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13 February 17 · Opportunities
Have you written a darkly comic and compelling piece of theatre? Then Milton Keynes based Carabosse Theatre Company wants to hear from you. They are now welcoming short play submissions for ‘Real Ale and Drama Shots 5’ (to be performed in October 2017). What to submit: Pieces for
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From Page to Stage is a festival of new musical theatre dedicated to showcasing unproduced work and work in development to an audience to garner feedback and create new opportunities for the artistes involved. The fifth annual festival will be held at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s newest
Read with a free account →13 February 17 · Opportunities
It’s not strictly for playwrights but for all you theatre makers out there, the RSC has announced it’s next generation talent programme to give talented young people from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance to explore a career in acting, directing or working backstage. How to ap
Read with a free account →10 February 17 · Opportunities
The Old Red Lion Theatre literary department has re-opened its submissions window for solicited and unsolicited scripts. Literary manager Gus Miller says: “As a theatre our focus is more on new writing than it perhaps ever has been and we are doing everything in our power to disc
Read with a free account →08 February 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Editor’s Note: This one isn’t strictly a playwriting opportunity but we thought it might of interest to some of you theatre maker/writers out there. Patrizia Paolini’s Practical Programme 10/ 17/24 February 2017 & 3 March from 5pm-7:30pm Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton St, Shoreditch, Lo
Read with a free account →06 February 17 · Opportunities
Off the Cliff, the new London-based theatre company, is open for new script submissions taken from Ovid’s stories and on the theme of metamorphosis. Off the Cliff festival Metamorphoses is being held in May 2017. They are looking for a short play (up to 25mins) inspired by the ch
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Writers Avenue Theatre Company is looking for seven talented writers and 14 monologues – on the theme of seven deadly sins and seven heavenly virtues. It is open to writers aged 18-30 who would like the opportunity to develop work and showcase it in front of an audience including
Read with a free account →01 February 17 · Events
The Bread & Roses Theatre is inviting all theatre-makers to a free meet & meet and networking event on Monday 20 February 2017 from 7.30pm. Bread and Roses says: “Only two years old, the venue has established its place on the London fringe theatre scene, received awards, launched
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Comedy shorts inspired by Meera Syal’s book Anita And Me are wanted for Theatre Cloud’s The Creative Comedy Project competition. Theatre Cloud wants a piece of comedy that deals with one or more of the themes from the book – a coming-of-age tale that follows Meena, a girl growing
Read with a free account →31 January 17 · Opportunities
The Significant Other Festival is an annual festival of 10, 10 minute plays created in just 10 days. The festival runs in London and Manchester. This year the 6th Significant Other Festival is at The Vaults Theatre in London with performances from 14-18 March 2017. Applications a
Read with a free account →31 January 17 · Opportunities
The Writers Club is a unique club for playwrights, where writers come together to develop their scripts, learn, share and inspire. In association with Directors Cut Theatre Company. Workshops are run by artistic director Heather Ward who has an MA in Theatre Directing, studied pl
Read with a free account →27 January 17 · Opportunities
The Bruntwood Prize – the biggest playwriting competition in the UK, both in terms of number of submissions and prize money – has been launched, so time to get your scripts ready before the June deadline. The biennial Bruntwood Prize is organised by The Royal Exchange Theatre in
Read with a free account →27 January 17 · Writing Workshops
Playwriting The Art of Redrafting with Jemma Kennedy and Tanya Ronder Saturday 4 February and Sunday 5 February, 10.30am-4.30pm John Lyon Education Studio, National Theatre Studio, 83 -101 The Cut, London, SE1 8LL. About the course: This two-day course with playwrights Tanya Rond
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The Writers Avenue Theatre Company is open to writers aged 18-30 who would like the opportunity to develop work and showcase it in front of an audience including top industry professionals. It is looking for scripts on the theme: Six degrees: It’s a small world. The playwright, F
Read with a free account →25 January 17 · Opportunities
Instinct Theatre has announced Scratch the Surface a new writing initiative allowing London’s emerging new writers, directors and actors to collaborate on new play extracts, most of which are in development to be produced as full length productions in 2017. They are accepting sub
Read with a free account →24 January 17 · Opportunities
The Rabbit’s Riot Theatre Company based in the North West of Ireland have announced Sligo’s first LGBT+ inspired theatre festival – Where We Are Now. They want new writing to be produced by the company at the festival which they hope will become a long-standing tradition. What to
Read with a free account →19 January 17 · Events
The Spark Factory will be curating seven artists at Brighton Fringe 2017 to explore risky and daring ideas for one night only . They are looking to find the boldest, strangest and most thought-provoking theatre ideas out there to take part. Spark Factory says: “If you have a perf
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Harts Theatre Company in partnership with Lyric Hammersmith is looking for emerging young writers aged 10-25 for the Young Harts Writing Festival (YHWF) 2017. This is an inter-borough new writing festival, which aims to merge the gap between emerging young artists and professiona
Read with a free account →17 January 17 · Writing Workshops
Verbatim technique workshop. Saturday 4 March (10-6) and Sunday 5 March 2017(11-4). Bread & Roses Theatre, … Verbatim workshop with Paul Kalburgi (£50) Read More »
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Write for a scratch night that aims to break down the fourth wall with Barrel Organ at Camden People’s Theatre. As a company, Barrel Organ says it tries to make work that is self-consciously theatrical: “Plays with the unique ‘liveness’ that theatre offers as an art form; and con
Read with a free account →17 January 17 · Opportunities
House has opened its latest seed funding round with awards of £3000-£8000 available in the south east and eastern England. The awards are aimed at supporting theatre makers and venues to explore new ways of creating theatre together, in partnership with potential audiences. House
Read with a free account →16 January 17 · Writing Workshops
Librettist or lyricist? BML Workshop offers a year long programme of ongoing workshops for the creation, crafting and development of musical theatre writing and related specialist skills. What you get as a librettist: This workshop is made up of both new and experienced Librettis
Read this article →16 January 17 · Opportunities
Green Curtain Theatre is seeking submissions for short plays or monologues to be performed initially as a staged rehearsed readings in February/March as part of a “Shows from the Songs Night”. It is hoped to develop some of the successful plays into full performances later in the
Read with a free account →13 January 17 · Events / Writing Workshops
The Writer & Director Relationship Saturday, 13 May 2017 from 10 am-1pm Gate Theatre About the workshop: Join the writer and director of new play Assata Taught Me, Kalungi Ssebandeke and Lynette Linton, to explore their creative partnership and how they collaborated and made this
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