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16 December 21 · Opportunities
SLAMinutes does 2020 and 2021 in One VAULT Festival – Crescent 30th January 2022 Once upon a time SLAMinutes would bring in the new year with a bumper edition. Billed as ‘What a year! I mean, really, what happened? Why? How? And what didn’t happen, that should have?’ Now, they ar
Read with a free account →16 December 21 · Opportunities
Back for its eighth year, 28 Plays Later is a writing opportunity from The Literal Challenge – a social enterprise that brings together a community of writers, wannabe writers and newbies through creative challenges. Over the last seven Februarys, they have run seven 28 Plays Lat
Read with a free account →13 December 21 · News
Wondering whether sigining up to WrAP2022 is a good idea? In this blog post, playwright Olivia Pryle shares her experience of taking part in WrAP2021 and how the play she started developing made it to the Bread & Roses Theatre as part of the Clapham Fringe this October… “A few ye
Read this article →10 December 21 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
We need YOU! Become a member today for less than £4 and help us to continue our work! 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! * Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news! G
Read with a free account →09 December 21 · Opportunities
he Painkiller Project is a playwriting project that runs every other month from Bitter Pill Theatre with a £250 prize for each winning play. The winning play will be produced and released on The Painkiller Podcast. They hope that the repetitive nature of the competition helps to
Read with a free account →09 December 21 · Opportunities
The 2022 Papatango New Writing Prize runs from 13 Dec – 30 Jan. Free and anonymously assessed, one winner gets a month-long production in London plus publication, £7000 & royalties. Four shortlisted writers receive £500 each and filmed readings, showcased to theatres worldwide. F
Read with a free account →08 December 21 · Events / Festival
The Festival of Fleeting Words is looking for playwrights for its online 24-hour new writing festival. They are open to anyone throughout the UK. Please note: This is a profit share event and the festival pays all of the creatives equally from a profit share box office split and
Read with a free account →03 December 21 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
We need YOU! Become a member today for less than £4 and help us to continue our work! 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! * Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news! L
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Bass is one of our Play Club 2021 winning plays; it was written in response to Pulse by Julie Tsang. Before a family gathering Pip is reminded of life without her Mum and questions her Dad’s parenting skills, his love of reggae and all his football training. Cast and Creative Tea
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Mac & Beth Holdings is on of our Play Club 2021 winning plays; it was written in response to All Work No Play by Scott Younger. Mac and Beth leak to upstart Lennox, their plan to murder competitor Duncan King and expand their nuclear plant on the Heath. Trigger warnings: violence
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The Kaki Bandit is one of our Play Club 2021 winning plays; it was written in response to Mum by Emma Dawson as part of our online book club. His mother’s new man is the target of Alex’s rigorous online investigation – but just who is the Kaki Bandit? Cast and Creative Team: Writ
Read this article →01 December 21 · Uncategorized
Welcome to the London Playwrights Festival 2021, we’re so glad you could make it to our week long celebration of new writing! Click on your chosen performance for details: Monday 6th December: Watching a Whale Fall by Ayse Evans Tuesday 7th December: REWILD by Gemma Lawrence Wedn
Read this article →26 November 21 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
We need YOU! Become a member today for less than £4 and help us to continue our work! 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! * Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news! L
Read with a free account →25 November 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: WrAP2022: Write A Play with us this January! Desc
Read with a free account →25 November 21 · Digital Resources / Opportunities
Have you heard that WrAP (Write A Play) is back for 2022! Yes, our January playwriting challenge is back with a bang and as promised here are all the details… What’s WrAP? WrAP is our annual playwriting challenge where you aim to write the first draft of a play in the month of Ja
Read with a free account →25 November 21 · Opportunities
CALL OUT FOR SCRIPTS Optik Theatre’s new writing series Script Room is holding its next event at The Annexe, Richmond upon Thames in March 2022. We are inviting writers to send in a script for us to read and consider for the programme. You can find full details on the series web-
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The Arundel Festival Theatre Trail is firmly established as one of the major components in the Festival and is a great showcase for both new and established writers, from the UK and beyond. Writers are invited to submit plays for the 2022 Trail, with plays 30 to 40 minutes long,
Read with a free account →24 November 21 · Festival
To celebrate the London Playwrights Festival 2021 which takes place at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre from December 6th-11th, we’re bringing you a selection of digital offerings to make sure the festival is accessible to everyone! We hope you’ll take part in these events and join us
Read this article →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 →24 November 21 · Opportunities
The next window for DRAMA and COMEDY DRAMA scripts will be open from Thursday 9th December 2021 at noon to Thursday 13th January 2022 at noon. The BBC run a Webinar to give you the full details about the Open Call opportunity – it is currently fully subscribed but if there any mo
Read with a free account →24 November 21 · Festival / Opportunities
To celebrate the London Playwrights Festival 2021, we’re bringing you a series of online workshops! Session are FREE but if you’d like to support the festival, there is an option to ‘pay what you can’ for your ticket! LGBTQ+ Theatre Want to check terminology, approaches and know
Read with a free account →24 November 21 · Festival / Opportunities
To celebrate the London Playwrights Festival 2021, we’re bringing you a series of online workshops! Session are FREE but if you’d like to support the festival, there is an option to ‘pay what you can’ for your ticket! Making Work Using Performance and Improvisation Techniques Som
Read with a free account →24 November 21 · Festival / Opportunities
To celebrate the London Playwrights Festival 2021, we’re bringing you a series of online workshops! Session are FREE but if you’d like to support the festival, there is an option to ‘pay what you can’ for your ticket! Monologue Writing Join Sam Essame on this two-hour session on
Read with a free account →24 November 21 · Festival / Opportunities
To celebrate the London Playwrights Festival 2021, we’re bringing you a series of online workshops! Session are FREE but if you’d like to support the festival, there is an option to ‘pay what you can’ for your ticket! Creating Historic Characters: Ever wanted to write about a his
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