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Writer Resources (The Royal Court)
Links to writing exercises, resource packs, podcast episodes, and more. https://royalcourttheatre.com/playwriting/writer-resources/
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17 July 25 · Digital Resources
The Hub (The Old Vic)
Guides and resource packs on different roles in the theatre industry, including playwriting. https://www.oldvictheatre.com/discover/the-hub/
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Writing Resources (The Bruntwood Prize)
Articles on topics like rewriting and writing dialogue as well as provocations and prompts. https://www.writeaplay.co.uk/resources/
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101 Notes on Playwriting (Mark Ravenhill)
All 101 notes at #MarkRavenhill101 on X. Start here: https://x.com/MarkRavenhill2/status/1426861321811791872
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101 Exercises for Playwrights (Mark Ravenhill)
Website, X thread, or newsletter to email inbox. Start here: https://x.com/MarkRavenhill2/status/1775494753297035502
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Sweater Weather (Brandon Taylor)
Substack newsletter with essays on literature and culture. Both free and paid options available. https://blgtylr.substack.com
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Story Club (George Saunders)
Substack newsletter with analysis of short stories. Both free and paid options available. https://georgesaunders.substack.com
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Unmapped Storylands (Elif Shafak)
Substack newsletter with thoughts on the craft of writing and other aspects of the writing life. Both free and paid options available. https://elifshafak.substack.com
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The Industry Series #1: The Artistic Statement
“Tell us about your practice”, “Please provide a brief bio”, however it’s phrased, the artistic statement is one of the most often requested parts of an application or submission form, and can appear everywhere from a CV to portfolio website. An artistic statement introduces you
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Alex Critoph
As a Freelance Producer Alex Critoph has produced a varied body of work including; ViSiBLE Theatre Ensembles Five Characters in Search of a Good Night’s Sleep Directed by Mike Alfreds at Southwark Playhouse, Salt Water-Moon directed by Peter Kavanaugh at The Finborough Theatre an
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The Industry Series
The Industry Series #1: The Artistic Statement July 17, 2025 “Tell us about your practice”, “Please provide a brief bio”,… Read More Load More
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London Playwrights: The Big Summer Redraft
Give your play a glow up! Join us this summer for redrafting prompts, inspiration, advice – all straight to your inbox. We’re also running a series of Zoom sessions where you can discuss the prompts, share your challenges, and generally just stay motivated with a community of pla
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Theatre503: 503Five Open for Applications
The 503Five is an 18 month residency, thanks to the support of Philip and Chris Carne, and The Orseis Trust, offering five writers the opportunity to develop work and find their creative home at Theatre503 by experiencing being at the heart of a new writing theatre. This scheme i
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Wise Ram Theatre: Workshop
Space to workshop climate scriptwriting – Sunday 17th August from 2pm to 4pm If you’ve got a climate story you’d like to have feedback on, whether it is theatre, film or TV, come along to our workshop on Sunday 17th August from 2pm to 4pm at the Glitch bar in Waterloo. This infor
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Greenwich Theatre: Scratch Night Artist Call Out
Greenwich Theatre is hosting a scratch night on 19 July 2025, and they’re looking for artists to take part! Try out 10-20mins of new work Get your piece filmed Receive feedback from their Artistic Director All genres welcome Details: 19 July Greenwich Theatre Studio 1 hour tech s
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Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 11 July 2025
Make sure you never miss an opportunity! Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! Our weekly round-up has always been, and always will be totally free! However, we do rely on our paid subscribers to keep our organisation going. Please consider su
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Support Playwrights – Summer Social
24th July at Soho Theatre Walthamstow, find out more here. Source: Instagram
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The Bee – New Platform for Working Class Writers
Calling all working-class writers based anywhere in the UK – submissions for The Bee open on Monday 14 July! The Bee is a new platform for working-class writers and it’s looking for ideas for fiction (any genre), narrative non-fiction, non-fiction and journalism that captures som
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Script Call out – Feature Films
SCRIPT SUBMISSION CALL-OUT Have a story that deserves to be seen? We’re looking for fresh, bold, and original scripts that reflect unique voices and untold perspectives. Send your feature synopsis, scripts or pitch decks to david.ahove@terrakulture.com and Cc yakubu@terrakulture.
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Freelance Community Artist / Writer [Trans/ Non-Binary based in North of England]
Andro and Eve are looking to work with one or two trans or non-binary community artists or writers who are based in the North of England, and who have well rounded experiences facilitating workshops with communities / members of the public. The Community Artist/s will collaborate
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Paper Trails Writer Residencies – Care Homes (freelance) / Edinburgh International Book Festival
Freelance Contract (Sept-Dec) Fee £3,270.00 As part of our ambitious new programme Paper Trails – Edinburgh International Book Festival, in collaboration with Edinburgh Libraries’ Mobile Library Service, is seeking to appoint four writers to deliver five-week creative projects in
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The Play Lottery
The Play Lottery is a playwriting contest for writers based anywhere in the UK, with a twist – the winning play is chosen entirely at random. Submissions are open for UK-based playwrights to submit a play with up to 2 performers. The winning play will be chosen randomly and will
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Uninhibited: ‘Shrew Series’ Open to Submissions
Hii Shrews! Welcome to the new wonderful audible project amplifying voices of untamed women, who are looking for artists (writers, spoken word artists, poets…etc) to collaborate with on the upcoming series! We’re on the search for women identifying writers/artists who are 18+ to
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Squint Theatre Company: Playwriting Workshops (July & August)
New writing theatre company Squint are running two online workshops from as little as £1 to support low income writers and encourage creativity. For more information and to book a space (limited available); https://www.squinttheatre.com/shop Deadline: Not applicable Source: Direc
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