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30 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? The Billy Roche International Short Play Award, as part of the Wexford Literary & Arts Festival, is now accepting submissions of short plays. First place – €300, second place – €200, third place – €100. The four shortlisted plays of 2020 will be read by Enniscorthy Dr
Read with a free account →29 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Amateur playwrights world-wide are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays in English for the Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing. Three winning scripts will be selected for fully staged performances during the Windsor Fringe Festival in October 2020. One
Read with a free account →29 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Applications are now open for The Writing Squad – a two year programme that begins in April 2020. The Writing Squad is a group of motivated writers to help you develop your writing. They welcome writers of any formats – from poetry and prose, through film, stage and r
Read with a free account →28 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Writers based in the North of England are invited to submit their work-in-progress to the Northern Writers’ Awards 2020. The Northern Writers’ Awards are for work-in-progress and exist to recognise talent and support new work towards publication or broadcast. The awar
Read with a free account →24 January 20 · Opportunities
Matchstick Theatre are a small independent theatre company, set up in late 2015 and based in South East London. They are located in a new arts and theatre space, the Matchstick Piehouse in Deptford. They seek to make provocative, entertaining, unusual theatre for audiences in Sou
Read with a free account →24 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 →23 January 20 · News
With January nearly coming to an end (did someone say payday?!), we thought it was time we gave you a sneak peek into what we’ve got coming up at London Playwrights’ Workshop in 2020. 2019 was a fantastic year for us, from producing a podcast with the Bush Theatre, to meeting bri
Read this article →22 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? Sunderland Culture’s Great Place Unify programme culminates in 2020 with the presentation of a community play that gathers Sunderland’s communities dreams for the future of the city. As a first step in this project, Sunderland Culture wishes to commission a north east
Read with a free account →21 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? The Alpine Fellowship 2020 is awarded annually for the best playwriting response to the year’s theme. It is aimed at encouraging theatre writers at the start of their careers to explore and challenge philosophical ideas using the dramatic form. This year’s theme is Fo
Read with a free account →17 January 20 · Opportunities
Are you a creative looking for a space? Have you got an idea and don’t know how to develop it? Looking for a chance to gain feedback on your work or connect with other creatives? The Scratch is taking place at the Young Actor’s Theatre Islington on the 29th February. Wooden Arrow
Read with a free account →17 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 →15 January 20 · Opportunities
The NT have serveral playwriting courses coming up in 2020. Find out more here: How to Begin Playwriting with Jennifer Farmer – Spring 2020 How to Develop Your Playwriting with John Donnelly – Spring 2020 How to Begin Playwriting with Ola Animashawun – Summer 2020 Deadline: vario
Read with a free account →15 January 20 · Opportunities
Details: Date: 8th February 2020 Starts 12:45 pm Finishes 1:30 pm Room London Wall Room Hosted by a panel of Actors/Writers: George Turvey, David William Bryan, Lily Bevan & Natasha Gordon Find out more and book here Source: Playwriting_UK
Read with a free account →15 January 20 · Opportunities
The ETPEP Award 2020 is a playwriting prize for new UK playwrights who work in the theatre industry, run by the Finborough Theatre in association with the Experienced Theatre Practitioners Early Playwriting Trust (ETPEP). The Award’s purpose is to find and nurture a playwright wh
Read with a free account →15 January 20 · Opportunities
Writing group Scene1 Loughton will be holding their next meeting on Saturday 25th January 12 midday – 4pm. How it works: Four new writing scripts! Everyone involved who attends a meeting – writers, actors and audience – pays £4 entry fee to cover the costs of the venue and refres
Read with a free account →15 January 20 · Opportunities
What is it? It is the second iteration of Yellow Earth Theatre’s Professional Writers Programme. An intensive two-year programme for writers of East Asian and Southeast Asian descent beginning in May 2020. The programme will support four early career playwrights in writing a full
Read with a free account →13 January 20 · Opportunities
The International Radio Playwriting Competition 2020 – from the BBC World Service and British Council in partnership with Commonwealth Writers – is an opportunity for writers from outside the UK to tell their stories. The competition runs from 1 October 2019 to midnight GMT 31 Ja
Read with a free account →13 January 20 · Opportunities
From 25th January to 2nd February 2020, Digital Cities Bristol returns with a new series of inspiring FREE events across the city including practical workshops, masterclasses and networking. This is a week-long series of events about the creative industries. Starting on Saturday
Read with a free account →10 January 20 · Opportunities
Camden People’s Theatre are staging their seventh ‘Calm Down, Dear’ festival of feminism from May 11th – May 30th 2020. It is a unique three-week celebration of innovative feminist performance. Past hits include Louise Orwin’s Pretty Ugly (2013), Sh!t Theatre’s Women’s Hour (2014
Read with a free account →10 January 20 · Opportunities
Rebound Productions are offering the chance for new and emerging playwrights to have their work produced by an exciting new company at a London theatre this year. They are searching for five 10-15 minute short plays with 2-3 characters. Last year, their first production ‘Flights
Read with a free account →10 January 20 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Happy New Year from the LPW team! Watch this space for announcements of our plans for 2020 – coming soon! 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 d
Read with a free account →09 January 20 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in January 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
Read with a free account →09 January 20 · Opportunities
Places are still available for Advanced Playwriting at City Lit, Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 starting 21 January and running to the end of March. This weekly workshop class is for writers with previous experience (who’ve written at least one full draft of a play) and want a structured env
Read with a free account →08 January 20 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
London Lovecraft Festival 2020 are calling for writers to submit a H.P. Lovecraft inspired play for a staged performance at the Drayton Arms in Kensington between the 19th and 25th April. It can be a comedy, a drama, a heartfelt romance about Shoggoths falling in love, or a creep
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