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29 April 19 · Opportunities
Swings & Roundabouts presents…PROTEST! ? a new writing night in aid of the Safe Nights Fund@ the Southwark Playhouse which takes place on July 7th, 7pm They are Looking for playwrights, directors and actors* to apply for their second showcase of new writing which will be in aid o
Read with a free account →29 April 19 · Opportunities
Over 60% of arts students are female but only 30% of professional playwrights, artists and directors are female. If you’re a woman who has studied any arts subject in the UK, please complete this important survey and help improve the transition for women in the arts. Find out mor
Read with a free account →26 April 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 →19 April 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 →18 April 19 · Opportunities
Live Theatre is seeking 10 minute plays on the theme of ’10 minutes to…stake a claim’ for a short play project that will see a selection of 10 minute plays rehearsed, produced and performed over one weekend. How to apply: visit the website for more information Deadline: 22 April
Read with a free account →18 April 19 · Writing Workshops
This popular playwriting course is run by the brilliant playwright and dramaturg Stephen Brown, whose plays include Occupational Hazards (Hampstead Theatre), Faster (Filter Theatre at BAC and 59E59 New York), Does My Society Look Big in This? (Bristol Old Vic) and Future Me (Thea
Read this article →18 April 19 · Opportunities
Submissions are open for Blueleaf Theatre’s new writing night ‘A New Leaf’. After sell out show Hedgehogs & Porcupines, Blueleaf Theatre are back at the Old Red Lion Theatre and are on the hunt for six 10-15 minute pieces of new writing to stage on 2nd and 3rd June 2019. There is
Read with a free account →18 April 19 · Opportunities
A Greedy Ear is looking for playwrights to provide an expression of interest and a brief modus operandi or outline of an approach toward writing for the medium of New Audio Theatre, for an inaugural event in London in the Spring of 2021. What to send: please provide 250 words whi
Read with a free account →17 April 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: Lemon House Theatre seek short plays by mixed rac
Read with a free account →16 April 19 · Education / Opportunities
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is delighted to be launching a new MA degree course in Drama Writing. The course is designed to help students develop a “writer’s toolkit”, building confidence in a range of key writing elements and providing an overview of dramatic writing as art,
Read with a free account →16 April 19 · Opportunities
Playwrights are invited to submit plays of up to 15 minutes in length and four finalists will have their pieces read by Enniscorthy Drama Group at this year’s festival. How to apply: the website to pay €10 submission fee and then submit your entry to drama@wexfordliteraryfestival
Read with a free account →16 April 19 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
During this course you wil review the key elements of writing for the theatre, gain fresh critical insight into your own writing, and produce a new draft of your work. This workshop is for experienced playwrights with ongoing projects. When: Starts 30 April for 10 weeks Where: Ci
Read with a free account →16 April 19 · Opportunities
Comedy writers and performers, can you make a sketch about the worst stay imaginable in someone else’s house? Or about not so super heroes? The team behind The Comedy Crowd have introduced a new platform called Punkanary for creators to launch their comedy shows. To celebrate the
Read with a free account →16 April 19 · Opportunities
Pentabus Rural Theatre Company is looking for an emerging writer to become their 2019 Writer In Residence – The Clive & Sylvia Richards Writer In Residence Bursary The £10,000 bursary will support a professional playwright in the early stage of their career, providing the opportu
Read with a free account →16 April 19 · Opportunities
Do you want to write for EastEnders, Casualty, Holby City, Doctors and River City – and the opportunity to work for some of the UK’s best Television Drama Production Companies? The BBC Studios Writers’ Academy will give a minimum of eight writers a year’s paid training, with guar
Read with a free account →16 April 19 · Events
Step inside Bloomsbury Publishing as they host a fascinating discussion on the impact that artistic directors have on our conversations, opinions and, most crucially, on our culture. Find out more here. Date: 1 May 2019 Deadline: not applicable Source: direct contact
Read this article →16 April 19 · Original Content
Spring has sprung and we thought it was high time we gave you an update on what we’ve been up to at London Playwrights’ Workshop. We’ve been super busy working on both current projects and exciting new ones so read on for the full lowdown… 2019 so far… Almost 200 of you joined us
Read this article →12 April 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 →11 April 19 · Opportunities
In order to help tackle issues of representation in the arts, LHT are going to be hosting a night of rehearsed readings by writers who identify as mixed race/dual heritage. This is an opportunity for writers to see their work staged through script-in-hand performances, with the c
Read with a free account →10 April 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: Submissions call out for FIGHT LIKE A GIRL 2! Des
Read with a free account →09 April 19 · Opportunities
Writing for the Stage will empower budding playwrights and equip them with the skills to write for live performance. Over the course of 5 weeks, the course will focus on sharpening a different playwriting tool – from crafting dialogue and constructing characters, to structuring y
Read with a free account →09 April 19 · Opportunities
90 years ago, Virginia Woolf said that to be a writer, a woman needed money and a room of her own. In 2019, The Royal Society of Literature want to know what writers – at different stages of their careers, from different backgrounds, and from across the UK – require today in orde
Read with a free account →07 April 19 · Opportunities
These workshops are designed to provide a relaxed environment within which to read and discuss your work with a potential showcase before an invited audience. By the end of these workshops you should aim to have completed a production quality script suitable for the many opportun
Read with a free account →07 April 19 · Opportunities
Following the phenomenal success of Fight Like A Girl! in December, which raised over £1400 for Cancer Research UK, they are back at the King’s Arms theatre this August with FIGHT LIKE A GIRL 2! Inspired by the fights of brave women are three more nights of new writing and poetry
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