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14 August 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
The Arcola are running a 6 week playwriting workshop titled: WRITING FOR THE STAGE – CONSENTING ADULTS COPY. The course will be run by playwright Lee Anderson. About Lee Anderson: “Lee Anderson is a playwright and dramaturg based in London and working internationally. He is Write
Read with a free account →12 August 17 · Original Content
It’s International Youth Day! But Editor Jennifer Richards is worried that youth isn’t always an advantage when it comes to playwriting… Even in a creative profession, where it may be slightly less frowned upon to spend the day in your pyjamas (that’s what being freelance means r
Read this article →11 August 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 →10 August 17 · Opportunities
The Old Vic have launched the 3rd year of The Old Vic 12 and are now accepting applications! The Old Vic 12 is a creative scheme that aims to support artists. They are searching for 12 individual artists who are ready to take the next step in their careers. The scheme provides op
Read with a free account →10 August 17 · Original Content
As part of the launch of our new membership scheme, we’re celebrating writers that LPW has worked with in the course of the past year. In the last post from our talented gaggle of Dark Horse Festival writers, Sophia Chapadjiev takes a long hard look at herself in the mirror and a
Read this article →09 August 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: Chelsea Theatre seeking submissions for scratch n
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Hammond House are currently accepting short scripts for the launch of their new screenwriting competition. The genre is open but they are looking for work based on the theme: Eternal. They are looking scripts formatted for the screen (done via a professional software such as CELT
Read with a free account →07 August 17 · Opportunities
London Horror Festival are seeking horror scripts for their 2017 festival! Through their annual playwriting competition, they are looking for scripts with a time frame of 45-60 minutes. The winning applicant will have their play performed on the opening night of the festival at t
Read with a free account →05 August 17 · Opportunities
Chelsea Theatre are seeking submissions for their new scratch night, and are offering £50 prizes to the winning applicants! They are looking for short scripts based of the themes: home, culture, and boarders. They are accepting scripts, skits, comedy, poetry, and more. Each piece
Read with a free account →04 August 17 · Opportunities
TheatreThirteen are hosting a scratch night for new writing and are looking for scripts. They are hosting the night to celebrate new writing, and to promote the work of new talent. In their words: “The pieces should be around 10 minutes each, feature no more than 3 actors, and id
Read with a free account →04 August 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 →03 August 17 · Original Content
As part of the launch of our new membership scheme, we’re celebrating writers that LPW has worked with in the course of the past year. In the next of our blogs by our playwrights from the Dark Horse Festival, Sonali Bhattacharyya gives advice for playwrights balancing writing wit
Read this article →02 August 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: VAULT Festival 2018 open for applications Descrip
Read with a free account →01 August 17 · Opportunities
The Caroline Aherne Bursary for Funny Northern Women is now open for submissions! BBC Comedy Commissioning in partnership with BBC Writersroom and BBC North are delighted to launch a new bursary scheme in the memory of the late Caroline Aherne. Aimed at northern female writers/pe
Read with a free account →31 July 17 · Opportunities
Karman Theatre Company are looking for plays to produce as part of their new writing night titled PIECES. They are looking for short plays with a time frame of 15-20 minutes. These can be of any genre and can also be an extract of a longer piece. In their words: “PIECES is a quar
Read with a free account →31 July 17 · Opportunities
Monday Club are currently accepting scripts for a rehearsed reading of a new play at the Old Red Lion Theatre. In their words: “The Spill is an evening of new writing, giving one playwright the opportunity to have their new play performed as a rehearsed reading in front of a live
Read with a free account →31 July 17 · Opportunities
Monday Club are accepting creative work for their scratch night Take The Floor. In their words: “The night promotes new work within all forms of theatre and forges connections for collaboration between these varying mediums. Whether you’re putting on part of a play, a dance, a mi
Read with a free account →28 July 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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 with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Even
Read with a free account →27 July 17 · Original Content
As part of the launch of our new membership scheme, we’re celebrating writers that LPW has worked with in the course of the past year. In the first of our blogs by our playwrights from the Dark Horse Festival, Eva Edo recounts how she realised one of her play’s protagonists wasn’
Read this article →26 July 17 · Opportunities
VAULT Festival is now open to applications for the 2018 Festival. They are looking for daring, innovative and engaging work to present to audiences between January and March 2018. This year there are three strands to which you can apply: Theatre & Performance, Comedy Festival and
Read with a free account →26 July 17 · Opportunities
Eloise Lally Productions are seeking full-length plays and plays currently in development for production at a London fringe venue next year. The opportunity is for writers who have a full-length play that has not yet been produced and writers who are currently developing a full-l
Read with a free account →26 July 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: Heretic Productions seeking monologues for produc
Read with a free account →25 July 17 · Opportunities
It’s the 15th year of the New Works of Merit Playwriting contest, and they are seeking submissions! They are looking for original full-length scripts that are no longer than 2 hours or over 90 pages. (Scripts over 90 pages with a performance time under 2 hours are also eligible.)
Read with a free account →25 July 17 · Jobs / Opportunities
National Museums Liverpool are looking for a writer/story builder for their Terracotta Warriors ‘TRUE COLOURS’ Education programme. In their words: “A writer / story-builder is required to write a script for an animated story performance involving interaction with school children
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