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24 November 21 · Opportunities / Writing Advice
Talawa’s free Script Reading Service provides feedback and support to emerging Black writers across the UK, so this is an opportunity to get your script read! How it works: Send them your script before the deadline (the script submission window closes on 15th December 2021) They’
Read with a free account →24 November 21 · Festival / Opportunities
To celebrate the London Playwrights Festival 2021, we’re bringing you a series of online workshops! Session are FREE but if you’d like to support the festival, there is an option to ‘pay what you can’ for your ticket! LGBTQ+ Theatre Want to check terminology, approaches and know
Read with a free account →24 November 21 · Festival
As thrilled as we are to be hosting a live festival in an actual theatre, we definitely don’t want to exclude those of you who can’t make it in person! We are so grateful for the support we have received throughout this difficult couple of years from our members, subscribers, and
Read this article →22 November 21 · Opportunities
The RSC are teaming up with their 12 theatre partners across the country to get the nation writing. They are inviting children, young people and adults, including established, emerging and first-time writers to write/create the comedies, tragedies, and untold histories of our tim
Read with a free account →22 November 21 · Opportunities
Liverpool’s Theatre in the Rough has announced an open callout for short works for a new digital arts festival exploring women’s experience of the Climate Crisis. 400 Parts Per Million is an ecological arts festival taking place in February 2022, coinciding with the UN Internatio
Read with a free account →18 November 21 · Opportunities
Script submissions are open at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. The open call is an opportunity for them to connect with writers and find exciting ideas that could benefit from paid development and support in their Studio and Main House. WHO CAN APPLY: Submissions are open to write
Read with a free account →18 November 21 · Opportunities
The Arundel Festival Theatre Trail, conceived and presented by Drip Action Theatre Company, will be in its twentieth year in 2022. At the end of August, during each of the Festival’s eight days, eight short plays are performed at eight different venues all over Arundel – for exam
Read with a free account →17 November 21 · News
All female theatre Company, Sixteen Sixty, have a brand new show coming up at the Bread & Roses Theatre from 22nd November. In Bad Taste is a horror-comedy involving gallons of fake blood and a distinct lack of fourth wall. Written with the current political climate biting at our
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THE LITERARY SERIES The Literary Series: Interviews with Literary Managers, Dramaturgs and New Work Associates – Episode 1: Stewart Pringle from the National Theatre November 9, 2021 What happens when you submit your script to a Literary… Read More
Read this article →17 November 21 · Opportunities
On Friday 19 and 20 November, Nick Hern Books are bringing a pop-up bookshop at the Bush Theatre, London. We’ll have a massive range of playscripts and theatre books on offer at one-off, bargain prices, with hundreds available at just £2. The selection will include playscripts by
Read with a free account →11 November 21 · News
In the latest issue of Greenlit’s The Creative Crowd, Kimberley Andrews discusses how theatre is bouncing back and how crowdfunding and building a creative community can help. Read the full article here.
Read this article →11 November 21 · Opportunities
Savage Theatre Co are accepting submissions for a one man play for a middle aged male actor. Open to themes, genre. Savage Theatre Co is small independent & self funded, we are initially offering profit share based on box office split to perform at a London fringe venue 2022/3 Su
Read with a free account →11 November 21 · News
To recognise excellence in the field of dramaturgy, the Dramaturgs’ Network presents the Kenneth Tynan Award (KTA) 2021. Established in 2011, this biennial award honours theatre professionals, working and residing in the United Kingdom, who have made an outstanding contribution t
Read this article →11 November 21 · Opportunities
PLEASANCE LONDON ASSOCIATE ARTIST CALL OUT Apply to become the next London Associate Artist at the Pleasance – offering practical support to theatre artists and companies in London. 100% subsidised rehearsal space. Work and meeting space. Practical Mentoring. For more information
Read with a free account →09 November 21 · Inspiration / Literary Series
What happens when you submit your script to a Literary Department? What does a Literary Manager do? What’s the difference between a New Work Associate and a Dramaturg? In this brand new video series from London Playwrights, Kimberley Andrews interviews Literary Managers, Dramatur
Read this article →04 November 21 · Opportunities
Submissions for the 40th anniversary of Soho Theatre’s playwriting award, the Verity Bargate Award, are now open #VBA40 Following the critically-acclaimed sold-out run of its 2020 winner, Amanda Wilkin’s Shedding a Skin, earlier this year, Soho Theatre is thrilled to announce the
Read with a free account →03 November 21 · Opportunities
Are you a Black writer? Talawa’s free Script Reading Service provides feedback and support to emerging Black writers across the UK How it works Send them your script before the deadline (the script submission window closes on 15th December 2021) They’ll confirm that they have rec
Read with a free account →03 November 21 · Opportunities
4th Annual Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Playwriting Competition. Prizes: $10,200 (winner) five $600 runners up prizes (CDN, Canadian dollars). Workshop and staged reading of winning play, this competition is open to everyone (international). What to submit: 90-120 minute plays whe
Read with a free account →26 October 21 · Opportunities
Interested in LGBTQ+ drama but unsure where to start? want to check terminology, approaches and know where to submit your work? or are you interested in the history of LGBTQ+ theatre in order to inform your writing? This workshop will do both. Giving you an overview of previous L
Read with a free account →26 October 21 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Designed as a ‘sequel’ to the introduction to musical theatre, but also working as a stand alone, this two hour course breaks down starting to write a musical. Aimed at book writers/lyricists, but also useful for composers, we will look at dramatic structure for musical theatre –
Read with a free account →26 October 21 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
A 2 hour overview of musical theatre style and structure and how to get started! This 2 hour workshop with Emily Garside is aimed at anyone looking to make a start in musical theatre. The workshop will take a look at the history and structure of the musical as a guide to writing
Read with a free account →21 October 21 · Opportunities
The Royal Court is the home of the English Stage Company Limited (ESC) and is the UK’s leading theatre dedicated to new writing. Up to 20 plays a year are staged between two theatre spaces (the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs) at the Royal Court’s home
Read with a free account →20 October 21 · Digital Resources / News
Join Lemon House Theatre Company (@lemonhouseTC) on 16 Nov for the launch of their online scratch night ‘Behind Closed Doors’. Featuring rehearsed readings of four short plays, the night will be exploring sex, bodies and intimacy. Get your free ticket here: https://www.theatredel
Read with a free account →20 October 21 · Opportunities
In this two-part workshop, join Literary Projects Manager Georgie Bailey in exploring abstract writing for theatre. We’ll dive into examples of abstract writing from history and look at its development over time; with particular focus on how its shaping the contemporary scene. Th
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