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11 June 18 · Opportunities
The next React Scratch night will take place at The Honor Oak, SE23, on 19 July 2018. There are no themes, no vetting, just 10 minute extracts. How to apply: for more information, email –victoriasummersreact@gmail.com Deadline: none, but the event takes place 19 July 2018 Source:
Read with a free account →11 June 18 · Opportunities
Eva’s Echo Theatre Company is seeking comedy submissions related to issues in modern Ireland for their next production, coming up in October 2018. Submissions criteria: -Must be a comedy piece in relation to an issue in modern Ireland -At least one hour in duration -Maximum three
Read with a free account →11 June 18 · Opportunities
Script submissions are open for the next Plays Rough.The theme is ‘Tabloids and Tentacles’. Think you can come up with a play 1 – 12 pages long to the theme, then send it in! Who are they: “We are Plays Rough London. Since February 2016 we’ve been producing new-writing nights in
Read with a free account →11 June 18 · Opportunities
SLAMinutes Festival will take place alongside Bingo at the Pleasance Theatre from the 19th-24th June. As ever, you have ONE WEEK from now to write a ONE MINUTE play – this time they’re talking about sex. ‘Your sexuality, your gender – how you are represented in each, your politic
Read with a free account →11 June 18 · Opportunities
Ashland New Plays Festival is an international playwright competition that culminates in the reading of four new plays chosen from hundreds of submissions by a cadre of volunteer readers. The event includes rehearsals and two staged readings of each winning play. The winning play
Read with a free account →09 June 18 · Opportunities
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is committed to developing the work of emerging artists and companies from across the region. The Coliseum offers a safe and welcoming creative environment to take your work to the next level. They’re calling for early-career writers to get involved in the
Read with a free account →08 June 18 · Opportunities
no strings attached is a grant scheme to help young people make their first piece of theatre. Grants of between £500 and £1000 are available to young people from across the south-east region. The grant is for anyone aged between 18 and 25 who hasn’t previously received a grant fr
Read with a free account →08 June 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to support LPB? Become a member! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities
Read with a free account →06 June 18 · Opportunities
Patchwork Theatre Company presents ‘Write Yourself In’, the young playwrights competition 2018. Submit now for the chance to see a rehearsed reading of your play delivered by professional actors at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama! The theme of the 2018 competition is
Read with a free account →05 June 18 · Opportunities
Rochdale Literature and Ideas Festival, M6 Theatre Company and Touchstones are working in partnership to launch a new playwriting competition for young people aged 14-25 who live in Rochdale Borough. They want you to write a short play which tells a different story of Rochdale. M
Read with a free account →05 June 18 · Opportunities
Langham Court Theatre announces that it is inaugurating a major new playwriting competition, the world’s richest competition specifically for the writing of tragedy: the all-new 2019 Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Competition. At stake is $10,000 in prize money. The winning play wil
Read with a free account →05 June 18 · Opportunities
The Spill is an evening of new writing, giving one playwright the opportunity to have their new play performed as a rehearsed reading in front of a live audience. The performance will take place on 30 July 2018. The event is run by Monday Club and has been running since October 2
Read with a free account →04 June 18 · Opportunities
Pint-Sized is looking for submissions for their first week-long festival at The Bunker Theatre, London in October 2018. Each Pint-Sized showcases 5 pieces of new writing from the best in emerging talent, wrapped up with a live band playing tailor-made tracks written about the pie
Read with a free account →01 June 18 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Want to support LPB? Become a member! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities
Read with a free account →31 May 18 · Opportunities
@WildClawTheatre are looking for 10 minute horror audio scripts for Deathscribe 2018. Submissions are accepted through their online submission form Read more here. Deadline: 31 July 2018 Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Group via the London Horror Festival
Read with a free account →31 May 18 · Opportunities
Hot on the trail of their recent show at The Bunker London, Reboot Theatre Company are looking for new writing for their Autumn production. Reboot will choose 4-6 plays to perform at a central London Theatre on 2-3 evenings in October 2018. A £50 fee will be paid to each writer w
Read with a free account →31 May 18 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in June 2018. 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 wh
Read with a free account →30 May 18 · 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: Just Some Theatre accepting submissions for 2019
Read with a free account →30 May 18 · Opportunities
The Creative Youth Network is looking for 5 young people to take part in a paid 6 month opportunity to set yourself up as a freelancer, make and show your own work and get mentoring. It is open to people aged 16–25. What you get: Studio space Professional mentoring Work placement
Read with a free account →29 May 18 · Opportunities
Are you a budding Playwright? Would you like to have your work performed on a London stage? Bloom Theatre & Film are looking for two 30 to 45 minute, 2 character fictional stage plays to be performed in July this year at a London theatre. Chosen by Bloom Theatre & Film and a pane
Read with a free account →29 May 18 · Opportunities
submissions for the next round of PLAY LA awards are now open! Winners will receive a $1,500 grant to develop a new play “from the ground up,” as well as critiques from theatre, film and television professionals throughout the year-long development process. Former mentors include
Read with a free account →29 May 18 · Opportunities
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) is exploring new ways of developing creative ideas to engage audiences across its five historic sites; in particular, through collaborations with artists working in different disciplines. In April 2018 the Trust was granted Arts Council Engl
Read with a free account →25 May 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →24 May 18 · Opportunities
Submissions are now being accepting for Ink Festival 2019. They are accepting entries from East Anglia writers (from Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex). There are various categories for entrants, including: musical theatre, short plays, a short play on the theme of ‘it’s
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