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02 December 21 · Uncategorized
Mac & Beth Holdings is on of our Play Club 2021 winning plays; it was written in response to All Work No Play by Scott Younger. Mac and Beth leak to upstart Lennox, their plan to murder competitor Duncan King and expand their nuclear plant on the Heath. Trigger warnings: violence
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Fresh out of university, Greg is keen for his first taste of the working world. But he gets more than he bargained for when he joins Atlantis, a shambolic company due to host a make-or-break corporate event. Charged with finding a venue, navigating through office politics and sur
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The Kaki Bandit is one of our Play Club 2021 winning plays; it was written in response to Mum by Emma Dawson as part of our online book club. His mother’s new man is the target of Alex’s rigorous online investigation – but just who is the Kaki Bandit? Cast and Creative Team: Writ
Read this article →02 December 21 · Uncategorized
Mum is the centre of Edie’s universe. They’ve stuck together through thick and thin, as other family members abandoned them one by one. But after a terrible accident, Edie has to learn to function as an independent adult in a world that she severely dislikes. A 45-minute abridged
Read this article →02 December 21 · Uncategorized
The planet’s heating up, and so is single peri-menopausal mum Sunny. Already on the edge, she’s got to save son Jay from a fate worse than arrest with the help of young waif Storm. Well, who else is going to protect kids and planet if not Sunny? Enlisting help in the roughest pub
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Pre-recorded lyrics and lines: Scene 1: “The Farewell Shanty” Shanty man: It is time to go now. Haul away your anchor. Haul away your anchor. ‘Tis our sailing time. Get some sail upon her. Haul away your halyards. Haul away your halyards. ‘Tis our sailing time. Get her on her cou
Read this article →01 December 21 · Uncategorized
As the war draws to an end, Lee Miller, World War II reporter, isn’t ready to return home and surrender her career and the unlikely freedoms she has experienced as a woman on the frontline. Lee celebrates the amazing career of Lee Miller and explores the tensions between the libe
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How do you hope when the future’s so unknown and you’re down to your last Brussel Sprout? REWILD is a raw, funny exploration of hope, grief and trees. (Trigger warning: death) Cast and Creative Team: Writer: Gemma Lawrence Director: Darren Sinnott Austin: Lois Pearson Ren: Jude M
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When the all-female pirate crew aboard The Day of Reckoning is attacked by the British Navy, reality crumbles, and nothing is as it seems. The pirates are haunted by albatrosses, dead men and grieving whales. But how will they survive without a rudder? Why is the navy following t
Read this article →01 December 21 · Uncategorized
Welcome to the London Playwrights Festival 2021, we’re so glad you could make it to our week long celebration of new writing! Click on your chosen performance for details: Monday 6th December: Watching a Whale Fall by Ayse Evans Tuesday 7th December: REWILD by Gemma Lawrence Wedn
Read this article →01 December 21 · Opportunities
Avantgardeners Collective dedicate themselves to the theme of utopian dystopian futures, mythology, possible ambitious new identities and the connection of art and activism. They are looking for a skilled screenwriter for a fantasy feature film around the theme of the climate col
Read with a free account →01 December 21 · Opportunities
The Avantgardeners Collective and Livia Rita dedicate themselves to the theme of utopian dystopian futures, possible ambitious new identities and the connection of art and activism. They are looking for a person with excellent writing skills in German or French and ideally an und
Read with a free account →01 December 21 · Opportunities / Original Content
Amanda Johnson is a classical composer and violinist based in Sheffield. She explores the themes of migration, travel and freedom, combining recorded sound with instruments and voices and she is looking to collaborate with a female identifying writer on her exciting new opera, Th
Read with a free account →30 November 21 · Digital Resources / Inspiration
What happens when you submit your script to a Literary Department? What does a Literary Manager do? What’s the difference between a New Work Associate and a Dramaturg? In this brand new video series from London Playwrights, Kimberley Andrews interviews Literary Managers, Dramatur
Read this article →26 November 21 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →25 November 21 · Festival
We can’t wait to see you at the festival! Read about the full line-up here. 6th – 11th December at the Lion & Unicorn Click here for tickets!
Read this article →25 November 21 · 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: WrAP2022: Write A Play with us this January! Desc
Read with a free account →25 November 21 · Digital Resources / Opportunities
Have you heard that WrAP (Write A Play) is back for 2022! Yes, our January playwriting challenge is back with a bang and as promised here are all the details… What’s WrAP? WrAP is our annual playwriting challenge where you aim to write the first draft of a play in the month of Ja
Read with a free account →25 November 21 · Opportunities
PROTOTYPE SCRATCH NIGHT Live in the East of England? Have a short play you’d like to test out with an audience? Uproar Theatre is looking for 4 short plays to be showcased at the Dice and A Slice Cafe in Colchester, Essex on the 31st of January. It’s an opportunity for writers to
Read with a free account →25 November 21 · Opportunities
CALL OUT FOR SCRIPTS Optik Theatre’s new writing series Script Room is holding its next event at The Annexe, Richmond upon Thames in March 2022. We are inviting writers to send in a script for us to read and consider for the programme. You can find full details on the series web-
Read with a free account →24 November 21 · Opportunities / Original Content
FIELDNOTES in inviting submissions in the form of audio samples and/or written proposals for audio content, welcoming formats from readings to field recordings, music, soundworks and all things between, as well as proposals for longer forms such as interviews, conversations or po
Read with a free account →24 November 21 · Opportunities
ATS are specialists in audio and multimedia tours, virtual tours, apps and films and have clients in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Poland and Italy. Due to an increase in workload, they are looking for freelance Scriptwriters across the UK and Ireland to c
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Editorial DALYA announces the International Playwriting Contest VI, which aims to encourage playwrights in the creation of bold and powerful plays for teenagers and young adult audiences. The heart of this competition is the participation of playwrights worldwide, regardless of n
Read with a free account →24 November 21 · Opportunities
The Arundel Festival Theatre Trail is firmly established as one of the major components in the Festival and is a great showcase for both new and established writers, from the UK and beyond. Writers are invited to submit plays for the 2022 Trail, with plays 30 to 40 minutes long,
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