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28 November 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
A one day introductory course for theatre-artists, early career playwrights and criminal justice professionals with an interest in the specialised field of theatre, women and criminal justice. Date: 8 February 2019 Cost: £59.88 – £91.32 How to book: here Deadline: not applicable
Read with a free account →28 November 18 · Opportunities
The Vault’s new writers’ programme is an 8 week practical writing course taking place at VAULT Festival 2019 (23 January – 17 March). Who is it for: Prospective writers over the age of 18, who have never had a full-length play staged before. Absolute beginners are strongly encour
Read with a free account →23 November 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →20 November 18 · Opportunities
After Shorts @ The Canal – 1&2, Shorts @ The Union and The Twilight Hour season 1&2, Shorts @ The Canal is inviting all writers to submit a play no longer than 15-minute, for their next show: “Love Shots”. The show will have a love theme and will be performed at the award-winning
Read with a free account →20 November 18 · Original Content
**Announcement!** #WrAP is back for 2019! Last January, more than 150 of you kick-started 2018 by taking part in WrAP (Write a Play) – where you took on the challenge of writing a play in a month. Some of you managed to get a whole first draft finished, others wrote a few scenes,
Read this article →19 November 18 · Opportunities
Are you a budding playwright based in Hampshire? Papatango are partnering with The Spring Arts Centre in Havant to offer a very special playwriting course from January – May 2019 – and it’s completely free! 18 writers will be selected take part in workshops on all the key element
Read with a free account →19 November 18 · Opportunities
Young Pleasance is dedicated to offering dynamic, excellent and professional theatre opportunities for young people through workshops and large-scale productions delivered by their ambitious creative team. Applications for the Young Pleasance Edinburgh Residential are now open. H
Read with a free account →19 November 18 · Original Content
In the summer, we ran an online course for our members on How to Write a Monologue. We then invited participants to submit their monologues to us and promised to publish our favourite ones on the blog! We received some fantastic entries which encapsulated some vibrant characters
Read this article →16 November 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →15 November 18 · Opportunities
The RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2019 is now open for submissions for the inaugural year. The Prize is open to writers aged 50 or over at the time of publication, for their first published work of fiction or non-fiction. The writer must be a citizen of, or resident in, the United
Read with a free account →13 November 18 · Opportunities
The thirteenth King’s Shorts Festival of Ten Minute Plays,will be hosted by King’s Theatre in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada on June 14, 15 and 16, 2019. Entries for the Festival must be sent to the address below, with a non-refundable $15 entry fee per script, and be postm
Read with a free account →09 November 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →08 November 18 · Opportunities
A 4 day residential Workshop in Writing for Television takes place on 20 – 24 May 2019 with Roy Mitchell. What do you want to write and why do you want to write it? Roy Mitchell is an accomplished television drama writer whose career spans 4 decades and includes scripting popular
Read with a free account →05 November 18 · Opportunities
Are you aged 18-25? Passionate about pursuing a career in theatre? The North Wall in Oxford is looking for aspiring young writers and directors for their annual FREE Easter ArtsLab residency from Monday 1 April – Fri 1 April 2019. (board and lodging included): working intensively
Read with a free account →05 November 18 · Opportunities
Writers are invited to submit plays for the 2019 Arundel Festival Theatre Trail.The Arundel Festival Theatre Trail, conceived and presented by Drip Action Theatre Company, is now in its nineteenth year. It performs at the end of August, on each of the Festival’s eight days, eight
Read with a free account →05 November 18 · News / Opportunities
BBC Writersroom’s regular window for unsolicited scripts is open between 5pm on Monday 10 December 2018 and 5pm on Monday 7 January 2019 for Drama scripts (TV, film, radio, stage or online). Before considering making a submission, you will need to read the information on the webs
Read with a free account →05 November 18 · Opportunities
Want to create an original script for the stage and have actors bring it to life? This course is for you. For writers of all levels. No upper age limit. Classes are held in the evenings from January to July with a month’s break in April. Course breakdown: BLOCK 1: Stage Writing T
Read with a free account →02 November 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →30 October 18 · Opportunities
Katzpace, at Katzenjammers Bierkeller, are producing their own scratch night for early 2019 At this moment they are looking for short scripts approx 10 minutes long to showcase. How to apply: please send submissions to info@katzpace.co.u Deadline: rolling Source: London Pub Theat
Read with a free account →29 October 18 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
UK-based disabled artists and companies making disability-led work, across all art forms, are invited to apply for these funding opportunities: Main Commissions Main Research and Development Awards Emerging Artist Awards How to apply: find out more on the website Deadline: 29 Oct
Read with a free account →29 October 18 · Opportunities
Orisun is a new theatre production company aimed at the African & African Caribbean creative community. Their first production – Spring Board Showcase – will be a series of 6 ten minute monologues to be performed on 30 & 31 January 2019 in an immersive setting based around the th
Read with a free account →26 October 18 · Opportunities
Scene Gym are accepting submissions for an R&D project to be held over 5 consecutive days early in 2019. What they are looking for: two, new, full length plays that writers feel would benefit from practical workshopping to support them with their final stages of development. Each
Read with a free account →26 October 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →23 October 18 · Opportunities
On Friday 22 February 2019, Breakwater Theatre Company will be holding a night of new writing for the stage in the Albert Room at Cleethorpes Library, entitled “Rough Cuts and Scratches”, in conjunction with Lincs Inspire. Plays will be performed script in hand by local actors. T
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