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25 July 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). Fevered Sleep seeking applicant for BBC Performing Arts Fellowship – Deadline: 29 July 2014 Peabody seeking Theatre Fellow for BBC Perform
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The Book Pipeline Competition, presented by Script Pipeline, is searching for playwrights and authors with material well-suited for film or television adaptation. The winning writer will have meetings withEnergy Entertainment (Extant), Benderspink (We’re the Millers, A History of
Read with a free account →24 July 14 · Opportunities
After a successful spring season, The Progressive Playwright returns for the autumn to The Tron Theatre. Each event has a specific theme and the scripts should be between 5 and 10 pages long. The scripts can be extracts from a larger piece of work or a complete short play. We are
Read with a free account →24 July 14 · Opportunities
Crooked Pieces have teamed up with Rachel Stroud and Louise Rickwood to bring you ‘And Then She Said a Funny Thing’. A series of regular podcasts comprising of ninety-second comedy shorts and sketches written by, duh duh duuuuh…..women. Over the next few weeks they will be tweaki
Read with a free account →24 July 14 · Education
Live Theatre’s unique online course www.beaplaywright.com offers a straightforward guide to the craft of playwriting. Students learn from leading theatre practitioners by working through step-by-step modules, each covering different aspects of playwriting and can watch exclusive
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Medair is looking for a writer to turn stories about Syrian Refugees into 4 theatrical monologues each of 2-3mins. WeTheyalready have a writer (but not a playwright) who has done a first draft but we are looking for a playwright to take them further and re-write them for a perfor
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Fevered Sleep is looking for an ambitious and talented individual who wishes to further their career in community participation and audience development within theatre, and who would like the opportunity to develop their professional practice through a bespoke BBC Performing Arts
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Peabody is best known as a housing association, and has a rich history of providing homes to Londoners on low incomes. However, they are less well known for their community development work, fighting poverty and inequality across the capital. As part of this work, they are embark
Read with a free account →18 July 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). BFI Teen Scene Script Challenge (age 16-25) – Deadline: 18 July 2014 Papatango seeking applications for Resident Playwright 2015 (BBC Perf
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DVM is currently seeking submissions to its next two scratch night showings. ‘Scratch’ is an opportunity for Artists to showcase their work and talents and test out their material on a live audience and is open to Artists from across all disciplines, including theatre, music, dan
Read this article →16 July 14 · Opportunities
Are you an emerging writer attached to an ambitious company searching for a platform to develop your work? The King’s Head Theatre is looking for bold, dangerous and unique writers who need a leading London platform to develop their work. The King’s Head showcases and nurtures th
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Thistle Dew Dessert Theatre, with KTDT radio station request submission of rib-tickling monologues and plays funninesses, laughably moving wacky slap-sticks and side-splitting comedies. Dramatic action-packed jocularities, hilariously electrifying stories of mayhem, humorously ri
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From September, Skylight is running a regular night, Postscript, at the Drayton Arms theatre, aimed at giving writers the chance to present new work to an audience and gain constructive feedback. What to submit: They are looking for full length scripts, a minimum of an hour in le
Read with a free account →15 July 14 · Opportunities
Stay Awake! – a new Denver-based theater company – is now accepting submissions for its inaugural 10-minute play competition. Playwrights from around the world are invited to submit a 10-minute piece for their Prism Festival of new works. Each submitted play will be read by at le
Read with a free account →15 July 14 · Opportunities
Tamasha is now seeking submissions for its next Scratch event on Friday, 5 September 2014 at Rich Mix, E1. Scratch nights provide an opportunity for artists to showcase their work in a professional setting to a public audience. This enables the artists to test out their work and
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Papatango is currently seeking candidates to be their second Resident Playwright following a successful inaugural year with May Sumbwanyambe. The Papatango Resident Playwright will write a new play with our guidance and support, as well as deliver a limited number of free masterc
Read with a free account →11 July 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). The Peckham Pelicam seeking playwrights for ‘Etch’ Scratch Night – Deadline: 11 July 2014 The Ashton Group seeking new play to tour the No
Read with a free account →10 July 14 · Opportunities
Rochdale Literature & Ideas Festival have launched their 2014 playwriting competition. They are looking for 15 minute plays with no more than 5 characters, in any genre. There will be two categories in this competition: under 17’s/ over 17’s. Prizes: The winners of each age group
Read with a free account →10 July 14 · Opportunities
Fractured Lines are on the lookout for Actors, Writers and Directors to take part in their next show on the theme of “Love and Hate Speeches”. They are looking for monologues that are between 5-10 minutes long. How to apply: If you want to get on stage, if you want to see your pl
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As part of the BBC Performing Arts Fellowship, tutti frutti is seeking an individual who has shown dedication towards a career in theatre for children and who demonstrates potential to take the next step towards a professional career as a playwright for children’s theatre. tutti
Read with a free account →09 July 14 · Jobs
The Guildhall School of Music & Drama is looking for a Writer in Residence to manage and deliver the teaching, assessment and recruitment of writing students on the Guildhall School’s new MA in Opera Making and Writing, in partnership with the Head of Composition. The successful
Read with a free account →09 July 14 · Opportunities / 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 first set of workshops will begin in September 2014. For a new p
Read with a free account →09 July 14 · Opportunities
Attic Theatre’s annual Playfest returns this Autumn in association with Wimbledon Bookfest. They are now open for submissions of previously unproduced 15-20 minute plays. 4 plays will be chosen for rehearsed readings on 11 and 12 October 2014. The winners will also receive £100.
Read with a free account →07 July 14 · Jobs
One Day is a fresh and forward-thinking Creative Education Company, connecting children and learning with creativity and imagination. Their scripted drama workshops cater for creative learning throughout all primary age groups and key stages. One Day Creative Education are curren
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