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24 October 25 · Opportunities
WRITERS!! Come on down and show us your incredible work!! we want to hear from you – send your submissions (as many as you’d like) and we are raring to read them! Find out more here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQJZigyDNXB/?igsh=MXZ4aWF0ZGF6YTVicw%3D%3D Deadline: 9 November 2025
Read with a free account →24 October 25 · Opportunities
Have you hit a brick wall in your theatre career? Want to meet that next great collaborator? Introducing MEGA MEET, an online networking event linking East Midlands playwrights to hungry directors around the UK. Aimed at creatives who feel stuck between “emerging” and “profession
Read with a free account →20 October 25 · Opportunities
Open Call: Hence Writers Playwright Workshops Hence Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the first intake of Hence Writers, our brand-new playwright workshops in London! This exciting new initiative is designed for emerging and established writers who want to develop their cra
Read with a free account →16 October 25 · Opportunities
CALLOUT: PSYCHONAUT SCRATCH!💥 We’re now accepting applications for our artist development night at @theatredeli, championing WIP, multidisciplinary, alternative performance. What we’re looking for: We want alternative performance pieces already in development (20 minutes) to sho
Read with a free account →16 October 25 · Opportunities
Stolen Moments is a new theatre platform celebrating Welsh voices through bold, original stories. The team want submissions from Welsh and Wales-based writers for short plays to be performed as part of their rolling programme. We welcome: 10-minute scripts (roughly 10 pages) Two-
Read with a free account →08 October 25 · Opportunities
These lecture-style workshops offer accessible overviews of key genres and movements in theatre — from comedy and tragedy to cabaret and LGBTQ theatre. Each session is designed as a starting point for your own creative practice, or simply as a way to fill in the gaps in your thea
Read with a free account →08 October 25 · Opportunities
We are so excited to announce that Jot Theatre will be hosting a New Writing Scratch Night and Social! We have already got some exciting stories lined up, but we are looking for more! Everyone is welcome to contribute. If you have a female centred story, get in touch via our emai
Read with a free account →03 October 25 · Opportunities
After a delightful couple of sold-out evenings at the Space in London, Hepburn Hooks Theatre Co have decided to reconduct their inaugural event, “Brown Skinned Girls”. They are seeking out four female, BlPOC playwrights whose works they will fully produce and present at a London
Read with a free account →24 September 25 · Opportunities
Kick It Anywhere Productions, the London-based theatre production company behind this Summer’s 9x Fringe Theatre Award-nominated and OFFIES Assessors Choice BRIXTON CALLING, are re-launching their writers programme, for those ready for the structure, community, and support that a
Read with a free account →24 September 25 · Opportunities
SCRATCH NIGHT APPLICATIONS OPEN! Have a new script you want to see on stage? Are you an emerging actor looking for work? Join us for an evening of fresh, Innovative theatre at Fruitcake Productions’ Scratch Night! Watch emerging artists share works-in-progress that explore a vari
Read with a free account →12 September 25 · Opportunities
Quick-fire scratch nights for adventurous new writing in theatre and performance! The Scrap is an open-access night for writers, actors and directors to try out new ideas, meet one another, and showcase their work in front of an audience. Live music, good drinks, and cool new the
Read with a free account →08 September 25 · Opportunities
Player-Playwrights was founded as a writers’ and actors’ co-operative in 1948 and has been meeting on Monday evenings ever since to read and criticise new plays and scripts for theatre, radio and screen to help writers develop their work. Our Presidents are long- standing members
Read with a free account →05 September 25 · Opportunities
As part of the Cultivate Workshops Series, the October Playwriting Masterclasses are now on sale 🎭 A series of four online masterclasses led by ESEA playwrights who explore the making of theatre inspired by historical events and figures. There will be a focus on ESEA history and
Read with a free account →05 September 25 · Opportunities
We are seeking a talented Writer to work with our young people’s focus group to develop their vision for a new online Choose Your Own Adventure experience, Second Nature, in partnership with The Broadway Cinema in Nottingham. KEY INFORMATION AT A GLANCE: Total fee: £1,500.00 Type
Read with a free account →05 September 25 · Opportunities
Calling all writers! Join for ‘Mix Up’: a free online space for UK-based playwrights. Hosted by ScriptEM and supported by Theatre503, and building on a successful pilot event, Mix Up is a playwright-only forum for writers based all across the UK, in which they set the agenda to t
Read with a free account →05 September 25 · Opportunities
Applications are now open for Live Theatre’s North East Playwriting Award, open to all writers over the age of 16 who are from, living or working in the North East of England. Playwrights of all levels, new to established, are invited to submit their plays between Fri 1 Aug 2025
Read with a free account →15 August 25 · Opportunities
Are you a writer looking for an opportunity to have your theatre script staged for the first time? Here’s something you might like to know… We’ll be opening for submissions for StageWrite on Monday 17th November 2025, ahead of our next StageWrite event on Sunday 29th March 2026.
Read with a free account →15 August 25 · Opportunities
Applications now open! 🚨 The 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship is live 🎭✍️ Got a bold idea for a play that speaks to the world we live in, and where we’re headed? The IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship offers one writer or theatre-maker a unique 10-month opportunity, with t
Read with a free account →15 August 25 · Opportunities
Join our Board of Trustees! We’re looking for Trustees who share our belief in the power of theatre to create change and who can help shape the next chapter of Cardboard Citizens’ journey, as we grow our public profile and deepen the impact of the stories we tell. We’re especiall
Read with a free account →15 August 25 · Opportunities
The Mercury Theatre is dedicated to finding, supporting, and producing the next generation of playwrights based in the East of England. There is currently no full-time literary manager, so consequently the team cannot offer feedback and are only open for submissions across two pe
Read with a free account →28 July 25 · Opportunities
Applications are now open for TEST MATCH, our new Work-In-Progress support scheme! Applications are open for Test Match, with applications via Eventotron – link here. To apply, you will first need to create a free account with or sign into an existing account with Eventotron. At
Read with a free account →25 July 25 · Opportunities
Theatro Technis is excited to announce a call for emerging theatre artists to join our trainee Associate Artists programme. We are commissioning four Camden-based artists to develop and showcase new work as part of a special Scratch Night in December 2025. Each selected artist wi
Read with a free account →18 July 25 · Opportunities
Following the success of the new writing dramas in this year’s festival, we are seeking expressions of interest in a process to develop new dramatic works (including adaptations of out of copyright works) by Coventry and Warwickshire based playwrights. Six short plays will be cho
Read with a free account →17 July 25 · Opportunities
New Views Writers Room (Digital) This course is free and online. Course Overview This course is for Young People with an interest in playwrighting. During the course, participants will develop the practical tools and skills to focus their ideas and turn them into theatre. Over fi
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