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30 March 23 · Opportunities
New Dramaturgs Group is a four-month project for five early-career creatives to develop skills and gain practical experiences in dramaturgy. Led by Grace Gummer, Playwright Mentor at Sheffield Theatres, the New Dramaturgs Group is designed to provide resources for aspiring creati
Read with a free account →30 March 23 · Opportunities
Glow Up your career or portfolio with support from an industry mentor. This spring Dibby Theatre are piloting six Glow Up Sessions and twelve Glow Up Portfolio sessions. There are two opportunities, each with their own sign up process. Glow Up Sessions and Portfolios will be del
Read with a free account →23 March 23 · Opportunities
Thalia Arts will be running ‘Big Enough to Hang a Life on’, two evenings of scenes exploring the lives and relationships of LGBTQIA+ figures from history in the Golden Goose theatre this May and is currently taking submissions. Choose a queer figure from history (as long as it is
Read with a free account →23 March 23 · Opportunities
The Kevin Elyot Award is an annual award of £3,000 given to support a writer-in-residence based at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection. It is made in memory of Kevin Elyot (1951-2014) – an alumnus of the University Drama Department – and the influence he has had on writi
Read with a free account →20 March 23 · Opportunities
The 3-2-1 Writing Commission is a brand new opportunity for Buckinghamshire-based writers looking to get their work onto the stage as a paid playwright. Writers are invited to send in their play submissions, along with an extract from the proposed script, to be in with a chance o
Read with a free account →20 March 23 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
The Live Theatre in Newcastle has announced the inaugural North East Playwriting Award in partnership with The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust. This brand new venture seeks to award commissions to two playwrights who are either from or based in the North East of England. The c
Read with a free account →16 March 23 · Opportunities
A Bit Of A Do is a festival of theatre, dance and cabaret by disabled and non-disabled artists, produced by Drunken Chorus. For the 2023 instalment of A Bit Of A Do Drunken Chorus will support 3 artists and/or companies to create performances to premiere at the festival, and they
Read with a free account →16 March 23 · Opportunities
UNZIPPED Theatre are looking for 3 x 5-minute monologues to showcase at Brighton Fringe for four dates in May. No previous writing experience is needed and the opportunity is open to everyone. All you need is a script, no longer than 5 minutes worth of text (av. At 5 pages) on th
Read with a free account →13 March 23 · Opportunities
The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester is now accepting open submissions for scripts from playwrights based in the North-West of England. The Royal Exchange Theatre aims to build long-term, supportive relationships with writers and invest in their talent. While it is unlikely t
Read with a free account →07 March 23 · Opportunities
The Kirk Players is a non-profit theatre organization serving Mundelein and Lake County, Illinois, USA, and is excited to invite submissions for a Short Play Writing Contest! – Playwrights must be at least 18 years old to submit a script – All plays must be complete, one act come
Read with a free account →04 March 23 · Opportunities
Anthroplay are looking for monologues, spoken word, poetry and songs from new and existing writers/performers that revolve around the theme “FEMME” as part of their next Anthrotalks, a new-writing event held at The Hackney Den on the last Thursday of (most) months, to celebrate u
Read with a free account →03 March 23 · Opportunities
Heads or Tales is a new Theatre Scratch Night in London brought to you by Slàinte! Theatre Company. We are Slàinte! Theatre, an Irish and Scottish new writing theatre company based in London. We want to bring more authentic voices to London Theatre in terms of both the work we cr
Read with a free account →03 March 23 · Opportunities
Ad Infinitum, in partnership with The Old Courts, is inviting applications from theatre makers, writers and storytellers, to collaborate on ‘A New Constellation’, our latest project working creatively with older adults in Wigan and Leigh. Job Description A New Constellation conne
Read with a free account →03 March 23 · Opportunities
Writers from across the UK are invited to enter Chesil Theatre’s TakeTen New Writing Festival. The festival’s theme is ‘Snakes and Ladders’, which can be interpreted in so many ways and across every theatrical genre, from plays about life’s ups and downs, successes and failures,
Read with a free account →03 March 23 · News
Olivia Pryle’s play, Follow the Lines will be performed at the Bread & Roses Theatre this month. Find out all about it here… My name is Olivia Pryle and I am the writer of Follow the Lines play, a piece of writing I started working on a couple years ago with the help of the Londo
Read this article →02 March 23 · Opportunities
CALL OUT FOR LGBTQIA+ ACTOR-WRITERS PlantGays by White Noise Theatre THE PROJECT White Noise Theatre are undertaking a short R&D online and in London for their new project “PlantGays”, written and performed by a group of LGBTQIA+ actor-writers. Three queer people’s lives intersec
Read with a free account →01 March 23 · Opportunities
Optik Theatre has a call for scripts for its next Script Room event being held in June. The shows are supported by Richmond Libraries and take place in one of the Borough’s libraries in a specially set up studio venue – a great setting to see and showcase your work. A fee (£150 –
Read with a free account →25 February 23 · Opportunities
Director’s Cut Theatre Company’s Writers Club starts back in March in London, Brighton and online. Applications are only open three times a year so don’t miss the boat! This is an opportunity to keep developing your craft, build your community and experience, and have a lot of fu
Read with a free account →25 February 23 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
The Eclipse Award aims to help UK Black artists and other artists who are also marginalised for their race, and who make boundary-pushing performance work, to undertake an Edinburgh Fringe run. The award is an initiative by Eclipse Theatre and Summerhall, and aims to support unde
Read with a free account →23 February 23 · Digital Resources / Inspiration
What happens when you submit your script to a Literary Department? What does a Literary Manager do? What’s the difference between a New Work Associate and a Dramaturg? In this brand new video series from London Playwrights, Kimberley Andrews interviews Literary Managers, Dramatur
Read this article →23 February 23 · Opportunities
Are you a theatre maker with a new play in development? Are you looking for an opportunity to hear your play read out loud to a live audience? Are you ready for some feedback? Working in partnership with The Playwright Laboratory, we’re seeking new plays for a monthly series of t
Read with a free account →21 February 23 · Opportunities
The New American Full-Length Play competition has been created to support new plays. The competition is in line with The New American Theatre’s on-going commitment to inspire, educate and nurture artists and communities towards a thoughtful and humane world view through the art o
Read with a free account →20 February 23 · Opportunities
Allison Heinz is a Theatre Directing postgraduate student at the University of East London who is searching for new work to use for the final project in her course. She is looking for a play with a 2-3 person cast and around a 30-minute run time. The project will be a collaborati
Read with a free account →17 February 23 · Digital Resources / Inspiration
What happens when you submit your script to a Literary Department? What does a Literary Manager do? What’s the difference between a New Work Associate and a Dramaturg? In this brand new video series from London Playwrights, Kimberley Andrews interviews Literary Managers, Dramatur
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