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23 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: HighTide First Commissions Scheme 2018 – 2019 ope
Read with a free account →22 May 18 · Events
Utopia Theatre and award-winning playwright Oladipo Agboluaje are thrilled to offer a free Writers Masterclass day aimed at aspiring playwrights on Thursday 24 May from 11.00am – 6pm. This masterclass aims to build your confidence, begin to hone your skills as a playwright and se
Read this article →22 May 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
WoLab are thrilled to be partnering with Theatre N16 to deliver a FREE 12-week intensive course led by industry professionals, aimed specifically at actor-writers. Over the 12 weeks, you will develop your existing playwriting and acting skills through a series of tailored worksho
Read with a free account →22 May 18 · Opportunities
Pheobus Fire are seeking scripts on the theme of ‘women’s empowerment’ for peformances which will take place in 2019 in theatres in East Kent. Profits from the tour will be donated to a local charity which supports women. How to apply: read the full guidelines and find out how to
Read with a free account →22 May 18 · Opportunities
Expressingwordz is a new theatre company in Sheffield and theylooking for a writer and producer to join the team. The first project will be a journey of an immigrant navigating a post-Brexit Britain, with the aim of taking the show to Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe in 2019. It is
Read with a free account →21 May 18 · Opportunities
Penguin has opened applications for WriteNow 2018, their programme which aims to find, mentor and publish new writers and illustrators from communities under-represented on the UK’s bookshelves. “We launched WriteNow because we know that books don’t reflect everyone in our societ
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The Collective Studio 2018-19 is a 9 month development programme for early-career and/or recent graduate artists and creative practitioners and is open for applications. The Collective Studio provides practitioners with affordable studios & workspace, access to peer- led training
Read with a free account →18 May 18 · Opportunities
HighTide’s aim is to produce new theatre works by artists who are yet to receive their first commission. HighTide produces well-resourced debut productions with substantial research and development periods, which benefit from development with HighTide associates and audience feed
Read with a free account →18 May 18 · Opportunities
They are looking for an experienced writer who has written theatre pieces with LGBTQIA themes to lead a 3 hour master class at Nottingham Playhouse as part of Write Pride, an LGBT writing festival taking place in Nottingham in July 2018. The master class should give participants
Read with a free account →18 May 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 →17 May 18 · Opportunities
The 2018 edition of the BBC Hausa short story writing competition is now open for entries from all women writing in Hausa, irrespective of their nationality or experience. Entries must be engaging works of fiction on any topic and should be between 1000 to 1500 words. How to appl
Read with a free account →17 May 18 · Opportunities
Entries are now open for the 22nd Alfred Fagon Award which is supported by The Peggy Ramsay Foundation. Last year’s award for Best New Play of the Year was won by Mufaro Makubika who won £6,000 for his play Shebeen. Shebeen is at Nottingham Playhouse 1 – 16 June and Theatre Royal
Read with a free account →16 May 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
As part of the Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival‘s Free Fringe events, one of the guys at ScriptDawg has decided to try and condense what they do with the 72 Hour Challenge into a workshop and guideline to writing any of your future scripts… in the future. Which will be the present
Read with a free account →16 May 18 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
Just Some Theatre are looking for new play scripts. After successful Arts Council funded tours and London runs including Coward (2013) and The Doppel Gang (2015/17), they are looking for fresh projects with a view to produce in 2019. “We focus on new writing, and strive for high
Read with a free account →16 May 18 · Events
Tickets are available for this free event with a live performance by acclaimed South African playwright Ashwin Singh together with excerpts from some of his Durban Playhouse productions projected on screen. A follow up to Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice, (Aurora Metro Books 2013)
Read this article →16 May 18 · Opportunities
ARC is very excited to be working with The Royal Exchange Theatre, Susan Hodgkiss and The Yard, London on this year’s Hodgkiss Award 2018. The prize, which was last awarded in 2016, will support the realisation of a brand new piece of ambitious theatre made by an artist or compan
Read with a free account →16 May 18 · Opportunities
Over the course of Eastside’s weekend of Screenwriting, ten young writers aged 18-24 will explore the theme of an imbalanced world and creatively sculpt a concept and stories based on this theme. These workshops will be delivered by industry professionals, include a panel discuss
Read with a free account →16 May 18 · Uncategorized
Cuckoo Bang have just opened their latest submissions for 10-20 min pieces or extracts (scripted, devised or anything in between!) for their new writing night BITS which is continuing at The White Bear in Kennington on July 16th and September 10th. They are also launching at new
Read this article →16 May 18 · Opportunities
Angel on the Corner are looking for a new theatre project! Founded in 2014, the female led company are passionate about new writing and giving women a voice. Their first show, ‘Zero Down’ written by BBC award winning writer Sarah Hehir, premiered at Theatre 503 in August 2015 and
Read with a free account →15 May 18 · Opportunities
RAZE THE SPACE In association with the Literature & Fiction Department of the Los Angeles Public Library, is running ‘Exit Strategies’, a ten minute play festival. The festival will take place as follows: 2.00 – 3.30 pm Saturday, August 11, 2018, @ the Mark Taper Auditorium, Cen
Read with a free account →15 May 18 · Jobs / Opportunities
Buxton Museum has been open to visitors for 125 years. In that time it has told the story of the Peak District to thousands of people. To celebrate, and as a result of a successful Arts Council application they are looking to commission four emerging, contemporary artists, writer
Read with a free account →11 May 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 →09 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: Nick Darke Writers’ Award 2018 open for submissio
Read with a free account →08 May 18 · Jobs / Opportunities
The University of Worcester (UW) Theatre and Film Department, is looking for an inspiring playwright or playwrights to collaborate with our MTheatre students on the creation of two new plays to be performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2019. MTheatre in Touring Theatre is The Uni
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