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20 March 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up

Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 20 March 2026

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09 March 26 · Wrap2026

WrAP Profile #1 – Sierra White

This is the first in a series of posts highlighting members of our London Playwrights community. Sierra is a Canadian writer who took part in WrAP for the first time this year. I spoke to her over the phone in January about her work and what interests her as a writer. Sierra bega

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06 March 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up

Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 6 March 2026

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06 March 26 · Opportunities

Greenlight Screenwriting Lab 2026

Danú Media, in association with Greasán na Meán Skillnet and National Talent Academy for Film & TV Drama are delighted to partner with Philip Shelley and bring Greenlight Screenwriting Lab back in 2026. Greenlight Screenwriting provides support and up-skilling opportunities to a

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06 March 26 · Opportunities

Anthroplay Theatre | Anthrotalks

Submissions for Anthrotalks 2026 are now open! A pick’n’mix of London’s hottest new performers, Anthrotalks is an evening of poetry, comedy and songs, curated by Anthroplay Theatre. A variety of exceptional artists take to the stage, with each night revolving around a different t

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27 February 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up

Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 27 February 2026

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27 February 26 · Opportunities

The Scratch Theatre free Script Writing Competition

Free Script Writing Competition 2026 🎭 We’re inviting writers to submit short scripts (under three pages) for performance on stage — and for film. Sign up to take part. 💥 Free to enter – no experience needed 🏆 Win £100, have your script staged & professionally filmed 🗓 Deadli

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13 February 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up

Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 13 February 2026

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13 February 26 · Opportunities

GrimFest 2026 – accepting submissions

Got a grim piece of theatre you want to share? Been thinking about that horror extract you’d like to perform? Be it horror comedy, dark cabaret, or straight up chilling drama, we want to hear about it! 🔪 Ahead of GrimFest 2026, the biggest horror fringe festival in London, we’re

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06 February 26 · Wrap2026

WrAP UP!

Quite suddenly, the end of January has come and we are now firmly into February. To all who participated in WrAP this year, congratulations and we hope it’s been helpful to your practice in some way. On the afternoon of the 31st, we gathered on Zoom to read extracts of each other

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06 February 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up

Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 6 February 2026

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06 February 26 · Opportunities

Fishamble accepting submissions

Fishamble’s play submissions portal is now open and they can’t wait to dive into what you’ve been writing. Head over to their website to find out more and apply. Deadline: April 30th, 2026 Source: Instagram

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06 February 26 · Opportunities

Papatango Prize open for entries

The Papatango New Writing Prize is open for submissions until 5pm on 16th March 2026. Got questions? Join the team online at 1pm on 11 February. We’ll talk through how the Prize works, how to enter and what we’re looking for – and we’ll answer your questions. This session will be

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30 January 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up

Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 30 January 2026

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