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26 August 20 · Opportunities
American Actors UK are accepting play submissions for this event! Click here for details and to submit: https://forms.gle/nejxfqYH6V95smFh7 Unfortunately this is unpaid. Each piece must be written for 2-4 Actors, must have 50% female/ femal identifying characters and include the
Read with a free account →20 July 20 · Opportunities
SUBMISSIONS CALL-OUT FOR FEMALE IDENTIFYING PLAYWRIGHTS/WRITERS/PERFORMERS Empower Her Voice are looking for submissions from female-identifying writers for a fortnightly scratch night online. It will be a beautifully curated evening of different forms of theatre. Each fortnight,
Read with a free account →30 June 20 · Opportunities
NEW EPISODE of Get Your Play On available now with special guest, playwright Simon Vinnecombe. Available on all major podcast platforms or through you browser at getyourplayon.podbean.com Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Group
Read with a free account →29 June 20 · Opportunities
What they are looking for: short pieces dedicated to the themes of the Apocalypse, mostly from the perspective of modern society. Please complete the below form if you are interested or get in touch for more information! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegtLXuECb3vxFhCmQ
Read with a free account →29 June 20 · Opportunities
BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the South East of England the New Cre
Read with a free account →16 June 20 · Opportunities
BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the South West of England the New Cre
Read with a free account →16 June 20 · Opportunities
BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the South East of England the New Cre
Read with a free account →16 June 20 · Opportunities
BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the English Midlands, the New Creativ
Read with a free account →13 April 20 · Events
What do we mean by form in theatre? How can we feel empowered to discover bold and fitting forms to tell our stories? This session will unlock your creative imagination and further your understanding of form. The session is for writers of all experiences levels to further their u
Read this article →01 April 20 · Opportunities
Homotopia is encouraging LGBTQIA artists to celebrate Queer Art Always. They are offering seed commissions, ranging from £250 to £1,000 each. They are looking for positive and imaginative ways for our audience to engage via non-traditional platforms, suitable for the current clim
Read with a free account →01 April 20 · Opportunities
BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the north of England, the New Creativ
Read with a free account →29 February 20 · Opportunities
What is it? BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the English Midlands, the
Read with a free account →18 February 20 · Opportunities
BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the English Midlands, the New Creativ
Read with a free account →03 December 19 · Opportunities
Perthshire Plays is a new joint Programme between Horsecross Arts, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Birnam Arts, local playwright Lesley Wilson and Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland which aims to provide platforms for new and existing playwrights, giving them opportunities to develop thei
Read with a free account →30 September 19 · Events / Opportunities
Calling all Highland writers. Join the BBC Writersroom Scotland team for a Q&A on breaking into writing for TV and other BBC platforms. Chaired by Angela Galvin, Development Producer at the BBC Writersoom Glasgow base, she’ll be joined by a writer to discuss how to pitch your pro
Read with a free account →11 September 19 · Opportunities
POWERPLAY is the theme for the next evening of short plays at The Questors Theatre, Ealing, London. Power takes many forms. It’s about gender, class and social status. But it can also be sexual, political or economic. Some people have power, some people don’t. But the balance of
Read with a free account →11 September 19 · Education / Opportunities
An introduction to developing, writing, pitching and producing audio drama with playwright James Fritz. What makes writing for audio different from other forms of drama? How do you find the perfect audio idea? And how do you find a home for your script? Audio drama has a long, il
Read with a free account →03 June 19 · Opportunities
New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme that offers commissioning opportunities for emerging artists to create new work in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC platforms.Calling the Shots is running the New Creatives project for the South West region,
Read with a free account →05 November 18 · Opportunities
Writers are invited to submit plays for the 2019 Arundel Festival Theatre Trail.The Arundel Festival Theatre Trail, conceived and presented by Drip Action Theatre Company, is now in its nineteenth year. It performs at the end of August, on each of the Festival’s eight days, eight
Read with a free account →29 October 18 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
UK-based disabled artists and companies making disability-led work, across all art forms, are invited to apply for these funding opportunities: Main Commissions Main Research and Development Awards Emerging Artist Awards How to apply: find out more on the website Deadline: 29 Oct
Read with a free account →08 May 18 · Events / Writing Workshops
DANC (Disabled Artists Networking Community) is a regular networking event for Disabled Artists of all art forms. The event is hosted by a different theatre or arts organisation every 4-6 weeks and allows artists/performers with disabilities to network with invited Industry Guest
Read this article →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 →06 March 18 · Opportunities
The Arden School Of Theatre are inviting submissions for short 15 minute theatre pieces for their Arden Fringe at The Kings Arms Salford in November 2018. The event forms part of their third year actors professional year and past contributors have included writers Sarah McDonald
Read with a free account →05 March 18 · Opportunities
New for 2018, the SPILL OPEN! SPILL OPEN is aimed at early makers and artists whose practices may have been overlooked, regardless of age, working in between or across forms, and with something meaningful to say. The SPILL OPEN replaces the SPILL National Platform which ran from
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