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01 April 19 · Opportunities
Flux Theatre is seeking short plays between 20-25 minutes long (either standalone or part of a longer piece) to form part of their EMERGE event at the Bunker Theatre. EMERGE is a platform that gives four emerging writers, directors and a company of actors the opportunity to colla
Read with a free account →29 March 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →27 March 19 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines April 2019. 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 whol
Read with a free account →27 March 19 · Opportunities
The 2019 Prize for Literature will be awarded for an original and previously unpublished playscript for theatre, radio or television no more than 15 minutes in length. The first stage though is the submission of a one-page treatment between 500-800 words. 12 of these submissions
Read with a free account →26 March 19 · Opportunities
BBC Writersroom’s regular window for unsolicited scripts is open between 10am on Monday 1st April 2019 and 5pm on Monday 29th April 2019 for Comedy scripts (TV, film, radio, stage or online). Before considering making a submission, you will need to read the information on their w
Read with a free account →26 March 19 · Events / Opportunities
Get behind the scenes of your best-loved shows and hear from huge talents such as Helen Mirren, Mark Gatiss and Jamie Oliver: this TV festival will be the small-screen event of the year! When: 12-14 April 2019 How to book: find out more on the website: BFI & Radio Times Televisio
Read with a free account →26 March 19 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
Live Theatre is now taking applications for its’ annual bursary 2019. The successful applicant will receive £2000 to develop an outstanding, imaginative, new piece of theatre How to apply: find out more and apply via their website. Deadline: 22 April 2019 Source: direct contact
Read with a free account →25 March 19 · Guest Post / Original Content
In this guest post, playwright Tamara von Werthern talks about the implications of changing the location of her play The White Bike, which, after its’ London Premiere in 2017, has now made its’ way to Bournemouth for a production this Spring. A year and a half ago, my play The Wh
Read this article →22 March 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →20 March 19 · Opportunities
You are invited to submit a NEW 10-15 minute script (or excerpt) to be performed as a directed rehearsed reading in front of an industry panel and audience. Scripts should have 2-4 characters, and be suitable for performance as a rehearsed reading in a small playing area with lim
Read with a free account →20 March 19 · Opportunities
Are you interested in a career writing fiction for the television industry? There are six scholarships available for the 2019/20 MA in TV Fiction Writing course at Glasgow Caledonian University. MA TV Fiction Writing Scholarships covering full fee costs will be awarded to excelle
Read with a free account →15 March 19 · Opportunities
Norwich Theatre Royal are running a playwriting course over ten weekly two hour sessions, in which participants will learn about the craft of scriptwriting through classes and workshopping each other’s writing. Participants will learn how to generate stories, create characters, w
Read with a free account →15 March 19 · Opportunities
The Writers Guild of Great Britain invites you to an Open Space, Devoted & Disgruntled event on 28 March 2019 in London, where you can work on the question: what do you need, and what can you share? The event is free and open to all writers, whether WGGB members or not. Whether y
Read with a free account →15 March 19 · Opportunities
The Space are looking for early drafts of one act or full length plays, accepting work that hasn’t been previously read (to an audience), workshopped or performed. They are open for submissions until 28th March and we will select a number of plays for readings taking place in Jul
Read with a free account →15 March 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →13 March 19 · Opportunities
Slackline Productions is now accepting submissions for Slackline Stories, a new writing night to be held in London (at an exciting location soon to be announced!!) on 26 May, 2019. Slackline wants to redress the balance in the stories being told and who’s telling them- working wi
Read with a free account →13 March 19 · Opportunities
The Director’s Club from Director’s Cut Theatre are looking for short scripts for The Director’s Club Showcase; ‘Home’ which will take place at Southwark Playhouse, 7pm on Sunday 7 April 2019. Home… Have you found it? Has it found you?.. What is home? Is it a place? A building? A
Read with a free account →13 March 19 · Opportunities
Sky Blue choose five plays to be produced in a London venue. One of the winning plays will also be chosen to be made into a short film. This year’s performance will take place in October at the Lost Theatre. What you get: Given a full performance at the Lost Theatre, London Devel
Read with a free account →08 March 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →04 March 19 · Opportunities
Shore Scripts have now opened their 2019 Feature Screenplay and TV Pilot Contest. They have re-invigorated their contests this year: The TV Pilot Contest now has separate categories for 1-hr and ½-hour projects and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes will be awarded in each category Every w
Read with a free account →01 March 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →27 February 19 · Opportunities
Hello, my name is… festival is a week-long theatre festival in June 2019 for the socially and politically underrepresented. The festival is produced in conjunction with CentrE17, located in Waltham Forest, London’s Borough of Culture for 2019. “We want to champion the silent scre
Read with a free account →27 February 19 · Education / Opportunities
The Old Vic 12 are a company of some of the most exciting theatre talent across writing, directing, producing, composition, movement and design. Selected from over 1,00 applicants, they will spend a year working with The Old Vic to develop three bold new plays and will also host
Read with a free account →27 February 19 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in March 2019. 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 w
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