24 January 22 · News / Opportunities
The 2022 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is now open for entries! The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is open to anyone aged 16+ in the UK, Ireland and the British Territories with a story to tell. The biennial prize is a partnership between property company Bruntwood, a major su
Read with a free account →21 January 22 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →20 January 22 · 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: New Zoom Workshops from London Playwrights Descri
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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS CLIMATE ACTS JANUARY 2022 WORKSHOP Date and time: 23. January 2022 Sunday, 11:00 – 13:00 CET Place: Online on Zoom. You will receive the link one day before the workshop. Registration through the website is compulsory. Find out more and register Source: Playwri
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Tuesday 08 March, 7pm Running Time: 2 hours, via Zoom This session will be led by Alecky Blythe, whose new play Our Generation will be opening at the National Theatre’s Dorfman Stage this February. In this session, Alecky will give an insight into her career as a verbatim playwri
Read with a free account →20 January 22 · Opportunities
This session will be led by Jude Christian, whose adaptation of Hamlet will be staged at the National Theatre’s Dorfman Theatre in April before heading out on a Primary Schools tour. In this session, Jude will impart her experience and knowledge as a playwright, with a particular
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Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in January 2022. 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
Read with a free account →20 January 22 · Opportunities
The mid-career commission is a £5,000 grant for independent artists or companies who create live performance for public engagement and consider themselves mid-career. This might be for the stage or in a community setting. Whatever project you’re working on, as long as it involves
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The scheme, founded by Michael Grandage five years’ ago, supports the many and various career paths within the theatre industry. Since 2016 MGCfutures has supported more than 100 recipients from across the industry – from dramaturgy to directing, from millinery to marketing and f
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An open invitation to all migrant writers in the UK and Ireland to share outstanding new work for the stage. The competition is open to those who primarily live and work in the UK or Ireland, who identify as a migrant The aim of the prize is to celebrate and platform migrant writ
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A Bit Of A Do is a festival of theatre, dance and cabaret by disabled and non-disabled artists, produced by Drunken Chorus. The festival will take place in Croydon, South London. For the 2022 instalment of A Bit Of A Do they will support 3 disabled artists / companies to create p
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London-based company Miniver Theatre are once again running their Minute Monologue Competition and are looking for creatives to write and film original monologues that are no longer than sixty seconds. • The theme is ‘New Year’s Resolution’ – incorporate this into your monologue
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Deptford Literature Festival – call out for local writers Matchstick Theatre Company are inviting expressions of interest from writers with connections to Deptford for their project Pieces of Eight which is part of Deptford Literature Festival 2022. MTC will form a writers group
Read with a free account →19 January 22 · News
We have a new programme of Zoom workshops coming to you for 2022! Click here to see what we’ve got on offer. Remember, members pay 20% less. If you’re not a member yet, you can sign up here.
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We caught up with Fizzy Sherbet to tell us all about their new podcast series which is now live! “It’s cold at the moment, isn’t it? But all the fog and ice cannot dampen our excitement here at Fizzy Sherbet, as we have just released the first series of our podcast on Monday 17 J
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NEWS London Playwrights: Coming up in 2022! January 13, 2022 A huge Happy New Year to all of you! Before… Read More From WrAP2021 to the Clapham Fringe: Olivia Pryle on developing her WrAP play for production December 13, 2021 Wondering whether sigining up to WrAP2022 is a good i
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We need YOU! Become a member today for less than £4 and help us to continue our work! Find out more here! *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news! G
Read with a free account →13 January 22 · Opportunities
Monday March 28th – Friday April 1st 2022 Online Writing for Theatre: Asserting & Celebrating Diversity If you are writing for theatre with a play in development and you are looking for much needed guidance and inspiration, then this Arvon at Home writing week is for you. Fully f
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25.00 Workshop: Playwriting Duration: 90 mins Location: ONLINE If you are a playwright and you would like to know how to get your play successfully commissioned by a theatre, then join our intimate workshop with dramaturg and playwright Suzanne Bell. In this 90 minute workshop yo
Read with a free account →13 January 22 · Opportunities
Relsih Theatre run a weekly online coffee morning for writers each Friday from 10am-11am. Find out more here. Deadline: none Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Group
Read with a free account →13 January 22 · Opportunities
The post-holder will be the Writer/Dramaturg for the Devising process of our East End Masculinities Project. The Postholder will support the delivery of Devising Workshops for 12 weeks. They will be the lead Writer/Dramaturg for the project, and will be responsible for recording/
Read with a free account →13 January 22 · News
A huge Happy New Year to all of you! Before we share our exciting plans for the year ahead with you, we want to say an enormous thanks to everyone who has supported us over the past year; 2021 was a massive year for us with projects such as the members’ submission window, The Lit
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Slung Low is an award-winning theatre company looking to hire a member to join their enthusiastic team. They specialise in making epic productions in non-theatre spaces, often with large community performance companies at their heart. They also run the oldest working men’s club i
Read with a free account →12 January 22 · Jobs
The post-holder will be the Writer/Dramaturg for the Devising process of our East End Masculinities Project. The Postholder will support the delivery of Devising Workshops for 12 weeks. They will be the lead Writer/Dramaturg for the project, and will be responsible for recording/
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