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03 June 14 · Opportunities
Sterts’ One-Act Play Competition is now in its third year. Based in Cornwall, this event is run to promote and encourage new play-writing talent and has proved to be very successful in producing an ever increasing high standard of writing. An experienced panel of judges will choo
Read with a free account →02 June 14 · Opportunities
On Thursday 31st July 2014 PILOT Nights will land in Birmingham, hosted by mac Birmingham and co-piloted by Jouvan Fucinni and Toyin Omari-Kinch. This is a chance for contemporary theatre makers to present up to 20 minutes of new, work-in-progress material, in front of a real liv
Read with a free account →02 June 14 · Education / Writing Workshops
One IdeasTap member will get the opportunity to attend COFILMIC’s Writing and Selling TV Comedy Course. A place on the course usually costs £395. The course is London based and starts on Saturday 12th July, running for six weeks. Course details: this is an intensive and interacti
Read this article →02 June 14 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
As part of the BBC Performing Arts Fellowship, Pentabus are looking for a theatre maker (director, writer, producer etc) who has shown dedication and passion towards a career in theatre and who demonstrates potential but needs guidance in taking the next steps. Pentabus will be o
Read with a free account →31 May 14 · Opportunities
The Fred Ebb Award 2014 is currently open for submissions. Details about the award and previous winners can be found on the Fred Ebb Foundation website. Eligibility: Each applicant must be a composer/lyricist or composer/lyricist team wishing to create work for the musical theatr
Read with a free account →30 May 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). Enterprise Theatre seeking 10-min plays on bullying (San Diego, CA) – Deadline: 30 May 2014 Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize launched (£20
Read this article →30 May 14 · Opportunities
The London Horror Festival, the UK’s festival of horror in the performing arts, are once again teaming up with award-winning audio drama producers The Wireless Theatre Company to produce the Stage Fright horror radio competition. They are accepting submissions from writers at all
Read with a free account →30 May 14 · Opportunities
The Arch and Bruce Foundation is currently accepting submissions for its 2014 Playwriting Competition. What to submit: All works must concern LGBT (lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender) life and be based on, or directly inspired by, a historical person, culture, work of art or event.
Read with a free account →29 May 14 · Opportunities
For the second year Arvon is pleased to present The Gillian Hush Award for writers of radio drama. The winner of the award will receive a free place on the Writing for Radio course taking place in November at The Hurst, with tutors Simon Brett and Shelley Silas. The award is give
Read with a free account →29 May 14 · Opportunities
The Nottingham Playhouse is inviting writers to submit proposals to take part in their upcoming ‘Time and Memory’ season: “As we mark the centenary of the start of World War One, Nottingham Playhouse is taking this opportunity to explore the political and social consequences of t
Read with a free account →29 May 14 · Opportunities
The Comedy Unit and Huffington Post are now accepting entries for the 2014 Funny Women Comedy Writing Awards. This is an opportunity to develop a half-hour comedy series for television. Eligibility: This opportunity is open to female writers only. As part of Funny Women’s dedicat
Read with a free account →28 May 14 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in late-May and June 2014. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if you’d like to peru
Read with a free account →28 May 14 · Opportunities
NEXT ACT! is an expansion of Capital Repertory Theatre’s commitment to the development of new work, and is designed to complement the Upper Hudson Valley’s recent and future growth explosion in the fields of research and technology. The summit will directly reflect the theatre’s
Read with a free account →28 May 14 · Opportunities
9TTC produces works that incorporate environmental issues as part of the part, characters, or theme. We are uniquely dedicated to Eco Theatre, connecting humanity and nature, in various forms. What to submit: They accept original one acts, and full length plays and musicals. They
Read with a free account →28 May 14 · Opportunities
Roundhouse is looking for five original radio plays to produce for its youth-led radio station, Roundhouse Radio. At least five short plays will be recorded by professional actors and broadcast on Roundhouse Radio. The judges of this brief are looking for original concepts that a
Read with a free account →28 May 14 · Opportunities
The Stella Adler School of Acting (NYC) is seeking 10-minute plays that address themes of gender equity and/or global violence against girls and women. Scripts should be a maximum of 10 pages and must be new, unproduced works. Select plays will receive readings. They are also see
Read with a free account →28 May 14 · Opportunities
The Stella Adler School of Acting (NYC) is seeking new, full-length ensemble plays for young actors (age 16-25). One or more play will be selected for a student production (this is a curricular project for full-time acting students). Plays must be new, unproduced works and requir
Read with a free account →28 May 14 · Opportunities
Enterprise Theatre Company in San Diego, CA, is seeking ten minute plays to be produced as staged readings in October 2014 as part of the Bully Awareness Theatrical Event and to coincide with October’s Bully Awareness Month. School bullying is a national problem both in person an
Read with a free account →28 May 14 · Opportunities
Etch is a brand new monthly theatre night held at one of South London’s most thriving new bars and arts venues, The Peckham Pelican. Their aim is to provide a platform for new writing from emerging artists in need of an outlet to do what they love most and to explore, develop, sh
Read with a free account →27 May 14 · Original Content / Resources
You can’t be a good writer if you’re not a good reader. But buying scripts can get expensive, and staying in touch with the best new writing can become a serious drain on your bank balance. Thankfully, this city has a great many opportunities for the curious reader looking for so
Read this article →26 May 14 · Opportunities
The Growing Stage New Play-Reading Festival is a wonderful opportunity for artists to have their unpublished works presented before an audience, in a play-reading scenario, by a cast consisting of both professional and amateur actors on two separate occasions during our 2014/2015
Read with a free account →25 May 14 · Opportunities
Sterts’ One Act Play Writing Competition is now in its third year. This event is organised to promote and encourage new play-writing talent and has proved to be very successful in producing an ever increasing high standard of writing. The challenge is to produce a thirty minute o
Read with a free account →24 May 14 · Opportunities
The New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest is an international playwriting contest developed in 2003 to bring works of social significance to the general public, works that might not otherwise have the opportunity to be presented. The contest receives mentorship and interns from
Read with a free account →24 May 14 · Uncategorized
The Rich Mix Youth Takeover takes place in August each year, presenting a 3-week programme of events specially dedicated to young people aged 16-25. In preparation for the Takeover this summer, the Rich Mix Young Ambassadors are looking for dynamic performers, producers and direc
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