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05 September 24 · Opportunities
Rather than accepting scripts year-round, we have distinct submission windows for scripts which are announced on the BBC Writers Opportunities page during the year. Each Open Call has a deadline, following which the scripts received are assessed intensively by our script readers
Read with a free account →04 September 24 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
In this one-off online masterclass with director Russell Lucas, delegates will take a deep dive into the relationship between the director and the actor and the playwright. Using his decades of experience staging plays, musicals and cabaret, Lucas will take you through the fundam
Read with a free account →04 September 24 · Opportunities
We’re teaming up with Broken Gods Productions to share global voices from the LGBTQ community. Whether it’s a poem, monologue or prose on LGBTQ+ themes, they want to see your writing! Get featured in works of art – from The Wanstead Fringe in September to a commissioned theatre p
Read with a free account →04 September 24 · Opportunities
The Treason Show in Brighton is now accepting submissions for topical sketches and parody songs. Guidelines for writing are that submissions are news based, topical, satirical, short and sweet with a punchline ending. If you wish to join, just send 2 sample sketches and or a samp
Read with a free account →04 September 24 · Opportunities
Are you a budding Playwright? Would you like to have your work performed on a London stage? Rebound Productions are looking for a series of ONE ACT, 12-15 PAGES, 4 CHARACTER fictional stage plays. This is a fantastic opportunity for new and emerging playwrights to have their work
Read with a free account →04 September 24 · Opportunities
Eastern Angles is looking for East Anglian playwrights to join their New Angles Writers Club! Perfect for playwrights at any stage of their careers, the New Angles Writers Club offers the chance to join a local writing community and receive support and feedback on a play in devel
Read with a free account →30 August 24 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly round-up of opportunities and news! Can you help us to keep going? Find out more here *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * London Playwrights’ Member Opportunities Not a member yet? Sign
Read with a free account →29 August 24 · Opportunities
INK SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN – no entry fee. INK is the UK’s leading short new play company, producing every year over 70 new scripts for stage and radio at the annual 5-day INK Festival in Halesworth Suffolk. The festival acts as a launchpad for many scriptwriters. For example i
Read with a free account →29 August 24 · Opportunities
INK are offering free script writing courses both in-person and online throughout Autumn 2024. Learn from experienced script writers where to begin or how to develop your writing. All courses include professional actors reading your work and scripts will be considered for INK Fes
Read with a free account →23 August 24 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly round-up of opportunities and news! Can you help us to keep going? Find out more here *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * London Playwrights’ Member Opportunities Not a member yet? Sign
Read with a free account →22 August 24 · Opportunities
Middle Child are seeking applications from playwrights, with a meaningful connection to Hull, for one of seven paid commissions to write a new play for Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival 2025. They have commissions available for brand-new, emerging and established playwrights,
Read with a free account →22 August 24 · Opportunities
Film Generator is a new two-stage training programme from Film Hub North that seeks to support the most exciting early-stage writers and directors in the North to experiment, find their voice, and develop as storytellers. Stage 1 is for writers. Film Hub North looking for ideas t
Read with a free account →21 August 24 · Events / News
Women’s Writes brand new show All That Glitters will premiere at Theatre503 from 26th – 28th of September, before heading to Shakespeare North Playhouse’s Solo Season for the 9th and 10th of October Jessie’s life is sorted. More than. So when her friends hear that the Fab 5 are f
Read this article →21 August 24 · Opportunities
WGGB have an upcoming event for playwrights and comedy writers who are based in Edinburgh or who are showcasing work as part of the Edinburgh Festival and/or Edinburgh Festival Fringe. On Saturday 24 April, they will be running a town hall meeting for writers at the Pleasance Bro
Read with a free account →16 August 24 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly round-up of opportunities and news! Can you help us to keep going? Find out more here *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * London Playwrights’ Member Opportunities Not a member yet? Sign
Read with a free account →14 August 24 · Opportunities
ELEVATE: WRITERS – ANNUAL SCRIPT WINDOW NOW OPEN As part of Exeter Northcott’s Elevate programme, they are announcing a new annual script window in which South West writers can submit plays and pieces of performance writing to be read by the Northcott’s artistic team. This is an
Read with a free account →14 August 24 · Opportunities
Noising Up is set to return to BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Sounds. Noising Up needs your topical, satirical and observational sketches! The series will cover Scottish politics and beyond. They will be looking at Scottish contemporary life. And they can feature anything and everyth
Read with a free account →14 August 24 · Opportunities
A pick’n’mix of London’s hottest new performers, Anthrotalks is an evening of poetry, comedy and songs, curated by Anthroplay. Twelve exceptional artists take to the stage, with each night revolving around a different theme. This month’s theme: SEX Anthroplay is looking for poetr
Read with a free account →14 August 24 · Opportunities
Writers are invited to submit short audio play scripts in this open themed event. Guidelines Summary Only Do read these guidelines. Usually 25% of submitted pieces do not meet the brief and are discarded. Any topic suitable for daytime broadcast is welcomed. (Broadcaster will rej
Read with a free account →09 August 24 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly round-up of opportunities and news! Can you help us to keep going? Find out more here *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * London Playwrights’ Member Opportunities Not a member yet? Sign
Read with a free account →09 August 24 · Digital Resources / Inspiration
Kimberley recently joined Paul Kalburgi on the fantastic Writer’s Toolkit Podcast to talk about London Playwrights and how important community is for emerging writers. They shared tips and ideas for how writers can foster their own communities to help support their development an
Read with a free account →08 August 24 · Opportunities
Feedback Fridays takes place every 2 months and gives scriptwriters from the West Midlands the opportunity to receive valuable support and feedback on their work from The Rep’s in-house directors. From all submissions 5 scripts are selected, read and reviewed. These scripts will
Read with a free account →08 August 24 · Opportunities
This October, for the fourth year running, The Customs House is opening its doors to another raft of great new writing. PLAY 4 is an opportunity for five writers to have 15 minutes of their work performed as a rehearsed reading by a cast of professional actors on Thursday 17th Oc
Read with a free account →05 August 24 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly round-up of opportunities and news! Can you help us to keep going? Find out more here *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * London Playwrights’ Member Opportunities Not a member yet? Sign
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