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20 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Page to Stage London is a platform for you to see your work performed, receive feedback from experts, and create working relationships with fellow theatre-makers. They are inviting all writers to submit a new 10-minute theatre script (or excerpt) to be performed as a
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DCA Productions are a brand-new production company looking to create high quality theatre in intimate and small spaces. The team, Daniel Carlin, Amy Moore, and Craig L. Sullivan, currently work together at Head Office for the Ambassador Theatre Group and have decided to consolida
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Are you a creative looking for a space? Have you got an idea and don’t know how to develop it? Looking for a chance to gain feedback on your work or connect with other creatives? The Scratch is taking place at the Young Actor’s Theatre Islington on the 29th February. Wooden Arrow
Read with a free account →16 January 20 · Opportunities
Theatre Bloom are a London based theatre company and they have launched our flagship new writing/work-in-progress night, Saplings. What they are looking for: the opportunity is for LGBTQ+ theatre makers & companies with already existing works in progress. They are offering them t
Read with a free account →15 January 20 · Opportunities
Writing About Theatre Online at the Bloomsbury Institute On February 6th, we’re delighted to present Megan Vaughan, Alice Saville and Vinay Patel in conversation for a candid discussion on the past, present and future of writing about theatre online chaired by Dan Rebellato. Suit
Read with a free account →15 January 20 · Opportunities
The NT have serveral playwriting courses coming up in 2020. Find out more here: How to Begin Playwriting with Jennifer Farmer – Spring 2020 How to Develop Your Playwriting with John Donnelly – Spring 2020 How to Begin Playwriting with Ola Animashawun – Summer 2020 Deadline: vario
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Interested in getting in to theatre? The Bush has just launched a series of brand new Masterclasses which aim to offer an insight into theatre from leading practitioners and serve as an introduction to the industry. Read more here. Dates: various Source: Playwriting_UK
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Writing for Forum Theatre: Staging stories of oppression How can we as playwrights challenge the centres of power? What will most successfully provoke an audience to action? During this intensive five-day residential course, you will investigate the delicate particularities of wr
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The ETPEP Award 2020 is a playwriting prize for new UK playwrights who work in the theatre industry, run by the Finborough Theatre in association with the Experienced Theatre Practitioners Early Playwriting Trust (ETPEP). The Award’s purpose is to find and nurture a playwright wh
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Rewriting Justice is a one-day training course for theatre-artists, early career playwrights and criminal justice professionals with a particular interest in how to facilitate playwrighting workshops in criminal justice settings as well as examining the personal and social value
Read with a free account →15 January 20 · Opportunities
Stitchin’ Fiction are constantly looking for more creatives to join us for their events. What are they looking for? Like-minded creatives who seek a platform for collaborative theatre-making opportunities. That’s it! Whether you’re fresh out of your thesis or seasoned with script
Read with a free account →15 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? It is the second iteration of Yellow Earth Theatre’s Professional Writers Programme. An intensive two-year programme for writers of East Asian and Southeast Asian descent beginning in May 2020. The programme will support four early career playwrights in writing a full
Read with a free account →13 January 20 · Events / Opportunities
If you want to see some great new writing and get the chance to offer a bit of feedback, then go along to Little Match Theatre’s next event on 16 & 17 February at Bread and Roses Theatre. Find out more on the website. www.littlematchtheatre.com Deadline: not applicable Source: di
Read with a free account →10 January 20 · Opportunities
Are you a black writer with a story to share? Dear Black People is back at the Pleasance Theatre, London on Monday 11th May and they are looking for scripts that celebrate identity with power, comedy and confidence. Submissions are now open. Requirements: a 15 minute long extract
Read with a free account →10 January 20 · Opportunities
Camden People’s Theatre are staging their seventh ‘Calm Down, Dear’ festival of feminism from May 11th – May 30th 2020. It is a unique three-week celebration of innovative feminist performance. Past hits include Louise Orwin’s Pretty Ugly (2013), Sh!t Theatre’s Women’s Hour (2014
Read with a free account →10 January 20 · Opportunities
Rebound Productions are offering the chance for new and emerging playwrights to have their work produced by an exciting new company at a London theatre this year. They are searching for five 10-15 minute short plays with 2-3 characters. Last year, their first production ‘Flights
Read with a free account →07 January 20 · Opportunities
Are you a budding Playwright? Would you like to have your work performed on a London stage? Rebound Productions are looking for a total of five 10 to 15 minute, 2-3 character fictional stage plays to be performed this year at a London theatre. Their first production ‘Flights of F
Read with a free account →07 January 20 · Opportunities
BBC Cymru Wales, National Theatre Wales and BBC Writersroom Wales join forces again to find the next Wales Writer in Residence. In 2020 BBC Cymru Wales, National Theatre Wales and BBC Writersroom Wales are coming together again to search for the next Wales Writer in Residence. Th
Read with a free account →30 December 19 · Opportunities
What is it? Plays Rough London are calling for short plays (between 0 and 15 minutes) on the theme of ‘Factual and Fantasy’. Selected scripts will be part of the new-writing night: ‘Plays Rough London Presents: Factual and Fantasy’ performed at the Old Red Lion Pub Theatre on Mon
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The Upsetters make theatre written by writers of colour, directed by directors of colour and performed by actors of colour in all roles unless the script specifies otherwise. They are looking for scripts (15 mins) by writers of colour for our Takeover Festival on 29th February 20
Read with a free account →19 December 19 · Opportunities
Horatio Productions is running the 3nd edition of their very own Science Fiction Theatre Festival: Antarctica from the 19th – 23rd May 2020 at Pleasance Theatre in London. Horatio Productions is looking for groundbreaking short science fiction plays, for writers coming from all w
Read with a free account →18 December 19 · Events
JustOut Theatre are running regular scratch nights and they would love to hear from writers based in the North. They are looking for scripts between 10-15 minutes, which can be self-contained or part of a larger script, and cover any theme. They pride themselves on promoting new
Read this article →18 December 19 · Opportunities
What is it? The Phoenix Writes is a new One Act playwriting competition for 2020, which is open to playwrights of all age groups across the UK. Five successful submissions will be performed at the Daneside Theatre in Congleton, Cheshire on Saturday 5th September 2020, and the win
Read with a free account →03 December 19 · Opportunities
Perthshire Plays is a new joint Programme between Horsecross Arts, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Birnam Arts, local playwright Lesley Wilson and Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland which aims to provide platforms for new and existing playwrights, giving them opportunities to develop thei
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