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14 February 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 →12 February 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: EKP and Paines Plough: The Women’s Prize for Play
Read with a free account →11 February 20 · Jobs / Opportunities
Are you interested in bringing cultural history to life? Capable of reimagining stories, and repackaging myths and legends with the words and slang of today? Opal22 is looking for a scriptwriter for their Life of Shaka project. They are looking for someone who can present a moder
Read with a free account →11 February 20 · Jobs / Opportunities
The Watermill Theatre are looking for a writer to adapt Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night for The Watermill Ensemble to create an abridged version for a cast of three. Their acclaimed A Mini Summer Night’s Dream in 2019 saw A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed by only three actors tour
Read with a free account →11 February 20 · Opportunities
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is inviting applications for the one-year MA in Operamaking for 2020-21. Since it began in 2014, this course has already launched some of the most exciting new practitioners in the world of contemporary opera. Their writers and composers ha
Read with a free account →11 February 20 · Events
Mrs C’s Collective Theatre Company are extremely excited to launch their FIRST workshop for their Spring Season 2020 with “Writing is Re-Writing” led by Francis Grin on the 10th February 2020 (4pm-6pm). So you might have ‘Draft 0’ sitting in front of you. You might hate it, you m
Read this article →11 February 20 · Opportunities
What is it? The Customs House South Shields is currently preparing for their Takeover Festival for 2020 and are seeking to appoint this year’s Young Writer in Residence. Each year The Customs House is taken over by emerging artists and arts professionals aged up to 25 years of ag
Read with a free account →10 February 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Submissions are open for the ITV Red Planet Prize from March 27th to April 3rd 2020. They are looking for writers who can create unforgettable contemporary drama, characters that make you sit up, and demand you watch them and share the moment. They want to see authent
Read with a free account →10 February 20 · Opportunities
The BBC Writersroom annual window for unsolicited comedy scripts will be open from 10am on Monday 23rd March 2020 and deactivate at 5pm on Monday 20th April 2020. They see scripts as a calling card to show case a writer’s talent, ability, and sense of humour. They are looking for
Read with a free account →09 February 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Following their recent sell-out shows at The King’s Head Theatre and The Bunker in London, Reboot Theatre Company (RTC) are looking for new writing for their upcoming production of Reboot: Shorts 3. RTC will choose 4-6 plays to perform at a central London theatre on 2
Read with a free account →07 February 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 →06 February 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: The Nick Darke Writer’s Award 2020 is now open fo
Read with a free account →05 February 20 · Opportunities
Radius 2020 Playwriting Competition in association with the Finborough Theatre is now open. The winning play will receive £500 and a staged reading on the Sunday 28 June at the Finborough Theatre, Earl’s Court. Please email your entry to info@radiusdrama.org.uk together with a co
Read with a free account →05 February 20 · Opportunities
Do you have a script that you want performing? Or are you a creative that would like to work with a theatre company? Greedy Pig Theatre are looking for scripts for their second project of 2020. They are also looking to branch out and expand their pool of creatives! If you are int
Read with a free account →02 February 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Established in 2006 to celebrate the best writing for stage, screen and radio, the Nick Darke Writers’ Award is funded by Falmouth University through the Academy of Music and Theatre Arts (AMATA) and the School of Communication. The Award commemorates the playwright N
Read with a free account →02 February 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Crimson Phoenix has opened their script submission window for plays and musicals, looking for shows to produce in 2021. They are looking for shows to produce for their 2021 season, and writers will receive agreed royalty rates for production, as well as being appropri
Read with a free account →31 January 20 · Events / Writing Workshops
What is it? After hosting workshops in 2018 and 2019, with attendees from Italy, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands and USA, and after the great success of his play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, viewed by over 20000 people at the Elfo Pu
Read this article →31 January 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 January 20 · Events
The Young Court Friend Events are back. Led by industry experts, these workshops (from 15th – 22nd Feb) are an opportunity for young writers, directors, producers and creatives to share knowledge and gain insights into theatre making. Each lecture style workshop is led by an expe
Read this article →30 January 20 · Opportunities
CALL FOR WOMXN WRITERS Looking for short plays (10 mins max), monologues, songs, spoken word, fables, haikus etc. for PUNCHING LABUTE 2.0. LGBTQA+ writers and writers of color strongly encouraged to submit. This Collection: Punching LaBute will be a show consisting of work that m
Read with a free account →30 January 20 · Events
What is it? Writing Plays with Kim Komljanec is a residential course to help you write a one-act stage play in a week. From the 31st May – 5th June 2020 at Le Verger, France, 8 people can experience the peace and quiet of the countryside while gaining writing expertise, encouragi
Read this article →30 January 20 · Events
If you are interested in, or looking at, postgraduate courses in theatre making, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School are hosting a postgraduate afternoon designed to allow you to find out more about their courses and to see for yourself how the Theatre School operates. Bristol Old
Read this article →30 January 20 · Events
The SAND Cafe are hosting a monthly PRIVATE EVENT to offer space and time to a small group of creatives to work on their own projects called Writing in the Sand. With a £32.93 Day Pass enjoy their inspiring and supportive environment – including their food and drink – whilst you
Read this article →30 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Script to Stage are hosting a Table Read on Sunday February 23rd at 2.30pm at Comicrazy, 45 Old Sneddon St, Paisley PA3 2AN. Whether you are a seasoned playwright or dipping your toe into the wonderful world of play creation for the first time, this is a chance to hea
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