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18 January 18 · Opportunities
Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries, set up by the American Shakespeare Centre, is a groundbreaking, industry-changing undertaking to discover, develop, and produce a new canon of 38 plays that are inspired by and in conversation with Shakespeare’s work. It’s an opportunity for play
Read with a free account →18 January 18 · Opportunities
Chesil Theatre is inviting submissions of ten-minute plays based on the theme, HIDDEN WORLDS. Ten plays will be selected for performances at the 10×10 New Writing Festival to be held in October 2018. The aim of 10×10 is to discover, promote and produce the very best new writing o
Read with a free account →18 January 18 · Jobs
The Bush Theatre is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and highly organised Associate Dramaturg to lead the Bush’s literary team and play a key role in supporting the Artistic Director in new writer and new play development through commissioning and nurturing new plays and
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In this guest post, playwright Naomi Westerman spills the beans on her top tips for writers who want to make the most out of their VAULT Festival experience… Last year was my VAULT Festival debut, with two shows (the one-woman kidnap drama CLAUSTROPHILIA, and the feminist queer s
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Punk Monkey Productions is now accepting one-act plays for their seventh season of PL.A.Y Noir. Selected pieces will receive a four-week/twelve performance run in the fall of 2018 at The Actor’s Workout Studio in the North Hollywood Arts District, as well as, non-exclusive public
Read with a free account →17 January 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: Red Planet Prize 2018 Description: The Red Planet
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UK independent production company Red Planet Pictures have partnered with ITV Drama on The Red Planet Prize 2018, in the new search for emerging writing talent who can create fresh and inspiring popular TV drama content. The winner of The Red Planet Prize, initially launched in 2
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Asphalt Jungle Shorts XIV has announced a call for plays to be performed on May 31, June 1, 2, 7, 8, 9th 2018. What to submit: In their own words: ‘We need plays. Short plays. 1 minute to 5 minutes….if it’s set on the go – outside, up to 10 if it’s set in a bar … Asphalt Jungle S
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This one’s a quickie! Soho Theatre will be running a £1 script sale on Saturday 20 January 2018 from 3-6pm. Come along to Soho Theatre and join them if you want to grab some bargains! Source: @JulesMHaworth via @Playwriting_UK
Read with a free account →17 January 18 · Opportunities
“Anything Goes” is an open scratch opportunity, showcasing new writing from all walks of life at the Vault Festival. Whether you’re 18, 108, or somewhere in between, they want to hear your stories and we want to see your work. Anything Goes takes place at 9.30pm as part of the fe
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Talawa Thatre company is recuiting for a New Work Coordinator. Talawa is committed to supporting the development of Black emerging and established artists, and in particular we have been championing writers through their twice yearly script reading service, the annual showcase ev
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Yellow Stockings theatre company is seeking play submissions to be produced in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. What to submit: Running time around 50-60 minutes For a cast of 2-5 actors, at least 50% of the cast will be made up of women They are particularly interest
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This is an opportunity targeted at companies rather than individual writers, so we’re keeping it brief but posting it for folks who have these links and are interested. SO Festival is currently accepting tender bids to produce a large scale installation that will appeal to all ag
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Stockport Garrick Theatre is looking for 3 playwrights to help develop a 45-90 minute play that will get a rehearsed reading at their New Writing Festival. What you get: Initially, development opportunities will be on a peer basis and will be lead by what the playwright needs. Th
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Audiojam runs competitions on a quarterly basis over a wide range of mediums from monologues to short stories, plays and audiobooks. Their Spring 2018 competition is focused on playscripts. Up to 5 plays will be accepted and produced in their studio using professional actors and
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Waterloo Festival 2018 will launch its publishing initiative on June 14th, 2018 at St John’s Waterloo, London. This is a call for submissions to a writing competition. They are aiming to present the bold and best writing to highlight new talent. They are working with Bridge House
Read with a free account →16 January 18 · Original Content
Our Editor, Jennifer Richards, has taken up the challenge to write a play in a month as part of our #WrAP initiative. With Week Two done, she’s trying not to panic knowing she’s half way through… Writing a whole play in a month means not a lot of planning can go into the project.
Read this article →14 January 18 · Opportunities
StageWrite is Bedford’s only annual new writing festival. 2018 dates now confirmed as Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th May 2018. The Festival will partner with The Place Theatre, the home of StageWrite since 2013 StageWrite is designed as a platform for emerging and published writers
Read with a free account →13 January 18 · Opportunities
The Debbies New Voices Script Award aims to find new talent in TV writing. They’re looking for original scripts with potential for development, particularly those that tell stories that are underrepresented on TV. The award is open to anyone over 18 who is not a professional writ
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Taal Residency offers musicians, artists and theatre-makers a chance to work together to create a new project in Bhimtal, an idyllic lake town in the foothills of the Himalayas. The residency will take place April 9th – 16th 2018. Artists of any discipline are invited to apply th
Read this article →12 January 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 →12 January 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 next scratch night will take place on Monday 12 March 2018. The Pleasance is proud to support a large number of developing artists
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PlayList, organised by WoLab, will take place at the King’s Head Theatre on 4 and 5 March 2018. After this, two pieces will be chosen to go into further development with WoLab during 2018, to be staged in 2019. No previous writing experience is necessary to submit, just a desire
Read with a free account →12 January 18 · Education
Starting a Performing Arts Company Thursday 1 February from 10.00am – 5.00pm This course provides an overview of everything you need to be thinking about when setting up and running your own performing arts company. By the end of this course you will have a basic knowledge of: Ho
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