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21 September 18 · Opportunities
Following four sold-out shows at the Bread and Roses Theatre, Unfolded, a new-writing night with a focus on current affairs, is doing a show at the Southwark Playhouse, on 3rd December 2018. They’re looking for eight, 10-15 minute pieces based on news from the most recent cycle o
Read with a free account →21 September 18 · Opportunities
Every writer wants to see their story come to life – with Enter Stage Write you get just that chance! Along with a £1000 prize for the overall winner, a select number of scripts will be produced and performed at the prestigious Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on 1 December 2018 Ho
Read with a free account →21 September 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 →20 September 18 · Opportunities
“Come play with us! We are seeking writers, directors and actors to take part in our 24 hour play challenge!” How it works: You will be put into teams and must produce a 10 minute play in 24 hours. Writers need to be available on the 18 and 19 November, directors and actors on th
Read with a free account →20 September 18 · Opportunities
Sharp Scratches is an evening of new writing at Theatre N16 in Tottenham, North London. Each night of new writing has a theme and edition. For their November 6th night they are looking for stories and writers that represent the LGBTQ+ community. Whether it’s your first script or
Read with a free account →20 September 18 · Opportunities
Global Voices Theatre is a new platform for international theatre, presenting rehearsed readings of unheard stories from often under represented playwrights. After three very successful editions of Global Queer and Global Female Voices and following audience and creatives’ feedba
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The Bi’an Award is a new writing competition open to UK-based writers of Chinese heritage and supported by Arts Council England, Arvon and Stand magazine. Writers may submit poems of up to 20 lines, a short story of up to 1000 words, or a five-minute script, in English. Prizes wi
Read with a free account →20 September 18 · Opportunities
After their successful runs of Shorts @ The Canal and The Twilight Hour at Canal Cafe Theatre, Union Theatre and Etcetera Theatre, writers are invited to submit a play no longer than 15-minutes for “The Twilight Hour” season 2. The show will be based on The Twilight Zone TV serie
Read with a free account →19 September 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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: Applications now open for Year 5 of Tamasha Playw
Read with a free account →17 September 18 · Opportunities
Are you aged 16-25? Are you interested in telling or writing stories? Do you write plays, theatre projects or films? Do you write lyrics, librettos or songs? Do you know anyone who does? Pentabus Theatre – the nation’s rural touring company – is on the lookout for 16-25 year old
Read with a free account →17 September 18 · Opportunities / Resources
Stagedoor App have released a podcast of an interview between Bridget Minamore and Chris Campbell of the Royal Court’s Literary Office. Bridget and Chris chat through the particulars of how writers get their work commissioned by the Court, what they’re looking for, how the depart
Read with a free account →17 September 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
The team behind the Omnibus Writer’s group return with a new workshop from October 10th – Playwriting at the Pit at London’s Cockpit Theatre. The Playwriting at the Pit workshops are a sounding board for writers at all stages of development, a space for work in progress and a lau
Read with a free account →14 September 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 →12 September 18 · Education / Opportunities
A twice-yearly writers’ residency based in Margate, Kent, designed to provide a thinking-friendly refuge for young writers. Recipients will have use of a historic two-bedroom seafront flat in Margate, as well as a £250 bursary towards expenses and £50 towards train travel. Each i
Read with a free account →12 September 18 · Opportunities
The RSL’s Literature Matters Awards aim to reward and enable literary excellence and innovation. Each year, after an open call for proposals, the Awards will be given to individual writers or other literary creators, recognising their past achievements and providing them with fin
Read with a free account →12 September 18 · Opportunities
2019 is an iconic year in the relationship between Ireland and the United Kingdom. Not only is it one hundred years since the beginning of the War of Independence in Ireland and seventy years since the Republic of Ireland left the British commonwealth. It is also the year when th
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Cast Iron Theatre‘s writing window is now open for their eleventh short play night in November. They are looking for short plays (between 10 – 15mins) with a soft theme of ‘Eleven’ – interpret as you wish. Preference will be given to playwrights from East Sussex although they wil
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Cast Iron Theatre are looking for spooky/scary stories for ‘Bitter Sweets: Ugly Tales for Beautiful Souls‘, their popular spooky storytelling night as part of Brighton Horrorfest. This year the storytelling night is on Friday 26 October. Loosely inspired by the portmanteau Amicus
Read with a free account →12 September 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: LPB Workshop: The Redrafting Programme Descriptio
Read with a free account →10 September 18 · 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 19th series. Irreverent and satirical, Newsjack is the scrapbook sketch show written entirely by the Great British public, and t
Read with a free account →10 September 18 · Opportunities
Down Stage Write are looking for 4 short plays for their upcoming event, ‘Down Stage Night’. The event will take place at Exeter Phoenix on Monday November 19th 2018 and is geared towards giving Devon and Cornwall based writers the chance to have their short-plays staged and perf
Read with a free account →10 September 18 · Opportunities
The next Take Back event will be: Take Back our Girls at Hope Mill on 3 October. They’d love to receive short 5 min submissions from people identifying as girls and young women, aged 25 and under. If accepted, your piece will be performed, script in hand, as part of a curated eve
Read with a free account →10 September 18 · Opportunities
Do you have a passion for theatre and a love of new plays? This year for the first time ever the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, with the support of theatre critic Lyn Gardner, is looking for a passionate audience member to join them in the search for original and innovate new v
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Arcola invites you to Playwriting Foundations – an intensive weekend masterclass, where you will be guided through the process of writing a script for an original play. Experienced dramaturg and director Nic Connaughton will help you unpack every element of scriptwriting for stag
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