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28 May 18 · Education / Opportunities
This one-day workshop on “Reconstructing & Adapting Fragmentary Ancient Greek Tragedy”, organised by Andriana Domouzi, will be the first of its kind and will look at the Methodologies & Challenges for Theatre Practitioners and Classicists bringing to life the lost Greek plays. Ex
Read with a free account →28 May 18 · Opportunities
Calling all writers! Creators of horror! Macabre story-weavers! Nightmare sculptors! Submissions are now open to UK based playwrights for the London Horror Festival Playwriting Competition, in association with the Old Red Lion Theatre and Danse Macabre Productions. Now in its eig
Read with a free account →25 May 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →24 May 18 · News / Original Content
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Read this article →24 May 18 · Opportunities
Submissions are now being accepting for Ink Festival 2019. They are accepting entries from East Anglia writers (from Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex). There are various categories for entrants, including: musical theatre, short plays, a short play on the theme of ‘it’s
Read with a free account →23 May 18 · Opportunities
Sparkhaus Theatre are looking for writers and theatre makers who have brand new ideas to try out as part of their first scratch night, IGNITE. The group are interested in; presenting a space for new ideas to grow, encouraging writers to take risks in a safe space and bringing tog
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Submissions at The Chelsea Theatre are now open for their next new writing evening. After their SOLD OUT shows in October they are BACK and looking for short pieces, this time inspired by the themes of: FEMALE EMPOWERMENT/SEXUALITY/CONSENT. “In light of the events and throughout
Read with a free account →23 May 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: HighTide First Commissions Scheme 2018 – 2019 ope
Read with a free account →23 May 18 · Opportunities
Ouch runs the disability part of the BBC website and a podcast on the BBC with a focus on disabled people and diverse stories. Your disability tales are wanted for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! They are looking for unusual, complicated and humorous stories just waiting to be tol
Read with a free account →22 May 18 · Opportunities
As part of their platform to provide accessible opportunities to nurture new talent, The Scenic Route presents an intensive practical workshop exploring how to create original theatre collaboratively from scratch. Through a series of masterclasses, practical exercises and rehears
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A new monthly playwright development day in Edinburgh. Send, Scene Deliver provides writers with space, a director and actors to develop a scene and answer any questions they may have over the course of a day. Followed by a sharing at: The Mad Hatter 8 Torphichen Pl, Edinburgh EH
Read with a free account →22 May 18 · Events
Utopia Theatre and award-winning playwright Oladipo Agboluaje are thrilled to offer a free Writers Masterclass day aimed at aspiring playwrights on Thursday 24 May from 11.00am – 6pm. This masterclass aims to build your confidence, begin to hone your skills as a playwright and se
Read this article →22 May 18
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Read this article →22 May 18 · Opportunities
They People’s Theatre is pleased to announce the latest People’s Play competition. This award is aimed at playwrights from the North of England who are yet to have a full-length play performed professionally. Past winners include Peter Straughan (Wolf Hall, TV mini-series; Tinker
Read with a free account →22 May 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
WoLab are thrilled to be partnering with Theatre N16 to deliver a FREE 12-week intensive course led by industry professionals, aimed specifically at actor-writers. Over the 12 weeks, you will develop your existing playwriting and acting skills through a series of tailored worksho
Read with a free account →22 May 18 · Opportunities
Pheobus Fire are seeking scripts on the theme of ‘women’s empowerment’ for peformances which will take place in 2019 in theatres in East Kent. Profits from the tour will be donated to a local charity which supports women. How to apply: read the full guidelines and find out how to
Read with a free account →22 May 18 · Opportunities
Expressingwordz is a new theatre company in Sheffield and theylooking for a writer and producer to join the team. The first project will be a journey of an immigrant navigating a post-Brexit Britain, with the aim of taking the show to Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe in 2019. It is
Read with a free account →21 May 18 · Opportunities
Penguin has opened applications for WriteNow 2018, their programme which aims to find, mentor and publish new writers and illustrators from communities under-represented on the UK’s bookshelves. “We launched WriteNow because we know that books don’t reflect everyone in our societ
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The Collective Studio 2018-19 is a 9 month development programme for early-career and/or recent graduate artists and creative practitioners and is open for applications. The Collective Studio provides practitioners with affordable studios & workspace, access to peer- led training
Read with a free account →21 May 18 · Writing Workshops
Playwright Martin Malcolm leads a dynamic workshop on how to craft a powerful short script. Learn where story ideas come from, how to structure them and how to turn them into compelling drama. The day includes a mixture of practical techniques and research excursions, as well as
Read this article →21 May 18 · Opportunities
The new show Sketching will be a a multi-authored modern take on Charles Dickens’ chronicle of London life ‘Sketches By Boz’. Led by the playwright James Graham, they are now crowd-sourcing ideas and stories from writers for an autumn production at Wilton’s Music Hall in east Lon
Read with a free account →21 May 18 · Events / Opportunities
Following their recent theatre festival, Talos II, Cyborphic have organised a networking event for creatives interested in science fiction theatre to exchange ideas, form collaborations and discuss the future of theatre in the UK and beyond. They welcome people who are into Genre
Read with a free account →18 May 18 · Opportunities
HighTide’s aim is to produce new theatre works by artists who are yet to receive their first commission. HighTide produces well-resourced debut productions with substantial research and development periods, which benefit from development with HighTide associates and audience feed
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Are you a writer? Are you trying to progress your career in film or television but you feel held back by your disability, gender, race, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background? BAFTA is seeking 15 writers from areas of under-representation within our industries, including
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