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06 April 23 · Opportunities
The Queens of Cups (@thequeensofcups) are looking for Playwrights, Poets, Drag Artists, Songwriters Comedians and Sketch Groups to join them for a variety night of Comedy, Music, Theatre and more for New Moon Monologues! They are looking for acts of any kind between 5-30 minutes
Read with a free account →05 April 23 · Opportunities
Submissions are still open for Flat 4 Theatre’s Freshly Squeezed Scratch Night at the Bread and Roses Theatre on the 27th of April. Ideally pieces will be 10-15 mins long but they may be able to be flexible with this. They are particularly keen to hear from queer/ female/ NB arti
Read with a free account →05 April 23 · Opportunities
The Phoenix Theatre is a small, professional receiving venue in Hampshire looking to support emerging talent. Writers are asked to submit a ten-minute play for an opportunity to see their work rehearsed and performed on The Phoenix Theatre stage. Selected scripts will be staged a
Read with a free account →31 March 23 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
We need YOU more than ever! Find out about 7 easy ways to support us here and help us to continue our work! *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news!
Read with a free account →30 March 23 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
London-based theatremaker Russell Lucas & London Playwrights, are teaming up to deliver a two day theatre producing course for playwrights! Venue – London TBC. Firmly focused on inspiring and enabling writers to take control and stage their own work, this workshop will take your
Read with a free account →30 March 23 · Opportunities
New Earth Academy has offered introductory courses to performing, writing, theatre making and technical theatre to over 300 alumni. After taking academy courses, many alumni are keen to future pursue their career in theatre but feel there’s a gap between introductory courses and
Read with a free account →30 March 23 · Opportunities
New Dramaturgs Group is a four-month project for five early-career creatives to develop skills and gain practical experiences in dramaturgy. Led by Grace Gummer, Playwright Mentor at Sheffield Theatres, the New Dramaturgs Group is designed to provide resources for aspiring creati
Read with a free account →30 March 23 · Opportunities
Glow Up your career or portfolio with support from an industry mentor. This spring Dibby Theatre are piloting six Glow Up Sessions and twelve Glow Up Portfolio sessions. There are two opportunities, each with their own sign up process. Glow Up Sessions and Portfolios will be del
Read with a free account →29 March 23 · Opportunities
Word Factory launches 2023-4 Apprentice awards. Two unique opportunities offering one-to-one mentorship with Jessie Greengrass and Jacob Ross, as well as access to the Word Factory platform and events. If you are a short story writer whose writing is political, or are based in th
Read with a free account →27 March 23 · Opportunities
MENA Arts UK is again working with Hyphen Artist Collective to run in-person and online sessions for Hyphenated Artist writers and/or MENA+ writers. SHOW UP & WRITE is an initiative where writers attend in-person or online sessions to simply write for three hours and then come to
Read with a free account →27 March 23 · Opportunities
Taking inspiration from the current golden age of television, this course will teach participants the fundamental principles of writing great drama. The course will include sessions on structure, character, dialogue, and what Netflix wants from a great pitch. We will analyse some
Read with a free account →24 March 23 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
We need YOU more than ever! Find out about 7 easy ways to support us here and help us to continue our work! *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news!
Read with a free account →23 March 23 · 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: Platform Presents – 2023 Playwright’s Prize Descr
Read with a free account →23 March 23 · Opportunities
Thalia Arts will be running ‘Big Enough to Hang a Life on’, two evenings of scenes exploring the lives and relationships of LGBTQIA+ figures from history in the Golden Goose theatre this May and is currently taking submissions. Choose a queer figure from history (as long as it is
Read with a free account →23 March 23 · Opportunities
At HOME with Jerwood will support four artists to make a step change in their practice and careers. This opportunity is open to individuals and companies across all art forms who are: Currently living and making work in the North West In their first three to ten years of practice
Read with a free account →23 March 23 · Opportunities
The Kevin Elyot Award is an annual award of £3,000 given to support a writer-in-residence based at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection. It is made in memory of Kevin Elyot (1951-2014) – an alumnus of the University Drama Department – and the influence he has had on writi
Read with a free account →23 March 23 · Opportunities
Writing for Performance Do you have some experience as a writer but find yourself isolated and lacking in the motivation to keep writing? Would you like to develop and explore writing for performance? Would you value the time and space to connect regularly with other writers in a
Read with a free account →22 March 23 · Opportunities
Writing Great Dialogue with Isley Lynn is for writers at any stage of the writing process! Through exercises, discussions, and analysing some brilliant scripts, you’ll unearth what makes dialogue stumble or sing. There will be plenty of room to talk about your own writing and to
Read with a free account →21 March 23 · Opportunities
Our series of lunchtime workshops will take you through a playwriting topic in just an hour – the perfect creative break in your day! In this session, we explore how to write in regional dialect. What techniques can you use to capture the essence of a particular place whilst maki
Read with a free account →21 March 23 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Is structuring a play really as daunting as it’s made out to be? Is the five act structure the enemy of the free-thinking playwright? Should we map out the structure of a play before writing it? All too often, we see structure as a challenge which stands in our way but what if we
Read with a free account →21 March 23 · Opportunities
Our new series of lunchtime workshops is designed to add a creative break to your day! As playwrights, we have to pitch in many different ways: from an interview for a writer development programme to a meeting with a producer to a friend asking ‘what are you writing at the moment
Read with a free account →21 March 23 · Opportunities
LONDON PLAYWRIGHTS’ PLAYWRITING LAB 10 Sessions, once per week, Thursdays from 6 April 2023 90 Minutes each session, 6pm – 7.30pm. In these sessions, you’ll learn all the tools needed to write your first full-length play or develop a play you’re working on. In a friendly, support
Read with a free account →20 March 23 · Opportunities
The 3-2-1 Writing Commission is a brand new opportunity for Buckinghamshire-based writers looking to get their work onto the stage as a paid playwright. Writers are invited to send in their play submissions, along with an extract from the proposed script, to be in with a chance o
Read with a free account →20 March 23 · Opportunities
Page to Stage London are asking for writers to submit 10-minute scripts to be performed at their April event as a directed rehearsed reading to an industry panel and audience. The event will take place at 7:30pm on the 25th of April in The Water Rats, WC1X 8BZ. Deadline: 24 March
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