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25 September 13 · Opportunities
On 22nd November 2013, White Rabbit will be celebrating their 5th Birthday of anarcho live-lit cabaret Are You Sitting Comfortably? at Arts Admin (Toynbee Studios). There’ll be birthday cake,cheese and pinapples on sticks, party hats and games, presents, and best of all a selecti
Read with a free account →25 September 13 · Opportunities
DRUNKEN NIGHTS is back – and looking for exciting artists to make work for pubs. This is your opportunity to receive development support, mentoring and a £1,000 commission. Produced by Drunken Chorus, DRUNKEN NIGHTS is a series of events and development opportunities, supporting
Read with a free account →24 September 13 · Opportunities
As part of ‘Calm Down, Dear’, Camden People’s Theatre now seeks to commission three new work-in-progress performances from emerging artists in the field of innovative theatre, inspired by the themes of our festival and in response to the phrase ‘everyday sexism’. What they are lo
Read with a free account →20 September 13 · News
As reported in The Stage, a new 50-seat pub theatre will be opening next month above the Spread Eagle Pub in Croydon. Old Joint Stock Theatre Company, which specialises in new writing and has previously built a following in its Birmingham base, will provide programming. More deta
Read this article →20 September 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 Scenic Route seeking submissions from musical theatre writers – Deadline: 20 September 2013 Indiana Jones and the Extra Chair: Spoken Word Wo
Read with a free account →19 September 13 · Opportunities
Almost Random Theatre is running a Retreats Playwriting Competition, seeking one outstanding 20 minute play to be put on in Oxford in January 2014. The play must be no more than 10 minutes long and require no more than three actors. The theme of the competition is ‘Retreats’. How
Read with a free account →19 September 13 · Opportunities
Almost Random Theatre is running a Wellbeing Playwriting Competition, seeking one outstanding 20 minute play to be put on in Oxford in January 2014. The play must be no more than 20 minutes long and require no more than three actors. The theme of the competition is ‘Wellbeing’. H
Read with a free account →19 September 13 · Opportunities
Now in its fourth year, the International Playwriting Competition run by Trinity College London aims to encourage new writing for young performers and audiences around the world. The winning playwright in each category will be awarded a cash prize of £1,000, and will travel to Lo
Read with a free account →18 September 13 · Opportunities
Script This is the East Midlands’ playwriting initiative for new, emerging and established playwrights. They are seeking 10 minute play extracts for performance at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre. (Note: Although this opportunity is based in the East Midlands, they accept subm
Read with a free account →18 September 13 · Opportunities
Following the appointment of an Associate Director, the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, is now in a position to be able to accept script submissions again. In order to avoid a backlog of unread material they will only receive scripts during certain periods of the year. The f
Read with a free account →18 September 13 · Jobs
The BFI Film Fund has launched an eight month Trainee Script Editor placement and are now looking to recruit. This placement will consist of six months within the BFI Film Fund and two months within an active production company. Given the wide range and volume of projects support
Read with a free account →17 September 13 · Opportunities
Write/Cycle has put out a call for short plays. The Brief: Write a 10 minute response to the classic text Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein! This can be in absolutely any way you wish as long as the original kernel of your idea comes from this text- albeit style, narrative, character,
Read with a free account →17 September 13 · Opportunities
Perfect Pitch has announced a new £12,000 award for musical theatre writing, in association with Royal & Derngate Northampton. Selected writers will be asked to ‘pitch’ ten minutes of a brand new musical to a panel of experienced judges including Olivier award winning actors Mich
Read with a free account →16 September 13 · Education / Writing Workshops
Date: Saturday 28th September 2013, 10am – 6pm Venue: Bush Theatre (Attic), W12 see here> This 1 day masterclass will introduce different ways to approach writing and editing collaboratively. As many writers increasingly work across theatre, opera, film and TV, they encounter mul
Read this article →16 September 13 · Business Advice / Events
If you’ve started making some money from your writing and have no idea how to handle your tax responsibilities, here’s an opportunity for some free advice. Ideastap will be running a Spa Event titled ‘The Business: Tax Talk for Freelancers‘ with Bambridge accountants on Tuesday 2
Read this article →16 September 13 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Southbank Centre is looking for 10 up and coming writers to take part in Indiana Jones and the Extra Chair, a very exciting project with spoken word artist Simon Mole involving workshops and performances in two live shows at Southbank Centre: Simon Mole’s ground-breaking one man
Read with a free account →13 September 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). Collaborative Writing Masterclass with the Paper Tiger collective – applications open (fee) – Deadline: 13 September Radio 4 sketch series 2525 s
Read with a free account →13 September 13 · Education / Opportunities
This Autumn, the Royal Court will be running two Introduction to Playwriting groups, one for writers aged 18 to 25 and the other for writers aged 26 and over. Both groups are intended to help playwrights at an early stage in their career to develop their skills. The groups will r
Read with a free account →11 September 13 · Opportunities
The Resident Theatre Company (RTC) at Fullerton College, California, is seeking submissions of original full-length plays and original full length musical theatre works of any genre for it’s annual Playwright’s Festival to be held during January 2014 in the Fullerton College Bron
Read with a free account →10 September 13 · Opportunities
After the success of “Executed for Sodomy: The Life Story of Caterina Linck” at the Edinburgh Fringe, SHIFT Productions are on the hunt for new writers and are hoping to stage three productions between November and August 2014. They are looking for work that is bold, exciting and
Read with a free account →09 September 13 · Education / Opportunities
The Space is seeking playwrights for a brand-new playwriting competition, Script6. Six up-and-coming playwrights will take part in a six month programme which will include workshops and script development, culminating in writing a brand-new full length play. The final scripts wil
Read with a free account →09 September 13 · Education / Opportunities
Paper Tiger are holding a one day masterclass which aims to introduce different ways to approach writing and editing collaboratively. As many writers work across theatre, opera, film and TV, they encounter multiple models of ‘collaboration’ at various stages in the writing proces
Read with a free account →06 September 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). Greenhorn Short Film Festival 2013 accepting submissions for script consultations – Deadline: not specified, limited places so submit early. The
Read with a free account →06 September 13 · Opportunities
This December, Skylight Theatre will be celebrating the festive season with Wrapped Up, a festival of new writing performed throughout December at the Drayton Theatre. What to submit: They’re looking for short pieces (between 10 and 20 minutes) that give a fresh perspective on th
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