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15 October 14 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
New Views is a nationwide playwriting programme, with around 800 students in schools, colleges and other theatres around the UK taking part. Participants have the chance to develop creative writing skills, work with professional writers and directors, see plays at the NT and subm
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The Sussex Playwrights’ Club is pleased to announce a new playwriting competition to help celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2015. What to submit: New plays in any genre (not musicals) are welcome, lasting from a minimum of 75 minutes to a maximum of 100 minutes – and containing t
Read with a free account →14 October 14 · Opportunities
The New Vic in Newcastle is giving aspiring playwrights the chance to see their work performed as part of a major festival of plays inspired by the Staffordshire Hoard. The Hoard festival, which has been developed in partnership with the National Theatre Studio, will take over th
Read with a free account →13 October 14 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
Forty aspiring writers for screen, stage and radio will attend a practical, hands-on BBC Writersroom workshop at IdeasTap, taking place on Wednesday 17 December 2014. The workshop will be held from 1pm till 6pm with a free lunch being served from 12pm for all attendees. The works
Read with a free account →13 October 14 · Opportunities
Entries are now open for the Channel 4 screenwriting course 2015. The purpose of the course is to offer 12 writers new to television drama an insight into how the industry works and to provide a “dry-run” of what it can be like to write under a television drama commission, specif
Read with a free account →13 October 14 · Jobs / Opportunities
Glastonbury Theatre and Circus Fields are commissioning 4 new shows for Glastonbury Festival 2015. They are looking for some new experiences for our audiences that are spectacular and brave, and that work well with the creative atmosphere and scale of the festival. They will util
Read with a free account →12 October 14 · Jobs / Opportunities
Brighton & Hove Libraries Services in partnership with New Writing South wishes to commission four emerging writers to create new work that explores the theme How Individuals Make Society Change. Collaboration is a key element of this project and, as part of this, adult workshop
Read with a free account →12 October 14 · Jobs / Opportunities
Mimbre is an acrobatic theatre company, producing innovative and extraordinary performance work through strong imagery, visual poetry and emotional content. We explore how narratives can be driven by physical choreographies and how much can be said without words. They are looking
Read with a free account →11 October 14 · Opportunities
Secret Theatre has an open opportunity for a playwright. We don’t want to be the ones to “spill” the secret, so email them at secret@secrettheatrelondon.com for more details! Source: @Playwriting_UK
Read with a free account →10 October 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). Bush Theatre opportunity for writers from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority (BAME) backgrounds – none specified – but winners will be notif
Read with a free account →09 October 14 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
Arcola Theatre is pleased to launch Playwrought #3, an opportunity to develop and have a play performed as a rehearsed reading at Arcola. This will be part of the third instalment of their new writing programme, PlayWROUGHT. Following a successful first and second outing, PlayWRO
Read with a free account →09 October 14 · Jobs / Opportunities
Blackpool Council and LeftCoast are seeking an artist and writer to produce work for the Save Our Stories project. The commission is to develop a ‘Save Our Stories’ narrative that will inform their brand, their distinctive story and offer to children and young people and help dev
Read with a free account →08 October 14 · Opportunities
Throughout 2015, Rich Mix is looking for emerging performers and companies to tell their stories of city life. Rich Mix is located in the heart of East London, one of the most diverse and exciting parts of the city. It’s seeking submissions for theatre and performance work that e
Read with a free account →08 October 14 · Education / Events
BBC Writersoom’s Abigail Gonda will give an insight into what the BBC look out for in scripts, an overview of how the BBC can support emerging artists and take questions about pathways to becoming a scriptwriter. The event is part of the Into Film Festival, a free education event
Read this article →07 October 14 · Opportunities
The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep is inviting artists to apply with projects that would benefit from a residency in Berkeley for 1–4 weeks. Applicants must be available for residency between June 2 and 28, 2015. What you get: Berkeley Rep will provide transportation, housing, rehe
Read with a free account →07 October 14 · Opportunities
Etch holds a monthly theatre night held at one of South London’s most thriving new bars and arts venues, The Peckham Pelican. Etch aims to discover, nurture and support new writing whilst encouraging collaboration amongst emerging artists. They hope to provide a base and platform
Read with a free account →07 October 14 · Uncategorized
Now>Press>Play is looking to recruit Maths scriptwriters on a freelance basis, who have strong backgrounds in education. As well as writing scripts, you will create worksheets that go alongside the Experiences. You should: have experience of working with KS2 children and, ideally
Read this article →03 October 14 · Education / Writing Workshops
The Bush has announced that they are joining forces with Media Diversified for an opportunity aimed at aspiring BAME theatre writers. Their aim is to challenge the traditional predominantly white landscape of British theatre criticism – below is how you can get involved. They are
Read this article →03 October 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). Little Brother Productions offering a writer £1000 to develop television idea – Deadline: 3 October 2014 Progressive Playwright seeking sh
Read with a free account →01 October 14 · Original Content
In the third post of the series about bringing her own writing to the stage, Kimberley Andrews talks money: can you produce a show without breaking the bank and should you dare to dream of making a profit? Producing my own show was many things: it was a small glimpse in to what i
Read this article →01 October 14 · Writing Workshops
The Mercury Theatre (Colchester) is offering a Playwrights’ Surgery – a free service for adults with a serious commitment to writing plays. The group meets on selected weeknights throughout the year to read and discuss members’ work, as well as engage in practical tasks to assist
Read this article →30 September 14 · Jobs
We are The Wagon is a comedy production and distributon company. They produce comedy content, whether for online, TV or other distribution and have worked with a variety of well-known comedians such as Jack Whitehall, Simon Amstell and Jonathan Ross. They have just finished a pro
Read with a free account →30 September 14 · Opportunities
NTC Touring Theatre Company has received funding from ACE Grants for the Arts to produce ‘4THOUGHTS’: MYTH, MUSIC, MAYHEM AND MIRTH – An evening of 4 short new plays which will tour the Northern Region in March 2015 and seeks writers of new plays/musicals. Writers may have had so
Read with a free account →30 September 14 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly newsletter, this month, it contains 39 playwriting opportunities with October deadlines. You can read the newsletter here.
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