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31 January 17 · Opportunities
Falling Pennies is holding its fourth new writing show ”On The Night” and is looking for writers to submit a 10-15 minute scene on the theme of “lost & found”, The night will be at 7.30pm on a Sunday this March (TBC) at The Arcola Theat What to submit: A 10-15 minute scene on the
Read with a free account →31 January 17 · Opportunities
The Significant Other Festival is an annual festival of 10, 10 minute plays created in just 10 days. The festival runs in London and Manchester. This year the 6th Significant Other Festival is at The Vaults Theatre in London with performances from 14-18 March 2017. Applications a
Read with a free account →31 January 17 · Opportunities
The Writers Club is a unique club for playwrights, where writers come together to develop their scripts, learn, share and inspire. In association with Directors Cut Theatre Company. Workshops are run by artistic director Heather Ward who has an MA in Theatre Directing, studied pl
Read with a free account →31 January 17 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in February 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 perus
Read with a free account →31 January 17 · Opportunities
Omnibus are looking for submissions for the annual Omnibus Literary Festival. Taking as inspiration the site’s former life as the Old Library, Omnibus are looking for playwrights who have an adaptation of a novel to be part of an evening showcasing new work. What you get: Selecte
Read with a free account →27 January 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to help support LPB this? Check out our new series ‘Gifts & Gear’ 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). Opportunities are groupe
Read with a free account →27 January 17 · Opportunities
The Bruntwood Prize – the biggest playwriting competition in the UK, both in terms of number of submissions and prize money – has been launched, so time to get your scripts ready before the June deadline. The biennial Bruntwood Prize is organised by The Royal Exchange Theatre in
Read with a free account →27 January 17 · Events / Opportunities
Brave New World is open for submissions for five minute pieces for a new writing night on the theme of Legacy on Friday 31 March at Slam in King’s Cross. Theme: Brave New World says after a year of high-profile deaths in 2016 Legacy will explore the aftermath. In their own words:
Read with a free account →27 January 17 · Writing Workshops
Playwriting The Art of Redrafting with Jemma Kennedy and Tanya Ronder Saturday 4 February and Sunday 5 February, 10.30am-4.30pm John Lyon Education Studio, National Theatre Studio, 83 -101 The Cut, London, SE1 8LL. About the course: This two-day course with playwrights Tanya Rond
Read this article →26 January 17 · Opportunities
The Writers Avenue Theatre Company is open to writers aged 18-30 who would like the opportunity to develop work and showcase it in front of an audience including top industry professionals. It is looking for scripts on the theme: Six degrees: It’s a small world. The playwright, F
Read with a free account →26 January 17 · Events / Opportunities
Stichin’ Fiction has announced a new writing night where creatives are challenged to cast, rehearse, and perform in the course of a single evening in a free workshopping environment. Stitchin’ Fiction says: “Writers with words stuck in their laptops and notebooks are given a pool
Read with a free account →25 January 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: Soggy Brass at Southwark Playhouse Description: V
Read with a free account →25 January 17 · Education / Opportunities
Yellow Earth is launching a two-year Professional Writers Programme for writers of East Asian descent led by Caroline Jester. Four early career writers will be selected to take part with the aim of developing at least one play for the company to produce. If you are a writer of dr
Read with a free account →25 January 17 · Opportunities
Instinct Theatre has announced Scratch the Surface a new writing initiative allowing London’s emerging new writers, directors and actors to collaborate on new play extracts, most of which are in development to be produced as full length productions in 2017. They are accepting sub
Read with a free account →24 January 17 · Opportunities
The Rabbit’s Riot Theatre Company based in the North West of Ireland have announced Sligo’s first LGBT+ inspired theatre festival – Where We Are Now. They want new writing to be produced by the company at the festival which they hope will become a long-standing tradition. What to
Read with a free account →24 January 17 · Education / Writing Workshops
Playwriting: one day workshop Saturday 11 February 2017 (10am-4pm) … One day workshop with Jennifer Farmer at Bishopsgate Institute Read More »
Read this article →20 January 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to help support LPB this? Check out our new series ‘Gifts & Gear’ 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). Opportunities are groupe
Read with a free account →19 January 17 · Events
The Spark Factory will be curating seven artists at Brighton Fringe 2017 to explore risky and daring ideas for one night only . They are looking to find the boldest, strangest and most thought-provoking theatre ideas out there to take part. Spark Factory says: “If you have a perf
Read this article →18 January 17 · Opportunities
The Old Vic Lab is offering up to two weeks of free rehearsal space for emerging artists and companies between February and May 2017 at The Old Vic Workrooms in Bermondsey. The Old Vic says during the last year it has given 1,000 artists 3,000 hours of free rehearsal space. It wa
Read with a free account →18 January 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: 2017 Papatango New Writing Prize Description: Pap
Read with a free account →18 January 17 · Opportunities
The Hastings Fringe Festival 2017 is holding its first call out for this year’s event. It is looking for two minute tasters of work – new writing to showcase, a story to tell, poetry to slam, an original act you want to perform, or music to share? Now in its third year, Hastings
Read with a free account →18 January 17 · Events
In Conversation with Suzie de Rohan Willner (University Women in the Arts: Event 4) 2 February 2017 at 7pm … University Women in the Arts: In conversation with TOAST’s Suzie de Rohan Willner (Free event) Read More »
Read this article →17 January 17 · Inspiration / Original Content
After noticing that her plays were getting programed by female producers, playwright Tamara von Werthern wondered if she could help make opportunities for other underrepresented playwrights. In this guest post, she shares her journey into founding Fizzy Sherbet and creating new o
Read this article →17 January 17 · Opportunities
Harts Theatre Company in partnership with Lyric Hammersmith is looking for emerging young writers aged 10-25 for the Young Harts Writing Festival (YHWF) 2017. This is an inter-borough new writing festival, which aims to merge the gap between emerging young artists and professiona
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