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30 April 18 · Opportunities
Mercury Theatre Colchester & Josef Weinberger Ltd are joining forces to discover the very best and most diverse new British theatre writing talent from across the UK. The Mercury/Weinberger Playwriting Prize will be looking for previously unperformed plays that have the ambition,
Read with a free account →30 April 18 · Opportunities
Reading Between the Lines (RBL), Reading’s multi-award winning theatre company, are accepting submissions for their annual new writing competition, Find a Reading Writer. The competition, which will take place on Sunday 13th May, will see entrants have 6 hours to write a short pl
Read with a free account →30 April 18 · Uncategorized
Audiojam have launched their ‘Flash Fiction’ Competition 2018. “Flash fiction is a great medium for flexing your writing muscles, write a piece of up to 1,000 words and get it cast, recorded and promoted across the globe on our podcast site.” How to apply: The entry fee is £1.99.
Read this article →30 April 18 · Opportunities
The John Retallack Playwriting Course is based in central Oxford. It is a new professional course that covers every aspect of writing a play and, over 30 weekly 2-hour sessions and 3 day-long workshops between September and June, asks a selected group of promising writers to writ
Read with a free account →27 April 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Cyborphic is proud to announce the Science Fiction Theatre Research Lab, a workshop series on writing, performing and directing science fiction for the stage. The event will take place 21-24 May 2018 at the London Theatre Workshop in central London and will be the first workshop
Read with a free account →27 April 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 →26 April 18 · Resources / Writing Advice
We’re thrilled to announce some exciting new content coming up for our members this Spring & Summer… The Re-drafting Toolkit Following on from the success of #WrAP2018, where a whopping 150 of you signed up to write a play in January, we figured it was high time to give you some
Read this article →26 April 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Are you struggling with your writing? Have you started a story and don’t know how to move it on? Do you have an idea and don’t know where to start? Is it a novel, a script or a play? This one day workshop will help you understand your creative blocks and progress with your creati
Read with a free account →25 April 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: Airplays developing radio dramas about Empire Win
Read with a free account →25 April 18 · Opportunities
A Pleasance Scratch is an evening of variety, ideas and fun; a chance to see artists present brave, new work at the first stages of development. The Pleasance is proud to support a large number of developing artists every year through their various Pleasance Futures initiatives,
Read with a free account →24 April 18 · Jobs / Opportunities
Writing West Midlands have vacancies for workshop leaders and assistants for their Spark Young Writers project. The vacancies span across the region, including Birmingham, Worcester, Evesham, Coventry and Stoke on Trent Writing West Midlands runs the largest programme of creative
Read with a free account →24 April 18 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
Developing your Creative Practice is a new development fund from the Arts Council which allows individual creative practitioners time and space to develop their work. Grants from £2000 – £10000 are available. How to apply: Please read the guidelines and check your eligibility car
Read with a free account →24 April 18 · Events / Opportunities
The South London Writers’ Group has been running continuously for over five years. It is a get together of writers, actors and others interested in sight reading and discussing new work. There’s no selection process or cost, but do please bring paper copies of your work. They rea
Read with a free account →23 April 18 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in May 2018. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through to peruse the who
Read with a free account →23 April 18 · Opportunities
Following a sell-out run last year, Off the Cliff is producing a mini-festival of new plays inspired by Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses. Chosen writers will have their plays performed for a week (6 performances) at the Waterloo East Theatre in July. How to apply: Read the full submission g
Read with a free account →23 April 18 · Opportunities
The Lancaster Playwriting Prize is a new initiative arising out of the cultural partnership between Lancaster University and The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster; it is supported by Lucy Briers, Tamasha Theatre Company and Arts Council England. In this inaugural year, the Prize is focuse
Read with a free account →23 April 18 · Events
The LPW Online Book Club is our latest initiative, exclusive for our members. Not a member yet? Well, if you want a jump start for your writing for the price of a cup of coffee, what are you waiting for? Sign up here today! (Want more reasons to join and a bit more info? Read thi
Read this article →20 April 18 · Opportunities
Who wants to meet up for coffee? The 4th Theatre Career Coffee Chats, run by Estelle Rosenfield will take place soon. How it works, in Estelle’s words: We all stay at home in front of our computer and grab a drink (tea and other beverages welcome). I prepare an inspiring talk abo
Read with a free account →20 April 18 · Opportunities
Gloucester Library is programming a mini festival on Wednesday 29th August 2018 for children and families inspired by the 250 years anniversary of the beginning of the circus. They are looking for expressions of interest from anyone interested in creating mischief at the library;
Read with a free account →20 April 18 · Original Content
Editor Jennifer Richards looks at what happens when faced with a list of opportunities and deadlines you’re panicking you won’t make… One of the brilliant things playwriting has over other forms of writing is how much more accessible it is. Being such a community-based media mean
Read this article →20 April 18 · Events / Opportunities
The prestigious TV Writers’ Festival will take place this year on 6th June in London. Starting in 2010, the TV Writers’ Festival is curated by writers for writers. The festival is a mix of masterclasses, conversations and debates aimed at and created for, working television write
Read with a free account →20 April 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 →19 April 18 · Opportunities
After the success of their last event, Womens’ Night, Actor Awareness is now seeking submissions for their next event. Their last event saw their biggest amount of script submissions, one of their biggest audiences and one of the actresses getting picked up by an agent! Their nex
Read with a free account →19 April 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Squint have teamed up with The Mono Box to launch the inaugural Squint Writers’ Group. The Squint Writers’ Group equips first-time writers with skills that will help them bring their first play to life and empowers existing writers with an insight into the way Squint make provoca
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