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04 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 →30 April 18 · Opportunities
Mercury Theatre Colchester & Josef Weinberger Ltd are joining forces to discover the very best and most diverse new British theatre writing talent from across the UK. The Mercury/Weinberger Playwriting Prize will be looking for previously unperformed plays that have the ambition,
Read with a free account →30 April 18 · Uncategorized
Audiojam have launched their ‘Flash Fiction’ Competition 2018. “Flash fiction is a great medium for flexing your writing muscles, write a piece of up to 1,000 words and get it cast, recorded and promoted across the globe on our podcast site.” How to apply: The entry fee is £1.99.
Read this article →30 April 18 · Opportunities
The John Retallack Playwriting Course is based in central Oxford. It is a new professional course that covers every aspect of writing a play and, over 30 weekly 2-hour sessions and 3 day-long workshops between September and June, asks a selected group of promising writers to writ
Read with a free account →27 April 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Cyborphic is proud to announce the Science Fiction Theatre Research Lab, a workshop series on writing, performing and directing science fiction for the stage. The event will take place 21-24 May 2018 at the London Theatre Workshop in central London and will be the first workshop
Read with a free account →27 April 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →26 April 18 · Resources / Writing Advice
We’re thrilled to announce some exciting new content coming up for our members this Spring & Summer… The Re-drafting Toolkit Following on from the success of #WrAP2018, where a whopping 150 of you signed up to write a play in January, we figured it was high time to give you some
Read this article →24 April 18 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
Developing your Creative Practice is a new development fund from the Arts Council which allows individual creative practitioners time and space to develop their work. Grants from £2000 – £10000 are available. How to apply: Please read the guidelines and check your eligibility car
Read with a free account →23 April 18 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in May 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 who
Read with a free account →20 April 18 · Opportunities
Gloucester Library is programming a mini festival on Wednesday 29th August 2018 for children and families inspired by the 250 years anniversary of the beginning of the circus. They are looking for expressions of interest from anyone interested in creating mischief at the library;
Read with a free account →20 April 18 · Events / Opportunities
The prestigious TV Writers’ Festival will take place this year on 6th June in London. Starting in 2010, the TV Writers’ Festival is curated by writers for writers. The festival is a mix of masterclasses, conversations and debates aimed at and created for, working television write
Read with a free account →20 April 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →18 April 18 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Author and screenwriter Jody Medland will be speaking to a limited number of aspiring writers in a 2-hour seminar on How to write a great story. The course will help you to: * Understand the roles of publishers and agents * Map out your story in the most exciting way * Learn tips
Read with a free account →17 April 18 · Opportunities
Attic Theatre is looking to commission a mini musical to tour South London in 2019 and they are looking for submissions from makers. Are you a lyricist, composer or playwright who might be interested? How to apply: Email jonny@attictheatrecompany.com with links to samples of your
Read with a free account →17 April 18 · Opportunities
London Playwrights’ Lab is looking for ten writers with full length play ideas for their first 2018 programme. The Lab runs over four intensive days between May 5th to May 19th at Theatre Deli, Broadgate – minutes from Liverpool Street Station. All you need to do is email LDNplay
Read with a free account →17 April 18 · Opportunities
SLAM and the Arcola are seeking one minute pieces about London for performance at the Arcola on 6 May 2018. SLAMinutes asks can we live in London: can we afford it, can we survive, can we make it? What chance does London stand us: all of us? How is that impacted by our social sta
Read with a free account →14 April 18 · Opportunities
Chorts are 2 minute comedies that show potential to be developed into a series of superb episodes or sketches. It’s free to enter, and shortlisted entries will be reviewed by an industry judging panel including top producers. The winners will embark on a unique journey where Team
Read with a free account →13 April 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 →13 April 18 · Opportunities
The BBC New Comedy Award is a talent search organised by BBC Studios Comedy to find the next generation of comedy (including stand-up, sketch, musical and character comedy) stars. Eligibility: Entry is open to UK residents aged 18 or over as at 9 April 2018. What to submit: To en
Read with a free account →13 April 18 · Opportunities
Opportunity for writers of short plays, sketches or monologues. Each selected piece will be performed for two consecutive nights of Friday 19th October and Saturday 20th October 2018 as part of a new writing night at Shardlow Village Hall in Derbyshire. The evening is part of a c
Read with a free account →13 April 18 · Events
‘So you want to publish a play’ LIVE 27 April 2018 from 12.15-12.45pm Dom O’Hanlon, Commissioning Editor for Plays at Methuen Drama, talks through how to get your play, play companion and more published. Dom will explain how the process works for this unique area of publishing an
Read this article →12 April 18 · Jobs / Opportunities
The Dot Collective is a professional theatre company and registered charity that creates and provides professional theatre to those living with dementia, the elderly and those in care. They are developing new plays in collaboration with dementia groups in South London for 2018. T
Read with a free account →11 April 18 · Writing Workshops
Papatango Workshop – Story and Theme on Screen Friday 27 April 2018 from 11am-1pm Led by Papatango Resident Playwright Dare Aiyegbayo (EastEnders; Waterloo Road) this workshop tackles screenwriting. It will explore a number of commonly recognised story types and how they play out
Read this article →10 April 18 · Writing Workshops
Starting to Write a Play 28 May – 2 June 2018 Arvon – Totleigh Barton Tanika Gupta will be leading this Arvon residential course on playwriting. Description: ‘How do you kick-start your theatrical imagination and synthesise inspiration with technical craft? Through group discussi
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