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31 October 17 · Opportunities
Kudos is a High End production company that values distinctive content and they are looking for writers with strong original voices and bold ideas. Kudos North is specifically looking for dynamic stories and characters that radiate a northern authenticity. They want to see a scri
Read with a free account →31 October 17 · Opportunities
The Landor Space is back after a year of renovation! As part of their reopen, they are looking for play proposals for their Winter Season in January 2018 In their words: “We are looking to program new, innovative, interesting and ambitious performances from any kind (New writing,
Read with a free account →31 October 17 · Original Content
Where do you go if you want to put on a scratch night? And who do even you talk to? In this guest post, playwright Joyce Lee discusses how her writers’ collective went about putting on a new writing night, including the triumphs and the tests! Two years ago, a group of twelve pla
Read this article →30 October 17 · Opportunities
TALOS: the Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London returns on 22-25 March 2018 at the Bread & Roses Theatre. The festival is seeking submissions of plays with science fiction elements (related genres such as contemporary fantasy will also be considered). They are accepting sho
Read with a free account →27 October 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 →26 October 17 · Original Content
What happens when you bring the creepy and the chilling to theatre? Or how you frighten an audience on a low-budget? Read Editor Jennifer Richards’ Q&A with the London Horror Festival to find out… Halloween – the perfect time for carving pumpkins, finding the best scary costume a
Read this article →25 October 17 · Opportunities
Old Diorama Arts Centre have put out an open call for submissions. They are looking for new work of up to 10 minutes in length to be put on as part of their new performance night taking place on 7 December 2017. The call out is open to monologues, short plays, songs, dance, or pe
Read with a free account →25 October 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: The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award now
Read with a free account →24 October 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Applications for CNW 2018 are now open for three sets of 6 workshops – Winter 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2018. Each set of 6 workshops will welcome 6 writers to the stage of the Criterion Theatre for a sequence of highly-focused script development sessions. Course content: There a
Read with a free account →24 October 17 · Opportunities
In late spring 2018, Jermyn Street Theatre is reviving Noel Coward’s great Tonight at 8.30. This is the first time in London since 1936 that all nine of Coward’s one-act plays will have been performed together. Tonight at 8.30 explores themes of loneliness, relationships, family,
Read with a free account →23 October 17 · Opportunities
Various Instances Film Company are currently seeking writers and actors for a production project taking place in February 2018. They aim to produce short films via their Instagram Page, and are currently seeking writers and actors to get involved in their next project. In their w
Read with a free account →23 October 17 · Opportunities
Eva’s Echo Theatre Company is dedicated to promoting up and coming artists including writers. Their first show won the best emerging artists award from the Galway Fringe Festival this summer. They are currently seeking playwrights to send in scripts for their next production taki
Read with a free account →20 October 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 →19 October 17 · Opportunities
Aurora Metro Books, an independent publisher of diverse playwrights, is looking to publish the first ever collection of British East Asian plays. They are looking for unpublished plays from writers of East Asian decent. The plays can be of any genre, but must center around a Brit
Read with a free account →19 October 17 · Events
Olivier Award winning director John Tiffany is amongst speakers offering advice and speaking about how to improve and protect arts education at the first event by new company Art School. The director of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” and Associate Director at the Royal Court
Read this article →18 October 17 · Original Content
Writing can be something many prefer to do alone, but for others, being able to share ideas and feedback with fellow playwrights is an important part of creating a play. So today we’re taking a look at how to make the most out of workshops… Often trying to create a play just sitt
Read this article →18 October 17 · Opportunities
Camden People’s Theatre, in association with Barrel Organ, presents Live 7, a scratch night for under-represented artists making experimental and non-traditional work that specifically acknowledges the presence of the audience and plays with the ‘liveness’ of theatre. As a compan
Read with a free account →18 October 17 · Opportunities
As part of Vibrant 2017 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, Finborough Theatre are looking for an unperformed short play or a twenty-page excerpt from an unperformed full-length script. The scripts submitted will be part of Introduce Yourself, an initiative that aims to offer
Read with a free account →18 October 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: The Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission seeking wri
Read with a free account →16 October 17 · Opportunities
Hidden River Arts are offering a $1,000 prize and publication in The Hidden River Review of Arts & Letters for an unpublished and unproduced short play. They are looking for submissions to be of any genre, and no more than 15 minutes in length. The competition is open internation
Read with a free account →16 October 17 · Opportunities
Monday Club presents: Bunker Bites, is a three day festival of new writing and performance being put on at The Bunker. They are looking for writers and performers to get involved and send them new work. It is an opportunity open to any creatives across the performing arts. The ev
Read with a free account →13 October 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 →13 October 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 →12 October 17 · Opportunities
Writers from around the world are invited to submit their scripts for the 26th International Radio Playwriting Competition. The global competition, hosted by BBC World Service and the British Council, in partnership with co-producers The Open University, offers the unique opportu
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