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29 April 20 · Resources
The team behind National Writing Day 2020 want their joint resources to be really useful for teachers and parents alike; thet hope writing together for young people can give them a sense of community and an outlet for their voices to be heard. Led by First Story, National Writing
Read this article →29 April 20 · Opportunities
Write and film yourself performing a monologue that is no longer than 60 seconds in Miniver Theatre’s minute monologue challenge. There will be three winners and three prizes of £50 each. Click here to enter. Deadline: 11th May 2020 Source: Instagram
Read with a free account →27 April 20 · Opportunities
Looking for a chance to share your migration experience and creative practice and to connect with fellow migrant artists? Join the Migrant Institute for ‘The Migrant Institute: performing (non)belonging & post-Brexit imaginaries’ on Tuesday, 9 June 2020 (10am-4pm) at the Universi
Read with a free account →27 April 20 · Opportunities / Original Content
One down, three to go! We received some fantastic entries for the first Play Club 2020 window in response to Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner by Jasmine Lee-Jones; with writing from vibrant and unique voices, so it was a difficult task to choose a piece for the reading. Howe
Read with a free account →24 April 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 →22 April 20 · Events / Opportunities
Black Lives Black Words International Project is delivering a 2 hour online workshop to present a dynamic formative process in Playwriting. This is a pay-what-you-can workshop to develop your skills on 7th May. The course is open to all. Click here for more information and to boo
Read with a free account →22 April 20 · Opportunities
As part of Subtext at The Earl of Derby’s New Writing Festival, they invite you to apply for their short play competition. Successful plays will be performed by professional actors in their lovely, small, but perfectly formed Pub Theatre in South East London (Zone 2) Please submi
Read with a free account →21 April 20 · Opportunities
Are you a Black writer? Talawa’s free Script Reading Service provides feedback and support to emerging Black writers across the UK. How it works? Send them your script before 11.59pm on Sunday 26th April 2020 and they will confirm that they have received your script. Your script
Read with a free account →21 April 20
DIGITAL RESOURCES Learn with London Playwrights -a new series of resources on theatre & playwriting coming soon! May 10, 2021 Learn with London Playwrights is a series of podcast style… Read More An English Angst – a new political comedy drama in reaction to Brexit, written and c
Read this article →17 April 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 →16 April 20 · 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: LPW Play Club 2020: Lockdown Edition – A Taste of
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Quince Magazine is a new online literary magazine to be launched Spring/Summer 2020. They are accepting submissions for Issue One from writers and artists on the theme of LOVE. There are five categories including one for SCRIPTS (stage or screen scripts of up to 10 pages/minutes)
Read with a free account →14 April 20 · Events
Brush Stroke Order has partnered with Manchester International Festival to deliver a 2 hour online workshop de-mystifying the world of playwriting competitions for writers who are ready to submit their work to theatres, competitions and writer development schemes. The workshop wi
Read this article →13 April 20 · Events
What do we mean by form in theatre? How can we feel empowered to discover bold and fitting forms to tell our stories? This session will unlock your creative imagination and further your understanding of form. The session is for writers of all experiences levels to further their u
Read this article →10 April 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 →09 April 20 · 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: BBC Writers Academy 2020 Description: The BBC Stu
Read with a free account →07 April 20 · Opportunities
Popelei are looking for writers to submit brand new theatrical monologues to the Popelei Seed Commission 2020, under the theme ‘Women in Lockdown’. Popelei invite you to write and send in a new short monologue (maximum 4 minutes) for a female character who has had some kind of r
Read with a free account →07 April 20 · Opportunities
Despite the coronavirus situation, Tamasha and Hachette are pleased to announce the launch of a new creative writing course, aimed at culturally diverse theatre writers interested in learning to write prose fiction and non-fiction. After two successful pilots in 2018 and 2019, th
Read with a free account →05 April 20 · Opportunities
Squint are facilitating GET WRITING workshops via Zoom. The next one of these takes place tomorrow evening (Monday 6th April) from 6pm-8pm. There are two more scheduled sessions are that, on 16th and 24th. These workshops that are aimed at equipping both first time and emerging w
Read with a free account →03 April 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 →02 April 20 · Opportunities
The Mercury Theatre and Josef Weinberger are joining forces once again, following their successful partnership on the 2018 Mercury Weinberger Playwriting Prize, to discover a new cohort of talent by engaging with aspiring writers and creatives during these uncertain times. Mercur
Read with a free account →01 April 20 · Opportunities
The Arts Council has just published Easy Read versions of the guidance for two of their Emergency Response Package funds: Organisations outside of their National Portfolio click here: https://t.co/jrd2qvSuh9 Individuals click here: https://t.co/pmZv0w4pDG Source: ACE via Twitter
Read with a free account →01 April 20 · Opportunities
Homotopia is encouraging LGBTQIA artists to celebrate Queer Art Always. They are offering seed commissions, ranging from £250 to £1,000 each. They are looking for positive and imaginative ways for our audience to engage via non-traditional platforms, suitable for the current clim
Read with a free account →01 April 20 · Opportunities
At midnight on 23rd March 2020 the UK went into lockdown due to the Coronavirus outbreak that has been locking down many parts of the world. On 24th March Directors’ Cut launched LockDown OpenUp an initiative to motivate and inspire storytellers to open up and share, using their
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