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13 April 18 · Opportunities
Opportunity for writers of short plays, sketches or monologues. Each selected piece will be performed for two consecutive nights of Friday 19th October and Saturday 20th October 2018 as part of a new writing night at Shardlow Village Hall in Derbyshire. The evening is part of a c
Read with a free account →16 March 18 · Opportunities
SOLO2 is looking for exciting new writing or lesser known current written monologues and solo performances for their show on 14:30 Sunday 15 April as part of Swindon Fringe, at Swindon Town Hall. How to apply: email Doug Kirby on doug@shoutoutproductions.com with SOLO2 in the sub
Read with a free account →16 January 18 · Opportunities
Audiojam runs competitions on a quarterly basis over a wide range of mediums from monologues to short stories, plays and audiobooks. Their Spring 2018 competition is focused on playscripts. Up to 5 plays will be accepted and produced in their studio using professional actors and
Read with a free account →06 December 17 · 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: London Irish Green Curtain Theatre Company seekin
Read with a free account →13 November 17 · Opportunities
Goblin Baby Co. are currently seeking short play and monologues submissions for their upcoming Breaking Loose Festival. The festival aims to explore intersectionality and solidarity and will be taking part at The Bread and Roses from 18-25 February 2018. In their words: “The batt
Read with a free account →08 November 17 · Opportunities
An innovative writing competition using contemporary Irish art to inspire writers has been launched by London Irish Green Curtain Theatre Company. Entries are now invited for the Green Curtain Monologue/ Playlet Writing Competition. Entitled “Every Picture Tells a Story” writers
Read with a free account →25 October 17 · Opportunities
Old Diorama Arts Centre have put out an open call for submissions. They are looking for new work of up to 10 minutes in length to be put on as part of their new performance night taking place on 7 December 2017. The call out is open to monologues, short plays, songs, dance, or pe
Read with a free account →04 October 17 · 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: The Female Gaze seeking monologues about women in
Read with a free account →27 September 17 · 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: Heretic Productions seeking monologues for produc
Read with a free account →21 September 17 · Opportunities
The Female Gaze is an online film magazine run by playwright Sarah Gonnet, that features reviews and longer pieces on film and TV. They are currently seeking monologues of 5 minutes in length, written by women, about women in film. The idea is that the chosen monologues will be t
Read with a free account →17 August 17 · Opportunities
The Women in Comedy Writing Festival have announced a new competition for comedy writers to have their work performed live. The competition is broken up into two categories, the first being comedy sketches and monologues. They are looking for sketches and/or monologues of 3 minut
Read with a free account →26 July 17 · 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: Heretic Productions seeking monologues for produc
Read with a free account →24 July 17 · Opportunities
Heretic Productions have launched their new playwriting initiative Heretic Voices, and seek monologues from writers and writer-performers to be fully produced by professionals at the Arcola in January 2018. Plays will also be published in a collection. Monologues can be of any ge
Read with a free account →06 June 17 · Events
Hijabi Monologues Drop In Session 13 June 2017 from 10am-7pm Bush Theatre 7 Uxbridge Road, London W12 8LJ If you are a Muslim woman thinking about submitting to the Hijabi Monologues, the Bush Theatre will be running a drop-in session to provide support or answer any questions. Y
Read this article →06 June 17 · Opportunities
Hijabi Monlogues is seeking Muslim women with a story to tell. Hijabi Monologues London will culminate in a theatrical production at the Bush Theatre focusing on the real-life experiences of both local and international Muslim women, weaving stories from our doorstep with the exp
Read with a free account →02 May 17 · Opportunities
Soundwork, the not-for-profit site that is building up a repertoire of audio plays, stories, monologues and poems, all of which you can listen to for free, has announced its latest competition: a monologue of up to fifteen minutes, any style, any theme. Further details: No entry
Read with a free account →27 February 17 · Opportunities
Secret Hour Theatre are looking for 15 minute duologues and monologues for Secrets, a new writing night taking place at the Camden Fringe 2017. The duologues/monologues must respond to the theme: Secrets. Secrets will showcase four unique pieces of new writing. Each piece should
Read with a free account →06 February 17 · Opportunities
Writers Avenue Theatre Company is looking for seven talented writers and 14 monologues – on the theme of seven deadly sins and seven heavenly virtues. It is open to writers aged 18-30 who would like the opportunity to develop work and showcase it in front of an audience including
Read with a free account →17 January 17 · Opportunities
St John’s Church, Waterloo, is calling for entries to a new monologue competition for its summer Waterloo Festival in June 2017. Entries to the festival are sought from people who live, work or study in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. The theme is Bridge the Gap ins
Read with a free account →16 January 17 · Opportunities
Green Curtain Theatre is seeking submissions for short plays or monologues to be performed initially as a staged rehearsed readings in February/March as part of a “Shows from the Songs Night”. It is hoped to develop some of the successful plays into full performances later in the
Read with a free account →12 January 17 · Opportunities
Writers’ submisssions on the theme of freedom are open for The Director’s Club Showcase on Sunday 12 February at Southwark Playhouse. What to submit: 5-7 minute monologues or duologues. Comedy, drama and dark pieces. Director’s Cut is looking for writers to create characters who
Read with a free account →09 November 16 · Opportunities
Loquitur Theatre launched the first ‘Femage a Trois’ project earlier this year, with a four star, critically acclaimed, simply and beautifully crafted show. Previews at The Vaults, Waterloo and Hackney Showroom led to a week long run at the Edinburgh Festival. It featured three i
Read with a free account →25 August 16 · Opportunities
Entertain Us Productions are organising a charity event to benefit the New York Foundling, a child welfare agency in the US. The show will be mostly made up of original monologues and short plays and EU Productions invite you to submit scripts for inclusion at the event. Once the
Read with a free account →14 August 16 · Opportunities
The Directors Cut is open to writer applications for ‘The Secret Life of Sally’, the Directors Club Showcase happening at Southwark Playhouse on Sunday 25th September 2016. What to submit: They are looking for writers to create 5-10 minute monologues or duologues around a charact
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