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11 April 17 · Events
SKINT Theatre Festival, which called out for scripts on LPB for its Stranger Tales festival, has announced the details. SKINT returns to Bristol for 3 days this April 28-30 2017 and is inviting you to join them under The Island for what it says is a Bank Holiday weekend of micro-
Read this article →10 April 17 · Opportunities
The BrightLights Theatre Production and Development Company is looking for full length new scripts with the potential for production in London. BrightLights says it will also consider scripts that need workshopping or that would benefit from a rehearsed reading. “If you’re a play
Read with a free account →10 April 17 · Events / Inspiration
The Bush Theatre, MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins, Writers at Work Productions and Oberon Books have announced the book launch and showcase of the winning student and emerging writers’ work from “The Student Guide to Writing: Playwriting” compe
Read this article →10 April 17 · Opportunities
Second Sons, the theatre for people who don’t like theatre, are now accepting submissions from UK-based writers for their festival of new writing, Play Time, to be held on Sunday 11 June 2017 at a venue TBC. They are looking for bold, innovative pieces of theatre. The submissions
Read with a free account →10 April 17 · Inspiration / Opportunities
The Verity Bargate Award, one of the biggest UK playwriting competitions, is holding a series of workshops around the country with leading playwrights to share their top tips as you get your play ready to enter the contest. Workshops in London: £30 workshops at the Soho Theatre r
Read with a free account →05 April 17 · 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: Flux and Tristan Bates Theatre seek shorts for ‘E
Read with a free account →03 April 17 · Writing Workshops
Getting ready to submit to a competition? Agent? Theatre? First, make sure your script is really ready to go! Rough to Ready (Re-drafting with Kimberley Andrews) is an intensive course which will equip writers with everything they need to write a killer second draft. The script y
Read this article →03 April 17 · Opportunities
After a sellout debut in 2016, Emerge returns. Emerge is a new platform that gives four emerging writers, directors and a company of actors the opportunity to collaborate/showcase their work and gain feedback from an industry panel. Artists will get the chance to ask questions an
Read with a free account →31 March 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Playwrights Toolbox with Paul Kalburgi Friday 16th June (10-6) Bread & Roses Theatre, 68 Clapham Manor St, Clapham, London, SW4 6DZ. Playwrights Toolbox with Paul Kalburgi (1-day … Playwrights Toolbox workshop with Paul Kalburgi at Bread & Roses Read More »
Read with a free account →31 March 17 · Opportunities
Applications are open for writers to submit short scripts for Tamasha’s next scratch night, a collaboration with Soho Theatre to find the best diverse new comedy writing talent. Tamasha says: “We’re not looking for stand-up routines – but short plays, sketches or scenes for up to
Read with a free account →31 March 17 · Education / Opportunities
Are you an artist looking for ways to grow your artform? Tawala has announced a free programme of creative activity as part of Talawa MAKE. Tawala says: “This is a call for emerging b”lack playwrights, actors, theatre makers, directors, dancers, artists and photographers across L
Read with a free account →28 March 17 · Opportunities
Have you had a one act play performed at a festival? If so you could be in line for the Geoffrey Whitworth trophy which is awarded annually to an original play, debuting in the UK’s one-act play festivals. Plays must have been part of festivals organised by All England Theatre Fe
Read with a free account →28 March 17 · Opportunities
The £6,000 Nick Darke Award 2017 is now open for entries. Established in 2006 to celebrate the best writing for stage, screen and radio, the Nick Darke Writers’ Award is funded by Falmouth University’s Academy of Music and Theatre Arts, and the School of Writing & Journalism. The
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Opportunities
Would you like £2000 to develop an outstanding, imaginative, new piece of theatre? Submissions are now open for Live Theatre’s annual Live Lab Bursary for innovative approaches to text based theatre. The bursary winner will receive £2000, dramaturgical and producing support, rese
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Events / Opportunities
Playwrights’ Circle Monday 27 March/22 May from 7.30-9.30pm Bread & Roses Theatre The Playwrights Circle is a friendly and supportive circle in which playwrights can share their work and work-in-progress, run by The Bread & Roses Theatre on the last Monday every month. The Bread
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Opportunities
Bread & Roses Theatre is accepting submissions for The Platform scratch night on 11-13 June 2017. All profits from The Platform are always shared between all contributing creatives, in the past this has usually worked out at £15-£30 per person depending on ticket sales. Submissio
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
RE:act wants to bring together emerging writers/theatre makers, directors and actors wanting to create a new short piece of musical theatre. RE:act says: “Written or devised in 24 hours, and performed at The Other Palace these short new musicals will be a perfect companion for th
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
The revered theatre publication, The Stage, has announced a new award to recognise the best breakthrough writers, actors and creatives in theatre. Called The Stage Debut Awards, the new accolades will celebrate burgeoning talent within the industry and anyone over the age of 16,
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
The Verity Bargate Award has recently been launched, so get your scripts ready to go before the 5 July deadline. The winner receives £7000 in respect of an exclusive option for Soho Theatre to produce the play. The award was established in 1982 to honour Soho Theatre’s co-founder
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
Submissions are now open to the Lost Theatre’s 33rd Annual One Act Festival from Monday 29 May to Saturday 3 June 2017. The winning show will receive £400. Also, an author, selected by the festival committee, will have the chance to get a piece of their work work-shopped and then
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
Studio Players, Kentucky’s oldest community-involved theatre, located in Lexington, has announced their 4th annual 10-Minute Play Festival, to be performed in August 2017. Winning entrants will get a full production of their scripts and video recording and presentation of their s
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
From 12 September to 1 October 2017, Camden People’s Theatre (CPT) presents Come As You Are: three weeks of adventurous performance addressing attitudes towards and understanding of gender. They are seeking: Full productions exploring themes directly relevant to the festival In-d
Read with a free account →21 March 17 · Opportunities
KDC Theatre, an active amateur group in the centre of London, is looking for short pieces for a week-long production in a fringe theatre in June. KDC says: “We are looking to choose 12 pieces around the theme ‘What keeps me awake’, that are no longer than 4 sides of A4, and need
Read with a free account →16 March 17 · Opportunities
The Hidden Theatre Company wants writers for its second Scratched night on Monday 10 April 2017 at The Water Rats, Kings Cross, London. Your work could be performed as a rehearsed reading by directors and actors then read in an informal setting. You will get feedback off the crea
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