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19 June 14 · Opportunities
Spidervision Productions are looking for 10 – 15 minute short film scripts about India’s involvement in World War One. Spidervision Productions are offering the chance for a talented writer to see their short film produced in the Northwest of England. Spidervision Productions has
Read with a free account →18 June 14 · Education / Events
IdeasTap Spa (the branch that runs their events series) has some fantastic free events coming up in the next couple of months, so worth checking these out! How to Write a One Act Play – 3 July 2014, 5.00-7.00pm Belinda Hunt of Mardibooks will lead this session. It will include ad
Read this article →18 June 14 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
The TV Drama Writer’s Festival is the only festival led by writers for writers. For one day only, it’s a unique opportunity for you with your peers to join commissioners and execs to reflect, agitate and debate. With 22 different sessions and a reception to close the day this is
Read with a free account →18 June 14 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
The Lion Tamers Theatre Company is looking for submissions for their 2015 North West tour. What to submit: Your play must meet the following requirements: Cast size: Strictly between 2 and 4 cast members. They can allow for doubling, however they must be strict on not having more
Read with a free account →18 June 14 · Opportunities
There wis currently a Writer Residency Opportunity/Artists Rifles’ Writer in Residence, Gosport, Hampshire Hampshire Arts and Museums Service will be hosting a Writer in Residence at the Gosport Gallery during autumn 2014. The residency will be spread over two to three months, la
Read with a free account →17 June 14 · Opportunities
Alex Chisolm, Associate Director (Literary) at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, will be leaving on 1 August 2014, and is coordinating a last round of unsolicited script submissions before she goes. Following this last round of submissions, they do not have plans to accept unsolicite
Read with a free account →16 June 14 · Jobs / Opportunities
The University of Salford is seeking a Lecturer in Playwriting for a part-time role. The purpose of the role is to develop and deliver high-quality teaching material across playwriting modules at post-graduate level. To work closely with the regional theatre partners to provide c
Read with a free account →13 June 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). Menagerie seeking submissions for One Page Play Competition at Hotbed 2014 – Deadline: 13 June 2014 at 5pm IdeasTap accepting submissions
Read with a free account →12 June 14 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Are you 16 – 25 years old and passionate about writing?This course, led by playwright & director Dinos Aristidou, will give 20 young writers the opportunity to develop their writing and experience what it is to write for, in and about theatre. Sessions are 10am – 12.30pm on alter
Read with a free account →12 June 14 · Opportunities
What do you expect? Theatre Company are pleased to offer an opportunity for you to showcase new work at our upcoming new writers evening on Thursday 26th June at The Horse and Stables, Waterloo. The night is a chance for writers and theatre professionals to come together and will
Read with a free account →11 June 14 · Writing Workshops
If you are writing a play and need help developing the characters, this workshop will enable you to create a visual map for your fictional character’s emotional journey and your script’s dramatic structure. You’ll learn how to chart your characters internal conflicts and emotiona
Read this article →11 June 14 · Jobs
Talawa, the UK’s primary Black-led theatre company; is moving into a new phase of its evolution, widening the scope, breadth and reach of its work. They are seeking a Literary Associate to support the work of the Company during this exciting time of growth. The Literary Associate
Read with a free account →10 June 14 · Opportunities
The Ashton Group is searching for a new stage play with which to tour the North West, professionally produced by its acclaimed Apprenticed Actors Company. The one act play should have a running time of 60 minutes. The play should be written for four young actors: 2 male, 2 female
Read with a free account →10 June 14 · Education / Writing Workshops
A weekend workshop for playwrights, theatre directors and actors. The relationship between writer, director and cast is a vital one in the development of a new play. This workshop will explore key principles of those relationships, and how to manage them at each stage of a new pl
Read this article →10 June 14 · Education / Writing Workshops
The Actors Centre, London is hosting a playwriting workshop led by Amy Rosenthal. This one-day workshop will explore aspects of writing for the stage. The morning will look at at kick-starting ideas and trusting your instincts. The afternoon will focus on character development an
Read this article →06 June 14 · Uncategorized
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). MAC Birmingham Performing Arts Fellowship – call for Expressions of Interest – Deadline: 5 June 2014 at 10am Cro Magnon Theatre accepting
Read this article →05 June 14 · Opportunities
Write Up Front are a Colchester based theatre company, specialising in new writing. They are currently accepting submissions for their first new writing evening. They are looking for one-act plays, 10-30 minutes in length with no more than 4 characters and no complicated staging
Read with a free account →05 June 14 · Opportunities
Spidervision Productions are looking for 10 – 15 minute short film scripts about India’s involvement in World War One. Spidervision Productions are offering the chance for a talented writer to see their short film produced in the Northwest of England. Spidervision Productions is
Read with a free account →05 June 14 · Education / Funding and Bursaries
For anyone thinking of upping sticks to study Playwriting at Masters level, this one could be for you: Glasgow University have funded places available for various Masters courses including Playwriting & Dramaturgy. For full details visit the website Deadline: none posted Source:
Read with a free account →05 June 14 · Opportunities
Solas Festival (Scotland) is looking for 5 minute plays or a 5 minute excerpt from a play that can be rehearsed and read at the festival. Sarah Rose Graber, currently with the National Theatre of Scotland will curate and direct the event. How to apply: write your five minute play
Read with a free account →04 June 14 · Opportunities
IdeasTap have launched a new creative brief with Ensemble UK. They are looking to work with up to three writers on a series of 20-minute plays supported by the crime prevention charity Only Connect. The winners of this brief will get the opportunity to develop a play over a perio
Read with a free account →04 June 14 · Original Content
Tired of rejection letters and fed up of waiting for someone else to produce her work, Kimberley Andrews decided to bite the bullet and bring her own writing to the stage. But where to start? In the first of an eight part series, she relates the trials and torments of self-produc
Read this article →03 June 14 · Opportunities
Start polishing those scripts…BBC Writers’ Room will open their latest Script Room submission window on 23rd June 2014. This time they are looking for Children’s scripts (CBeebies & CBBC) The Script Room is a place where you can send your script to be assessed by a team of experi
Read with a free account →03 June 14 · Opportunities
The Bush Theatre has now opened its’ summer submission window. They will be accepting full length plays until 1st September. The Bush recommends that before you submit, you take a look at their current season, the archive and familiarise yourself with their work. “We don’t just w
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