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22 August 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: Writing a Play for the Edinburgh Fr
Read with a free account →17 August 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 →16 August 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world. It has provided the springboard for countless successful productions from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead to Fleabag. But where does the process of mounting a new play at the Fringe begin? In 2012, Fre
Read with a free account →16 August 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
After the success of the taster session of this workshop at London Writers’ Week, playwright, Freddie Machin is back with his practical session on taking your work from stage to screen. This time, he’ll be working with a smaller, more intimate group – so please book early to secu
Read with a free account →16 August 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Ever wanted the information from a practical workshop paired with individual feedback tailored especially for you? Then look no further than the Redrafting Programme. Led by LPB’s Head of Writer Development, Kimberley Andrews, this course will give you a masterclass in re-draftin
Read with a free account →16 August 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
We’re thrilled to announce the exciting programme of workshops we’ve got coming your way this Autumn! Whether you want to get to grips with writing a show for Edinburgh next year or you’d benefit from a re-drafting course with a difference, we’re sure you’re going to want to get
Read with a free account →16 August 18 · Original Content
Writer Samia Djilli shares her experiences of self-producing her own work, and looks into what it takes to create a night of new writing. Working in the arts is not an easy feat, especially for emerging artists. As an writer, you often have high expectations of yourself to wake u
Read this article →15 August 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: Applications open for the Old Vic 12 Description:
Read with a free account →14 August 18 · Opportunities
Fitzroy House is currently planning their first professional season, forming a Rep Company and searching for exciting writers to commission. In the coming year in order to find actors, directors and writers to work with they will be holding a number of events such as this one. Th
Read with a free account →14 August 18 · Opportunities
Arcola invites playwrights to elevate their work and hone their style. From Page To Stage will enable early-career playwrights to look critically at their drafted work in preparation for performance. Each two hour session will provide tools and exercises for writers to go beyond
Read with a free account →14 August 18 · Opportunities
The search is on to find the next group of exciting artists to become The Old Vic 12. The Old Vic 12 is a group of 12 extraordinary developing artists ready to take the next step in their careers. The scheme provides opportunities to expand their networks, receive first class men
Read with a free account →14 August 18 · Opportunities
It’s the last month to enter Shore Scripts Feature, TV Pilot & Short Screenplay Contests. The details: * 37 Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy & Bafta Winning Judges * 98 Prod Comps & Agents and 25 amazing Directors to read the winning screenplays. * Oscar winning Alumni. We’ve helped 50+
Read with a free account →13 August 18 · Opportunities
The Questors Theatre is planning a themed evening of short plays, looking at the darker side of social media. Selected entries will receive a staged reading during their coming season. Love it or loathe it, social media is part of modern life. Friendships are formed and played ou
Read with a free account →10 August 18 · Opportunities
IT’S BACK (AND JUST A BIT BIGGER AND BETTER). WRITERS, COME SUBMIT YOUR SCRIPTS TO THE BRIGHTON SCRATCH NIGHT! 9 Extracts, 2 performances across 3 nights. 1 play to be produced for a full Brighton Fringe run. What they are looking for (in their words): • We want your scripts (PDF
Read with a free account →10 August 18 · Opportunities
Robin Hood Theatre has introduced a new script submission process for 2018-19. In their words: “Our script submissions window will open on September 1st 2018 until midnight on September 30th 2018, open to all writers aged 16+ based in the East Midlands region and members of our p
Read with a free account →10 August 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 →09 August 18 · Opportunities
Hampstead Theatre is thrilled to announce the return of The Inspire Programme, an opportunity for playwrights aged 18 to 25 to develop their craft under the mentorship of award-winning playwright Roy Williams. Beginning in November 2018, the playwrights will attend monthly group
Read with a free account →09 August 18 · Original Content
Editor Jennifer Richards reflects on writing a play where the subject matter’s close to you heart, looking at how to look after yourself when delving into personal experience. The ‘write what you know’ cliché is often tossed around in articles about learning to be a writer, but s
Read this article →08 August 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: Hampstead Theatre submission window open Descript
Read with a free account →06 August 18 · Opportunities
Hampstead Theatre is looking for original plays and promising writers. Their annual submission window is now open. “We want to read engaging stories, writing that takes risks and plays that speak to a modern audience. If the voice is refreshing, or if the play is delivered with p
Read with a free account →06 August 18 · Opportunities
If you have a 10-15 minute standalone short you want to stick in front of an audience, new writing night Briefs is after some pieces for performance at London’s Waterloo East Theatre on 6th September. It’s super low-key, so easier to stage the better. Unpaid for all of us unfortu
Read with a free account →06 August 18 · Opportunities
Whether you have a play you’ve finished that you’re looking to develop further or the spark of an idea this workshop is for you. This workshop will look at: Interrogating themes and ideas Individual scene structure The relationship between character and structure Redrafting Form
Read with a free account →06 August 18 · Opportunities
Over 5 years Experimental Experience have taken Sex Worker’s Opera from an East London grassroots experiment to selling out a UK Tour last autumn and – this summer – one of Amsterdam’s central theatres whilst performing at the International AIDS Conference and LGBTIAQ+ Pride. Sex
Read with a free account →06 August 18 · Opportunities
A great pitch is an invitation to a conversation. Led by experienced opera producer Elizabeth Yardeni, this workshop will offer practical tips for pitching your ideas to potential partners, producers and commissioners. Elizabeth Yardeni is a French-born London-based producer who
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