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06 January 17 · Opportunities
Les Enfants Terribles, a company that started from nothing 15 years ago, is aiming to inspire young theatre companies to do the same. LET, in collaboration with Greenwich Theatre, is offering two prizes; The LET Award and the Greenwich Partnership Award. They are: a performance s
Read with a free account →06 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 →05 January 17 · Gifts & Gear / Original Content
‘Gifts & Gear’ is a new monthly series where a playwright shares their top recommendations for writers. BONUS: This is a really easy way to support LPB and keep our blog running without any cost to you! If you do your Amazon shopping this month by clicking through our links, a sm
Read this article →05 January 17 · Opportunities
An £8,000 commission is on offer in an inaugural prize that has been launched for new playwrights who work in the theatre industry. Out of Joint and the Experienced Theatre Practitioners Early Playwriting Trust have launched the Writers in Theatre – WiT Award. It is open to UK re
Read with a free account →05 January 17 · Jobs / Opportunities
Zombies, Run!, the smartphone health and fitness app that has topped the charts regularly since its launch in 2012, is looking for two or three trainee writers. It has been downloaded over 3 million times and its lead writer and co-creator, Naomi Alderman, has been responsible fo
Read with a free account →05 January 17 · Opportunities
28 Plays Later is inviting you to write a short play every day during the month of February. Finishers will share profits and perhaps have a well-deserved beer at The Space performing arts centre on the Isle of Dogs. The Space says: “Plays can be good, bad, inspired, embarrassing
Read with a free account →05 January 17 · Opportunities
Soggy Brass, Velvet Trumpet’s night of new comedy writing, is open for submissions and you have a chance to win £50 for your short funny. The effervescent Soggy Brass says: “Ladies and Gentleboys, the sell-out spectacular that is Soggy Brass makes a rousing return to the mighty S
Read with a free account →05 January 17 · Opportunities
BBC Three is looking for the next batch of social videos and strands from up and coming content creators. They are looking for ideas that are innately shareable with viral potential that make audiences think and/or laugh. BBC Three will commission projects that it feels have stro
Read with a free account →05 January 17 · Opportunities
Monday Club has been in touch with LPB to say it is hosting The Spill – a new writing night at the Old Red Lion and would be delighted to receive submissions. The opportunity is for anyone who has written a play of 60 minutes or more. Playwrights have the opportunity to have thei
Read with a free account →04 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: Spring Classes with London Playwrights Workshop D
Read with a free account →03 January 17 · Original Content
So, here we are – 2017! Firstly, we’d like to wish you all a happy new year and say a huge thanks for all your support last year. 2016 saw our blog and London Playwrights’ Workshop grow and grow: from producing our first festival of new writing as part of London Writers’ Week, to
Read this article →31 December 16 · Opportunities
LPB was contacted by the Egbert-Rodden Writing Awards aimed at encouraging writers to create new work. You could win a a $100 prize through the Dan I Rodden Jr Play Award. What to submit: Plays must be at least 75 minutes in length. Subject matter is open but excessive violence,
Read with a free account →30 December 16 · Opportunities
Applications are open from Brixton-based Changing Face theatre company for short 10-15 minute plays for its Dare to Dream evening. The evening of new short plays will take place at the Arcola Theatre Studio 1 on 26 February 2017. What to submit: The company is looking for short p
Read with a free account →30 December 16 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to help support LPB this holiday season? Check out our gift guide 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 →28 December 16 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Want to help support LPB this holiday season? Check out our gift guide and do your Amazon shopping via our links! 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 mon
Read with a free account →28 December 16 · Opportunities
Amateur playwrights are invited to submit unpublished 30 minute one-act plays for the Kenneth Branagh Award. Three winning scripts will be selected for performances during the Windsor Fringe Festival in October 2017. One of the three scripts will be chosen for the £500 prize, jud
Read with a free account →28 December 16 · Opportunities
On 21 January 2017, Theatre Delicatessen chase away the post-Christmas blues with a festive drink or 2, at their Scratch Night of Conversations by Bechdel Theatre. (Tickets to the event are available here.) The confirmed Directors include: Blythe Stewart (Southwark Playhouse, The
Read with a free account →27 December 16 · Opportunities
LGBT History Month is putting out a call for proposals for OUTing The Past Festival Theatre for 2017-19. It is looking for creatives who can work with academics to create historical drama to be performed at LGBT History Month festivals across the UK. Stephen Hornby, LGBT History
Read with a free account →27 December 16 · Opportunities
‘Ouch‘ runs the disability part of the BBC and a podcast with a focus on disabled people and diverse stories. It wants your stories of relationships for a live event. It is looking for surprising, funny and engaging tales of friendship, dating and love – unrequited or otherwise –
Read with a free account →23 December 16 · Education / Original Content
**Please note: we are no longer taking bookings for our Spring Workshops** Is 2017 the year you’ll finally crack that structure problem? Discover a whole new side of your voice as a writer? Or get the funding that will see your play produced? At London Playwrights’ Blog, we’re al
Read this article →23 December 16 · Writing Workshops
*Please note: we are no longer taking bookings for this workshop** Is structuring a play really as daunting as it’s made out to be? Is the five act structure the enemy of the free-thinking playwright? Should we map out the structure of a play before writing it? All too often, we
Read this article →23 December 16 · Original Content / Writing Workshops
*Please note: we are no longer taking bookings for this workshop** Interested in writing for TV but not sure how to start? Curious about how to get your work seen by the right people? Wondering how to juggle the creative and industry demands of creating stories for the small scre
Read this article →23 December 16 · Education / Original Content
*Please note: we are no longer taking bookings for this workshop** What does it mean to have a ‘voice’ as a writer? Why is it important? And how do you go about discovering yours? Dialogue, character, structure – every writer who wishes to create plays needs to master these basic
Read this article →23 December 16 · Writing Workshops
*Please note: we are no longer taking bookings for this workshop** Having a brilliant idea is one thing – but if you want it to be taken on board – by theatres or producers – you also need a good pitch. Pitching your play can come in lots of different settings: from an informal c
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