14 March 24 · Opportunities
Edinburgh International Book Festival is seeking to appoint two Trainee Writers in Residence to work in community and school settings as part of Citizen, our long-term project at the core of the Book Festival’s year-round programme working with communities. Job Description Citize
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DIRECTING PLAYS An online workshop that introduces you to the fundamentals of being a theatre director In this workshop, you will learn: What a director does How to begin How to direct actors How to collaborate with writers How to collaborate with other creatives How to be a dire
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HATCH & SCRATCH AT PECKHAM FRINGE! Our amazing new writing night will be running for three evenings as part of Peckham Fringe 2024 at the Golden Goose Theatre. We are seeking writing, performance and directing submissions from Peckham-based, local creatives. Performers and direct
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Pend Oreille Playhouse is now accepting submissions for the 2024 One Act Play Festival. Plays to be up to 20 min in length All plays must be submitted blind: No name on the script or any identifying information within the script. In the body of the email, please include the playw
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Rewriting Justice is a one-day training course for theatre-artists and playwrights who want to learn how to facilitate playwriting workshops in criminal justice settings, women’s centres and in the community. This is an exciting opportunity to learn from Clean Break’s 40+ years o
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See If It Sticks’ is a new scratch night being held at Battersea Arts Centre. Applications are open to artists from across London, however priority is given to artists who live in and/or are from SW London. Writers are asked to submit plays that respond to the themes or ownership
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We’re looking for a Literary Intern to join our team and help us to continue and grow in our work to support emerging playwrights. If you’d love to get hands on experience in a Literary setting, enjoy reading scripts and offering critical feedback, and are passionate about connec
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Yoga Class develops six short monologues (10 mins) by emerging Welsh & British writers, examining the theme of motherhood and childlessness. Between our late 20s and early 40s, women’s lives are hugely impacted by their child status. It touches every aspect of our lives and funda
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Amateur Playwrights worldwide are invited to submit a one-act play. Three winning scripts will be selected for fully staged performances during the Windsor Fringe Festival in October 2024. One of the three scripts will be chosen as the overall winner and awarded the £500 prize. T
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A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR UNCREDITED WRITERS The TV Foundation, the umbrella charity behind the Edinburgh TV Festival, has once again teamed up with leading international TV production and distribution group, All3Media, to support undiscovered, diverse writing voices, through its New
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Curtis Brown Creative are excited to announce this scholarship enabling one writer to join them in London for their Writing An Original TV Drama Serial course (11 April to 1 August 2024). One talented writer of colour with limited financial means will receive a fully paid place o
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The Duly Noted Script Editor Scheme is back for its fourth year, and applications are open now! We launched Duly Noted 2021 (DN21) as a training programme for people in comedy and drama development. The workshops were designed to skill up aspiring script editors, arming them with
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The David Nobbs Memorial Trust, established in 2017 after the death of the beloved Reggie Perrin author, has launched its latest annual narrative comedy writing competition, encouraging and championing emerging talent with financial aid. The competition offers cash prizes to up-a
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The Young Writer in Residence has become an important talent development opportunity for the The Customs House, with many of the previous alumni going on to be represented by theatrical agents and creating huge interest in the writer’s work. The chosen writer will be mentored by
Read with a free account →01 March 24 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Applications for the 2024 WBD Access Northern Writers’ Programme are LIVE!!! ⭐️🎊. WBD Access is partnering with Wall to Wall North and the Royal Exchange Theatre for their Northern Writers’ Programme! They’re looking for four talented theatre writers from underrepresented backgr
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Following sold out events in 2023, Playfull theatre are holding their next Scratch Night on the 29th April 2024 at Civic House in Glasgow. They are now accepting submissions from playwrights and theatre makers with pitches of new work to be performed in front of an audience at th
Read with a free account →23 February 24 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Scratch at the Jack are looking for pieces that are exciting, innovative and engaging to be performed on Sunday 31 March. The audience will give feedback after the event which will be sent to you. Your piece could be theatre (including extracts from a new play or a short play), f
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We are Carmen Collective, a theatre company making vibrant work in collaborative settings across the UK. Over the last three years, Carmen Collective have raised nearly a quarter of a million pounds in funding, produced national tours, and performed our work to sell-out audiences
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Script Club Cardiff is launching monthly informal meetups for local scriptwriters. Their first meetup will take place at Chapter Arts Centre on Sunday 25th February from 10.30am. The schedule is: 10.30am: morning coffee 11am – 1pm: time to write/work on your ideas 1pm: if you lik
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Calling all writers! Itchy Feet Productions are looking for a max 10 minutes (no minimum) monologue for a female voice (performer age 30-40) inspired by World Theatre Day, which is on the 27th March! The piece must be be all your own original work. The opportunity is open to writ
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