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04 November 13 · Opportunities
Get your scripts ready! The BBC Writersroom has announced they will be reopening for their next submission window from 18 November – 16 December 2013. We’ll post full details of the submission process and their new electronic submission system when the opportunity opens. In the m
Read with a free account →01 November 13 · Inspiration / Resources
There is a useful article on the IdeasTap website for anyone thinking of putting on a staged reading of their work. Read the article here. Good luck! Source: IdeasTap website
Read this article →01 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). Last minute opportunities from Play Submissions Helper – Deadline: 1 November 2013 Papercut Theatre running a workshop for emerging writers (fee)
Read with a free account →31 October 13 · Offers
To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Nick Hern Books are teaming up with theatres to offer the chance of winning a pair of tickets to some of the shows they are involved in plus a copy of the play script. This month, they are giving away a pair of tickets to Unscorched by Luke Ow
Read this article →30 October 13 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper publishes upcoming opportunities and competitions on a monthly basis – i.e. “November Deadlines” – with the only downside that you have to hustle a bit to make the ones due on the first of the month! So, here is a list of opportunities from them with deadl
Read with a free account →29 October 13 · News
TV Production company Kudos and the Bush Theatre have revealed the 12 writers selected for their drama development programme which is now in its second year. You can read the full article and see a list of selected writers in the Stage. Source: @Playwriting_UK
Read this article →29 October 13 · Events / Inspiration
Vertical Line Theatre will be hosting ‘Creating Lines’, a writing platform and networking event on Monday 11th November at Greenwich Theatre Café workshop space. “Come meet some more directors, dramaturges and actors or just come along to see some amazing artists do what they do
Read this article →28 October 13 · Opportunities
IdeasTap have launched their quarterly Editor’s Brief and this time the theme is ‘boredom’. They are looking for creative writing, visual art, photography or AV entries on the theme and there will be a first first (£250), second (£100) and third (£50) prize in EACH of the followi
Read with a free account →25 October 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). Theatre Renegade accepting submissions for showcase at the Bush – Deadline: 25 October at 5pm Tower Theatre Company accepting submissions for new
Read with a free account →25 October 13 · Opportunities
The Company, in association with the Steyning Festival, is looking for 6 unperformed plays (maximum length 45 mins) from playwrights in the South East (incl London) for the Steyning Festival Theatre Trails 2014. The plays will be performed by professional actors as rehearsed read
Read with a free account →25 October 13 · Opportunities
To celebrate the unique relationship between the theatre and broadcast industries BBC writersroom is once again running Writersroom 10 – which invests in writers and new theatre writing. 10 writers will receive a seed-commission of £1,000. Note: You must be nominated by a theatre
Read with a free account →23 October 13 · Offers / Ticket Deals
Theatre503 has a special offer of £8.50 tickets for its current programming. Offer available until 26 October, use the promo code ‘HOTBED’ when booking. Shows Tues – Sat 7.45pm. Book Online or on 020 7978 7040 Selected from the outstanding 2013 Cambridge Festival of New Writing,
Read this article →23 October 13 · Opportunities
Write Now 5, an annual new writing event, is an essential element of the Jack Studio Theatre. The month-long festivals are created from submissions of previously unperformed plays from emerging or established writers, who live, work or study in south east London. The selection of
Read with a free account →22 October 13 · Opportunities
Play Shuffle is an open door / open-mic remedy and an opportunity for producers, directors, writers and actors to meet each other and discover early work they might be interested in developing. 12 slots are available to writers and will be available to book at 12pm on Wednesday 1
Read with a free account →21 October 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 →19 October 13 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Through the workshop Introduction to Short Film Screenwriting, 20 IdeasTap members will have the chance to attend two screenwriting workshops designed to take you through the mechanics of short film scriptwriting. The workshops will be held in London on 20 and 27 November 2013 fr
Read with a free account →18 October 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). The One Festival at the Space accepting submissions of monologues – Deadline: 18 October 2013 Lost Theatre accepting submissions of 5 minute play
Read with a free account →17 October 13 · Opportunities
The 2014 Sundance Theatre Lab will be held July 7-27, 2014 at the Sundance Resort. The Sundance Institute Theatre Lab, the centerpiece of the Theatre Program, is a three-week play development retreat designed to support the creation of new work by playwrights, directors, composer
Read with a free account →17 October 13 · Opportunities
Made from Scratch will be returning to Rich Mix on November 30th for their latest Scratch Night, theme: YouTube. Prompt: “In 2005 YouTube launched with a simple message, “Broadcast Yourself”. Since then it has gone on to become a global sensation with 6 billion hours of video wat
Read with a free account →17 October 13 · Opportunities
Theatre Exchange Birmingham is looking for new writing for inclusion at Theatre Exchange on Monday 18th November. This is an open brief however the piece must be intended for Theatre. The event will be held at The Old Joint Stock Pub and Theatre, Birmingham, UK. What to submit: P
Read with a free account →16 October 13 · Opportunities
The Courtyard, Herefordshire’s Centre for The Arts, is seeking to work with an exceptional script writer for an intergeneration project involving the Senior Youth Theatre, approximately 25 members aged 16 – 20, and older people living in Herefordshire. This project is in collabor
Read with a free account →16 October 13 · Education / Opportunities
Entries are now open for the Channel 4 screenwriting course 2014. The purpose of the course is to offer 12 writers new to television drama an insight into how the industry works and to provide a “dry-run” of what it can be like to write under a television drama commission, specif
Read with a free account →15 October 13 · News
Today it was announced that Rufus Norris has be selected as the new Artistic Director of the National Theatre. As reported in The Stage, Norris will take on the role in April 2015. If you’re interested in learning more about Norris’s previous work, The Stage has also posted a bio
Read this article →15 October 13 · Opportunities
Throughout 2014, Rich Mix is looking for new/emerging performers and companies to come and tell their stories of city life, to present just some of these small tales that contribute to the rich tapestry of the big city. Rich Mix is located in the heart of East London, one of the
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