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31 March 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →29 March 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: Nick Darke Award 2017 open for submissions (£6000
Read with a free account →28 March 17 · Opportunities
Have you had a one act play performed at a festival? If so you could be in line for the Geoffrey Whitworth trophy which is awarded annually to an original play, debuting in the UK’s one-act play festivals. Plays must have been part of festivals organised by All England Theatre Fe
Read with a free account →28 March 17 · Opportunities
The 2017 Pint-Sized Plays Writing Competition is open. Organisers are looking for scripts capable of being staged in a pub with a running time of between 5 and 10 minutes, with two or three characters only and with minimal additional props. Six winning plays will be performed in
Read with a free account →28 March 17 · Opportunities
The £6,000 Nick Darke Award 2017 is now open for entries. Established in 2006 to celebrate the best writing for stage, screen and radio, the Nick Darke Writers’ Award is funded by Falmouth University’s Academy of Music and Theatre Arts, and the School of Writing & Journalism. The
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Opportunities
Would you like £2000 to develop an outstanding, imaginative, new piece of theatre? Submissions are now open for Live Theatre’s annual Live Lab Bursary for innovative approaches to text based theatre. The bursary winner will receive £2000, dramaturgical and producing support, rese
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in April 2017. 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 to peruse t
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Opportunities
Shore Scripts is seeking short scripts for its Short Film Fund competition. Shore Scripts says the contest is an opportunity to become a produce screenwriter. It will be commissioning at least one short film with a budget up to $15,000 (£12,100). Minimum budget of $6250 (£5000).
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Events / Opportunities
The newly launched arts space Bohemian Balcony is holding a Swindon Scratch night at 7.15pm on 13 April 2017. £1 on the door. The Balcony says; “Come along to network and support creative talent in our town. “Whatever your creative discipline or current project, be brave and brin
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Events / Opportunities
Playwrights’ Circle Monday 27 March/22 May from 7.30-9.30pm Bread & Roses Theatre The Playwrights Circle is a friendly and supportive circle in which playwrights can share their work and work-in-progress, run by The Bread & Roses Theatre on the last Monday every month. The Bread
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Opportunities
Bread & Roses Theatre is accepting submissions for The Platform scratch night on 11-13 June 2017. All profits from The Platform are always shared between all contributing creatives, in the past this has usually worked out at £15-£30 per person depending on ticket sales. Submissio
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Opportunities
Chelmsford-based Mad Apple Collective has announced its third residency at ACANTEEN this October – The Locked Room. MAC says: “We are looking for four brand-new one-act plays, which bring a sense of dark intrigue and mystery to our theme The Locked Room. “What can happen when peo
Read with a free account →24 March 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to help support LPB without spending any extra cash? Check out our ‘Gifts & Gear’ series and do your Amazon shopping via our links! 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). O
Read with a free account →23 March 17 · Events / Opportunities
Poplar Union, a brand new east London-based arts, culture and community venue, has announced its first series of writing workshops. This three-part workshops with fringe writer Dale J. Pearson are on the theme of ‘place’. After the final workshop, participants are invited to take
Read with a free account →22 March 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: Verity Bargate Award 2017 launched (£7000 prize)
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
RE:act wants to bring together emerging writers/theatre makers, directors and actors wanting to create a new short piece of musical theatre. RE:act says: “Written or devised in 24 hours, and performed at The Other Palace these short new musicals will be a perfect companion for th
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
Aged 14 –25 & interested in playwriting? The Royal Court is looking for a song-length play inspired by your favourite track. It will be considered for performance at The Play List, an evening of readings and performances curated by the Royal Court’s Youth Board. The Play List wil
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
The revered theatre publication, The Stage, has announced a new award to recognise the best breakthrough writers, actors and creatives in theatre. Called The Stage Debut Awards, the new accolades will celebrate burgeoning talent within the industry and anyone over the age of 16,
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
The Verity Bargate Award has recently been launched, so get your scripts ready to go before the 5 July deadline. The winner receives £7000 in respect of an exclusive option for Soho Theatre to produce the play. The award was established in 1982 to honour Soho Theatre’s co-founder
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
Submissions are now open to the Lost Theatre’s 33rd Annual One Act Festival from Monday 29 May to Saturday 3 June 2017. The winning show will receive £400. Also, an author, selected by the festival committee, will have the chance to get a piece of their work work-shopped and then
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
Soundwork has announced its latest Audio Play Competition. The winning play will be recorded and posted on the Soundwork-uk website along with a photo and details of the writer. Entries may be submitted from any part of the world. There is no fee. Copyright will remain with the a
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
Studio Players, Kentucky’s oldest community-involved theatre, located in Lexington, has announced their 4th annual 10-Minute Play Festival, to be performed in August 2017. Winning entrants will get a full production of their scripts and video recording and presentation of their s
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
From 12 September to 1 October 2017, Camden People’s Theatre (CPT) presents Come As You Are: three weeks of adventurous performance addressing attitudes towards and understanding of gender. They are seeking: Full productions exploring themes directly relevant to the festival In-d
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
KDC Theatre, an active amateur group in the centre of London, is looking for short pieces for a week-long production in a fringe theatre in June. KDC says: “We are looking to choose 12 pieces around the theme ‘What keeps me awake’, that are no longer than 4 sides of A4, and need
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