03 November 21 · Opportunities
4th Annual Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Playwriting Competition. Prizes: $10,200 (winner) five $600 runners up prizes (CDN, Canadian dollars). Workshop and staged reading of winning play, this competition is open to everyone (international). What to submit: 90-120 minute plays whe
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Taking Flight 2022 New Writing Competition: – Red Dragonfly’s competition welcomes submissions from new and emerging playwrights of East Asian and South East Asian Heritage or from BESEA Communities in the UK – Applicants must be aged 18+ and based in the UK – There is no entry f
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Read with a free account →26 October 21 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
A 2 hour overview of musical theatre style and structure and how to get started! This 2 hour workshop with Emily Garside is aimed at anyone looking to make a start in musical theatre. The workshop will take a look at the history and structure of the musical as a guide to writing
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The Royal Court is the home of the English Stage Company Limited (ESC) and is the UK’s leading theatre dedicated to new writing. Up to 20 plays a year are staged between two theatre spaces (the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs) at the Royal Court’s home
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StageWrite is Bedford’s only New Writing Festival and they are currently receiving submissions for their next StageWrite Festival, taking place in Bedford in March 2022. The festival is aimed at new and emerging playwrights who would like the opportunity to see their work realise
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LONDON PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL London Playwrights Festival: Digital Line-up November 24, 2021 To celebrate the London Playwrights Festival 2021 which takes place… Read More London Playwrights Festival – FREE Zoom Workshop: LGBTQ+ Theatre November 24, 2021 To celebrate the London Pla
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Empowering Voices, Exploring Worldviews 2021 – 2023 builds upon the solid foundation established by the REConnecting Lincolnshire project. With support from a suite of partners and funders, REConnecting Lincolnshire provided opportunities for children, young people and wider Linc
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We have an exciting new project to share which is part of the 250 year celebration of Dorothy Wordsworth. We are looking for a writer, someone who is comfortable interacting with primary school aged children (helping to draw stories out of them). The purpose of this project is to
Read with a free account →07 October 21 · Opportunities
The Royal Court is the home of the English Stage Company Limited (ESC) and is the UK’s leading theatre dedicated to new writing. Up to 20 plays a year are staged between two theatre spaces (the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs) at the Royal Court’s home
Read with a free account →07 October 21 · Opportunities
Applications are now open for the Young Everyman Playhouse Writers Programme. The programme is completely free and open to anyone aged 18-25 residing in the Liverpool City Region. You will also receive tickets to a selection of shows at both the Everyman and Playhouse theatres. Y
Read with a free account →07 October 21 · Opportunities
Wild Duck Theatre is now accepting submissions for Season Three of its Short Plays for Short Journeys podcast format. Plays will be accepted on a profit share basis. Deadline cut off Sunday October 24th, midnight UK time One play only per playwright, please, any drama genre but w
Read with a free account →07 October 21 · Opportunities
Our friends @vaultfestival are recruiting for a range of positions to join their team for VAULT Festival 2022! It’ll be their 10th anniversary festival and they need you to help make it happen! The deadlines for applications are all just around the corner, so take a look and see
Read with a free account →06 October 21 · News
The 2022 Lancaster Playwriting Prize is now open to anyone from the North West of England who identifies as LGBTQAI+ aged 16 and up to and including the age of 30. The Lancaster Playwriting Prize, now in its third year, is run in partnership by the Department of English Literatur
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Read with a free account →30 September 21 · Opportunities
The 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 t
Read with a free account →27 September 21 · Opportunities
On Tuesday, 28th September, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate for Literature, Wole Soyinka, will be in conversation with Emma Dabiri at 7.30 pm BST at a virtual event co-hosted by the Southbank Centre and Guardian Live. The event is his only UK appearance and marks the publication of
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The purpose of the course is to offer 12 writers new to television drama an insight into how the industry works and to provide a “dry-run” of what it can be like to write under a television drama commission, specifically for one hour series and serial drama, and to work with them
Read with a free account →22 September 21 · Opportunities
BBC Writersroom: Who We Are and What we Do: Saturday 25th September 2021 at 11am at the BBC Contains Strong Language Festival in Coventry, UK City of Culture 2021 Ever wondered how to get noticed by the BBC as a writer? How to send your script and what happens when you do? BBC Wr
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Follow the Lines’ – new piece of writing by @oliviapryle performed by her sister @rebecca_pryle and directed by @ velenzia – debut show @claphamfringe Festival, developed through our WrAP2021 challenge. A one-woman show about a gay woman in her mid-30s struggling to keep on the r
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