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19 November 20 · Opportunities
The Barn Theatre are pleased to announce a Playwriting Showcase in March 2021. Over three nights, we will stage three new works in The Barn Theatre (to a socially distanced audience) and simultaneously live stream these shows via our website. Audience members will be asked to rat
Read with a free account →18 November 20 · Opportunities
CALL OUT! POTLUCK: ONLINE EDITION Our annual Potluck Festival is a chance to bring your ideas to life! We are looking for proposals ranging from fully formed scripts to fledgling ideas. This festival will be a little different as we bring it to the digital age. We want to help yo
Read with a free account →18 November 20 · Opportunities
SUBMISSIONS CALL-OUT FOR FEMALE IDENTIFYING PLAYWRIGHTS/WRITERS/PERFORMERS/DIRECTORS Empower Her Voice are looking for submissions from female-identifying writers for our THIRD scratch night online. It will be a beautifully curated evening of different forms of theatre. The night
Read with a free account →18 November 20 · Opportunities
ThickSkin is looking to offer a paid opportunity to an early career writer based in Greater Manchester. This is an opportunity to collaborate with ThickSkin’s Artistic Director Neil Bettles towards an innovative new digital project This could be a script sample or an extract of p
Read with a free account →18 November 20 · Opportunities
Stratford East are looking for TWO artists with excellent theatre-based participatory practice to work in collaboration with two Newham-based community organisations to create a creative project with their members early next year, as part of their Learning & Participation departm
Read with a free account →18 November 20 · Opportunities
Calling all Audio Drama writers! Dark Unicorn Productions Ltd (UK-based) are currently planning their next few strands of online content as they work towards theatres viably reopening here in the UK and one area they are giving due consideration to, in collaboration with some fri
Read with a free account →16 November 20 · Opportunities
Do you have a great idea for a musical but need an incentive to get writing? Chalk Musical Theatre Dramaturgy is offering dramaturgical support for the next great idea. To enter email chalkdramaturgy@gmail.com with the subject heading ‘Chalk To Me! Competition’, attaching a one m
Read with a free account →12 November 20 · Opportunities
Writer Sarah McDonald-Hughes leads this workshop on writing for young audiences. Read the full details here. Date: 25 November 2020 at 7pm Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Group
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
Miniver’s Minute Monologue Challenge. Let’s get those creative juices flowing! The theme for entries is… ‘unfamiliar’ so please do incorporate this however you like. How to apply: head to https://www.minivertheatre.com/minute-monologue for more details! Deadline: 23 November 2020
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
Breaking into the world of new writing can feel impossible, especially for those who come from backgrounds that are typically under-represented in the theatre industry. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these barriers may seem even more challenging. The Drama Department at St Mary’s
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
Play-Dates are back! Join Paperwork Theatre and a group of likeminded creatives as they play, share, create, network and collaborate. Find out more on the Write A Play website. Deadline: not applicable Source: Write A Play
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
Upstart Theatre are thrilled to announce their call for artists for DARE Festival 5, which will take place at Shoreditch Town Hall from 25-27 February 2021. They are offering six artists or companies a seed commission of £1,000 to go towards the making of a new, 30-minute, in dev
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
Hiatus are looking to speak to any Actors, Theatre Makers, Performance Artists, Writers, Directors or Producers who consider themselves Neurodiverse. Find out more on the Write A Play Website. Deadline: not specified Source: Write A Play
Read with a free account →09 November 20 · Opportunities
Cyborphic & Talos Theatre Festival is excited to be hosting a Conference & Workshop event for the last day of its 2020 festival, which is co-produced by the Cockpit theatre. Talos Conference 2020 includes a workshop by Christos Callow Jr (lecturer in creative writing & artistic d
Read with a free account →09 November 20 · Opportunities
Turn Point Theatres newest theme of thier FREE online scratch night is of course: “BENEATH THE SURFACE” Send in your 5-8 minute piece by Friday 13th November at 5PM (UK TIME) for a chance to have it performed online and receive feedback by our panel of judges next week. You can s
Read with a free account →09 November 20 · News
We have some big news for you! We’re really pleased to announce we’ll be joining the Lion and Unicorn Theatre as an Associate Company. This means we’ll have a physical space to call home – and is a huge step for us in being able to continue the work we do for developing the work
Read this article →05 November 20 · Opportunities
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh – The Lyceum’s L20: Artist Attachment Programme This programme is for all kinds of theatre artists (including but not limited to writers, directors, designers, choreographers, digital creatives, composers, and creative producers). A crucial part
Read with a free account →05 November 20 · Opportunities
The Royal Exchange Theatre is currently seeking a Young Company Writer to join their team. The post-holder will plan and deliver weekly Young Company sessions for the Writers group (16-21 year olds) and will work with the Young Company Director, Children and Young People Partner
Read with a free account →05 November 20 · Opportunities
BYMT is calling on all writers aged 11+ to submit their best wintry songs, poems or short stories for a chance to have their work recorded by industry professionals and published online on Christmas Eve. Other prizes include festive goodie boxes. Applicants can enter in three age
Read with a free account →02 November 20 · Opportunities
INTERNATIONAL STAGE ON SCREEN THEATRE FESTIVAL The MAIN Theatre located in Santa Clarita, California is seeking entries for its upcoming 8-week online theatre festival that will feature plays performed by theatre companies from around the world. We are happy to accommodate all ti
Read with a free account →02 November 20 · Opportunities
The Painkiller Project run by Bitter Pill Theatre is now open to all writers. They are looking for 1500 word plays, with a maximum cast of two (multi-rolling allowed). TWO winners will be selected. Each will receive £150 and their play will be produced for the Painkiller Podcast.
Read with a free account →02 November 20 · Opportunities
Theatre Three Off-Stage/On-Line https://theatrethree.com/offstage-online.html In an effort to present content in a unique way, Theatre Three, Port Jefferson, is seeking short plays to be produced as part of a series of online works. Since its inception in April, the company has p
Read with a free account →21 October 20 · Opportunities
CALLING ALL WRITERS! EVENT: Triumph Theatre’s Halloween 48HR Bake-off HOSTED BY: Triumph Theatre at UNCG Based on Paula Vogel’s Bake-Off’s, Triumph Theatre is hosting a virtual event to encourage people to stay indoors to prevent the spread of COVID-19 this Halloween while still
Read with a free account →21 October 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Creative Outburst is a free program for new and established writers. Every week for 8 weeks (19th October – 14th December), they will be bringing you a new theme, along with tips and exercises from a host of fantastic writers, including Vinay Patel and Ella Hickson. E
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