23 September 22 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →23 September 22 · Opportunities
R Online Readings is a free writer development opportunity for emerging playwrights. 12 writers will have the opportunity to hear their play read aloud for the first time by actors in an online reading session. Find out more and apply here. Deadline: 7 October 2022 at 11pm Source
Read with a free account →23 September 22 · Opportunities
WOULD LIKE TO MEET is a week-long exchange for artists who are generations apart but interested in bringing their practices together. Hosted and supported by Quarantine, this residency invites pairs of artists with a minimum of a twenty-year age gap to come together to spend a we
Read with a free account →23 September 22 · Opportunities
Empowering Voices, Exploring Worldviews 2021 – 2023 builds upon the solid foundation established by the REConnecting Lincolnshire project. With support from a suite of partners and funders, REConnecting Lincolnshire provided opportunities for children, young people and wider Linc
Read with a free account →23 September 22 · Opportunities
PAID Creative Conversations We want to get to know the creative freelancers of Birmingham. Especially those with a love of the Fantasy Genre. We are offering paid creative conversations as an opportunity for us to meet more freelancers in Birmingham. More about the upcoming proje
Read with a free account →22 September 22 · News / Opportunities
We’re on the look out for an intern who can help us to source opportunities and maintain our popular blog The Opportunities and Blog Intern will source opportunities and be involved with creating blog posts. This is a great way to gain experience in blogging whilst keeping yourse
Read with a free account →22 September 22 · News / Opportunities
We’re on the look out for an intern who can help us to support more writers by increasing our social media reach. The Social Media Intern will help us to run our social media channels and develop a new strategy to ensure we’re reaching as many emerging writers as possible. If you
Read with a free account →22 September 22 · News / Opportunities
We’re on the look out for an intern who can helps support our work whilst gaining some valuable, hands-on experience in a literary organisation. The Literary Intern will provide support for our popular submission window. The role will involve keeping track of scripts, providing a
Read with a free account →22 September 22 · Opportunities
Are you a writer who is interested in having your work produced? Join Liverpool’s Royal Court for Stage Write Open House where producers, writers and course participants will be giving you a look behind the scenes at the commissioning process. They will also be talking about all
Read with a free account →18 September 22 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
At London Playwrights, we are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen, our thoughts are with the Royal Family during this sad time. We will try to update the blog accordingly if events are cancelled during the period of mourning or on the date of the funer
Read with a free account →16 September 22 · 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: Play Club (our online book club for plays): X+Y+Z
Read with a free account →16 September 22 · Opportunities
12 Months FTC Manchester Closing date: Monday 19th Sept 2022 How would you like to walk across the cobbles and be part of the World’s longest running continuing drama? The story department is looking for a talented and ambitious Story Assistant to join the team to assist the stor
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Levenshulme Old Library is recruiting an emerging writer for a Ghosts at the Old Library, a new project coming later this year. This is a paid mentoring and training opportunity aimed at an early-stage writer aged 18+ who is interested in developing their short fiction. The proje
Read with a free account →16 September 22 · Opportunities
In partnership with RamsTrust, Historic England, and Arts Council England, Writing East Midlands is seeking two creative writing Shadow Writers to support their Lead Writer and work with community groups in Derby to reveal football-related heritage stories. The project will be le
Read with a free account →16 September 22 · Opportunities
CC Theatre is looking Halloween-themed short stories, 750-2.500 words, Theme related to Halloween and all things spooky – ghost stories, gothic tales, vampires, ghouls and headless horsemen – The focus is on haunting and not horror – so no gore or blood please! Open to all writer
Read with a free account →16 September 22 · Opportunities
Writing for Theatre 2022 – 16 – 21 Year Olds This online course is for 16 – 21-year-olds with big ideas and a passion for writing. You might be totally new to theatre or wanting to try a new skill – come and get involved in Writing for Theatre 2022 with National Theatre! During t
Read with a free account →14 September 22 · Uncategorized
Our 2022 members’ submission window is now closed. It will open again next Spring. If you submitted to our 2022 window, your play is currently being read by a member of the team. We will get back to you by the end of March 2023 with individual feedback and to let you know if your
Read this article →14 September 22 · Opportunities
If you are a playwright or a director and you would like to know how best to establish a connection with a top theatre, then join our intimate workshop with Jennifer Tang, Genesis Fellow & Associate Director at the Young Vic. In this 90 minute workshop you will learn all the do’s
Read with a free account →13 September 22 · Digital Resources / Events
EDIE by Emma Dawson will be staged at Theatre503 on 23rd and 24th September. An earlier version of the play, titled MUM, was performed as part of the London Playwrights Festival last year so you can imagine our excitement to hear that the play has been developed further and is re
Read this article →12 September 22 · Digital Resources / News
Play Club is our online book club for plays! Read plays, discuss them with the group and write a ten minute play in response to the text! Play Club – an online book club with a twist! As with last year’s Play Club, we’ll be featuring new writing from 3 incredible writers selected
Read this article →09 September 22 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
At London Playwrights, we are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen, our thoughts are with the Royal Family during this sad time. We will try to update the blog accordingly if events are cancelled during the period of mourning or on the date of the funer
Read with a free account →09 September 22 · 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 People’s Play Award: A Playwriting Competitio
Read with a free account →09 September 22 · Opportunities
£25.00 Workshop: Playwriting Duration: 90 mins Location: ONLINE Date: 20 September 2022 If you are a playwright and you would like to know how to get your play successfully commissioned by a theatre, then join our intimate workshop with dramaturg Suzanne Bell. In this 90 minute w
Read with a free account →09 September 22 · Opportunities
Shape Arts have partnered up with The Literary Consultancy to give disabled, low-income writers the opportunity to have their work professionally reviewed. How to apply If you would like to apply for the opportunity to receive a long, detailed feedback report from one of TLC’s pr
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