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17 October 22 · Opportunities
What’s On Tom? Productions in Kilkenny, Ireland invites playwrights, both established and emerging, to submit original 15 minute plays, with a maximum cast of three, on the theme – TRACKS. Scripts chosen by the reading panel will be performed by local actors at two Kilkenny Venue
Read with a free account →07 October 22 · Opportunities
Haywire Theatre are searching for writers for the next season of Pocketfull. The Pocketfull Project is a series of digital theatrical performances of between 5 and 15 minutes long that take advantage of the online medium. Although Pocketfull is an unpaid opportunity, it provides
Read with a free account →04 October 22 · News
In celebration of Black History Month, this new play by Ayanna Serwaa will be shown at Chelsea Theatre on 15th October…This theatre piece, seeks to explore human rights and Justice using a very British Sport Rugby. Acting as a catalyst to explore the remnants of colonial rule and
Read this article →30 September 22 · Opportunities
Haywire Theatre are searching for writers for the next season of Pocketfull. The Pocketfull Project is a series of digital theatrical performances of between 5 and 15 minutes long that take advantage of the online medium. Although Pocketfull is an unpaid opportunity, it provides
Read with a free account →09 September 22 · Opportunities
Page2Stage Edinburgh are accepting submissions from writers. What they are looking for: Scripts roughly 10-15 minutes of stage time It can be stand alone or part of a longer script You should own the rights and the piece should not have been professionally performed elsewhere. No
Read with a free account →11 August 22 · Opportunities
Fee: Between £100-£150 per half day depending on the project and scope of work New Writing North’s Young Writers programme works with young people through a combination of in-depth schools’ work, open access creative writing groups, summer schools and short-term projects, includi
Read with a free account →22 June 22 · News
“My name is Karen. I’m eight-and-a-half years old and I hate myself already.” “1915. The Armenian Genocide. Families are marched across the Syrian desert to their death. Those who survive are scattered around the world. 1974. An Armenian family fleeing a civil war, arrive in the
Read this article →09 June 22 · Opportunities
7th Sense Theatre are on the hunt for 5-15 minute ‘plays’ or performance acts of any form by working class artists, for a 2 night festival of new work at The Golden Goose Theatre, and we want to hear from you! This is an open opportunity to test-drive new material and present it
Read with a free account →19 May 22 · Opportunities
Beardance Theatre are looking for new short plays for their upcoming short play night, ‘Let’s Try This Again’. Plays must be: Roughly 15 minutes long For a playing cast of 1-4 people Call for as little set, costume and lighting as possible Primarily in English There is no age lim
Read with a free account →28 April 22 · Opportunities
Designed to respond to the decline in new theatre commissions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the NPCS will ensure 15 new commissions for playwrights across England in 2022. The scheme has been generously supported using public funding by Arts Council England, by Society of London
Read with a free account →28 April 22 · Opportunities
Tribe Arts have 2 x £1000 commissions for 2 x South Asian writers for an upcoming programme of work marking 75 years since the Partition of India. Each commission will be for a 10-15 minute script for performance. The work will tour Bradford, Manchester, Birmingham and London thi
Read with a free account →25 April 22 · Opportunities
Excellence Theatre present Dear Black People Festival 2022! Emerging black Writers are invited to share fifteen minutes of their work to be showcased on The Pleasance Theatre, MainStage this coming Summer: How to submit: When submitting a play it should be no longer than 15 minut
Read with a free account →21 April 22 · Opportunities
We are now accepting script submissions for our Dear Black People Scratch Festival. When submitting a play it should be no longer than 15 minutes. This can be a short play or an extract from a longer play. If you are submitting an extract, it should be able to stand on its own. A
Read with a free account →15 April 22 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →07 April 22 · Opportunities
Hours: 16 hours per weekSalary: £240 per week (£15 per hour) Closing Date: Thursday 21 April 2022 Interviews: w/c 25 April 2022 Do you have a passion for new writing? Could you successfully work withwriting talent to produce exciting new work for the stage? As Playwright Mentor
Read with a free account →24 March 22 · News
A new scheme is being launched to ensure 15 new commissions for playwrights across England in 2022. The scheme will be launched in April 2022 with online submissions open at www.writersguild.org.uk/npcs The New Play Commission Scheme (NPCS), led by WGGB in partnership with HighTi
Read this article →10 March 22 · Opportunities
Radius is delighted to launch our Call for Plays 2022, which will culminate in a staged reading of the successful scripts at the Radius Festival of New Drama to be held in Cambridge on 15 October 2022. We are looking for 45-minute plays that deal with themes such as hope, redempt
Read with a free account →14 February 22 · News
Sankofa by Acquah & Co, shortlisted for the Women’s Prize, opens on 15th February at the Bread & Roses. We caught up with writer, Nicole Acquah, who shared her thoughts on the process of writing the play… Sankofa is a semi-autobiographical show about my experiences as a British-G
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Read this article →08 December 21 · Opportunities
The Hip Hop Dance Almanac are opening up their submission window again, to mark the arrival of Ink Cypher – this time it’s operating slightly differently. They want to commission responses – in longform written content (1500-3500 words) that answer, are in dialogue with, build on
Read with a free account →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 →11 November 21 · Opportunities
Calling all South London writers; South East London playwright is looking for 3 short (10-15 minute) plays based on the title theme, Love Not Money to include in forthcoming stage project. The work can be in any dramatic genre, but the subject needs to reflect the current social
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 →15 October 21 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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