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04 February 15 · Writing Workshops
As part of its education and outreach activities around Liberian Girl, the Royal Court will be running a free playwriting workshop on Saturday 14 February from 10.30am-12.30pm in Tottenham at the Bernie Grants Arts Centre. About the workshop: An opportunity to tell the stories yo
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Etch is collecting submissions for its fifth new writing scratch night at The Peckham Pelican. Etch aims to discover, nurture and support new writing in theatre whilst encouraging collaboration amongst emerging artists. We hope to provide a base and platform for development, coll
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As part of the Space’s Spring Season, OddServants theatre company are looking for a crack team of writers to work in response to The Domestic Extremists by Dan Davies. Opening at the Space February 10th, this new Arts Council Funded play is an uncompromising expose of how the med
Read with a free account →04 February 15 · Opportunities
After a sell-out performance of the first Work Bard/Play Bard in October 2014, all-female Shakespeare troupe Smooth Faced Gentlemen (SFG) are hosting their second night of Bard-inspired work at the Pleasance Islington on Sunday 15 February. As the candles will still be smoulderin
Read with a free account →03 February 15 · Writing Workshops
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
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The Jack Studio seeks an experienced dramaturg for their annual new writing festival. Now in its sixth year, the Write Now festival will produce two staged readings and one full production of new and unperformed plays submitted to the theatre. Role entails: reading the three sele
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IdeasTap has teamed up with Talawa Theatre Company to offer three black British emerging artists, or companies, exclusive use of Talawa’s studio for one week of research and development in May 2015. Talawa is looking for theatremakers (directors, actors, multi-discipline theatrem
Read with a free account →31 January 15 · Writing Workshops
[Ed: Sorry for the late notice on this one, readers – but still not too late if you want to get your application in!] Applications to the Book, Music & Lyrics Workshop for the next intake of composers, lyricists and librettists (March 2015 term) will be accepted until 31st Januar
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The Bruntwood Prize – the biggest playwriting competition in the UK – has been launched, so time to get your scripts ready before the June deadline! The Bruntwood Prize is a competition managed by The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. It’s open to playwrights across the UK. T
Read with a free account →30 January 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 →29 January 15 · Jobs
Big Light Productions is an independent drama production company and they are currently seeking experienced Script Editors to expand their growing team. You will work in close conjunction with the writers to provide editorial and research support. You’ll be advising on all script
Read with a free account →29 January 15 · Writing Workshops
THEATRICALITY AND IMAGERY – PHIL PORTER Tuesday 17 February 2015 – 6pm – 8pm Join award-winning playwright Phil Porter for a practical workshop to explore what makes a play theatrical, how to create truly theatrical imagery through your writing and ways to capture and push the au
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The first BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum call – FOR TV DRAMA SCRIPTS opened on the 19 Jan. Many of last year’s winners have been signed by agents, had major broadcast commissions, as well as dramatising work for radio – more of that later in the year. Because of industry demand
Read with a free account →29 January 15 · Writing Workshops
How Plays Work: 3 Winters Sunday 1 February, 11am – 5.30pm £85 (£65 concessions, bursaries available) National Theatre; Clore Learning Centre: Cottesloe Room Playwright April de Angelis leads this playwriting masterclass, based on Tena Štivičić’s play, 3 Winters. Through group di
Read this article →28 January 15 · Opportunities
Battersea Arts Centre’s have announced that applications are now open for Freshly Scratched, which will take place over four evenings between the 30th March and 2nd April: Freshly Scratched offers a real opportunity for emerging artists who have never worked with BAC to get invol
Read with a free account →28 January 15 · Opportunities
(This opportunity is from a message posted in the Playwriting UK Facebook group.) Christian A. Graham is rebooting New Prose, three nights of rehearsed readings. New Prose will be taking place on March 6th, 7th and 8th in East London. What to submit/How to apply: If you have any
Read with a free account →28 January 15 · Writing Workshops
The Role of Music in Theatre Thursday 29 January 2015, 6.30-9.30pm Soho Theatre Tickets: £30/£25 concessions Led by Greg Harradine In this workshop, Soho Theatre’s resident composer Greg Harradine explores the questions: What is music’s role within a play? How do writers and comp
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Violet Jobs is recruiting for a Digital Audio Copywriter. “We are a media and entertainment company and we are looking for an experienced Audio Copywriter to join our award-winning creative team. If you can bring stimulating and engaging commercial audio campaigns to life across
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NHS Halton CCG is working with Halton Borough Council’s Arts Development Team to develop a series of small creative commissions to engage local communities in the borough of Halton with arts and health. Under the badge ‘Conversations about health and wellbeing in Halton’ they are
Read with a free account →28 January 15 · Opportunities
In Spring 2015, the Royal Court will again be running their Introduction to Playwriting group – a group for writers who want to write for the stage and are just starting to do so. The groups are a friendly and supportive environment where playwrights at an early stage of their ca
Read with a free account →26 January 15 · Opportunities
The Ticket To Write Festival is a showcase of original plays based on The Beatles. The competition is for one-act stage plays about The Beatles or any other artist, group or aspect of the 60s Mersey pop music scene. What to submit: Your plays can feature any aspect of The Beatles
Read with a free account →26 January 15 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in February 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 wh
Read with a free account →25 January 15 · Opportunities
Scratch That Hackney are a monthly Scratch Night based at the Hackney Attic (above the Hackney Picturehouse,sometimes at The Ritzy in Brixton and also in Crouch End). We are looking for submissions from playwrights, spoken word artists, short filmmakers, musicians and theatre mak
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The Walter Swan Playwriting Award is being run in association with the Ilkley Playhouse and the Ilkley Literature Festival and with support from the West Yorkshire Playhouse. It is planned that it is an annual event. There are two categories: The Walter Swan Young Playwriting Awa
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