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05 August 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:Postcard Theatre accepting 60-90 minute scripts in
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Writers wanted for Paines Plough’s Roundabout season at The Lowry. Earlier this year NTT held their first TuckShop in London and have now been invited to showcase a selection of new writing at Paines Plough’s Roundabout in conjunction with The Lowry in Salford. They are looking f
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After last year’s tales of a family with a streak of cannibalism, the uncharitable charity and a butterfly with a very dark streak along with some wonderful monologues from their Brief Glimpse young writers and directors – less is MORE is ecstatic to be once again facilitating ne
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N16 Theatre is a theatre for the artists of tomorrow creating opportunities with engaging new work. They are now moving to Balham and looking for new exciting shorts to be a part of an opening night. They are looking for new writers who have short plays, particularly those who ha
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Cofilmic are looking for sketch submissions from writers based in the North of England for its live event Sketch In The City. The best will be selected and performed live at the show, alongside other live comedy. You don’t need to be an established writer to submit material and t
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Funny Women knows that not every writer is a performer, so the Funny Women Comedy Writing Award gives those happier behind the scenes the opportunity to truly shine. Entry Criteria: A 1-2 page treatment and 3 sample scene of a comedy script for television. The script can take the
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Women @ RADA will be hosting their next Arts Theatre event on September 20th. It is themed “Asking for it: Love and Lust” and they are looking for brilliant new writing inspired by the theme . Pieces should be 10 minutes or less in length and may be extracts or complete pieces. T
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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 →31 July 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
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Two more days to submit for West Avenue’s next Briefs event at Waterloo East Theatre on September 2nd (might be able to nudge up to 15-mins depending on the rest of the line-up). What to submit: 5-10-minute pieces. No set theme requirements, just not too tricky to stage! One subm
Read with a free account →31 July 15 · Opportunities
Battersea Arts Centre’s have announced that applications are now open for Freshly Scratched, which will take place between the 19th – 24th October. Freshly Scratched offers a real opportunity for emerging artists who have never worked with BAC to get involved in a vital aspect of
Read with a free account →30 July 15 · Opportunities
The Incubator is the egg’s pioneering new work programme, developing world-class theatre for young audiences. Funded by The Leverhulme Trust and The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation between 2014 – 2017, The Incubator programme selects artists and theatre companies from across the Briti
Read with a free account →29 July 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: Attic Theatre Company seeking pieces for Playfest
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 · Writing Workshops
Playwrights’ Residential Weekend 16-18 October 2015 Cholderton Stonehenge Youth Hostel. About the course: Does your writing need pzazz and pzing? This weekend is ideal for kickstarting new dramas and kickboxing writers’ blocks. Using a secret melange of stimulating writing tasks
Read this article →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 →28 July 15 · Opportunities
Attic Theatre Company presents its annual festival of new writing, Playfest, at the New Wimbledon Studio on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 October. Playfest features staged readings of 4 new short plays or extracts from longer works for the stage. Four plays will be chosen for presentat
Read with a free account →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 →25 July 15 · Opportunities
Time Zone Theatre Company invites emerging playwrights to write a short piece in response to the current political climate in the UK. These will be presented in ‘State of Fear. Responsibility To…?’ EU Referendum? Islamophobia? Immigration? Perspectives? Where are we coming from?
Read with a free account →24 July 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 →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
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The New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest is an international playwriting contest developed in 2003 to bring works of social significance to the general public, works that might not otherwise have the opportunity to be presented. They aim to present “powerful, heart-felt new wor
Read with a free account →24 July 15 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
International Festival Encounters 21-25 August 2015 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (offered in Edinburgh) Running during the world’s biggest international arts festival in Scotland’s capital, this inspiring five-day course is for ambitious producers, programmers and performers f
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