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17 August 15 · Opportunities
Ladies and Gentleboys, Soggy Brass returns resplendent at the mighty Southwark Playhouse on Sunday 11th October! As such, and with much fanfare, we do royally declare ourselves open for submissions! Submission guidelines: – All pieces must be comedic new writing. – Running time o
Read with a free account →07 August 15 · Opportunities
20:20 Vision Theatre Ltd. is one of the UK’s leading theatre companies exclusively catering to developing the work of writers in their 20’s. Founded in Bath in 2012, 20:20 Vision has been making waves in the South West and now bringing their unique and immersive new writing event
Read with a free account →03 August 15 · Opportunities
Theatre InspiraTO’s 11th Playwriting Contest is now open for submissions. The winning play will be performed in Toronto next June and the first prize is $500 CDN. Please read the guidelines from InspiraTO below: 1.This year’s creative challenge: Shift. The play must show that a “
Read with a free account →29 July 15 · Opportunities
Sellout new writing night Soggy Brass returns to the mighty Southwark Playhouse on Sunday 11th October. “As such, and with much fanfare, we do royally declare ourselves open for submissions.” What to submit: All pieces must be comedic new writing. Running time of 10-15 minutes. P
Read with a free account →28 July 15 · Opportunities
First Draft Theatre are looking for submissions of short plays 10 – 30 minutes in length for the relaunch of FIRST DRAFT this August, Summer Showers. Summer Showers will be produced at The Hope Theatre, a 50-seat venue above the world famous Hope and Anchor pub on Islington’s Upp
Read with a free account →28 July 15 · Uncategorized
Crooked Heart Theatre have put out a call for scripts: October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To celebrate the success we’ve had with recent productions and upcoming projects, we’re putting together a weekend of one-act and short plays centered around the confluen
Read this article →27 July 15 · Opportunities
CastleKeep Productions is accepting submissions for their short play competition. What to submit: Scripts must be 10 minutes in length. Plays should have minimal set and props. Plays must be written for the stage and have no more than 3 characters in total. Monologues are exclude
Read with a free account →24 July 15 · Opportunities
Each year, Gemco Theatre Company’s Take Ten (previously Little Gems) season showcases the work of experienced, new and young writers – challenging them to write a play to be performed in ten minutes or less. They are currently looking for entries for the 2015 Take Ten season. Thr
Read with a free account →21 July 15 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in August (and late July/early September) 2015. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but
Read with a free account →15 July 15 · Opportunities
The Hampstead Theatre’s annual submission window is now open. Hampstead Theatre is dedicated to finding brilliant new plays and writers of exceptional promise. We strive to produce works that present new perspectives and engage with the world we live in today. Hampstead Theatre i
Read with a free account →14 July 15 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
The next open submissions session for The Royal Court’s Introduction to Playwriting Groups is now open. The group is an opportunity to learn more about playwriting from an experienced writer. There are more details below as well as guidelines about how to apply (which they sugges
Read with a free account →10 July 15 · Opportunities
Plain Paper Productions are accepting submissions from writers. They are seeking radical young voices who are working on plays that speak for where we currently are – in the political, social, sexual. psychological and environmental climate. These can be finished plays, or plays
Read with a free account →10 July 15 · Opportunities
TALOS: the 1st Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London will take place 24-25 October 2015 in Chelsea Theatre in London. The festival is seeking submissions of short plays with science fiction elements. Scripts should be no more than 30 minutes long in performance and may be or
Read with a free account →07 July 15 · Opportunities
Are you a playwright or dramatist? Do you write dramatic literature or drama to be performed by actors? To support young playwrights, the Lagos Theatre Festival 2016 is seeking submissions of scripts for the Festival. The topic of the play should reflect the experiences of young
Read with a free account →07 July 15 · Opportunities
*Editors note: sorry this one’s not open to London based writers but it’s a such a good opportunity for our Northern friends, that we couldn’t leave it out…* – Deaf and/or disabled? – Passionate about theatre? – A writer keen to develop your writing skills for performance? – Base
Read with a free account →02 July 15 · Opportunities
Proscenium accepts original plays of any length and style, original adaptations (as long as the rights for the adapted work are secured) and musicals. We also accept articles about playwriting and theatre. What to submit: In addition to your play, please submit a brief, 100-word
Read with a free account →25 June 15 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in July (and late June/early August) 2015. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if yo
Read with a free account →15 June 15 · News / Opportunities
The Bush Theatre has now opened its’ summer 2015 submission window. The Playwriting Department at the Bush Theatre is committed to discovering the best new plays from playwrights who may be unknown to us and therefore seek unsolicited submissions from playwrights throughout the y
Read with a free account →03 June 15 · Opportunities
The Bench is proud to announce that the Supernova festival of new writing will be returning next year, for its seventh edition. Over the past fourteen years many things have changed, but the festival remains a prominent showcase of original one-act plays, each one composed by ama
Read with a free account →27 May 15 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in June and early July 2015. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if you’d like to pe
Read with a free account →01 May 15 · Opportunities
DANGER! Write a 15 minute play about it and win £300! Player Playwrights, London’s only weekly forum for new stage writing, is holding an open competition for new short plays (20 minutes max) on the theme of danger. The finals of the competition will be held at the Player-Playwri
Read with a free account →28 April 15 · Opportunities
Channel 4 is offering up-and-coming British film-makers the chance to have their own original feature length single drama produced in the new look Coming Up scheme. From the submitted applications, a shortlist of 6 writers will be commissioned to write a full screenplay under the
Read with a free account →25 April 15 · Opportunities
Bare Fiction magazine is now open to submissions of poetry, fiction and plays for their next issue. What they are looking for: “We want our readers to discover genre-defying boldness from exciting writers in poetry, fiction and plays, literary review, interviews and commentary. T
Read with a free account →24 April 15 · Funding and Bursaries
The Bellagio Arts & Literary Arts Residency is for composers, fiction and non-fiction writers, playwrights, poets, video/filmmakers, and visual artists who share in the Foundation’s mission of promoting the well-being of humankind and whose work is inspired by or relates to globa
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