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27 October 15 · Opportunities
The Owl and Cat Theatre One of Melbourne’s leading independent theatres in Melbourne (Australia) is seeking new provocative plays to produce. www.owlandcat.com.au Submission Guidelines: -MUST be in pdf format ONLY -Plays should be 50min-120min in length. -Should explore contempor
Read with a free account →25 October 15 · Events / Writing Workshops
WRITING FANTASTIC SCENES – London Wednesday 2nd December 2015 10.30am – 4.30pm Venue: YHA St Pancras £37 A one day workshop which will involve looking at the art of writing those scenes that people remember. As with all MR professional workshops there will be a mixture of analysi
Read this article →24 October 15 · Uncategorized
Theatre503 will be holding its Writer’s Christmas Party on the same night as the Rapid Write Response to Cinderella and the Beanstalk on 14 December 2015. The Rapid Write Response gives writers a chance to write a short response to the full-length play. Theatre503 selects their f
Read this article →24 October 15 · Writing Workshops
Following a group visit to see TOMCAT, London Writers’ Cafe has set up a Meetup Event to organize an exclusive workshop with the writer and producers as they take writers through excerpts from the script and discuss how the play was developed for the Southwark Playhouse stage. Pr
Read this article →23 October 15 · 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; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing op
Read with a free account →23 October 15 · Opportunities
The Bread & Roses Theatre offers one Emerging Theatre Company a one-week-run as part of their Winter Season 2016. This includes two technical rehearsal days and five performance nights free of charge, for which the company will also receive 90% of the box office takings. Technica
Read with a free account →23 October 15 · Opportunities
The London Short Film Festival is helping to support Jameson First Shot for its second year in the UK. They’re on the hunt for the world’s most gifted undiscovered filmmakers to collaborate with Kevin Spacey’s Trigger Street Productions, and to direct Maggie Gyllenhaal The brief:
Read with a free account →22 October 15 · Opportunities
To ensure their work remains accessible to all, accompanying this year’s Vibrant Festival is a new initiative from the Finborough Theatre Literary Team – Introduce Yourself. They pride themselves on accepting full length scripts all year round, but during Vibrant, we’ll be relaxi
Read with a free account →22 October 15 · Events
Theatre503 will be holding a Writer’s Night for its upcoming production of Cinderella and the Beanstalk on Wednesday 25 November 2015. Theatre 503 Writer’s Nights are a great night out – they give writers the opportunity to: See the show at a discounted rate Meet and talk to the
Read this article →22 October 15 · Opportunities
Playwrights are invited to submit unpublished (in script form)* and unperformed one-act plays for the 2016 Page to Stage Festival (P2S II) to be launched in Liverpool in spring 2016. Ten scripts will be selected for a number of performances during the festival. Plays will be adju
Read with a free account →22 October 15 · Opportunities
The Oldham Coliseum’s successful annual new writing festival, First Break, showcases emerging theatre companies and writers from the region. The 2016 First Break takes place from Thursday 12 – Saturday 14 May 2016. Following the appointment of new Associate Director, Chris Lawson
Read with a free account →22 October 15 · News / Opportunities
As announced yesterday in The Stage, the Theatre503 Playwriting Award will be returning in 2016. Entries will be open from 1-28 February 2016, and the winning writer will receive a £6,000 prize and production at the theatre. We’ll share the full submission details when they becom
Read with a free account →21 October 15 · Events
New Writing Platform from MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London 1 November 2015 from 4-5.30pm Location: Central Saint Martins, London The new MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins is delighted to announce the sixth event in their New Writing Pla
Read this article →21 October 15 · 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: Channel 4 Scriptwriting Course Description: The C
Read with a free account →20 October 15 · Opportunities
The Rose Unfolds Project links the past, the present and the future. As the first playhouse on Bankside, The Rose was the catalyst for Southwark to become the home of Elizabethan drama. Shakespeare, Marlowe and many of their contemporaries started careers at The Playhouse. The Ro
Read with a free account →20 October 15 · Opportunities
Christmas Jumpers Theatre Night is being staged on Thursday 10th December to raise money for ITV’s Text Santa campaign, which supports Save The Children, Make-A-Wish UK and Macmillan Cancer Support. What to submit: They are seeking submissions of short plays for the evening. Play
Read with a free account →19 October 15 · Opportunities
Forrum is a new theatre company formed by recent Acting and Stage Management LAMDA Alumni. The director is Matt Peover, a LAMDA director, whose recent credits include The Liberation of Colette Simple (Jackson’s Lane) and Powder Monkey (Manchester Royal Exchange). Their focus is o
Read with a free account →19 October 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our new 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. “I’m leaving the ‘young p
Read this article →17 October 15 · Opportunities
Writers are invited to submit plays for the 2016 Arundel Festival Theatre Trail. The Arundel Festival Theatre Trail, conceived and presented by Drip Action Theatre Company, is now in its sixteenth year. It performs at the end of August, on each of the Festival’s eight days, eight
Read with a free account →16 October 15 · 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; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing op
Read with a free account →16 October 15 · Opportunities
CRITERION New Writing is a ground-breaking education program offered by The Criterion Theatre Trust – a series of script development workshops taking place on stage at the Cri. It is free to apply and take part. The workshops are led by Greg Mosse. About the programme: For a new
Read with a free account →15 October 15 · Opportunities
Calling all funny women! YOU are needed to join the writing team for the ‘And Then She Said A Funny Thing…‘ comedy podcast. They want your sketches, rants, poems and funny words in any form to feature in a live show, to be recorded in front of a live audience at Omnibus Clapham o
Read with a free account →15 October 15 · Opportunities
This December 4th White Rabbit will host their traditional ghost stories extravaganza… a spine-chilling selection of original mid-winter spooky stories, written by Londoners, read by the team at White Rabbit, to haunt and thrill . Accompanied by scary songs and haunting films, yo
Read with a free account →14 October 15 · 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: BBC Screenplay First Award Description: The BBC S
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