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26 October 18 · Guest Post / Original Content
Ever wanted to know more about writing an adaptation? We asked writer and co-founder of Monkhead Theatre, Chloë Myerson, to reflect on her experience of working on adaptations and to share her tips with us… Monkhead Theatre’s latest show, Collective Intelligence #1 The Interpreta
Read this article →24 October 18 · 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 Alfred Bradley Bursary Award open for submiss
Read with a free account →23 October 18 · Opportunities
On Friday 22 February 2019, Breakwater Theatre Company will be holding a night of new writing for the stage in the Albert Room at Cleethorpes Library, entitled “Rough Cuts and Scratches”, in conjunction with Lincs Inspire. Plays will be performed script in hand by local actors. T
Read with a free account →23 October 18 · Opportunities
Are you a writer with a play you want to see realised? Want your work performed on an international platform? Toi Toi, Teatru Manoel’s Education Programme are looking for four new, previously unperformed one act plays which will come together under the umbrella title Breaking the
Read with a free account →23 October 18 · Opportunities
Purple Hut Cre8tive is a new production company based in the North West looking for script writers to submit their scripts for consideration for their first feature film. They are looking for scripts that are character focused which are based in Manchester or the North West of En
Read with a free account →19 October 18 · 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 October 18 · News / Opportunities
University Women in the Arts, the mentoring scheme to improve the transition from women studying the arts to working in the arts, has announced a series of new partnerships with leading arts and education organisations to help tackle abuse in the arts. The year long project will
Read with a free account →18 October 18 · Guest Post
Staffordshire based author, Dan Weatherer, is set to release a new book, The Dead Stage, detailing his experiences as a playwright and offering advice for writers wanting to break into the theatre industry. Dan, 39,has been writing stage plays for three years. In that time he has
Read this article →18 October 18 · Jobs / Opportunities
Interested in joining our team? We want to hear from you! London Playwrights Workshop is seeking an intern to support our work on both our blog and members’ site. The post is ideally suited to an emerging writer who is interested in broadening their knowledge of the new writing s
Read with a free account →17 October 18 · Original Content
The LPW Online Book Club is just one of the things you can access if you become a member! Not a member yet? Well, if you want a jump start for your writing for the price of a cup of coffee, what are you waiting for? Sign up here today! (Want more reasons to join and a bit more in
Read this article →17 October 18 · 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: Caroline Aherne Bursary 2018 open for entries Des
Read with a free account →16 October 18 · Education / Opportunities
Writing authentic dialect is a powerful tool for playwrights. Get it right and you can add an extra layer of originality to your writing and bring depth to your characters and their world. Get it wrong and your characters will be more ‘cringe’ than credible… During this course, y
Read with a free account →16 October 18 · Opportunities
Romsey Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (RAODS) have launched their 321 Play Writing Competition 2019 and are looking for writers to submit entries which will be performed in Italy! The competition comprises three separate categories: Physical, Monologue and One Act, each wi
Read with a free account →15 October 18 · Opportunities
Untold Theatre creates dynamic small-scale productions which are ‘original, imaginative and bold’ (Broadway Baby). Their ‘vivid, memorable, drama’ (Remote Goat) tours to theatres, rural venues, community spaces, and places of education. What they are looking for: bold, new full-l
Read with a free account →15 October 18 · Opportunities
Theatre criticism is an important part of our industry. It can help theatre makers to develop as artists, as well as helping audiences find out more about a show. At Northern Stage they value unbiased reviews of our work from a diverse range of critics. We want to support and dev
Read with a free account →15 October 18 · Opportunities
Are you a writer looking to break into the TV industry? Building on the success of their MonologueSlam UK initiative for actors, WriterSlam UK is Triforce Creative Network‘s programme to help TV production companies and broadcasters access new and established writers from diverse
Read with a free account →15 October 18 · Opportunities
Unfelt, Unheard, Unseen is a New Writing Scratch Night at London’s Drayton Arms Theatre on 2nd & 3rd December 2018. They are currently taking submissions of short (up to 15 minute) plays about the relationships that shape our lives. Successful writers will get to see their script
Read with a free account →15 October 18 · Opportunities
The prize aims to encourage authors in the creation of bold and powerful plays for young audiences (suggested age 15-25). Rules (summary): Open to all writers worldwide and there is no age or nationality limit for the entrants. They accept plays co-authored by more than one write
Read with a free account →15 October 18 · Opportunities
BBC Alba are looking for vibrant, compelling ideas from Gaelic writers for the 2019 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) children’s short drama scheme. Guidelines Theme: “Tell Me a Secret” Broadcast duration: 15 minutes Target audience: 6-9 year olds Casting: child actor/s at the he
Read with a free account →15 October 18 · Opportunities
BBC Comedy Commissioning in partnership with BBC Writersroom and BBC North are delighted to announce the Caroline Aherne Bursary 2018. The inaugural bursary scheme in the memory of the late Caroline Aherne was launched last year at the Salford Sitcom Showcase. Aimed at writer/per
Read with a free account →15 October 18 · Opportunities
The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is looking for fresh new radio drama writers living in the North of England. The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is offering a £5,000 writing bursary and the chance of a Radio 4 drama commission to Northern writers new to radio. You don’t need to wri
Read with a free account →15 October 18 · Opportunities
Quantum Frolic Theatre Company’s inaugural short play writing competition is called 20 Minute Frolics. They invite playwrights from across the globe to submit self-contained scripts of 20 minutes or less (no identifiable extracts from longer pieces). Selected scripts will go forw
Read with a free account →12 October 18 · 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 October 18 · Opportunities
Thunder Theatre are a micro performance production company and they need material for their prospective micro shows. They are currently gathering plays so that they can assign them to theatre companies or freelance directors and actors in order to produce their shows. What they a
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