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23 January 14 · Opportunities
Big Picture is a film and training opportunity for actors, composers, production designers, and writers. It involves creating a short film, from scratch, in just ONE week. It will all culminate in a screening at Rich Mix Cinema in Shoreditch in February 2014. Golden Lane Films ar
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Portsmouth Festivities 2014 Commission – Project Brief: Portsmouth Festivities, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and the National Museum of Royal Navy are commissioning a new high profile mid to large scale production and community participation project for Portsmouth in June 2014. T
Read with a free account →22 January 14 · Opportunities
The Lyric Hammersmith is offering three emerging artists/companies aged 18-25 the opportunity to pitch creative ideas for a two-week residency. All residencies will culminate in a sharing of work to an invited audience. The residency dates are: Residency 1 (Monday 17 February to
Read with a free account →21 January 14 · Opportunities
‘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, dance and comedy. ‘Scratch’ primarily showcases work-in-progress performances an
Read with a free account →21 January 14 · Jobs
The Koestler Trust is the UK’s best-known prison arts charity. They are currently looking for an outstanding Literature Officer with a passion for, and in-depth knowledge of, poetry and/or prose, as well as the practical skills to translate this into creative writing exhibits and
Read with a free account →21 January 14 · Opportunities
20:20 Vision explores the current mindset of ‘Generation Y’ through comissioning new 10 minute plays by young writers aged between 18 – 30. Utilising the vast space of The Old Theatre Royal Bath, plays will be set site-specificallythroughout the venue, taking the audeince on an e
Read with a free account →20 January 14 · Opportunities
Liverpool Hope University has partnered with the Royal Court Liverpool and the Liverpool Echo to launch a major new competition to find the UK’s next new playwright. This exciting new national competition is a chance for a playwright to win a cash prize of £10,000 and have their
Read with a free account →20 January 14 · Education / Writing Workshops
Chalk the Sun is running on-going monthly workshops with flexible attendance (£30 for a one-off, £125 for 5, £225 for 10) for scriptwriters focusing on techniques and development of radio, stage, TV and screen plays including series and episode writing with feedback from the Chal
Read this article →17 January 14 · Opportunities
The Nursery has developed ‘5ideaS’, a new monthly night for writers. directors and dramaturgs to explore ideas. From the submissions received, a number of people will be invited to talk about their idea, and performance space will be offered on the basis of these talks. In additi
Read with a free account →17 January 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). Claremorris Fringe Festival seeking 15 minute plays (Ireland, €10 entry fee) – Deadline: 17 January 2014 Writers commission for Kent Histo
Read with a free account →16 January 14 · Opportunities
Winchester’s Chesil Theatre is once again inviting playwrights to submit 10 minute scripts for its 10×10 Playwriting Competition. Writers aged 16 and over can send in a short play based on the theme of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, chosen to coincide with the theatre’s 150th anniversary
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*Not strictly a writing opportunity, but if you write or devise as part of a creative team or company, this could be one for you!* New Charter Project Commission 2014 In January 2012 the Royal Exchange Theatre embarked on an innovative three year partnership with the New Charter
Read with a free account →14 January 14 · Opportunities
LineUp is a bi-monthly new writing event produced by Vertical Line Theatre at Greenwich Theatre. LineUp celebrates new writing by providing directors, actors, rehearsal space and a 400 seat theatre giving writers a chance to try out their work through collaboration with Vertical
Read with a free account →13 January 14 · Jobs / Opportunities
The Nickelodeon Writing Programme is now open for submissions. This global initiative will offer the successful applicant a salaried position with Nickelodeon in London for up to six months, providing experience in writing scripts and pitching story ideas for both live action and
Read with a free account →10 January 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). HighTide Festival 2014 Takeover accepting applications – Deadline: 10 January 2014 TLW LEXiCON Play and Short Story Competition (£3 submis
Read with a free account →09 January 14 · Jobs / Opportunities
Shooting Fish are looking for a writer/dramatist with experience of working with communities (particularly young people) to lead and support them in writing a new play. About the project: the project seeks to use theatre to support the and improve the literacy skills of the targe
Read with a free account →09 January 14 · Opportunities
Just Some Theatre Company are looking to commission a script writer for a future production. The commission would operate on a rights agreement basis, that is if and when the script is produced the script writer would receive a pre-arranged percentage of ticket royalties, agreed
Read with a free account →08 January 14 · Opportunities
East 15 Acting School is looking to produce a new writing play as part of their series of BA Acting final year performances in May/June next year. This play will be performed a minimum of two times at a London theatre during the summer 2015 term by a company of final year BA Acti
Read with a free account →06 January 14 · Jobs
The Rise of Maidstone United writer’s commission Commission timescale March – October 2014 Kent History & Library Centre, Kent County Council The Kent Library & History Centre, based in Maidstone, Kent & FrancisKnight, a Kent based arts organisation have been successful with fund
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As part of Canalology 2014, a one day art event along the Tottenham canalside, Samantha Penn is looking for local writers new and established to contribute texts on the local area. Any style of writing is welcome and the project, entitled Words of Tottenham, will involve a number
Read with a free account →06 January 14 · Uncategorized
HighTide Festival Theatre are offering individuals and companies the chance to programme special take-over slots at HighTide Festival on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 April 2014. Successful applicants will receive £200 per slot towards expenses as well as 80% of net Box Office tak
Read this article →06 January 14 · Resources
Playwright and scriptwriter, Isla Gray, has written a glossary of scriptwriting terms and a downloadable template too. Read the article here.
Read this article →06 January 14 · Opportunities
The Newspeak Theatre produces at least one new play from an emerging writer each season. If you are interested in submitting plays or any written work to be to be produced by the Newspeak Theatre please send in a sample no longer than 10 pages of your work as well as a synopsis (
Read with a free account →06 January 14 · Opportunities / Resources
The Newspeak Theatre Company is looking for another writer to join their writers-room. The writers-room is a hot-bed for playwrights to meet and develop work in in. How to apply: if you are interested in becoming a member of the writers-room send in a sample of your writing and a
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