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02 December 13 · Opportunities
Ghost Dog Productions is running a new writing night on 20th-22nd Jan at The Horse & Stables in Waterloo, London and they are looking for contributors. They require 10 minute plays on the theme ‘beginnings’. There are no other rules to consider except for the fact that the perfor
Read with a free account →02 December 13 · Jobs / Opportunities
The project: The Box is a new collaboration between Stoke-on-Trent Libraries and B Arts aimed at 9-13 year olds and their families and funded by Arts Council England and local partners. Part-theatre piece, part digital workspace, it will tour libraries and other venues in Stoke-o
Read with a free account →29 November 13 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Pokfulham Rd Productions seeking playwright for collaboration (fluent Korean required) – No deadline posted Bubble and Squeak Collective seeking
Read with a free account →29 November 13 · Opportunities
Jackdaw are pleased to announce that their successful scratch night, Tell Tales will return in 2014. A unique collection of short plays, poetry, music and art, written, created and performed by a range of playwrights, musicians, actors, directors and artists, Tell Tales encourage
Read with a free account →28 November 13 · Opportunities
The Jerwood/Arvon Mentoring Scheme is open for applications from writers who attended an Arvon course in 2013. If this applies to you, read on… This unique opportunity offers nine writers the chance to be guided for one year by a successful and established writer. Three writers w
Read with a free account →28 November 13 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
IdeasTap are working with Underbelly and some of their performing arts partners to take a season of their members’ best work to next year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The scheme will offer funding and support for new plays or pieces of theatre to be produced at the fringe. IdeasTap will b
Read with a free account →28 November 13 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
IdeasTap are offering four funds of £1000 for members taking work to next year’s Brighton Fringe. This could include cabaret, comedy, dance, music, theatre, literature and visual arts. They want to see ambitious projects with more than three performers and there should be at leas
Read with a free account →28 November 13 · News / Opportunities
Theatre503 has unveiled The Theatre503 Playwriting award, a new biennial competition which will be open to all writers over the age of 16 who have written an original unproduced full-length play. The winner will be awarded with £6000 and a production at Theatre503. All UK submiss
Read with a free account →28 November 13 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
Roll up, roll up! £500 for creative projects! Ideas Fund Innovators is an IdeasTap scheme open to all creative disciplines. They are giving away 20 lots of £500 – 10 for 16-22 year olds and 10 for 23-30 year olds. The scheme has previously funded all kinds of projects, from dance
Read with a free account →26 November 13 · Opportunities
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain is inviting emerging and established writers in the UK to take part in Playwrights’ Progress, an inspiring new script development project, FREE to the chosen participants with all expenses paid. This is a major promotion run in partnership with
Read with a free account →26 November 13 · Opportunities
SPACED is an opportunity launched by Theatre Delicatessen for emerging theatre artists to develop their work in a free and creative environment. In February 2014, Theatre Delicatessen will offer 15 chosen companies and artists residencies at their pop-up creative hub at the forme
Read with a free account →25 November 13 · Opportunities
The Cockpit Theatre is looking for work for ‘Theatre in the Pound’, an award winning evening of fifteen minute performances. Each month, they showcase new work from directors, writers and artists to provide a platform for new work as well as a great evening of exciting performanc
Read with a free account →25 November 13 · Opportunities
The BBC Radio Drama Readings Unit welcomes submissions of short stories from writers new to radio for their annual series, Opening Lines which is broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The next window for sending in material to Opening Lines – BBC Radio 4’s showcase for short stories is Janua
Read with a free account →23 November 13 · Opportunities
Bubble and Squeak Collective is seeking new plays for workshops, readings, and possibly staging scenes in their showcases. They are encouraging writers with plays in progress to get in touch. How to apply: Contact Paul McNeilly at mcneilly_paul@hotmail.com. Deadline: None posted
Read with a free account →23 November 13 · News
Anna Jordan has been announced as the winner of the 2013 Bruntwood Prize, which she received for her script Yen. She takes home a £16,000 grand prize. Three runners up, winners of the Judges’ Awards, will receive £8,000 each to recognize their achievement: Katharine Chandler for
Read this article →22 November 13 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Pokfulham Rd Productions seeking playwright for collaboration (fluent Korean required) – No deadline posted Applications open for Artist’s Reside
Read with a free account →22 November 13 · Opportunities
Triangle 2014 is a ten month development scheme that will develop new ‘triangles’ between writers, directors and producers within the UK film industry. This national scheme has been managed by Screen Yorkshire for three years and selects applicants who form teams, participate in
Read with a free account →21 November 13 · Opportunities
The Bush Theatre’s Autumn/Winter submission window will be open from 21st November 2013 and closes at 5pm on 20th December 2013. In an interesting twist, the Bush is only looking for proposals for developing work, part of their efforts to reach out to a wider range of theatremake
Read with a free account →21 November 13 · Opportunities
Submissions are open now for The West Avenue Theatre Company’s next scratch night, Briefs – which will be on Wednesday, 15 January 2014. The event will return to the Rosemary Branch for another one-off evening of short, relatively light-hearted plays by emerging writers, directed
Read with a free account →21 November 13 · Opportunities
The National Student Drama Festival will feature performances, workshops, discussions, masterclasses and entertainment in venues across Scarborough, including the Stephen Joseph Theatre, University of Hull Scarborough Campus and the Scarborough Spa. NSDF14 will run from 12-18 Apr
Read with a free account →21 November 13 · Opportunities
Undeb Theatre is offering IdeasTap members the opportunity to pitch a script idea for its festival in 2014. What to submit: To apply, you should prepare a script treatment of no more than 1,000 words. Script ideas must adhere to the following rules: There must only be two charact
Read with a free account →20 November 13 · News
Graeae has announced the writers selected for Write to Play, its new playwriting scheme, which aims to provide opportunities to deaf and disabled writers. The scheme will be run by Graeae in partnership with the National Theatre Studio, Royal Court, and Soho Theatre. The writers
Read this article →19 November 13 · Opportunities
Writers are invited to submit plays for the Arundel Festival Theatre Trail, conceived and presented by Drip Action Theatre Company, now in its fourteenth year. It performs at the end of August, on each of the Festival’s eight days, eight short plays at eight different venues all
Read with a free account →19 November 13 · Opportunities
The Script Room window for submitting scripts will be open from November 18th 2013 until 5pm on December 16th 2013. The Script Room is a place where you can send your script to be assessed by a team of experienced readers. This is not a free script-reading service, but a means by
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