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15 December 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Get it Write is WRiTEON’s regular workshop which gives you the chance to see your words brought to life by a team of experienced actors and directors. You’ll also get feedback and suggestions for further development of characters, plot, theme and other aspects of your play. The u
Read with a free account →15 December 17 · 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 →14 December 17 · Opportunities
The next Actor Awarenss scratch night will be Sunday the 4th of February and the theme is Class. The interpretation of the theme is down to you. They are looking for 4 pieces of new writing. It will be part of the Actor Awareness partnership with Spotlight, so it is a paid opport
Read with a free account →14 December 17 · Opportunities
Pluck Productions are accepting submissions for their next new writing scratch night at the Old Red Lion on 28 January 2018. The theme of the night is ‘reinvention’. How to apply: email info:pluckproductions,com with expressions of interest. Deadline: 20 December 2017 Source: Bos
Read with a free account →14 December 17 · Opportunities
Next Spring, Blindspot will be hosting a week long theatre festival in the centre of Coventry that will aim to bring unseen stories, ideas and theatre styles out of people’s blind spot. Writing submissions for the festival are now open! How to apply: read the full guidelines here
Read with a free account →14 December 17 · Opportunities
King’s Shorts, located in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada, is now in its twelfth year and they welcome scripts from all over the world. A large majority of the plays received come from international playwrights and several have been presented on their stage. How to apply: Pl
Read with a free account →14 December 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
How to Begin Playwriting is a A ten week course which will give an insight into approaches to beginning playwriting. This course will focus on techniques, exercises and approaches to writing, with opportunities for discussion and shared group critiques. Led by Suhayla El-Bushra,
Read with a free account →13 December 17 · Original Content
Theatre seems to have a constant loop of classic plays being shown, with our love of Shakespeare never wavering. But with these stories being told a hundred times over, is it possible for a theatre-maker to take the play and tell us something new? Shakespeare is usually a person’
Read this article →13 December 17 · Opportunities
The Space Theatre is a performing arts centre based in a converted church on the Isle of Dogs, East London. They seek to programme high quality theatre productions, with a balance of classics, revivals, new writing and devised work. Their commitment to supporting new, emerging an
Read with a free account →13 December 17 · 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: Independent company seeking 60 minute play as par
Read with a free account →08 December 17 · Original Content / Writing Workshops
Is your New Year’s Resolution to write more? Kickstart your writing goals with LPW, and sign up for #WrAP! You CAN write a play this January What if we said you could write a play – YES a whole play – this January? Well, you can if you take part in Write a Play – … Write A Play t
Read this article →08 December 17 · Opportunities
The Papatango New writing Prize is now open for entries! All scripts submitted to the Prize will receive personal feedback over summer 2018 (once the shortlist and winner have been announced). The winner of the Prize will develop their play with Papatango over several months, bui
Read with a free account →08 December 17 · 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 →07 December 17 · Opportunities
Eurodram is currently seeking new full length plays originally written in English to promote to translators across Europe. Eurodram is a European theatre translation network covering European, Mediterranean and Central Asian languages. The network is organised into roughly 30 lan
Read with a free account →06 December 17 · 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: London Irish Green Curtain Theatre Company seekin
Read with a free account →05 December 17 · Opportunities
An independent company is looking for a new 60 minute, 1 act play for a run next June 2018. The play will be put on as part of a new writing festival, and will be directed by Polyanna, the person to contact for this particular event. The event is organised by Peter James CBE (Pet
Read with a free account →01 December 17 · Gift Guide / Original Content
Are you struggling to think of a fabulous festive gift for the writer in your life? I mean, apart from their laptop, what does a playwright even need these days? Well, look no further than our annual gift guide for writers, handpicked by the LPB team. From luxury splurges to note
Read this article →01 December 17 · 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 →30 November 17 · Education / Original Content
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 →30 November 17 · Original Content
How do you create theatre for people who are too often ignored in this industry? Read Editor Jennifer Richards’ Q&A with director Fauve Alice to find out… Spare Tyre are a theatre company that produce bold and powerful performances that not only includes, but are driven by those
Read this article →29 November 17 · 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: Persistent and Nasty seeking female and femme-ide
Read with a free account →27 November 17 · Opportunities
Entries are invited for the 2018 Steyning Festival Theatre Trails. These should be one act plays with maximum performance length of 40 minutes, small casts, and simple production and staging requirements, suitable for staging in a variety of small venues, indoor or outside. Selec
Read with a free account →26 November 17 · Opportunities
The RSL’s new Literature Matters Awards aim to reward and enable literary excellence and innovation. Each year, after an open call for proposals, the Awards will be given to individual writers or other literary creators, recognising their past achievements and providing them with
Read with a free account →24 November 17 · Opportunities
Talawa specialises in developing Black British writers, and their scriptreading service is open through November 2017. Talawa‘s history of nurturing and collaborating with outstanding writers like Roy Williams, Derek Walcott, Jackie Kay and Malorie Blackman is well known. Talawa
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