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12 January 18 · Opportunities
The Little Theatre is pleased to announce the launch of a new one act play festival – Play Write! Budding playwrights are invited to submit original, one act plays, with the three winning scripts to be performed at the Festival in July 2018. A short-list of plays will be chosen b
Read with a free account →12 January 18 · Opportunities
ArtsLab at the North Wall defines the year-round range of activities that enable us to achieve their mission: to offer a space for art and for artists to flourish. Fundamental to the programme are their ground-breaking residential projects for young, talented theatre artists, bri
Read with a free account →11 January 18 · Opportunities
Submissions are now open for the James Tait Black Prize for Drama. The £10,000 award is bestowed to the best original new play produced from 1 January – 31 December 2017. Agents and producing companies are invited to submit plays to the Department of English Literature by 22 Janu
Read with a free account →11 January 18 · Opportunities
If you’re an LGBTQ+ Theatre Maker, The Larder is coming to Omnibus Theatre to connect you and your work with the venue, and with your peers through ‘Tiny Shows’ on 3 & 4 February 2018. 96 Festival is Omnibus’ annual celebration of LGBTQ+ work. This year, the opening weekend of th
Read with a free account →11 January 18 · Opportunities
As part of their commitment to discovering and nurturing extraordinary playwrights of the future, applications for the Orange Tree Theatre Writers Collective will be open from 10am on Tuesday 2 January 2018 to 12 noon on Monday 15 January. The Collective is an opportunity for a g
Read with a free account →11 January 18 · Jobs
The Almeida produces six shows annually as a programme of new work and revivals in addition to west end and international transfers, touring, broadcast, digital projects and an events programme. As a member of the artistic team, the Literary Manager will play a strategic role in
Read with a free account →11 January 18 · Jobs
While this isn’t technically a playwriting opportunity, we couldn’t resist posting since it puts you right in the heart of supporting the creation of new work! If you’re passionate for the development of theatre in all its forms, are a highly effective self-starter who is organis
Read with a free account →11 January 18 · Opportunities
Following a sellout run at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Spring 2016, UnderExposed is making its second outing. This production will run for four nights at The Old Red Lion Theatre in London in April, followed by one night at The Southwark Playhouse in July, and will be a series of
Read with a free account →11 January 18 · Opportunities
The Old Sorting Office (OSO) in Barnes is looking for new, untested or developing pieces of theatre for Dispatches, their inaugural scratch writing night, taking place on Thursday 15 March 2018. Eligibility: This 56-seat black-box theatre is committed to providing an outlet for n
Read with a free account →09 January 18 · Opportunities
Theatre Centre have launched their first open call to playwrights for their annual commission: The Brian Way Award. Named in memory of their founder Brian Way who established Theatre Centre in 1953, The Brian Way Award welcomes expressions of interest on the theme of ‘Treaty’ fro
Read with a free account →09 January 18 · Opportunities
Harts Theatre Company in partnership with Lyric Hammersmith presents the Young Harts Writing Festival 2018. Young Harts Writing Festival is an inter-borough new writing festival, which merges the gap between emerging young artists and professionals. Through an online competition,
Read with a free account →04 January 18 · Opportunities
Manhattan Repertory Theatre has a Theatre play production programme in which they are seeking to help self-producing showcase work in New York City. In their words: “Last March, we started our Play Production Program, where self – producing Playwright/Producers come to us with pl
Read with a free account →04 January 18 · Opportunities
The Space Theatre have announced an open call for submissions for their upcoming Summer Season (May-August 2018). They are looking for new artists and playwrights. They are interested in all kinds of theatre and will be looking to programme 1, 2 and 3 week runs. How to apply: To
Read with a free account →03 January 18 · 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: Arundel Festival Theatre Trail/Drip Action Theatr
Read with a free account →29 December 17 · Opportunities
Mark Savage Theatre company are seeking an unproduced new play for a Fringe Theatre Production. After the success of their previous productions, they are looking for a new piece of work that they can produce and support. They are seeking a play for two male actors, age range: 40-
Read with a free account →28 December 17 · Original Content
The theatre industry has seen a lot of change this year, and the Royal Court’s ‘No Grey Area’ highlighted just how much change still needs to happen. Though it was sadly awful circumstances that triggered this conversation, we’re glad that we are finally starting to have an open
Read this article →21 December 17 · Opportunities
National Theatre Wales have launched a new initiative titles ‘Creative Development’ which aims to nurture emerging artists. In their words: “National Theatre Wales has and always will be, about creative conversations, developing talent and supporting artists to make brilliant new
Read with a free account →21 December 17 · Opportunities
Flux Theatre presents: EMERGE 3 at the Bunker Theatre in March 2018. EMERGE is a night of immediate response to works in progress. This platform gives four emerging writers the opportunity to collaborate with a company of actors and directors to showcase their work to industry an
Read with a free account →19 December 17 · Opportunities
Chippy and Scratch are now accepting submissions for their annual scratch night. Chippy & Scratch Shorts Night 2018 will showcase six short pieces of Theatre by emerging Welsh and Wales based playwrights on Sunday 18 February 2018 at Theatre503, London. This is a great opportunit
Read with a free account →18 December 17 · Opportunities
Anima Theatre Company are looking for emerging writers who want to be involved in their ongoing project Place to be at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. How it works, in their words: Each edition writers are sent to write a piece that responds to a Place of our choosing. Beginning fro
Read with a free account →18 December 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
The Hampstead Theatre will be hosting a workshop on ‘How To Write a Play, Screenplay or Radio play’ with writer, Ryan Craig. Ryan Craig’s plays include Filthy Business, The Holy Rosenbergs, Our Class, The Glass Room, and What We Did To Weinstein. For TV he wrote The Musketeers, R
Read with a free account →14 December 17 · Opportunities
Next Spring, Blindspot will be hosting a week long theatre festival in the centre of Coventry that will aim to bring unseen stories, ideas and theatre styles out of people’s blind spot. Writing submissions for the festival are now open! How to apply: read the full guidelines here
Read with a free account →14 December 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
How to Begin Playwriting is a A ten week course which will give an insight into approaches to beginning playwriting. This course will focus on techniques, exercises and approaches to writing, with opportunities for discussion and shared group critiques. Led by Suhayla El-Bushra,
Read with a free account →13 December 17 · Original Content
Theatre seems to have a constant loop of classic plays being shown, with our love of Shakespeare never wavering. But with these stories being told a hundred times over, is it possible for a theatre-maker to take the play and tell us something new? Shakespeare is usually a person’
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