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19 May 20 · Opportunities
Three days left to submit to Subtext! Plays must be 15-25 minutes in length and written for a maximum of 4 actors. As well as having your writing performed you will receive a percentage of the box office sales. Performance dates will be confirmed when lockdown is lifted. Please e
Read with a free account →18 May 20 · Resources
Each week National Writing Day will be sharing a video tutorial and highlighting some resources from their partners. Look out for new tutorials each week between now and National Writing Day on 24th June. Happy writing! This week their free weekly tutorial sees Hull-based poet an
Read this article →15 May 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →14 May 20 · Opportunities
Submissions are open for 2020 Graduate Rep Season organised by Adam Morley Seeking new 20 minute PLAYS, MUSICALS and pieces of PHYSICAL THEATRE for casts of up to twelve performers, these will be performed by 2020 graduate actors across the country. Pieces can be self contained o
Read with a free account →12 May 20 · Opportunities
Waste Not Theatre are on a mission to bring a kinky, feel-good show to London. They need you, writers! Read the brief and submit your treatment: https://bit.ly/WNTadapt Deadline: Friday 15th May 2020 Source: UK PLAYWRITING Facebook
Read with a free account →12 May 20 · Events
BBC Writersroom is hosting a live Q&A webinar with Neil Forsyth, writer of Guilt, Eric, Ernie and Me and Bob Servant on Friday 15th May at 12.30pm for one hour. Neil was recently nominated in the Best Writer category at the Royal Television Society Awards 2020 for Guilt. Neil has
Read this article →12 May 20 · Opportunities
Mixing It Up Productions is looking for plays for their 2020 spring playwrights’ competition. They encourage playwrights to take this opportunity to showcase their work to professionals in the theatre industry by entering. Submission is FREE. You can submit your play by going to
Read with a free account →12 May 20 · Events
The virtual DG Footlights™ series continues, celebrating new dramatic works in progress by United Kingdom based dramatists! Find out more about the two readings below: May 20, Single Ticket by Mark Daniels May 27, Souvenir by Matt Gurr DG Footlights™ is a program, created and mod
Read this article →12 May 20 · Opportunities
Twisted Tales in Lockdown are seeking original short scripts up to 5 minutes in length that can be made into radio plays. They must be ‘twisted’ in some way and use the theme ‘isolation’. Scripts must be suitable for a maximum of 2 actors, (1 male, 1 female) and be free of copyri
Read with a free account →11 May 20 · Original Content / Play Club
Our second submission window is now officially open for #PlayClub2020! We’re looking for brand new short plays written in response to this month’s play: Lungs by Duncan Macmillan. Selected plays will be given a rehearsed reading at a special event at the end of this year. Plays m
Read this article →08 May 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →06 May 20 · Opportunities / Original Content
We received a huge amount of fantastic entries for the lockdown edition of Play Club 2020 in response to Shelagh Delaney’s Taste of Honey which has led to a longer than anticipated shortlisting process! Because of the high number and high quality of submissions, we’ve decided to
Read with a free account →06 May 20 · Events / Opportunities
Tickets for WMC Writers are FREE and must be booked in advance. The May session of WMC Writers will take place via Google Hangout on Friday 8th May 6:30-9pm. If you’ve not been before, this is how it works: 1. Five writers bring 10 minutes each of new work to share. 2. Actors are
Read with a free account →06 May 20 · Events
The Black Men’s Consortium presents ‘Kwame & the Lockdown’ an interactive theatre performance & community dialogue during mental health awareness week 20th & 24th May 2020 7pm. Join the Black Men’s Consortium on the global stage for a virtual performance in order to connect and d
Read this article →04 May 20 · Opportunities
Thornhill Theatre Space is excited to host their first 12-Hour Theatre Fest. Over the space of 12 hours the goal is to come up with an idea, write the play, read it and then edit. At the end of the 12 hours the goal is to have a short 10-15 minute play to share and … Thornhill Th
Read with a free account →04 May 20 · Opportunities
As we get ready to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, The Royal Airforce Benevolent Fun are giving you the chance to honour the brave men and women that served our country by having your Battle of Britain-themed play turned into an audio drama. All you need to do
Read with a free account →04 May 20 · Opportunities
Sapphic Voices are looking for women playwrights who’d like a wee segment of their work featured on their RadioReverb 97.2fm. Monologues, duologues or segments of full plays are all welcome. Only stipulation is that pieces must feature strong women characters. Your play will be p
Read with a free account →04 May 20 · Opportunities
Masterclass’ Pitch Your Play scheme returns for 2020, and applications are now open! They are looking for either a pre-existing team consisting of a writer, a producer and a director aged 17-30 or a passionate writer, also aged 17-30, with a finished play. The Theatre Royal Hayma
Read with a free account →01 May 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to support LPB? Become a member! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities
Read with a free account →30 April 20 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in May 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 the who
Read with a free account →29 April 20 · Opportunities
Submissions are now open for Lonely Penguin’s very first scratch night. This is an unpaid opportunity for writers and performers to share their new material to an audience of fellow creatives on Saturday 26th of September evening (having been moved from the 9th of May due to the
Read with a free account →29 April 20 · Opportunities
The BCG Pro Video Contest is looking for the best scripted video sketches, which are two minutes in length or shorter. Each month, a panel of judges will select a sketch, which will be awarded £100 and shared with over 150,000 comedy fans via British Comedy Guide’s social media p
Read with a free account →29 April 20 · Opportunities
Northern Ireland Screen is seeking feature film scripts to develops for its New Writer Focus scheme 2020-21. Who can apply? Only Northern Ireland resident writers new to feature film and long-form drama are eligible to apply. For the avoidance of doubt “writers new to feature fil
Read with a free account →29 April 20 · Opportunities
Applications are now open for the University of Bristol Theatre Collection 2020 Kevin Elyot Award – created in memory of the acclaimed actor and writer. The Kevin Elyot Award is an annual award of £3,000 given to support a writer-in-residence at the University of Bristol Theatre
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