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14 February 16 · Opportunities
Barrel Organ presents LIVE, a new scratch night taking place at Camden People’s Theatre, for experimental and non-traditional work that specifically acknowledges the presence of the audience and plays with the ‘liveness’ of theatre. As a company, Barrel Organ try to make work tha
Read with a free account →13 February 16 · Opportunities
Theatre Exterior: Stage/Play is an exciting development from Charlton Arts Festival’s site-specific theatre project Theatre Exterior, delivered as part of the festival in 2015, which saw a range of site – specific commissions performed in unique locations – from local parks and c
Read with a free account →11 February 16 · Opportunities
The Space is now open to applications for their summer season of shows. The Space is a performing arts centre based in a converted church on the Isle of Dogs, East London. They seek to programme high quality theatre productions, with a balance of classics, revivals and new writin
Read with a free account →11 February 16 · Events
Theatre503 will be holding a Writer’s Night for its upcoming production of Four Play on Wednesday 17 February 2016. Theatre 503 Writer’s Nights are a great night out – they give writers the opportunity to: See the show at a discounted rate Meet and talk to the lovely team at Thea
Read this article →11 February 16 · Opportunities
RE:act – Miss Atomic Bomb brings together four emerging writers, directors and a group of actors to respond to the story, themes and characters within the Mainstage show. Written in 24 hours, rehearsed at quick fire speed and performed on the stage of St. James Studio, these impu
Read with a free account →08 February 16 · Opportunities
Almost Random Theatre is seeking short plays about Veganism to be performed in Oxford in May/June 2016. What to submit: Each play must be between 5 and 30 minutes. The play must require no more than THREE actors and at least one of the characters MUST be aged 50 or over. The them
Read with a free account →04 February 16 · Opportunities
Sky Blue Theatre Company is now accepting submissions of one-act plays for the 2016 British Theatre Challenge competition. What to submit: The competition is open to all nationalities, but plays must be written in English and unpublished for the duration of the competition. Plays
Read with a free account →04 February 16 · Opportunities
Since 2008, Moonlit Wings Productions has mounted over 40 world-premieres of new theatre-for-youth workshop productions every summer. This summer they are selecting 4 brand-new scripts to workshop and produce. Each winning show rehearses for a 2-week session with a professional D
Read with a free account →03 February 16 · Writing Workshops
Playwriting Workshop with Papercut Theatre Sunday March 13th 11am-6pm Fee: £40.00. Workshops are led by Papercut Theatre’s Artistic Director, Melissa Dunne. Melissa is a lecturer in Playwriting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, sits on the Literary Panel for the Na
Read this article →03 February 16 · Opportunities
The Chesil Theatre is pleased to announce that its fifth biennial 10×10 Playwriting Competition is now open for submissions. The aim of Chesil Theatre’s 10×10 event is to discover, promote and produce the very best new writing of 10 minute plays. In 2008 the Chesil Theatre hosted
Read with a free account →03 February 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 Playwriting Workshop with Papatango Theatre
Read with a free account →02 February 16 · Opportunities
The George Devine Award is an annual prize, established in 1966 in honour of the first director of the Royal Court Theatre. The award is now administered by his daughter, Harriet Devine. While your play need not have been produced to be submitted, it’s worth noting that any list
Read with a free account →01 February 16 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Papatango are committed to giving new writers the best possible opportunities. Their programme of playwriting workshops runs every month, completely free of charge to participants. These cover topics including writing exercises, dramaturgy, exploratory writing, story structure, d
Read with a free account →25 January 16 · Opportunities
AIAWTC presents… “50/50” at Arts Above, upstairs at The Arts Theatre in the West End 30th March 2016. The night has been designed so that new and established theatre companies will have the chance to perform, network, discuss, and most importantly celebrate equality in casting. B
Read with a free account →25 January 16 · Opportunities
Are you an emerging theatre company or artist planning to take your new work up to Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016? If yes, the Morley Scratch Night is for you. Following the success of their inaugural Create Scratch Refine Repeat competition, Morley College is hosting another scr
Read with a free account →25 January 16 · Opportunities
The Owl and Cat are currently accepting script submissions from playwrights to be produced by The Owl and Cat Theatre as part of their second season 2016, Melbourne Australia (www.owlandcat.com.au). Submission Guidelines: -MUST be in pdf format ONLY -Plays should be 50min-70min i
Read with a free account →21 January 16 · Education / Writing Workshops
CREATIVITY FOR SCRIPTWRITERS 1 day course London Saturday Feb 7th 2016 A course for scriptwriters in all media – TV, film, radio, theatre – designed to help you generate exciting ideas and characters, and give your creativity a boost with a day of fun, stimulating writing exercis
Read this article →20 January 16 · Opportunities
Are you a theatre maker? Do you have an idea for a piece, but not sure where to start? Or do you have an idea, but need some time and space to try it out? Well the Development Lab, might be for you. Emerging theatre Maker, Yolanda Mercy and the Lyric Hammersmith have teamed up …
Read with a free account →20 January 16 · Opportunities
Stitchin’ Fiction is a rehearsed reading performance where creatives are invited to come and stretch their theatre muscles in an informal workshop setting. Performance Date: Monday 22nd February Place: The Boogaloo, Highgate, N6 5AT At the ever-faithful Boogaloo bar as always, su
Read with a free account →20 January 16 · Opportunities
“HighTide exists to discover and nurture exciting new plays by exceptional emerging writers. As we enter our tenth year, our writers have consistently shaped the mainstream of new writing theatre today. Could you be next? We want audacious, challenging and inspiring writing that
Read with a free account →19 January 16 · Opportunities
The University of Wolverhampton are now accepting your proposals for the Creative Europe Playwriting Award for POP Drama. The Centro Diego Fabbri, centre for studies, research and training in theatre and performance languages, the University of Wolverhampton (United Kingdom), the
Read with a free account →19 January 16 · Opportunities
Submissions are now open for Drift Theatre’s inaugural scratch night, Drift Shop #1, at The Proud Archivist in Haggerston on 24th February. They are looking for pieces of new writing of 3-10 minutes in length to form part of their evening. They are also interested in hearing from
Read with a free account →18 January 16 · Writing Workshops
Details: Ten week course Every Wednesday from 16 March until 19 May 2016, 10am – 1pm 12 places available Clore Learning Centre £450 (£360 concessions, bursaries available) About the course: A practical course on developing the craft of playwriting, led by Jemma Kennedy. This cour
Read this article →16 January 16 · Opportunities
Tomo Suru Players is calling for submissions for short plays for their second annual About Love Festival. The 2016 festival will be June 14 to June 18 at Vancouver’s storied Havana Theatre, 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC. The goal of the festival is to provide encouragement
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