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01 July 15 · 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: Alfred Fagon Award 2015 Description: This annual
Read with a free account →01 July 15 · Opportunities
From today (1 July 2015) until 31 July 2015, the Soho Theatre will be accepting submissions for the bi-annual Verity Bargate Award. We’ve previously featured the Verity Bargate Award as a Pick of the Week – and no wonder, it’s a cracking opportunity. For full details, check out o
Read with a free account →30 June 15 · Writing Workshops
Pentabus Theatre – the nation’s rural touring company – is on the lookout for 16-25 year old writers for their 2015 / 2016 Young Writers Group. Who are Pentabus Theatre? They develop and produce new plays about the contemporary rural world. They tour around the country, telling s
Read this article →30 June 15 · News
The winner of the 2015 Papatango New Writing Prize has been announced! Playwright James Rushbrook has taken home the seventh annual prize for his play TOMCAT, which was chosen from over 600 entries. A little teaser of the play can be found on the Papatango website: “Oh, she’s dan
Read this article →30 June 15 · Opportunities
This annual writing competition is held in memory of T.F. Evans, longtime editor of the Shaw Society Journal. The prize is offered for an additional scene to a play by Bernard Shaw. It will be offered to the entry that most impresses the judges, who will be looking for that combi
Read with a free account →26 June 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing op
Read with a free account →26 June 15 · Opportunities
Open Theatre Project has opened a call for new scripts that feature Solo Performances for a new production series we are developing for 2015 or 2016. We are currently looking for work that steps outside of autobiography and instead uses the freedom of having 1 voice to bring big
Read with a free account →25 June 15 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in July (and late June/early August) 2015. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if yo
Read with a free account →24 June 15 · Opportunities
Monkeywood Theatre return to The Lowry in September 2015 with BY FAR THE GREATEST TEAM, a brand new show exploring and celebrating football fandom in Manchester. Alongside the production, they are seeking 5-minute plays from Manchester United and Manchester City fans about what i
Read with a free account →22 June 15 · Writing Workshops
Write Start with Nick Field 23 June 2015 from 2-4pm IdeasTap Headquarters – 52 Bermondsey St, London Are you a beginner writer interested in starting a project or in the early stages of one, or are you thinking about integrating creative writing into your current work? This works
Read this article →22 June 15 · Writing Workshops
Verity Bargate Workshop: Masterclass with Steve Marmion and Nina Steiger 25 June 2015, 3-6pm Soho Theatre A practical masterclass led by Soho Theatre’s Artistic and Associate Directors. In the run-up to the submissions window for this year’s Verity Bargate Award, Steve and Nina o
Read this article →19 June 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing op
Read with a free account →17 June 15 · 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: Theatre Royal Stratford East 2015 Perfect Pitch A
Read with a free account →16 June 15 · Opportunities
Submissions are open for Etch Theatre Company’s Scratch Night. They are looking for 5-15 mins of new writing that is considered by the writer to be still in development. They match writers with directors and help with casting. Each piece will then be rehearsed to performance stan
Read with a free account →16 June 15 · Jobs / Opportunities
The BRIT School are currently looking for a playwright for their graduate theatre company The Bridge to write their 2015/16 production. The Project The Bridge Company is a training initiative run by the BRIT School’s Theatre department on a professional theatre model. Student’s w
Read with a free account →15 June 15 · News / Opportunities
The Bush Theatre has now opened its’ summer 2015 submission window. The Playwriting Department at the Bush Theatre is committed to discovering the best new plays from playwrights who may be unknown to us and therefore seek unsolicited submissions from playwrights throughout the y
Read with a free account →15 June 15 · Opportunities
Following the success of their show in May, Pint-Sized are seeking 10-15 plays for an evening of new writing at the Jermyn Street Theatre. Plays can be stand-alone pieces or excerpts from longer pieces of any genre. They would prefer plays with minimal set and tech requirements.
Read with a free account →15 June 15 · Opportunities
Following the success of the inaugural Perfect Pitch Award for musical theatre writing in 2013/14, we are launching the second award, this time in partnership with Theatre Royal Stratford East, which will see a British writing team awarded £12,000 and the opportunity to collabora
Read with a free account →12 June 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing op
Read with a free account →05 June 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing op
Read with a free account →04 June 15 · Writing Workshops
Getting Inspired to Write for the Theatre with Elinor Cook 13 June 2015 from 10am to 1pm Elinor Cook (writer of Image of an Unknown Young Woman) will be delivering a unique Gate Educate workshop on writing for theatre. The workshop will be a cross between a practical workshops, a
Read this article →02 June 15 · Opportunities
[Ed: the title of this post has been corrected, it was initially miswritten as ‘Physiology’ due to some unspotted autocorrect!] As part of the Phytology programme, artists Duncan Robertson and Lucía Montero will commission a series residencies for writers, poets and song writers
Read with a free account →29 May 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing op
Read with a free account →28 May 15 · Writing Workshops
Talawa Firsts: How to Write a Play 11 June 2015, 7-8.30pm Talawa Theatre Workshop description: “Ever thought about writing a play? Come along to this practical session led by Jane Fallowfield (Literary Associate, Talawa Theatre Company) and Nina Steiger (Associate Director, Soho
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