16 March 15 · Uncategorized
East End Literary Salon is currently seeking submissions for a monthly new writing night in Dalston. Next is on 12 April. Theme: “The theme is something around angels. However! If you don’t have anything on that theme, not a problem – don’t write something for it!! We theme aroun
Read this article →16 March 15 · Writing Workshops
DRAMATIC ACTION Tuesday 17 March 2015: 6.00pm – 8.00pm To inspire, provoke, challenge and support playwrights to create new work to submit for the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, the Royal Exchange Theatre will host a series of unique practical workshops with some of the co
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Roister Doister Publishing is looking for plays written specifically for young people and their 2015 Competition has two categories that you can enter. One Act Plays and Full Length Plays. “Anything goes with regards to content, themes and genre of the play and we’re looking for
Read with a free account →14 March 15 · Opportunities
Lambeth new playwriting competition provides an opportunity for aspiring and emerging writers to showcase new work. We welcome submissions from anyone who lives, works or studies in Lambeth. There is a category for young writers of 21 and under. The selected pieces will be rehear
Read with a free account →13 March 15 · Opportunities
The London Short Play Festival is accepting submissions for 2015. They are looking for new and exciting plays that have not been performed in front of an audience. They can be between 15-20 minutes long and a maximum cast of 4. Unfortunately any piece which does not comply with t
Read with a free account →13 March 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
BBC Scriptroom now open for comedy submissions 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 now grouped into three sections: 1) Opportunities with Deadlines; 2) Ongo
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About Guiding Lights 7 is now open for applications! First launched in 2006, Guiding Lights is Europe’s most prestigious film mentoring scheme. Majority funded by Creative Skillset, the programme supports upcoming filmmakers and professionals through high-level mentoring, complem
Read with a free account →10 March 15 · Opportunities
RBL Theatre Company are to commission a new play based on the life of King Henry I of England. His story is utterly compelling, as is the fact that the play will be produced inside St James’ Church, the presumed burial site of this extraordinary man, before touring. The play will
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Story Storks Heritage delivers an interactive story workshop telling the tale of King Athelstan to children from nursery through to KS2. The story has gone down really well with teachers and parents alike, so much so that they are now developing a version to tell the tale to adul
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Here’s one for our Welsh readers – to be eligible you must have either been born in Wales or be living there now. It’s My Shout Productions is calling for short film scripts for its flagship series of short films. Both new and established writers of all ages are welcome to apply.
Read with a free account →10 March 15 · Opportunities
And now. The end is near. And so we face. The final curtain… Yes, it’s true. With a tear in our eye and song in our heart, IdeasTap is closing after six years on 2 June 2015. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to rock the joint one more time like it’s 2009 with … IdeasTap Edit
Read with a free account →09 March 15 · Opportunities
BBC iPlayer, BBC Asian Network and BBC Writersroom join up to bring you FAST CUTS, an exciting new search for fresh, original short films on the theme of being a British Muslim today. Building on the success of BBC iPlayer Original Drama Shorts and BBC Three Comedy Feeds, we are
Read with a free account →09 March 15 · Opportunities
BBC Writersroom’s regular window for unsolicited scripts is open between 9 March and 2 April 2015 for Comedy scripts (TV, film, radio, stage or online). See all the details here. Deadline: 2 April 2015 at midday due to the Easter holiday. No late submissions will accepted. Source
Read with a free account →09 March 15 · News
After 7 successful years IdeasTap plans to close down this June due to a lack of funding. Read a statement from the Chairman here. Source: IdeasTap
Read this article →06 March 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 now grouped into three sections: 1) Opportunities with Deadlines; 2) Ongoing opportunities (no deadline); and 3) Worksho
Read with a free account →03 March 15 · Opportunities
WHOOP ‘N’ WAIL REPRESENTS…MAYDAY WRITER’S SUBMISSION BRIEF What is Represents…? With brand new plays from both male and female writers, Represents… is a showcase with a difference. Whoop ‘n’ Wail have committed to achieving gender equality on the UK stage by creating a night of e
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Fine Mess Theatre are accepting applications from playwrights, directors and actors for their new writing night, Bites and Scratches. The night will feature s 15 minute extracts or plays and will be performed at the Camden People’s Theatre on 11th and 12th April. The only stipula
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Tree Shadow Theatre are performing at this year’s Camden Fringe Festival. We already have a fantastic venue, but now we are looking for a script. We have taken successful productions to the Edinburgh Fringe and on tour, receiving five star reviews and great audiences. This is the
Read with a free account →27 February 15 · Original Content
Kimberley Andrews continues her series on producing her own show. In her fourth post, she talks about how to build your team, what to expect from a director and the benefits of bringing other people on board… So, by this point, I had material, a venue and I had figured out that p
Read this article →27 February 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 now grouped into three sections: 1) Opportunities with Deadlines; 2) Ongoing opportunities (no deadline); and 3) Worksho
Read with a free account →25 February 15 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in March 2015. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if you’d like to peruse the whole
Read with a free account →25 February 15 · Inspiration / Opportunities
As always, IdeasTap have got plenty of workshops coming up in the next few weeks. You can check out the full schedule here, but here are a couple aimed at playwrights Ideastap Inspires: A discussion on playwriting and research (4 March 2015 – London) Challenging traditional appro
Read with a free account →24 February 15 · Opportunities
Collaborators and materials wanted for experimental new ‘writing’ night. You Are Already Dead is a home for the unusual; an experiment in theatre and non-theatre artist collaboration and bold, unconventional interpretations of ‘text’. The first YAAD will be a 90 minute night of n
Read with a free account →24 February 15 · Opportunities
Artists Anonymous are delighted to present Page to Stage. The next event is on 16 March– and they’d like to hear from theatre scriptwriters! Page to Stage is a script development and networking event for London theatre-makers. They’re looking for writers to submit a 10-minute scr
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