18 November 20 · Opportunities
BBC Academy Digital Cities 24 – 26 November: A series of FREE events for the creative industries. Book here Digital Cities Virtual returns on the 24th November for another fantastic lineup of ONLINE events for people working in or interested in TV and related creative industries.
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A fun two evening workshop designed to help you create a unique monologue for performance. Nov 23/ 24 6-8pm. Run by Lily Bevan (BBC Radio 4) About this Event Are you an actor or writer (or anyone else who fancies it) who’d like to write your very own brand new dramatic or comedic
Read with a free account →13 November 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Writer Sarah McDonald-Hughes leads this workshop on writing for young audiences. Read the full details here. Date: 25 November 2020 at 7pm Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Group
Read with a free account →12 November 20 · Opportunities
Are you aged 16-25? Interested in telling or writing stories? Would you like to learn to write a short audio play? Pentabus is looking for 8-10 Young Writers to join writer Sophie Ellerby across six sessions to explore the principles of playwriting and work towards creating a 5 m
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
Miniver’s Minute Monologue Challenge. Let’s get those creative juices flowing! The theme for entries is… ‘unfamiliar’ so please do incorporate this however you like. How to apply: head to https://www.minivertheatre.com/minute-monologue for more details! Deadline: 23 November 2020
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
Papatango are running a free online playwriting course in winter 2020-21, specifically for writers based in Wiltshire and Dorset. This 6-week course will provide an in-depth overview of the key elements of playwriting, including finding inspiration and generating ideas, building
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
Thanks to the generous financial support of Morven McLean at Original Editions, the Tom McGrath Trust is offering 3 Awards, each up to £2,000: two awards will be given as Maverick Awards in memory of Tom, and one will be a Wild Award, to celebrate the unique contribution made by
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
Pathways Writers will take place between January 2021 and June 2022. Pathways Writers is strand three of our Arts Council England (ACE)-funded Pathways programme. The purpose of this programme is to support visually impaired emerging writers: on their journey to work professional
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
Upstart Theatre are thrilled to announce their call for artists for DARE Festival 5, which will take place at Shoreditch Town Hall from 25-27 February 2021. They are offering six artists or companies a seed commission of £1,000 to go towards the making of a new, 30-minute, in dev
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act, BBC Arts, Arts Council England, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Wales and Creative Scotland have launched a new Culture in Quarantine commissioning round to celebrate the work of disabled, D/deaf
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
To coincide with the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower from Rotherhithe in 1620, Southwark Playhouse is looking to recruit up to three writers to lead on an exciting creative writing project in local primary schools. Working with a school in the Rotherhithe area,
Read with a free account →11 November 20 · Opportunities
Unreal Estates is a project that commissions new work about domestic interiors and ideas of home. We are looking for artists (primarily working in 2D) and writers interested in collaboratively producing new work that responds to these themes. Find out more: View their website Vie
Read with a free account →10 November 20 · Opportunities
We Exist: Open Silent Writing and Creative Space for Queers Every Thursday from 7pm – 9pm on Zoom https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-exist-lgbt-open-writing-and-creative-space-tickets-128604506541 Queer writers, creatives, and artists of any discipline are welcome to drop in on a we
Read with a free account →09 November 20 · Opportunities
Cyborphic & Talos Theatre Festival is excited to be hosting a Conference & Workshop event for the last day of its 2020 festival, which is co-produced by the Cockpit theatre. Talos Conference 2020 includes a workshop by Christos Callow Jr (lecturer in creative writing & artistic d
Read with a free account →06 November 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →06 November 20 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in November 2020. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through to peruse th
Read with a free account →05 November 20 · Opportunities
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh – The Lyceum’s L20: Artist Attachment Programme This programme is for all kinds of theatre artists (including but not limited to writers, directors, designers, choreographers, digital creatives, composers, and creative producers). A crucial part
Read with a free account →05 November 20 · Opportunities
The next BBC Writersroom window for DRAMA and COMEDY DRAMA scripts will be open from 11am on Monday 7th December 2020 until 5pm on Wednesday 6th January 2021. Find out more here. Deadline: 6 January 2020 Source: BBC Writersroom
Read with a free account →05 November 20 · Opportunities
The Royal Exchange Theatre is currently seeking a Young Company Writer to join their team. The post-holder will plan and deliver weekly Young Company sessions for the Writers group (16-21 year olds) and will work with the Young Company Director, Children and Young People Partner
Read with a free account →05 November 20 · News / Original Content
**ALL EMAILS AVAILABLE ON THE MEMBERS’ SITE! IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO GET SOME INSPIRATION!** I think we can all agree that we’re done with 2020, right? With that in mind, we’re really excited to announce that WrAP (or, Write A Play) is back for 2021! For the 4th year running, we’ll
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“In partnership with Pinkhouse Productions, we’re offering an early career writer the chance to have their script fully staged as a part of our socially distant Main Stage season in 2021. In order to find our next new work, we are hosting an exciting, online event: Scranton Scra
Read with a free account →02 November 20 · Opportunities
INK has a new writing project for Christmas, An INKy Christmas with BBC Radio Suffolk. Write A MONOLOGUE OR A DUOLOGUE – to be no more than 2 MINUTES in length, with a Christmas theme. Choose a Christmas song – be it a popular Christmas song, a Christmas classic, or a carol. Anyt
Read with a free account →30 October 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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