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19 November 14 · Opportunities
Heavy Weather are now accepting submissions for the second edition of their new writing night LOVER, as part of the Black Box Festival at the Etcetera Theatre in January. They are looking for 4 plays, and one piece of spoken word. Your play should be ten minutes long, with minima
Read with a free account →19 November 14 · Opportunities
Moniack Mhor is proud to host the eighth annual Jessie Kesson Fellowship. This annual award was established in 2009 by Moniack Mhor to honour Jessie Kesson’s inspirational life and work. Moniack Mhor Writers’ Centre (Scotland) is inviting established writers to apply for the Jess
Read with a free account →18 November 14 · Opportunities
Amsterdam based theatre company, Orange Tea, is accepting full length plays for a production in 2015-2016. They are looking for plays of about 60-90 minutes in length for a cast of 2-4. Plays should be contemporary and reflect global society. Topics might – but don’t have to – in
Read with a free account →14 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 →14 November 14 · Opportunities
Giant Cherry Productions are pleased to announce the launch of their new annual LGBT Playwriting Contest! The premise is simple: they are on the lookout for the next great gay play with LGBT characters, stories or themes. Three scripts will be selected as finalists and then perfo
Read with a free account →13 November 14 · Opportunities
Stitchin’ Fiction is new writing night where casting, rehearsing, and performing takes place in the course of a single evening. Once a month, writers are given the chance to see their words brought to life by performers, who in turn get to hone their improvisation and workshoppin
Read with a free account →13 November 14 · Writing Workshops
An Introduction to Verbatim Theatre Join theatremaker Carla Kingham for a free two-hour long workshop exploring the exciting potential of verbatim theatre. Working from Carla’s recent experiences developing her own project No Border, and looking at other recent examples of uses o
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Write Now 6: Synopsis Surgery Get it right before you write! When entering scripts into a competition the first thing readers see and the best test of a play’s strength is it’s synopsis. Is there a strong story? Do the characters leap out? Is the playwright telling us something a
Read this article →13 November 14 · Opportunities
IdeasTap is currently running its quarterly editor’s brief, open to artists from all disciplines, on the subject of FAMILY. The brief: “They f**k you up; you can’t choose them; and happy ones, apparently, are all alike. For this month’s Editor’s Brief, we’re asking you to go back
Read with a free account →13 November 14 · Opportunities
The Sussex Playwrights’ Club is now open to submissions for their annual Ten Minute Play Competition. These plays will be produced at the New Venture Theatre in the 75 seat Theatre Upstairs for 8 performances during the week 17 to 25 July 2015. What to submit: Your play should me
Read with a free account →12 November 14 · Opportunities
Lost Theatre is open to applications for its 5 Minute Festival, which will run from 2-7 February 2015. They are looking for emerging/newcomer playwrights, poets, spoken word artists, comedians, actors (who write their own material), physical performers…etc who have something diff
Read with a free account →10 November 14 · Opportunities
GLYPT Young Writers Collective: Writing For Change A free 10-week creative writing course for 16 to 25 year olds – part of GLYPT’s Progressionprogramme. We’re looking for young people with a strong interest in creating an original piece of writing. This could include poetry, play
Read with a free account →10 November 14 · Opportunities
The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award is for an emerging company or individual to create a show either for the Pit Theatre, Barbican or a site-responsive, non-traditional show to take place in East London. The winning show will be part of the Barbican Theatre 2016 season.
Read with a free account →09 November 14 · Opportunities
Goblin Baby Theatre Company is now accepting submissions for the UNHEARD Festival in February 2015! What to submit: They aim to include as wide a variety as possible of new, challenging and thought-provoking writing addressing sexual abuse and violence, the victims, the survivors
Read with a free account →08 November 14 · Opportunities
The Bravo 22 Company are currently looking to commission a new play up to 70 mins with a delivery date of January 30th 2015 and four performances of the production at the studio at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre on 26th-28th March 2015. It is the first play to be commissioned as par
Read with a free account →08 November 14 · Opportunities
Descent Theatre is looking for incredible short plays to be performed in February 2015. On Friday 6th February they will return to Rich Mix with our regular night of new writing: Descent Shorts. What to submit: They are looking for five original shorts, 5 – 20 mins in length Scri
Read with a free account →07 November 14 · Jobs
Off the back of their recent Soap Awards success, Hollyoaks is looking to invest further in its story team by hiring a STORY WRITER. More than any other soap, Hollyoaks seeks to challenge its audience with daring and ambitious storytelling that hooks viewers in and has love, frie
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Playmakers Festival is looking for playwrights who would like to see their script performed at The Tabard Theatre in Chiswick as part of the theatre’s 30th Anniversary celebrations. Eligibility: Scripts can be submitted from anywhere across the UK, however, successful applicants
Read with a free account →07 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). Kenyon Institute offering week-long intensive for writers (Ohio, USA; $2,000 fee) – Deadline: None posted, however registrations are accep
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The Writing Platform Bursary supports experimentation and inter-disciplinary collaboration between writers and technologists. What you get: This year they will be awarding two £4000 bursaries. Each bursary will be awarded to a team made up of one writer and one technologist to co
Read with a free account →07 November 14 · Education / Opportunities
The Kenyon Institute is offering an extraordinary opportunity for aspiring and working playwrights: immerse yourself in an intensive seminar-based workshop led by creative teams and commissioned playwrights from three leading international theatres – Playwright Horizons, La Jolla
Read with a free account →07 November 14 · Opportunities
Talawa Theatre Company has always been a home for emerging Black British writers. Their new literary department is now up and running and they are expanding opportunities for writers with a variey of initiatives, including: Talawa Writers’ Programme, their flagship scheme for dev
Read with a free account →07 November 14 · Opportunities
Theatre Renegade would like to invite submissions from writers to take part in next year’s Courting Drama project. The chosen piece will be workshopped with the help of Theatre Renegade’s dramaturg; it will then be showcased at Southwark Playhouse’s Courting Drama event in Januar
Read with a free account →06 November 14 · Opportunities
The Saving Endangered Species International Playwriting Competition is accepting submissions. Entries must be received by midnight November 30, 2015. Winners and Finalists will be announced by May 31, 2016 via e-mail and on the SES website. What to submit: A ten-minute play about
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