15 June 23 · Opportunities
The final opportunity for the Mothers Who Make season 2023 produced by The Performers’ Playground with HOME is a FREE block of group coaching sessions for 6 mothers from the network. The selected group will receive 3 x 2 hour coaching sessions with the fantastic Jana Kennedy from
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Plaster is looking for a full-time Staff Writer to write engaging, creative content across both online and print, growing the magazine’s audience with exciting, forward-thinking articles relating to visual art and culture. Find out more here. Deadline: 30 June 2023 Source: Arts J
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The Belgrade Theatre and University of Warwick have teamed up and are looking to commission a writer to develop and deliver a brand-new piece of theatre to be workshopped and shared in December 2023. As part of Coventry City of Culture, West Midlands Police (WMP) worked closely w
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Each year, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation administers the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award. The competition is designed to motivate non-American novice writers under the age of 30, and offer them the recognition and encouragemen
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Join Isley Lynn at The Mono Box for Writing Autobiographical Stories. When writing from life, how do you turn individual experiences into drama? There’s an element of autobiography in all of Isley’s plays, proof that writing what you know can meaningfully touch others and progres
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Cimientos consists of two main components: Pal Playwrights Panel (PPP) / Year-long incubator Playwrights accepted to the program, IATI Theater’s artistic staff and other specially invited theater professionals will converge in workshop meetings to discuss the new works that make
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Overture is an exciting new musical theatre development scheme. Overture’s aims are to develop the skills and practises of underrepresented Musical Theatre writing teams across the UK, whilst building relationships with venues and other leading UK talent. Each writing team must
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Dive into the world of theatre-making and shape the future of theatre with OV Theatre Makers, a free six-month training programme for ages 18-30 run by The Old Vic. With the support of director Joseph Hancock and leading professional theatre makers from across the UK, you’ll expl
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Book, Music & Lyrics is accepting applicants for its Librettists’ workshop and its First Year Composer/Lyricist workshop to begin in September 2023. BML is recognised by ACE as ‘the only organisation in Britain’ offering this training, and ‘good value for money’ for the participa
Read with a free account →09 June 23 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Play Submissions Helper Blog has a round-up of Play Submissions, they are are largely US based but often open to international writers. Check out their list for June here. Deadlines: various throughout April 2023 Source: Play Submissions Helper Blog
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Under 26? Become a Collective Member to access a year round programme of workshops and projects, unlock discounts and offers at the theatre, and join a growing network of young creatives in Greater Manchester. Collective workshops are typically weekdays from 6pm-8pm, but we also
Read with a free account →07 June 23 · Opportunities
The BBC New Comedy Awards is a nationwide talent search to find the best new stand-up, sketch and musical comedians. Since they first launched in 1995, the prestigious awards have helped launch the careers of many of the UK’s best-loved comedians. What’s the prize?: Shortlisted c
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The Mercury Theatre in Colchester will once again nurture and grow the very best writing talent from the East of England in their exciting new playwriting development programme. Over nine months, Mercury Playwrights will be guided and mentored them mentored through the process of
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The 503Five is an 18 month residency supported by the Carne Trust and Orseis Trust offering writers the opportunity to find their creative home at Theatre503, develop work and experience being at the heart of a new writing theatre. This scheme is for UK based writers only and is
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The submission window for Little Fish Theatre’s (San Pedro, California, USA) 22nd Annual PICK OF THE VINE short play festival to be presented January-February 2024 is now open. Only short plays (under 15 minutes)submitted through this process will be considered. The theme for thi
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White Noise Theatre are on the hunt for a male or non-binary actor-writer to join team PlantGays for their short tour of London and the South-West. THE PLAY PlantGays is a new play about the beautiful, strange and meaningful ways queer people connect with nature. Every performanc
Read with a free account →02 June 23 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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This is an opportunity for writers new to playwriting but with raw talent and big ideas to think more deeply about writing for theatre alongside a group of their peers, guided by produced playwrights working with the Royal Court. Your application may include the first 10 pages yo
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Laurels Theatre are offering £10k to a storyteller to get their work onstage in the form of a brand new theatre production in 2024. This is a completely unique initiative as a script isn’t necessarily required. You could be a rap artist who has an epic story idea that they want t
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Green Curtain Theatre are offering writers with an Irish heritage the opportunity to have their writing performed. This is as part of their latest theatre project to mark the centenary of the ending of the Civil War in Ireland in May 1923 The competition is open to anyone over 18
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The Woodward/Newman Award is an exclusive honor offered by Constellation Stage & Screen (Bloomington, Indiana, USA), started through the support of Joanne Woodward, Newman’s Own Foundation, and the Newman family, celebrating Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward’s tremendous history of w
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Discovery is Kali’s free writing programme for aspiring female and nb playwrights of South Asian descent in the West Midlands, East Midlands and London, in collaboration with Birmingham Repertory Theatre Leicester Curve and Theatre 503. Selected writers receive: 3 playwriting wor
Read with a free account →30 May 23 · Opportunities
Join actor and best-selling author Rebecca Humphries for The Rules of Comedy at The Mono Box! Over 3 sessions, you’ll explore new forms of comic storytelling – looking at their specific sets of rules and picking up tips on how to apply them. Rebecca will impart advice, encourage
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