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25 September 15 · Education / Writing Workshops
WRITING YOUR PLAY is a six week course designed to take new writers through the process of writing a first draft: from finding the inspiration for a new idea through to completing an accomplished script. Whether you are completely new to playwriting or are already making strides
Read this article →24 September 15 · Writing Workshops
From 1 October 2015, Euphoric Ink will be running The Inkubator introductory playwriting workshops every Thursday evening for 10 weeks in a central London location. The Inkubator sessions will last for 2.5 hours covering a range of techniques and themes throughout the programme,
Read this article →24 September 15 · Opportunities
Sci Fest LA is currently accepting submissions for its 2016 event/ Co-founded by veteran Los Angeles theatre producers, Michael Blaha and Lee Costello and actor, David Dean Bottrell, SCI-FEST LA: The Los Angeles Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival debuted to a sold-out house at
Read with a free account →24 September 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 →23 September 15 · Opportunities
UPDATE: Due to a high volume of submissions, Plain Paper have put this opportunity on hold so please don’t send your work in at the moment. We will let you know as soon as they are accepting submissions again. London-based Plain Paper Productions (founded by theatre producer Robe
Read with a free account →23 September 15 · Opportunities
For a limited time only, this opportunity will be re-opening submissions for Illuminate Fest 2016. Illuminate is a vibrant arts festival taking place at New Wimbledon Studio in May 2016. What to submit: They are looking for performance of all styles and genres and at all stages o
Read with a free account →23 September 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: Orange Tree Theatre accepting script submissions
Read with a free account →22 September 15 · Opportunities
The Tinniswood Award, named in memory of scriptwriter Peter Tinniswood, was created by Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and the Society of Authors to celebrate writers of original radio drama broadcast within the UK. Nominations are now open for audio drama scripts broadcast or ma
Read with a free account →22 September 15 · Education / Writing Workshops
London Playwriting Lab Autumn Session From 7 October – 24 November 2015 London Playwriting Lab (note: not affiliated with London Playwrights’ Blog) is looking for eight writers with full length play ideas for their Autumn 2015 programme at the White Hart Brew Pub, 1 Mile End Road
Read this article →22 September 15 · Opportunities
The Lumen is now accepting submissions for its second issue (Summer 2016) on the theme of ‘Trauma’. Contributors are welcome to interpret this theme in any way they wish along the lines of any discipline. They also welcome reviews of books or other artistic work that deals with a
Read with a free account →22 September 15 · Funding and Bursaries
The Royal Society of Literature is accepting applications for Brookleaze Grants for Writers. The purpose of these grants is to buy time for novelists, short-story writers, poets or playwrights with pieces of work in hand. The Council of the RSL, who will be responsible for awardi
Read with a free account →21 September 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. “Writing is a lonely busi
Read this article →21 September 15 · Opportunities
theatrelab is looking for scripts that can go forward into Bath Spa University’s WordPlay rehearsed readings events, beginning in Oct. They are also inviting writers to their new theatreLab sessions, which begin in October and include a platform event to support new script develo
Read with a free account →21 September 15 · Opportunities
Londonville Lit returns after its Summer break to The Montage Gallery in Forest Hill, London. The next event will be Sunday 27th September at 3pm. Free entry. Poets, fiction writers and playwrights are welcome to read. How to apply: Email londonvillelit@gmail.com to book a slot.
Read with a free account →21 September 15 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Commonword’s Women in the Spotlight are delighted to announce a partnership with Arvon. In March 2016 we will be holding a week long residential, performance poetry and script-writing course at the Hurst in Shropshire (http://www.arvon.org/centres/the-hurst/). The course is for w
Read with a free account →19 September 15 · Education / Opportunities
New Views is the National Theatre’s Playwriting Programme for 15-19 year olds. Each year, hundreds of students from across the UK learn about playwriting from some of the finest writers in the business and writer their own short pays, with one winning play chosen to be staged at
Read with a free account →18 September 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 →18 September 15 · Opportunities
Submissions are open for WriterSlam, supported by CreativeSkillset, Tiger Aspect, ITV & ITV Studios, BBC and Hat Trick. Building on the success of the MonologueSlam UK initiative for actors, WriterSlam UK is an initiative to help TV production companies and broadcasters access ne
Read with a free account →17 September 15 · Education / Opportunities
Creating Routes is a practical training programme for theatre-makers who want to use their creative skills in the community. The programme runs from September 2015 to June 2016. Creating Routes Trainees get the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and experience needed to
Read with a free account →17 September 15 · Uncategorized
The Orange Tree aims to challenge, move and amaze with a bold and continually evolving mix of new and re-discovered plays in their unique in-the-round space. They have presented new plays by writers in formative moments of their careers, and provoked radical re-evaluations of oth
Read this article →17 September 15 · Opportunities
Studio Firsts provides emerging Black theatre-makers with the time, space and support to create new work, explore new ideas and develop new techniques. Talawa Theatre Company will work with 3 emerging artists or companies; giving exclusive use of our Studio for one week of resear
Read with a free account →17 September 15 · Opportunities
The Space is a performing arts centre based in a converted church on the Isle of Dogs, East London. They are committed to providing opportunities for new, emerging and established performers, writers, directors and theatre companies. They are now seeking proposals for their upcom
Read with a free account →17 September 15 · Writing Workshops
London Screenwriting Workshops with Blue Cat Screenwriting 3 October 2015, 11am-6pm Ravensbourne, 6 Penrose Way, Greenwich Peninsula, London, SE10 0EW Gordy Hoffman, the Sundance award-winning writer/director (LOVE LIZA, DOG BOWL) will return to London to teach a screenwriting wo
Read this article →16 September 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: Tamasha Developing Artists Writers’ Group Descrip
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