor Awareness seeking submissions for new writi
Read with a free account →27 August 19 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines September 2019. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through to peruse the
Read with a free account →27 August 19 · Opportunities
CALL OUT to Latinx writers! Due to public demand Untold Collectiv scratch night for writers of Latin American heritage is back. This will be an opportunity for writers to workshop their text with actors and then see it performed in a work in progress sharing night on 17th October
Read with a free account →27 August 19 · Opportunities
An opportunity for playwrights! Caspa Arts are seeking 5-15 minute plays for their acting school’s next scratch night on Monday 14th October in central London. They want to link their actors with upcoming playwrights and directors and present new work. They will stage your writin
Read with a free account →27 August 19 · Opportunities
***CALLING ALL WRITERS *** Following great success with their Intergenerational Night the theme of the next Actor Awareness new writing night is ‘Mental Health’. The rules are as follows: The interpretation of the theme is down to you but it has to be a story with themes of menta
Read with a free account →27 August 19 · Interviewing Playwrights / Original Content
In the lasted post in our Interviewing Playwrights series, Jennifer Cerys and Samia Djilli sit down to talk about their double bill of plays, Different Sand and Willow. “In theatre it is expected to have more than one hat. It is natural to juggle.” Sitting in Rich Mix, on a Thurs
Read this article →23 August 19 · Opportunities
In partnership with BBC Writersroom and NI Screen, Zodiak Kids Studios is looking for the most exciting writers with a strong connection to Northern Ireland to develop an original Children’s comedy television series, with a particular focus on CBBC. With an established production
Read with a free account →23 August 19 · Opportunities
BC Drama and Directors UK are delighted to announce the next round of this year’s Continuing Drama New Directors’ Training Scheme. Following the success of this collaboration since its inception in 2015, this year will see nine drama directors mentored on some of BBC Studios’ con
Read with a free account →23 August 19 · Opportunities
TALOS III: SCIENCE FICTION THEATRE FESTIVAL OF LONDON, 2-8 December 2019 “Talos is the first science fiction theatre festival of London, the UK and, to our knowledge, Europe, and it’s currently in its third year. Talos III invites theatre companies and self-producing theatremaker
Read with a free account →23 August 19 · Opportunities
The Arcola is producing the UK premiere of Anna Bella Eema by Lisa D’Amour (Pulitzer Prize finalist and New Orleans’ leading living playwright) in September at Arcola Theatre, London. To coincide with the production, Lisa D’Amour will be coming to the UK and giving a talk at the
Read with a free account →23 August 19 · Opportunities
RoundPeg are looking for script submissions which explore the theme of Extinction for their new writing night, HATCH. Performances will be on the 22 and 23 September at the Drayton Arms Theatre. In a world which feels so uncertain – politically, environmentally, economically and
Read with a free account →23 August 19 · Opportunities
Stemming from traditional legends and myths and adapting to a multicultural world, the Bigfoot by Moonlight Play Festival is a call to our audiences and artists to celebrate and share stories from our own back yard that define and challenge the essence and perceptions of who we a
Read with a free account →23 August 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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 date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities
Read with a free account →22 August 19 · Original Content / Play Club
Here we go again, it’s Play Club number 4!
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