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02 February 16 · Opportunities
The George Devine Award is an annual prize, established in 1966 in honour of the first director of the Royal Court Theatre. The award is now administered by his daughter, Harriet Devine. While your play need not have been produced to be submitted, it’s worth noting that any list
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The Royal Court is calling for submissions from writers aged 14-24, no previous experience necessary, to work with The Royal Court Youth Board to programme and imagine Open Court 2016. During the first Open Court in 2013 they handed the keys of the building over to the writers. T
Read with a free account →01 February 16 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Papatango are committed to giving new writers the best possible opportunities. Their programme of playwriting workshops runs every month, completely free of charge to participants. These cover topics including writing exercises, dramaturgy, exploratory writing, story structure, d
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Le Théâtre Bleu, a non-profit organisation based in Quebec, Canada, is looking for submissions for his 2017 summer production. What to submit: Original comedies between 90 to 120 minutes. Preferably 2 to 5 characters. Easy set and simple to produce. Previously produced or not. It
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‘Script This’ looks to work with playwrights that offer a strong and commanding new voice towards producing new plays. Up to six script extracts (10 minutes in length) are selected to produce a vibrant evening of rehearsed readings of new work at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centr
Read with a free account →01 February 16 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “Are there any techniq
Read this article →31 January 16 · Original Content
So you’ve won your first playwriting competition. Brilliant. Now what? In this guest post, new writer Sarah Tejal Hamilton shares her experience of winning her first short play competition and the challenge of putting on a full-length work. Last October I won London Horror Festiv
Read this article →29 January 16 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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 grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Even
Read with a free account →27 January 16 · Opportunities
BRAVE NEW WORD IS BACK! There’ll be 10 pieces of UNSEEN, brand new writing, as well as ample mingling opportunities, music and drinks alongside the gorgeous vistas of Regent’s Canal. “INSTANT MATCH delves into our Swipe Right/Left culture, and the search for connection in an ultr
Read with a free account →27 January 16 · 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: HighTide accepting scripts for First Commissions
Read with a free account →25 January 16 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “Hello, I’m writing in
Read this article →25 January 16 · Opportunities
AIAWTC presents… “50/50” at Arts Above, upstairs at The Arts Theatre in the West End 30th March 2016. The night has been designed so that new and established theatre companies will have the chance to perform, network, discuss, and most importantly celebrate equality in casting. B
Read with a free account →25 January 16 · Opportunities
Are you an emerging theatre company or artist planning to take your new work up to Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016? If yes, the Morley Scratch Night is for you. Following the success of their inaugural Create Scratch Refine Repeat competition, Morley College is hosting another scr
Read with a free account →25 January 16 · Opportunities
The Owl and Cat are currently accepting script submissions from playwrights to be produced by The Owl and Cat Theatre as part of their second season 2016, Melbourne Australia (www.owlandcat.com.au). Submission Guidelines: -MUST be in pdf format ONLY -Plays should be 50min-70min i
Read with a free account →22 January 16 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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 grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Even
Read with a free account →21 January 16 · Education / Writing Workshops
CREATIVITY FOR SCRIPTWRITERS 1 day course London Saturday Feb 7th 2016 A course for scriptwriters in all media – TV, film, radio, theatre – designed to help you generate exciting ideas and characters, and give your creativity a boost with a day of fun, stimulating writing exercis
Read this article →20 January 16 · Opportunities
Are you a theatre maker? Do you have an idea for a piece, but not sure where to start? Or do you have an idea, but need some time and space to try it out? Well the Development Lab, might be for you. Emerging theatre Maker, Yolanda Mercy and the Lyric Hammersmith have teamed up …
Read with a free account →20 January 16 · Jobs
Maternity cover for at least nine months from mid-March 2016 Based central London with regular travel to Stratford-upon-Avon “Shakespeare was once a new writer who experimented with both form and content to produce drama which was shocking, thrilling and bold. It’s an adventurous
Read with a free account →20 January 16 · Opportunities
Stitchin’ Fiction is a rehearsed reading performance where creatives are invited to come and stretch their theatre muscles in an informal workshop setting. Performance Date: Monday 22nd February Place: The Boogaloo, Highgate, N6 5AT At the ever-faithful Boogaloo bar as always, su
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Playwrights always remember their first commission. For most it’s the first time they are paid properly for writing. It affords their time to work at being an artist. First Commissions is HighTide’s attachment programme for writers. Over the course of 18 months (freelance / part
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“HighTide exists to discover and nurture exciting new plays by exceptional emerging writers. As we enter our tenth year, our writers have consistently shaped the mainstream of new writing theatre today. Could you be next? We want audacious, challenging and inspiring writing that
Read with a free account →20 January 16 · Opportunities
The Young Harts Writing Festival is an exciting opportunity that will see five young writers go head to head with five professional writers in a two- night festival on the 8-9th April 2016 at the Lyric Hammersmith! All ten plays will be performed in the Lyric’s refurbished Studio
Read with a free account →20 January 16 · 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: 2016 Papatango Award – with extra £6000 award! De
Read with a free account →19 January 16 · Opportunities
The University of Wolverhampton are now accepting your proposals for the Creative Europe Playwriting Award for POP Drama. The Centro Diego Fabbri, centre for studies, research and training in theatre and performance languages, the University of Wolverhampton (United Kingdom), the
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