17 November 21 · Opportunities
On Friday 19 and 20 November, Nick Hern Books are bringing a pop-up bookshop at the Bush Theatre, London. We’ll have a massive range of playscripts and theatre books on offer at one-off, bargain prices, with hundreds available at just £2. The selection will include playscripts by
Read with a free account →16 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
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Read with a free account →11 November 21 · News
In the latest issue of Greenlit’s The Creative Crowd, Kimberley Andrews discusses how theatre is bouncing back and how crowdfunding and building a creative community can help. Read the full article here.
Read this article →11 November 21 · News / Original Content
The end of 2021 is fast approaching and it’s time for us to let you know for the 5th year running our January playwriting challenge Write A Play (WrAP) is BACK! As always, we’ll be challenging you to write a first draft of a play in January, whilst providing all the prompts you n
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Savage Theatre Co are accepting submissions for a one man play for a middle aged male actor. Open to themes, genre. Savage Theatre Co is small independent & self funded, we are initially offering profit share based on box office split to perform at a London fringe venue 2022/3 Su
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To recognise excellence in the field of dramaturgy, the Dramaturgs’ Network presents the Kenneth Tynan Award (KTA) 2021. Established in 2011, this biennial award honours theatre professionals, working and residing in the United Kingdom, who have made an outstanding contribution t
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Calling all South London writers; South East London playwright is looking for 3 short (10-15 minute) plays based on the title theme, Love Not Money to include in forthcoming stage project. The work can be in any dramatic genre, but the subject needs to reflect the current social
Read with a free account →11 November 21 · Opportunities
Scriptwriters & Co’s next online Scratch Night will take place at 7pm (UK time) on Tuesday 23rd November 2021. Their submissions window is open to writers anywhere in the world. This month they’re looking for original plays, screenplays or audio plays of 8-10 pages, on the new th
Read with a free account →11 November 21 · Opportunities
Red Dragonfly’s New Writing Festival and UK nationwide Competition is back! In this fourth season, the winning playwright will receive a £1000 prize fee and their play will be produced, financed and toured by Red Dragonfly, in association with Grist to the Mill, to various festiv
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After the success of helping working class writers, directors and actors Tom Stocks brings the critically acclaimed company Actor Awareness, back to its home in the North. With various new writing nights having been performed at Spotlight Studios in the heart of the West End, Act
Read with a free account →11 November 21 · Opportunities
PLEASANCE LONDON ASSOCIATE ARTIST CALL OUT Apply to become the next London Associate Artist at the Pleasance – offering practical support to theatre artists and companies in London. 100% subsidised rehearsal space. Work and meeting space. Practical Mentoring. For more information
Read with a free account →11 November 21 · Opportunities
The first in a series of four workshops aimed at unlocking creativity particularly for female writers and parents in the creative arts. About this event Join playwright Tamara von Werthern (Best Screenplay at Lift-Off 2019, published with Nick Hern Books & HarperCollins) and dire
Read with a free account →09 November 21 · Inspiration / Literary Series
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
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Read with a free account →04 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: Submissions for Verity Bargate Award now open Des
Read with a free account →04 November 21 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in November 2021. 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 th
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Submissions for the 40th anniversary of Soho Theatre’s playwriting award, the Verity Bargate Award, are now open #VBA40 Following the critically-acclaimed sold-out run of its 2020 winner, Amanda Wilkin’s Shedding a Skin, earlier this year, Soho Theatre is thrilled to announce the
Read with a free account →04 November 21 · Opportunities
Luminate is delighted to announce a programme of bursaries for artists aged 50 or over who are in the early stages of a new artistic career. Each bursary will be between £500 and £1,200, and can be used to support your artistic development. A total fund of £12,500 is available. T
Read with a free account →04 November 21 · Festival
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. Mum will be featured
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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
Read this article →04 November 21 · Festival
This year’s Play Club was such a success and we are thrilled to be including the three selected plays in the festival! But what is Play Club? Who’s plays were picked? In the video below, our Literary Associate, Emily Glaze gives you the lowdown! Find out more about the Play Club
Read this article →03 November 21 · Opportunities
Spectra seeks a Storyteller/Writer to contribute to the development of our new show, Woods for the Trees. During the challenges brought by 2020, we researched and developed our first online multi-sensory show. Woods for the Trees is the next stage of that work, continuing our exp
Read with a free account →03 November 21 · Opportunities
Are you a Black writer? Talawa’s free Script Reading Service provides feedback and support to emerging Black writers across the UK How it works Send them your script before the deadline (the script submission window closes on 15th December 2021) They’ll confirm that they have rec
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