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02 September 16 · Opportunities
Pathos Theatre Productions are receiving submissions from emerging playwrights to commission a full-length play. The play will be performed in a London venue and writers will be involved in the rehearsal process. What to submit: No longer than 90 minutes and no more than four cha
Read with a free account →24 August 16 · 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: Dionysian Magazine seeking play submissions Descr
Read with a free account →24 August 16 · Opportunities
Actor Awareness is seeking script submissions for their next scratch night on the theme of ‘Identity’ on 19 September 2016. This project is heavily supported by Spotlight and this is a paid opportunity for the writers/ directors and actors. (They do not say what the budget is in
Read with a free account →23 August 16 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in September 2016. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through peruse
Read with a free account →22 August 16 · Opportunities
Submissions are sought for the MT Pockets 10 Minute Play Festival celebrating playwrights–emerging and professional– and culminating in a bare bones production of the top 6 to 8 submissions. What to submit: Limit of TWO entries per playwright. be unpublished, with 3 or less produ
Read with a free account →11 August 16 · Opportunities
Pint-Sized is looking for submissions for new shows. Pint-Sized is an evening of new writing, which combines: – 10-15 minute pieces – A live band playing tailor-made tracks in the transitions – Affordable tickets, which include a discount on your first drink after the show The sh
Read with a free account →04 August 16 · Opportunities
The Dionysian is a new international magazine (print & online blog) based in NYC that is currently seeking submissions from playwrights. What to submit: A completed short play ranging from 1-10 pages. In their own words: “At The Dionysian we are constantly looking for new and upc
Read with a free account →01 August 16 · Opportunities
StageWrite, Bedford’s only annual new writing festival, happens in March each year. They are currently open for submission for their 2017 season. StageWrite will be entering its 5th year next year and they are looking for submissions of plays for their next festival. The festival
Read with a free account →25 July 16 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in late July & August 2016. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click throug
Read with a free account →22 July 16 · Opportunities
Submissions are open for Sharp Scratches to take place on August 27th at the Courtyard Theatre, Hoxton. Their last showing was a sell-out event, with literary agents in attendance. They let let all submitters know whether they have not been successful, and if your script is short
Read with a free account →22 July 16 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in July 2016 and beyond. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through p
Read with a free account →22 July 16 · Opportunities
Instinct Theatre is accepting script submissions to be considered for their 2016-17 season. This London theatre company has previously produced new writing on the London stage and are looking to work with a playwright to workshop and produce their work as part of a collaborative
Read with a free account →11 July 16 · Opportunities
Faith Drama Productions are calling for submissions from emerging writer-directors. 4 successful applicants will be invited to write and direct a 10 minute play to be staged at the Theatre Madness Festival in Newham, this September. The winner (selected from these 4) will receive
Read with a free account →04 July 16 · Opportunities
Polemic Theatre Company is now accepting submissions for its inaugural One-Act New Play Festival Partisan Play Fest. This year’s festival will examine the central theme “What is the perception of Police in modern society?” Festival Guidelines: 1. All One-Acts shall have a run tim
Read with a free account →24 June 16 · Opportunities
Bristol Old Vic’s Literary Department is on the hunt for new and previously unproduced plays and musicals from writers living and working in the South West. Submissions are accepted from Wednesday, 1 June until 18 July, 2016. If your work is one of the top 5 scripts they receive
Read with a free account →13 June 16 · Opportunities
Drift Shop scratch night is an evening of new theatre writing and original performance. They are currently looking for playwrights, directors and actors to take part in their next scratch night, which takes place on 30 August 2016 at the book club in Shoreditch. Visit their websi
Read with a free account →07 June 16 · Opportunities
Submissions are now being accepted for the Sultan Padamsee Award for Playwriting, 2016. The deadline is 31 August, 2016 and entrants should be ‘a person of Indian origin from any country’. The organisers are looking for plays 75 – 120 mins in duration and the works must be in Eng
Read with a free account →04 June 16 · Opportunities
Ignite Theatre is seeking script submissions for its 2017 season. What to submit: Plays should be 70-90 minutes in length, and must not have been submitted or produced elsewhere. (You can check out their company aims for a clearer idea of what they’re looking for.) How to apply:
Read with a free account →02 June 16 · Opportunities
The Bush Theatre is currently open to script submissions from writers. What to submit: In their own words: “The Bush Theatre exists to produce original plays that provoke conversation and are theatrically bold. We are looking for plays with contemporary bite, which seek to reflec
Read with a free account →30 May 16 · Opportunities
The Eddy is currently open to play submissions from unproduced playwrights under age 35. About The Eddy: ‘The Eddy is a digital, subscriber-based theatre community unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. The Eddy is a revolutionary platform whose main purpose is to distribute sc
Read with a free account →30 May 16 · Opportunities
Second Sons Theatre Company, based in London, is currently open to submissions for short comedy plays for their new writing night Play Time. The event is at Theatre N16 in Balham on Friday 2nd September at 7.30pm. What to submit: They are looking for five ‘unique, alternative com
Read with a free account →26 May 16 · Opportunities
Free Rayne Artists is seeking plays for their next night of new writing ‘Spiral’ at The Bread and Roses Theatre from 16th-18th October 2016. Free Rayne Artists is a new theatre company dedicated to showcasing new writing, actors and directors. Their first show ‘Spiral’ sold out a
Read with a free account →26 May 16 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in June 2016. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through peruse the w
Read with a free account →24 May 16 · Education / Funding and Bursaries
Project 2036 is a three year programme that will offer a Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) playwright, director and producer a £10,000 bursary each year, generously funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The Bush is proposing to host three BAMER artists annually over the
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