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14 March 19 · Opportunities
RoundPeg are looking for script submissions which explore the theme of TABOO for their new writing night, HATCH. Performances will be on the 15th and 16th April at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town. What they are looking for: Pieces which explore the theme of TABOO. 10-1
Read with a free account →14 March 19 · Opportunities / Original Content
Next up on our new content for members is our revamped Book Club – with the chance to have your work read by professional actors! #PlayClub We told you we had more content and opportunities coming your way, and we aren’t stopping just yet. At LPW, we’re delighted to announce our
Read with a free account →13 March 19 · Opportunities
Slackline Productions is now accepting submissions for Slackline Stories, a new writing night to be held in London (at an exciting location soon to be announced!!) on 26 May, 2019. Slackline wants to redress the balance in the stories being told and who’s telling them- working wi
Read with a free account →13 March 19 · Opportunities
The Director’s Club from Director’s Cut Theatre are looking for short scripts for The Director’s Club Showcase; ‘Home’ which will take place at Southwark Playhouse, 7pm on Sunday 7 April 2019. Home… Have you found it? Has it found you?.. What is home? Is it a place? A building? A
Read with a free account →13 March 19 · Opportunities
Sky Blue choose five plays to be produced in a London venue. One of the winning plays will also be chosen to be made into a short film. This year’s performance will take place in October at the Lost Theatre. What you get: Given a full performance at the Lost Theatre, London Devel
Read with a free account →13 March 19 · Opportunities
503five is an 18 month residency that offers writers the opportunity to find their creative home at Theatre503, developing work and experiencing being at the heart of a new writing theatre. This scheme is designed for writers who have already developed their craft to a high stand
Read with a free account →13 March 19 · Opportunities
The Upsetters is a short play night featuring plays written by writers of colour, directed by directors of colour and performed by actors of colour in all roles unless the script specifies otherwise. What they are looking for: scripts (15 mins) by writers of colour for their shor
Read with a free account →13 March 19 · Guest Post / Original Content
In this guest post, playwright Timothy Graves reflects on the journey of writing his first play: from the initial inspiration to producing it at the Courtyard Theatre for a four week run this April. ‘Never are we nearer the Light than when darkness is deepest.’ ‘Among Angels’ is
Read this article →13 March 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: Full Disclosure Theatre seeking LGBTQ+ short play
Read with a free account →08 March 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 →07 March 19 · Opportunities
Sharp Scratches is an evening of new writing, for their next show this will be at Theatre Deli, The Old Library, London SE5. Each night of new writing has a theme and edition. For their 31st March night they are looking for short scripts, extracts and spoken word that tackle the
Read with a free account →07 March 19 · Opportunities
RBL, Reading’s multi-award-winning theatre company, are now taking entries for their annual new writing competition, Find a Reading Writer. Writers will be competing to be the fourth writer in RBL’s annual sell-out event, Off the Block and for the competition will have 6 hours to
Read with a free account →06 March 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: The Search For Blue presents ‘Hello my name is… F
Read with a free account →05 March 19 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
At least 50% of theatre is visual but playwrights are seldom considered to write the visuals so much as the words actors speak. In Oliver Emanuel’s career he has written a play without words. He has written for puppets. When he writes radio drama, he is always thinking about what
Read with a free account →05 March 19 · Opportunities
For their latest submissions call, All the Sins want you to embrace the theme ‘message in a bottle’ – you might take this literally and share a big idea that is contained in something small or opt for a more lateral approach and interpret this through the rediscovery of another a
Read with a free account →04 March 19 · Opportunities
Full Disclosure Theatre are now accepting submissions for special PRIDE edition of XPOSED, which will be staged at Southwark Playhouse on Sunday 30th June. The new writing night of short plays has enjoyed sold out audiences and continues to reveal the naked and entertaining truth
Read with a free account →04 March 19 · Opportunities
Shore Scripts have now opened their 2019 Feature Screenplay and TV Pilot Contest. They have re-invigorated their contests this year: The TV Pilot Contest now has separate categories for 1-hr and ½-hour projects and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes will be awarded in each category Every w
Read with a free account →01 March 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 →27 February 19 · Opportunities
Hello, my name is… festival is a week-long theatre festival in June 2019 for the socially and politically underrepresented. The festival is produced in conjunction with CentrE17, located in Waltham Forest, London’s Borough of Culture for 2019. “We want to champion the silent scre
Read with a free account →27 February 19 · Opportunities
Cast Iron Shorts Competition is now open! They are seeking short stories of 1,500 words. The winning 6 stories will be read live on stage at the Cast Iron Shorts event at Sweet Werks, Brighton in June. They are looking for fresh, exciting prose that explores the theme of ‘sanctua
Read with a free account →27 February 19 · Education / Opportunities
How does theatre reflect who we are and where we are going? What are the stories of tomorrow and how will we tell them? Playwrights Vinay Patel writer of An Adventure, The Bush, Sticks & Stones, Paines Plough & Theatr Clwyd, Dr Who BBC Worldwide and Murdered by My Father, BBC Thr
Read with a free account →27 February 19 · Opportunities
Broken Silence Theatre are hugely excited to announce that submissions are now open for the third edition of Voices From Home, their platform for emerging writers from the South East of England! Following two previous sold out editions at the Old Red Lion Theatre, Volume 3 will b
Read with a free account →27 February 19 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Get to know your way around a playwright’s toolkit with this informative and practical workshop on the nuts and bolts of writing a play, from structure and conflict to characterisation and dialogue. Get some answers to those pressing questions, “who needs stage directions anyway?
Read with a free account →27 February 19 · Education / Opportunities
The Old Vic 12 are a company of some of the most exciting theatre talent across writing, directing, producing, composition, movement and design. Selected from over 1,00 applicants, they will spend a year working with The Old Vic to develop three bold new plays and will also host
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