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09 December 14 · Opportunities
Claremorris Fringe Festival 2015 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. T
Read with a free account →08 December 14 · Events
Can Playwrights Cross Borders Others Can’t? (New Writing Platform) Tuesday 09 Dec 2014 from 18:30 to 20:00 This event will be run by dramaturg and writer Caroline Jester, who has developed international playwriting projects in Germany, Poland, Croatia, Italy and the US including
Read this article →08 December 14 · Opportunities
ScriptReadEast is a scriptwriter’s showcase event, providing an exciting opportunity for new and unknown writers to have their work read out by professional actors to a live audience at Rich Mix and receive written feedback. They welcome all genres but are at this time in need of
Read with a free account →05 December 14 · Opportunities
If you’re aged 14 to 26, and want to develop your comedy, theatre or writing skills to a higher level, then SYC Comedy Lab, SYC Theatremakers or SYC Writers’ Lab is where you should be. Launched in 2011, Soho Young Company gives you the opportunity to meet new people, have a laug
Read with a free account →05 December 14 · 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 →04 December 14 · Opportunities
An opportunity for playwrights to hear short extracts of their work directed and performed by professional actors, The Progressive Playwright is the Tron’s monthly scratch event, giving playwrights the chance to hear short extracts of their work directed and performed by professi
Read with a free account →03 December 14 · Opportunities
Berliner Festspiele is accepting submissions of plays from dramatists at the beginning of their career for a performance in Berlin next year. The competition is open to applicants from all over Europe. For full details see the website. Deadline: 15 December 2014 Source: Playwriti
Read with a free account →02 December 14 · Opportunities
CALLING BLACK* BRITISH WRITERS!Are you a Black British writer in Theatre, TV, Film or Radio? Have you had at least two scripts produced in any of these formats? Are you based in the UK? If your answers to these questions are yes, Eclipse Theatre Company wants YOU to be a part of
Read with a free account →28 November 14 · Opportunities
Fisher Taylor-Gaunt Productions is offering four writing teams the opportunity to develop their musicals. Each successful musical will receive a week’s worth of development in Spring 2015, culminating in a 30-minute showcase in a Central London venue. Each successful musical will
Read with a free account →28 November 14 · 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 →26 November 14 · Opportunities
ARE YOU AGED 16-19? ARE YOU PASSIONATE AND COMMITTED ABOUT WRITING FOR FILM? Then the BFI Film Academy Residential Programme in Screenwriting is for you! The BFI are looking for 25 of the most talented and committed young writers from across the UK to take part in an intensive an
Read with a free account →26 November 14 · Education / Events
Head to IdeasTap HQ to meet Ugly Sister Productions (As of 2015 to be known as The Story Project), a new writing theatre company headed up by Esther Jane Shepherd and Julia McShane. They are responsible for The Story Project – a large project where they collaborate with writers,
Read this article →24 November 14 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
(Note: this opportunity is open to playwrights but not TV/ Film scripts) Sky Academy invites IdeasTap members to apply for one of five £30,000 Arts Scholarships (€38,000). These life-changing bursaries, which include a programme of expert mentoring, allow each scholar to focus ex
Read with a free account →24 November 14 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
Filmmakers! IdeasTap are offering £10K to fund the production of a short film of any genre. The only restriction is that they are looking for film makers who have at least one short film under their belt. The length of the film can be anything up to 25 minutes. They will issue th
Read with a free account →24 November 14 · Opportunities
The Screen Arts Institute (SAI) is offering 10 IdeasTap members a free place at a one-day story development workshop here at IdeasTap HQ. Places on this workshop usually cost £179. The workshop will be held on Thursday 18 December from 10.30-5.30. You must be able to attend this
Read with a free account →24 November 14 · Opportunities
Vertical Line is inviting writers to submit a brief or 10 pages from a full length script made for 10 year olds. Selected plays will be performed at Little Line Up, a new writing event for young audiences. The performance will take place on 17 January 2015 at a Greenwich Theatre
Read with a free account →24 November 14 · Events / Opportunities
Writers are invited to go to a performance of ‘Fear in a Handful of Dust’ at COG Arts at 3pm on December 7th on a pay what you can basis. You then write your response and submit it to scripts@verticallinetheatre.co.uk Selected scripts will be performed on 16 December 2014 at COG
Read with a free account →24 November 14 · Events
You can catch Mike Bartlett talking about his play, King Charles III at Waterstones Hampstead this Friday 28 November at 7pm. Tickets cost £5 and you can get them in the store or by calling 02077941098. Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Page
Read this article →24 November 14 · Opportunities
The December issue of the Play Submissions Helper newsletter is out – this month it contains a whopping 39 opportunities, all with December deadlines. Check it out here. Source: Play Submissions Helper e-newsletter
Read with a free account →21 November 14 · 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 →20 November 14 · Opportunities
The North Wall Arts Centre is offering an in-depth high-quality experience to talented young writers and directors. The TheatreCraft Easter project brings these two vital roles centre stage, offering them a team of professional actors and highly experienced mentors to work with i
Read with a free account →20 November 14 · Education
Calling all playwrights and screenwriters! Suba Das is hosting this free Q&A sesssion with Louise Stephen (Deputy Literary Manager Royal Court) and Henry Swindell (Development Producer for BBC Writers Room). Where: Curve, Leicester When: 29 November 2014 at 6.30pm Book here. Sour
Read this article →20 November 14 · Jobs / Opportunities
MPG Pictures is looking to collaborate with a writer (s) on an ambitious project that looks to further blur the lines between film and gaming. If selected you’ll be contracted to produce a treatment for a mini series along with a draft of the first episode (30 mins). This is an e
Read with a free account →19 November 14 · Jobs / Opportunities
Hollyoaks is looking to invest further in its story team by hiring a SENIOR STORY WRITER/STORY EDITOR. More than any other soap, Hollyoaks seeks to challenge its audience with daring and ambitious storytelling that hooks viewers in and has love, friendship and family at the centr
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