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17 January 17 · Writing Workshops
Verbatim technique workshop. Saturday 4 March (10-6) and Sunday 5 March 2017(11-4). Bread & Roses Theatre, … Verbatim workshop with Paul Kalburgi (£50) Read More »
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Ten week writing course 30 January 2017 from 10 am-1pm Omnibus Writer’s Workshop, Clapham Common About the course: The Omnibus Writer’s Workshop is running a ten week course hosted by its literary department, on Monday evenings from 30 January. The group, at Clapham Common, is fo
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Write for a scratch night that aims to break down the fourth wall with Barrel Organ at Camden People’s Theatre. As a company, Barrel Organ says it tries to make work that is self-consciously theatrical: “Plays with the unique ‘liveness’ that theatre offers as an art form; and con
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Newsjack the Radio 4 Extra topical news sketch show, which anyone can write for, is again looking for writers to submit sketches and one-liners for the series. Read the Blog for more information about how to submit sketches, plus loads of handy hints and examples. How to apply: M
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St John’s Church, Waterloo, is calling for entries to a new monologue competition for its summer Waterloo Festival in June 2017. Entries to the festival are sought from people who live, work or study in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. The theme is Bridge the Gap ins
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House has opened its latest seed funding round with awards of £3000-£8000 available in the south east and eastern England. The awards are aimed at supporting theatre makers and venues to explore new ways of creating theatre together, in partnership with potential audiences. House
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Librettist or lyricist? BML Workshop offers a year long programme of ongoing workshops for the creation, crafting and development of musical theatre writing and related specialist skills. What you get as a librettist: This workshop is made up of both new and experienced Librettis
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Green Curtain Theatre is seeking submissions for short plays or monologues to be performed initially as a staged rehearsed readings in February/March as part of a “Shows from the Songs Night”. It is hoped to develop some of the successful plays into full performances later in the
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The Writer & Director Relationship Saturday, 13 May 2017 from 10 am-1pm Gate Theatre About the workshop: Join the writer and director of new play Assata Taught Me, Kalungi Ssebandeke and Lynette Linton, to explore their creative partnership and how they collaborated and made this
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Sheer Height Theatre, which aims to increase the number of well-rounded, challenging female roles on stage and screen, is open for script submissions for Women Redressed: Act I and Act II. Woman Redressed Act I will take place at Park 200 Theatre on 12-13 March 2017. Act II wil b
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Cultural hub Arts Depot is inviting applications for research and development residencies this summer. North Finchley-based Arts Depot says the residency programme is a way for it to engage with artists and companies from different art form backgrounds, providing them with access
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Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in January 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 peruse th
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Spiral is looking for short plays or musicals of any theme and genre to host at The Bread and Roses theatre, Clapham, from 12-14 March 2017. What to submit: Pieces should include two to four characters, be no longer than 15 minutes in running time and have minimal set, sound and
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Writers’ submisssions on the theme of freedom are open for The Director’s Club Showcase on Sunday 12 February at Southwark Playhouse. What to submit: 5-7 minute monologues or duologues. Comedy, drama and dark pieces. Director’s Cut is looking for writers to create characters who
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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: Game-writing opportunities on Zombies, Run! Descr
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Bafta Rocliffe is offering a showcase for TV drama as the top prize in its new writing competition for 2017. Three writers will receive the showcase at Bafta’s London HQ with professional actors and directors, industry introductions, access to bespoke masterclasses, an in depth s
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NewsThump, the spoof news and current affairs site, continues to welcome unsolicted material from funny people. NewsThump says its website has a large following on social media and published entries are eligible for a good share of any advertising revenue generated from that page
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Skint Theatre is on the look-out for outstanding 10-15 minute performance pieces for its upcoming festival at The Island, Bristol, (28–30 April 2017). The theme for this year’s festival is “Stranger Tales”. Skint wants eccentric stories of the odd, uncanny and surreal. Selected p
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The David Nobbs Memorial Trust Comedy Writing Competition is open for submissions. First prize: £500, runner(s) up: £250 each. Established in memory of Reginald Perrin’s creator, this contest is aimed at those early in their writing career. Entrants should be over 18 and able to
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TV, theatre and radio writers will get the chance to tap the experience of X-Files executive producer, Frank Spotnitz as part of a new Writers’ Room Scheme being launched by his UK based company Big Light Productions. Created in partnership with Creative Skillset’s High End TV Co
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The James Tait Black Prize for Drama is a £10,000 prize celebrating innovation in playwriting. The prize for the best original new play written in English, Scots or Gaelic is organised by the University of Edinburgh in association with Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland and the Traver
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The Octagon Theatre, Bolton, is launching the second year of its national prize, encouraging new and original writing for the stage. In celebration of the Octagon producing one of the most famous duologues in the theatrical canon Jim Cartwright’s TWO, entrants this year are invit
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Tangled Feet is offering a year-long mentoring opportunity for four young and emerging theatre ensembles with the support of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation. This is the third year of running the programme which grew out of the desire to support emerging ensembles in their for
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