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18 November 22 · Opportunities
Look Sharp Theatre are an exciting independent non-profit Leeds based company who specialise in comedy and farce. With four shows produced since November 2021, they are looking for new comedy writing for their 2023 season. This production will support their ambitions to become an
Read with a free account →18 November 22 · Opportunities
Who are we today, post-pandemic? What stories are we yet to tell? Crisis Theatre/ICR Productions seeks submissions for short pieces of new writing (3-10 mins stage time), to present during a night of two halves: ‘F’ – snapshots of the lives of women, and ‘M’ – about the experienc
Read with a free account →16 November 22 · Opportunities
Writers East is a continuation of AE Theatre’s stated pledge – to lower the barrier to entry to the arts – namely – the cost. With the help of Arts Council England, they can now offer 100% free training in playwriting to 3 participants. Three award winners will be chosen to take
Read with a free account →16 November 22 · Opportunities
Crazy Cat Theatre’s Christmas writing competition is now taking submissions of Christmas-themed short stories between 250 and 2500 words. Stories can be dramatic/comedic/surreal etc. as long as they are chaotic and/or violent. 12 stories will be picked: 3 winners and 9 special me
Read with a free account →11 November 22 · Opportunities
Workshop: Playwriting Duration: 90 mins Location: ONLINE If you are a playwright and you would like to know how to get your play successfully commissioned by a theatre, then join our intimate workshop with Deirdre O’Halloran, Literary Manager at the Bush Theatre. In this 90 minut
Read with a free account →10 November 22 · Opportunities
Flat 4 Theatre, a queer female led theatre company, are currently programming their Freshly Squeezed Scratch Night and would love to hear from you if you have some new writing in need of an audience! It’s an opportunity to test new work, make magic, make mistakes and in true fest
Read with a free account →07 November 22 · Opportunities
Workshop: Playwriting Duration: 90 mins Location: ONLINE. If you are a playwright and you would like to know how to get your play successfully commissioned by a theatre, then join our intimate workshop with Deirdre O’Halloran, Literary Manager at the Bush Theatre. In this 90 minu
Read with a free account →07 November 22 · Opportunities
Anthroplay & The Hackney Den have teamed up to bring you: Escape Through Words! A scratch night event held at The Hackney Den in Dalston. Each night is different, bringing you a mix of fresh and innovative content. Submissions for Escape Through Words: Gimme More – are open! Anth
Read with a free account →31 October 22 · Opportunities
Rapid Write Response is a short play initiative to meet and engage with early-career creatives, by mounting six 10-minute response pieces to our current full length production. Over a 3 week period the plays are written, selected, cast, rehearsed and staged, all co-ordinated by o
Read with a free account →31 October 22 · Opportunities
Scenesaver is excited to announce Just Write! – its international playwriting competition – a search to find the most talented new playwrights. Up to six lucky winners will have their plays performed by professional actors at The White Bear Theatre in London in March 2023. We are
Read with a free account →28 October 22 · Uncategorized
Established in 2020, Haywire Theatre is a company devoted to the extraordinary ordinary. We are committed to producing theatre that encapsulates the human, the relatable and the understandable behaviours that form individual experience. One example of this can be seen in our ongo
Read this article →28 October 22 · Opportunities
Appetite and New Vic Theatre are looking for South Asian writers or writers with a significant relationship to Punjab to undertake research and develop up to 30-minute short new plays that explore the journeys of those who have migrated from the Punjab area to the Potteries, or m
Read with a free account →28 October 22 · Opportunities
Hampstead Theatre are looking for original plays that speak to a modern audience. HOW IT WORKS Hampstead Theatre accepts scripts from writers all year round. All submissions must be from writers based in the UK. All plays sent to us must be unperformed. Only one play accepted per
Read with a free account →28 October 22 · Opportunities
The Finborough Theatre welcomes unsolicited scripts at any time of the year. They encourage script submissions on all subjects and themes, but are particularly interested in: New writing by writers of all ages. Plays that are politically and socially engaged. Works for music thea
Read with a free account →28 October 22 · Opportunities
Mon 21 Nov 2022, 6pm-7.30pm GMT £25.00 Workshop: Playwriting Duration: 90 mins Location: ONLINE If you are a playwright and you would like to know how to get your play successfully commissioned by a theatre, then join our intimate workshop with Sue Healy, Literary Manager at the
Read with a free account →19 October 22 · Opportunities
Paines Plough is the UK’s leading theatre company in developing writers, and producing and touring ambitious, socially relevant new plays that reach audiences right across the UK. Each year nearly 30,000 people see a Paines Plough show or take part in one of our events. We tour t
Read with a free account →14 October 22 · 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: Producing for Playwrights Course (with London Pla
Read with a free account →13 October 22 · Opportunities
Each year, up to eight writers are invited to join the completely free Playwrights’ Programme and work closely with the Liverpool New Works team to hone their playwriting skills and knowledge. The programme invites writers to explore the fundamentals of playwriting through a seri
Read with a free account →13 October 22 · Opportunities
19 October 12:30pm Bush Link-Up is free, but booking is essential. Bush Link-Up is a way for writers, directors, producers and other theatre creatives to meet and make connections through group chats in a welcoming environment. At the Bush they know amazing things happen when cre
Read with a free account →13 October 22 · Opportunities
Glass Splinters are seeking submissions from female writers for a new writing night at The Pleasance Theatre on the 10th of December 2022. Pieces must be: No longer than 10 minutes Written by a female writer Adhere to our theme of ‘Women from History’ and WINTER and/or CHRISTMAS
Read with a free account →13 October 22 · Events / Opportunities
London-based theatremaker Russell Lucas and London Playwrights, are teaming up to deliver a theatre-producing course for playwrights this November at the Old Diorama. Firmly focused on inspiring and enabling writers to take control and stage their own work, this workshop will tak
Read with a free account →11 October 22 · Opportunities
Sensitivity readers or advisors are a tool being embraced more and more by theatre. This workshop deals with how to work collaboratively with those who can advise you, how to incorporate feedback and have productive discussions around sensitive issues. The session will be divided
Read with a free account →11 October 22 · Opportunities
Interested in LGBTQ+ drama but unsure where to start? want to check terminology, approaches and know where to submit your work? or are you interested in the history of LGBTQ+ theatre in order to inform your writing? This workshop will do both. Giving you an overview of previous L
Read with a free account →11 October 22 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Designed as a ‘sequel’ to the introduction to musical theatre workshop, but also working as a stand alone, this two hour course breaks down starting to write a musical. Aimed at book writers/lyricists, but also useful for composers, we will look at dramatic structure for musical
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