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17 April 19 · 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: Lemon House Theatre seek short plays by mixed rac
Read with a free account →16 April 19 · Education / Opportunities
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is delighted to be launching a new MA degree course in Drama Writing. The course is designed to help students develop a “writer’s toolkit”, building confidence in a range of key writing elements and providing an overview of dramatic writing as art,
Read with a free account →16 April 19 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
During this course you wil review the key elements of writing for the theatre, gain fresh critical insight into your own writing, and produce a new draft of your work. This workshop is for experienced playwrights with ongoing projects. When: Starts 30 April for 10 weeks Where: Ci
Read with a free account →16 April 19 · Opportunities
Pentabus Rural Theatre Company is looking for an emerging writer to become their 2019 Writer In Residence – The Clive & Sylvia Richards Writer In Residence Bursary The £10,000 bursary will support a professional playwright in the early stage of their career, providing the opportu
Read with a free account →16 April 19 · Events
Step inside Bloomsbury Publishing as they host a fascinating discussion on the impact that artistic directors have on our conversations, opinions and, most crucially, on our culture. Find out more here. Date: 1 May 2019 Deadline: not applicable Source: direct contact
Read this article →11 April 19 · Opportunities
In order to help tackle issues of representation in the arts, LHT are going to be hosting a night of rehearsed readings by writers who identify as mixed race/dual heritage. This is an opportunity for writers to see their work staged through script-in-hand performances, with the c
Read with a free account →07 April 19 · Opportunities
Following the phenomenal success of Fight Like A Girl! in December, which raised over £1400 for Cancer Research UK, they are back at the King’s Arms theatre this August with FIGHT LIKE A GIRL 2! Inspired by the fights of brave women are three more nights of new writing and poetry
Read with a free account →07 April 19 · Opportunities
Slate Playwrights’ Group is aimed at talented and ambitious Black* writers who create text-based work. You must live in the north of England to apply. You might not have had work produced yet but you must have written at least one play (45+ minutes). The group is facilitated by l
Read with a free account →07 April 19 · Opportunities
Described as ‘Tinder for Playwrights’, Stitchin’ Fiction is a rehearsed reading performance platform, where creatives are invited to come, stretch their skills, and challenge themselves in an informal workshop setting. Writers will work with the actor(s) and one of our Resident D
Read with a free account →02 April 19 · Events / Opportunities
Round Peg are running a ‘speed networking’ event on the 10th April to help emerging writers meet producers, actors, directors, and other artists, to expand their network and find future collaborators. How to book: tickets for the event can be bought here. Cost: £10 Location: The
Read with a free account →01 April 19 · Opportunities
Submissions for Flux Theatre’s EMERGE 4 are now open. The night takes place at the Bunker Theatre UK on June 17th 2019. What they are looking for: either an excerpt or a short play (25 mins max in length). Entry is free. How to apply: read the full EMERGE guidelines here Deadline
Read with a free account →01 April 19 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
An intensive one-day course with Artistic Director Fin Kennedy for those new to working with young people. You’ll look at the process of co-creating plays with groups of teenagers in a school or youth theatre environment. The morning will look at the playwright as workshop leader
Read with a free account →01 April 19 · Education / Opportunities
If you’re 16-25 and interested in joining the Young Pleasance Ensemble, look no further! Over Easter Young Pleasance London Ensemble are holding a FREE WORKSHOP audition on Sunday 14th April at Pleasance Islington for anyone aged 16-25 who is looking to develop their theatre prac
Read with a free account →01 April 19 · Opportunities
Flux Theatre is seeking short plays between 20-25 minutes long (either standalone or part of a longer piece) to form part of their EMERGE event at the Bunker Theatre. EMERGE is a platform that gives four emerging writers, directors and a company of actors the opportunity to colla
Read with a free account →29 March 19 · Opportunities
CFT’s Script Lab will take participants through a workshopping process in which your short play is honed, refined and finally performed in a script-in-hand reading by two professional actors. Course Tutor Lucy Flannery will lead you through a series of exercises to sharpen your p
Read with a free account →27 March 19 · Opportunities
The 2019 Prize for Literature will be awarded for an original and previously unpublished playscript for theatre, radio or television no more than 15 minutes in length. The first stage though is the submission of a one-page treatment between 500-800 words. 12 of these submissions
Read with a free account →27 March 19 · Opportunities
Metamorph Theatre is looking for new artists to write or devise for its upcoming night ‘Picked and Mixed Plays’. This is an opportunity for writers/emerging artists to showcase their work. Their previous two nights of short shows have been at the Arcola Theatre main house. Seven
Read with a free account →26 March 19 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
Live Theatre is now taking applications for its’ annual bursary 2019. The successful applicant will receive £2000 to develop an outstanding, imaginative, new piece of theatre How to apply: find out more and apply via their website. Deadline: 22 April 2019 Source: direct contact
Read with a free account →20 March 19 · Original Content
To kick off our #PlayClub project, this month we’re reading…. Far Away by Caryl Churchill Caryl Churchill’s Far Away is a play that looks at conflict and its unsettling effect on our lives, and on our humanity. It was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, L
Read this article →20 March 19 · 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: Theatre503 accepting submissions for 503five Writ
Read with a free account →15 March 19 · Opportunities
Norwich Theatre Royal are running a playwriting course over ten weekly two hour sessions, in which participants will learn about the craft of scriptwriting through classes and workshopping each other’s writing. Participants will learn how to generate stories, create characters, w
Read with a free account →15 March 19 · Opportunities
CFT Young Playwrights is designed to bring together aspiring local young writers who want to develop their craft using practical exercises. This peer-led group coordinated by LEAP trainee Fin Ross Russell, offers a relaxed space to get creative with your writing and start working
Read with a free account →14 March 19 · Opportunities
RoundPeg are looking for script submissions which explore the theme of TABOO for their new writing night, HATCH. Performances will be on the 15th and 16th April at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town. What they are looking for: Pieces which explore the theme of TABOO. 10-1
Read with a free account →13 March 19 · Opportunities
The Director’s Club from Director’s Cut Theatre are looking for short scripts for The Director’s Club Showcase; ‘Home’ which will take place at Southwark Playhouse, 7pm on Sunday 7 April 2019. Home… Have you found it? Has it found you?.. What is home? Is it a place? A building? A
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