16 January 14 · Opportunities
Winchester’s Chesil Theatre is once again inviting playwrights to submit 10 minute scripts for its 10×10 Playwriting Competition. Writers aged 16 and over can send in a short play based on the theme of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, chosen to coincide with the theatre’s 150th anniversary
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East 15 Acting School is looking to produce a new writing play as part of their series of BA Acting final year performances in May/June next year. This play will be performed a minimum of two times at a London theatre during the summer 2015 term by a company of final year BA Acti
Read with a free account →02 January 14 · Opportunities
Grin Theatre has put out a call for 15 minute monologues for Voices 2, scheduled to take place on 28 February 2014. Note: This is one of three opportunities for writers currently open at Grin Theatre. Prompt: “All we ask is that it is an original piece that has not been actively
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Claremorris Fringe Festival is seeking submissions of 15 minute plays. The Fringe will be held from April 4th to 11th 2014 – with two plays each night – that’s a total of sixteen plays. The venue is The Dalton Inn Hotel in the centre of the town, adjacent to the Town Hall. The pl
Read with a free account →26 December 13 · Opportunities
Small Fish Radio Theatre will be accepting radio plays, stories, original songs and poems for their spring show from now until January 15th. The prompt: “THEME: INTOXICATION. Of any sort, don’t limit yourself. Anything from a scent, to a person, a place, a thing-is fair game. Of
Read with a free account →05 December 13 · Education
The Camargo Foundation is now accepting applications from: Scholars working in French and Francophone cultures, including cross-cultural studies that engage the cultures and influences of the Mediterranean region Visual artists, creative writers, film/video/new media directors, p
Read this article →26 November 13 · Opportunities
SPACED is an opportunity launched by Theatre Delicatessen for emerging theatre artists to develop their work in a free and creative environment. In February 2014, Theatre Delicatessen will offer 15 chosen companies and artists residencies at their pop-up creative hub at the forme
Read with a free account →21 November 13 · Opportunities
Submissions are open now for The West Avenue Theatre Company’s next scratch night, Briefs – which will be on Wednesday, 15 January 2014. The event will return to the Rosemary Branch for another one-off evening of short, relatively light-hearted plays by emerging writers, directed
Read with a free account →15 November 13 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Pokfulham Rd Productions seeking playwright for collaboration (fluent Korean required) – No deadline posted Applications open for Sundance Theatr
Read with a free account →05 November 13 · Opportunities
Broken Glass Theatre Co are excited to announce the return of Short Fuse on 10 January 2014 at the Camden Head. A free platform for the work of young and new theatre practitioners, Short Fuse is now looking for proposals for complete performances, or extracts from new works, of a
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Theatre Company nabokov is now open for submissions for the third part of their WikiTheatre Project, where three different writers will write 5 minute pieces of a 15 minute script. How it works: Writers read and respond to the previous section, then can submit their own 5-minute
Read with a free account →15 October 13 · News
Today it was announced that Rufus Norris has be selected as the new Artistic Director of the National Theatre. As reported in The Stage, Norris will take on the role in April 2015. If you’re interested in learning more about Norris’s previous work, The Stage has also posted a bio
Read this article →14 October 13 · Opportunities
TLW LEXiCON has announced a Play and Short Story Competition. Running from the 15th to the 16th March 2014 in the Alexander Centre, Faversham, TLW LEXiCON is a cross between a small convention or expo, and a relatively large literary event in the traditional style. The prompt: Wr
Read with a free account →01 October 13 · Opportunities
The Lace Market Theatre Programme Advisory Group (PAG) is currently seeking submissions of new plays to feature as part of the 2014/15 season. They are open to submissions of all styles of play but the successful production must be of a scale that can be performed in the theatre’
Read with a free account →04 September 13 · Opportunities
Women Playwrights International is now accepting submissions from playwrights who want their original work to be part of the next WPI conference. The conference will be held in July 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa. Women playwrights are requested to submit plays on the following
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