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01 February 21 · Opportunities
Danse Macabre is looking to read unsolicited scripts from theatre writers working in the horror genre. Whether it’s a rough first draft that you want to improve or a final draft that you’re ready to share with the world, they want to read it. They strive to offer in-depth feedbac
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
MAKE ‘EM LAUGH is a night of new comedy set up by Rebecca Rayne, in partnership with The Etcetera Theatre. A night of 5-10 minute live & screened comedy acts (monologues/stand up/sketches/Improv/filmed sketches/funny shorts) which will take place on ZOOM with an invited audience
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
OOT is a project that will develop 7 new plays based on themes of Heritage and/or Working Class Identity. Each play will be read and explored by professional actors, with support from a director and dramaturg. WRITERS Please send: – Your script that focuses on themes of Heritage
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
Reflex Theatre are bringing their globally successful online Short Form Scratch Night format to the Living Record Festival and they are accepting new submissions! They are inviting writers to send in only the First page, Last page and a brief Synopsis of their script, after which
Read with a free account →27 January 21 · Opportunities
Oxford Playwriting – A playwriting course for all levels Applications open for 2021/22 courses! Oxford Playwriting is a programme of three Oxford-based writing courses for aspirant professional playwrights run by theatre director and Olivier award-winning playwright John Retallac
Read with a free account →20 January 21 · Opportunities
SCRATCHING THE SERVERS IS BACK! And this time they have some funding under our belt thanks to the wonderful Space Theatre This online new writing night is once again in need of writers, directors and actors. “Theatre in lockdown, where can I apply!?” We hear you cry…All details c
Read with a free account →19 January 21 · Opportunities
CYTO are looking for writers based in Croydon or South East London aged 16-30 to submit short plays for online performance. CYTO will rehearse and perform up to 4 plays of 15-30 minutes each with two groups, aged 6-12 and 13-18. Plays need to be suitable for these ages. Plays do
Read with a free account →19 January 21 · Opportunities
Applause Rural Touring is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation based in Kent, a rural touring scheme that supports communities throughout Kent, East Sussex and West Sussex to access professional theatre, music and other performing arts. We are looking to commission bet
Read with a free account →19 January 21 · News
The Living Record Festival is now live! Explore a festival of digital media designed specifically for streaming created by over 40 independent artists and theatre companies from across the world. Accessible from your living room at the click of a button, the Living Record Festiva
Read this article →18 January 21 · Opportunities
Sky Blue Theatre Company is accepting submissions for British Theatre Challenge 2021. The BTC is entering its ninth year and gives the opportunity for playwrights both new & seasoned to have their work professionally produced at the Jack Studio Theatre in London. – The opportunit
Read with a free account →14 January 21 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: Beardance Theatre – Texts in Isolation Descriptio
Read with a free account →13 January 21 · Opportunities
Submissions are now open for monologues based on the timely theme of Past, Present, Future by writers with a connection to south east London. The Jack Studio wants to find bold and original voices from our community in this new writing event. You might be a playwright or a poet,
Read with a free account →13 January 21 · Opportunities
Cast, Doncaster’s iconic theatre, are looking for an experienced, professional Playwright with experience of leading workshops with children and young people to lead our new Young Writers Club. The role will include leading workshops for young people aged 8 – 11, 11 -14 and 14 –
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
07 January 21 · Opportunities
We are looking for 3 emerging writers and 1 emerging dramaturg to join the OT’s Writers Collective. The Collective is an opportunity for a group of writers and a dramaturg to share skills, techniques and obsessions, and to fire up conversations and collaborations. It is run by th
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
The Lyric Belfast is now accepting submissions for the New Playwrights Programme 2021! The programme is open to all new and emerging playwrights interested in developing a new full-length play with the guidance of the Lyric’s Literary Manager. They are also thrilled that, for the
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
Appetite are delivering The Newcastle Common, a three year programme in the centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme, which will look at the changing use of the town centre. It will test empty shops as sites of production of culture, rather than consumption, and as useful community spaces.
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
The Greenhouse – the UK’s first zero-waste theatre – is now accepting applications for its 2021 programme. Whether you’re passionate about making the world a greener place through performance, or you’re simply excited to develop your sustainable practice, we’d love to hear from y
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Opportunities
Green Curtain Theatre are offering writers from the Irish diaspora the opportunity to have their writing performed as part of their latest lockdown theatre project which celebrates the centenary since the birth of an independent Ireland. The competition is open to anyone over 18
Read with a free account →07 January 21 · Uncategorized
Beardance Theatre are looking for five new texts for the next instalment of their ‘Texts in Isolation’ series of audio shorts. Pieces must be up to 5 minutes long and be in response to the theme of ‘isolation’. This doesn’t mean that it should be about COVID or lockdown, but it a
Read this article →07 January 21 · Opportunities
Has something ever made you feel like you just had to make a public declaration of love? Or lust? Indifference? Hate? How did it go? If you’re a writer, actor, comedian, singer, musician, poet, playwright, or someone who’s got a burning desire to tell us about their burning desir
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
KEEP WRITING: Subtext | 6-8 PM, Wednesday 17th February | £10.00 | Book online via squinttheatre.com/book. In this 2-hour online playwriting workshop, London-based new-work company Squint will explore how to create subtext in your writing. Squint’s Keep Writing workshops are for
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
GET WRITING: Action | 6-8 PM, Wednesday 3rd February | £10.00 | Book online via squinttheatre.com/book. In this 2-hour online playwriting workshop, London-based new-work company Squint will use the action of a scene as a starting point. Squint’s Get Writing workshops are for part
Read with a free account →15 December 20 · Opportunities
Squint’s GET WRITING & KEEP WRITING workshops | Booking for 2021 sessions now open | From £1 to £10 | Book online via squinttheatre.com/book. Starting in February 2021, Squint launch their third series of online playwriting workshops for participants of all experience levels. The
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