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11 February 20 · Jobs / Opportunities
The Watermill Theatre are looking for a writer to adapt Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night for The Watermill Ensemble to create an abridged version for a cast of three. Their acclaimed A Mini Summer Night’s Dream in 2019 saw A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed by only three actors tour
Read with a free account →11 February 20 · Events
Mrs C’s Collective Theatre Company are extremely excited to launch their FIRST workshop for their Spring Season 2020 with “Writing is Re-Writing” led by Francis Grin on the 10th February 2020 (4pm-6pm). So you might have ‘Draft 0’ sitting in front of you. You might hate it, you m
Read this article →09 February 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Following their recent sell-out shows at The King’s Head Theatre and The Bunker in London, Reboot Theatre Company (RTC) are looking for new writing for their upcoming production of Reboot: Shorts 3. RTC will choose 4-6 plays to perform at a central London theatre on 2
Read with a free account →07 February 20 · Opportunities
The BEATS Mentoring programme is an exciting new programme for emerging and experienced British East Asian writers and directors, funded by ScreenSkills. The 9 month program will support professional development that responds to a very specific and real industry need: to develop
Read with a free account →07 February 20 · Opportunities
Who are they? Beardance Theatre are a new theatre company based in London and the South East. They are dedicated to producing work about and from the lesser-heard voices of society. They are currently looking for new writing to be performed at their inaugural short play night. Pl
Read with a free account →07 February 20 · Opportunities
Action Transport Theatre with Canada’s Young People’s Theatre (YPT), and Australia’s Ryde Youth Theatre have partnered on Three Up, an international programme for young writers aged 13-17. Action Transport Theatre are looking for FOUR young people with a passion for writing and i
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What is it? FrancisHardy Productions is looking to meet playwrights and spoken word poets who have work, or work-in-progress writing or stories, about sport. Demonstrable experience in theatre and performance is required, due to the demands of audio writing. Who do they want to h
Read with a free account →05 February 20 · Opportunities
Radius 2020 Playwriting Competition in association with the Finborough Theatre is now open. The winning play will receive £500 and a staged reading on the Sunday 28 June at the Finborough Theatre, Earl’s Court. Please email your entry to info@radiusdrama.org.uk together with a co
Read with a free account →05 February 20 · Opportunities
Do you have a script that you want performing? Or are you a creative that would like to work with a theatre company? Greedy Pig Theatre are looking for scripts for their second project of 2020. They are also looking to branch out and expand their pool of creatives! If you are int
Read with a free account →03 February 20 · Events
If you’re interested in an event on early stage career development, or if you have a burning question to ask a panel of theatre makers, book tickets now for a panel discussion put together by Nick Hern Books on Saturday 8th February. Writers Lily Bevan, David William Bryan and Na
Read this article →03 February 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Anonymous Is a Woman Theatre Company (AIAWTC) is seeking submissions of short scenes for its performance night at Pleasance Theatre Mainspace this April. There will be ‘50/50’ gender-equality in casting. Scenes can be new writing, twists on old works, devised pieces o
Read with a free account →02 February 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Established in 2006 to celebrate the best writing for stage, screen and radio, the Nick Darke Writers’ Award is funded by Falmouth University through the Academy of Music and Theatre Arts (AMATA) and the School of Communication. The Award commemorates the playwright N
Read with a free account →31 January 20 · Events / Writing Workshops
What is it? After hosting workshops in 2018 and 2019, with attendees from Italy, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands and USA, and after the great success of his play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, viewed by over 20000 people at the Elfo Pu
Read this article →30 January 20 · Opportunities
London has the most amazing and diverse pool of brilliant theatre-making talent, and The Lion & Unicorn Theatre want to create a warm, supportive and creative hub for people to come and make their work, no matter what story they want to tell. So whether you’re making work based o
Read with a free account →30 January 20 · Events
The Young Court Friend Events are back. Led by industry experts, these workshops (from 15th – 22nd Feb) are an opportunity for young writers, directors, producers and creatives to share knowledge and gain insights into theatre making. Each lecture style workshop is led by an expe
Read this article →30 January 20 · Events
If you are interested in, or looking at, postgraduate courses in theatre making, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School are hosting a postgraduate afternoon designed to allow you to find out more about their courses and to see for yourself how the Theatre School operates. Bristol Old
Read this article →30 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? KDC Theatre, a non-professional performance arts charity focused on development of artists (including writers), have run a new writing project annually for the last few years to encourage new writers and to promote efficient storytelling. Successful scripts will be in
Read with a free account →29 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Theatre503 is an award-winning home of new writers and a launchpad for the artists who bring their words to life. They stage the work of more debut writers than any other theatre in the world and can now announce the re-opening of the Theatre503 Playwriting Award, the
Read with a free account →29 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? ScriptSpace is an opportunity for playwrights to hear their work out loud and get instant feedback from the audience, actors and artistic team at the Space Theatre in London. Each play which is submitted is read by their team of readers and provided with a written fee
Read with a free account →28 January 20 · Events
Are you a theatre maker, director, writer or producer based in Wales? Producer Works in partnership with Swansea Grand Theatre, with support from the Arts Council of Wales and Swansea Council are proud to announce the launch of theatreLab, an initiative that supports producers an
Read this article →24 January 20 · Opportunities
Matchstick Theatre are a small independent theatre company, set up in late 2015 and based in South East London. They are located in a new arts and theatre space, the Matchstick Piehouse in Deptford. They seek to make provocative, entertaining, unusual theatre for audiences in Sou
Read with a free account →23 January 20 · News
With January nearly coming to an end (did someone say payday?!), we thought it was time we gave you a sneak peek into what we’ve got coming up at London Playwrights’ Workshop in 2020. 2019 was a fantastic year for us, from producing a podcast with the Bush Theatre, to meeting bri
Read this article →21 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? The Alpine Fellowship 2020 is awarded annually for the best playwriting response to the year’s theme. It is aimed at encouraging theatre writers at the start of their careers to explore and challenge philosophical ideas using the dramatic form. This year’s theme is Fo
Read with a free account →20 January 20 · Opportunities
Bloom Theatre company have launched their flagship new writing/ work-in-progress night called Saplings. They are looking for LGBT+ theatre makers & companies with already existing works in progress. They are offering you the chance to stage 15 minute pieces at the Lion & Unicorn
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