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15 July 16 · Opportunities
Critical Mass is a free 10 week playwriting programme for writers aged 18+from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. Previous participants have gone on to have their plays workshopped or performed as a rehearsed reading with professional actors. Spring 2016 saw the first
Read with a free account →14 July 16 · Events
Playwrights’ Circle Monday 25 July 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 & Roses
Read this article →14 July 16 · Opportunities
Theatrefullstop have teamed up with both Etcetera Theatre and Lion and Unicorn Theatre to present the first Pub Theatre Festival to be staged in April 2017. The aim is to give current drama school and university students, as well as graduates the opportunity to stage their works
Read with a free account →11 July 16 · Opportunities
Faith Drama Productions are calling for submissions from emerging writer-directors. 4 successful applicants will be invited to write and direct a 10 minute play to be staged at the Theatre Madness Festival in Newham, this September. The winner (selected from these 4) will receive
Read with a free account →04 July 16 · Opportunities
Polemic Theatre Company is now accepting submissions for its inaugural One-Act New Play Festival Partisan Play Fest. This year’s festival will examine the central theme “What is the perception of Police in modern society?” Festival Guidelines: 1. All One-Acts shall have a run tim
Read with a free account →01 July 16 · Uncategorized
Are you a budding theatre maker or novice in the field looking for the opportunity to develop your skills and gain experience in developing and delivering a professional theatre production? OR Are you a producer/producing company? Or a writer who knows a producer and production t
Read this article →22 June 16 · 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: Free Rayne Artists seeking submissions for Spiral
Read with a free account →21 June 16 · Jobs / Opportunities
The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury is looking for a new literary associate to help extend, enrich and diversify its programme of new writing activity. They are interested in candidates who can provide support for our programme with writers and script development. Specific duties wil
Read with a free account →20 June 16 · Education / Events
BBC Writersroom is delighted to be involved with Talawa Firsts. The initiative aims to kick start the careers of new writers, directors and theatre makers. It’s a festival that brings together a community of artists and gives them a space to meet, spark off ideas, build networks
Read this article →20 June 16 · Opportunities
The Owl and Cat Theatre are currently seeking new works to be produced as part of their 4th season. The Owl and Cat Theatre is an independent theatre located in Melbourne, Australia. They are dedicated to sourcing and producing contemporary plays that reflect the voices of today.
Read with a free account →15 June 16 · Opportunities / Original Content
London Playwrights Workshop is seeking directors for the Dark Horse Festival in London Writers Week. The Festival will share 15 minute excerpts of the five of the best unproduced plays in London, which we’ve sourced from theatre nominations (from venues including the Soho, Almeid
Read with a free account →15 June 16 · 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: Drift Theatre accepting submissions for Drift Sho
Read with a free account →13 June 16 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “How do I get into mus
Read this article →13 June 16 · Opportunities
Drift Shop scratch night is an evening of new theatre writing and original performance. They are currently looking for playwrights, directors and actors to take part in their next scratch night, which takes place on 30 August 2016 at the book club in Shoreditch. Visit their websi
Read with a free account →08 June 16 · Opportunities
The final professional development creative day of Juno’s year 1 is on Saturday 23 July 2016 and offers 8 women playwrights the chance to work on a short piece of comic scripts. They are looking for a female writer/ director with a record of developing comic drama to lead this da
Read with a free account →08 June 16 · Opportunities
The Black Theatre Live national touring consortium is inviting expression of interest applications for the 3rd mid scale touring / co-production for 2017-18. MAIN CRITERIA For clarity, the “mid-scale Black Theatre Live tour” is understood to mean predominantly narrative/text base
Read with a free account →08 June 16 · 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: Talawa Seeking Theatre Makers Aged 18-25 for TYPT
Read with a free account →07 June 16 · Opportunities
Musical Theatre Studio is a platform for developing new musical theatre before it hits the West End. “We launch our first Musical Theatre Studio presentations on 22, 23, and 24 July 2016 in collaboration with The Space theatre. This is an amazing opportunity for musical theatre m
Read with a free account →04 June 16 · Opportunities
Ignite Theatre is seeking script submissions for its 2017 season. What to submit: Plays should be 70-90 minutes in length, and must not have been submitted or produced elsewhere. (You can check out their company aims for a clearer idea of what they’re looking for.) How to apply:
Read with a free account →03 June 16 · Education / Events
How can theatre writers make the transition to writing for radio and screen? Event with BBC Writersroom Friday July 8th 2016 from 2-3pm Part of London Writers’ Week 2016 Join Head of BBC Writersroom Anne Edyvean for this free discussion on how theatre writers can make the transit
Read this article →02 June 16 · Events / Funding and Bursaries
Grants for the Arts and funding priorities for theatre Event with Arts Council England Friday July 8th 2016 from 11am-12pm Part of London Writers’ Week 2016 In this free event, a representative from the Arts Council will be in conversation with Jennifer Tuckett, Director of Londo
Read with a free account →02 June 16 · Events
Too true? The aesthetics and ethics of fact-based theatre Event with Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Wednesday July 6th 2016 from 4-5.30pm Part of London Writers’ Week 2016 Fact-based theatre has been among the dominant drama forms of this century. Why is this so? How is it made
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The bit that isn’t the songs: book writing for musical theatre Event with Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Wednesday July 6th 2016 from 2-3pm Part of London Writers’ Week 2016 Most people can probably hum a show tune, and musicals are often known by the names of the songwriters, b
Read this article →02 June 16 · Events
The Student Guide to Writing: Playwriting showcase Tuesday 5th 2016 from 7.30-8.30pm Part of London Writers’ Week 2016 Come along to see the winners’ play for The Student Guide to Writing: Playwriting, the new competition from the Bush Theatre, MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre
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