14 June 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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Over the next three years, ARC is seeking to achieve a shift in our programme to a more community-led/influenced way of working. We are looking to support artists to create new performance-based work by inviting you to respond to things that are on the minds of our local communit
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The Black British Book Festival (BBBF) is partnering with Paramount for a “Storytellers Summit” Mentorship Programme. The inaugural project with the global entertainment company is aimed at aspiring scriptwriters, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds in the screen
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Calling Writers! Are you taking your writing to the Edinburgh Fringe? The BBC Writers Team look for writers in a number of different ways. This includes attending new writing events, plays, screenings and festivals. Every year we head to The Edinburgh Festival Fringe to search fo
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Get writing inspiration straight to your inbox throughout the summer! It can be hard to keep your writing going during the summer; perhaps you are going on holiday, juggling childcare, or just want to be able to drop everything and head outside when the sun comes out! With this i
Read with a free account →11 June 24 · Opportunities
Pentabus announces Jerwood Foundation support for the 2025 Pentabus Writer in Residence Bursary, and the opening of applications. This £12,000 bursary supports a playwright in the early stage of their career, providing them the opportunity to spend up to a year writing at Pentabu
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Stoke the Embers is a vibrant young theatre company that specialises in live events and new writing, with a goal to champion the creative potential of both emerging and established artists. We do this through a mixture of creative development workshops, panels and performance opp
Read with a free account →07 June 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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New Writing North and Film4 have joined forces to find three of the most exciting Northern screenwriters to take part in a unique Genre Feature Lab. Genre Feature Lab is a film development programme for writers from the North of England, including a two-day residential lab. Write
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In this 90 minute Zoom session you will explore methods and techniques for devising political theatre. You will be given prompts to inspire you and take part in practical writing exercises along with the chance share your work and thoughts in a group discussion. This session is l
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Join Kate Austen for an evening exploring verbatim playwriting. During the session, Kate will tell you about her process and how she started and you will explore topics such as definition, permission, interview techniques and vulnerability. You will work together during the 90 mi
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Bomb Factory Art Foundation invites you to an exciting workshop, ‘From Prompt to Performance’, a workshop in response to upcoming exhibition, You Are The Sole Actor In Your Life. Led by artists Yulia Zinchstein and Emma Westenberg, this workshop promises to be a must-attend for a
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Add Monologue Showcase Welcome to the London Playwrights’ Monologue Showcase! These monologues are selected entries from our members’ monologue competition. Support projects like these! Projects such as the Monologue Showcase are made entirely possible by the support of our membe
Read this article →03 June 24 · Opportunities
We are looking for a Writer-in-Residence to develop their own work for RSC stages, work with the Co-Artistic Directors to give peer-to-peer mentoring and support to writers in developing their craft and chair a diverse group of freelance readers to read and report on new scripts.
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Travelling Light is looking for an emerging writer to work with our youth theatre and team of facilitators to create a story structure/script for the youth theatre performance at Winter Lights. Job Description About the project: Over the next 8 months we will be collaborating wit
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ATTENTION PLAYWRIGHTS! SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITY! Since our beginning in January 2023 Theatrical Shenanigans has produced the works of 30 playwrights across the world, could you be one we produce in the future? – https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/ Our submissions window for
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Nurturing emerging artists, writers, and performers who push creative boundaries and blend disciplines. Our first application cycle will focus on supporting new writing for the stage. ach winner will receive a £5,000 award, along with the option of participating in our mentoring
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Make Your Work Work A one-day workshop with independent theatremaker Russell Lucas and The Hen and Chickens Theatre. Short description: “A one-day workshop with independent theatremaker Russell Lucas and The Hen and Chickens Theatre in Islington focused on revealing the ways you
Read with a free account →24 May 24 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →24 May 24 · Reviews
Read the review of Sanctuary by Christine Rose here. Review written by Simon Jenner.
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REVIEWS OF MEMBERS’ SHOWS We love to share the achievements of writers from the London Playwrights’ community! Check out the reviews below on productions, readings, and showcases from our members. Feel free to send us reviews on your work by emailing contact@londonplaywrights.org
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Are you a project manager? Deafinitely Theatre want your application! We are looking for a skilled, organised and hardworking person to become our new Projects Manager for our exciting theatre company. This is a fixed term position until the end of April 2025 where you would work
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Inspire young minds as a Children’s Creative Writing Tutor at Chelsea Young Writers, where creativity meets education in a nurturing environment. Job Description Join our dedicated team at Chelsea Young Writers and contribute to our vibrant workshops. We are looking for an energe
Read with a free account →24 May 24 · Opportunities
As part of our desire to support diversity & inclusion and deliver long-term change to our industry, we are announcing our next script callout; this time to support unagented Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent writers. As part of the script callout, we will read and provide writte
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