07 October 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: LPW Online Workshops: Writing for Audio (4 week i
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The Department of Theatre at The University of Chichester has an international reputation for making exciting theatre. We offer a range of practical degree programmes at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels, all designed to prepare students for careers in the arts industries. We
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We are looking for creatives who can craft compelling and persuasive narratives, create beautiful and impactful content, and/or design efficient and effective strategies, to build our roster of freelance strategists, designers and writers. About Us Catsnake is a story agency for
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Empowering Voices, Exploring Worldviews 2021 – 2023 builds upon the solid foundation established by the REConnecting Lincolnshire project. With support from a suite of partners and funders, REConnecting Lincolnshire provided opportunities for children, young people and wider Linc
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We have an exciting new project to share which is part of the 250 year celebration of Dorothy Wordsworth. We are looking for a writer, someone who is comfortable interacting with primary school aged children (helping to draw stories out of them). The purpose of this project is to
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The Royal Court is the home of the English Stage Company Limited (ESC) and is the UK’s leading theatre dedicated to new writing. Up to 20 plays a year are staged between two theatre spaces (the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs) at the Royal Court’s home
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Now in its eighteenth year, Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland is delighted to offer six playwrights support through the Playwright Mentoring Programme. This support is for playwrights who have not yet had a professional production and are keen to learn more about their craft. It is a
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Applications are now open for the Young Everyman Playhouse Writers Programme. The programme is completely free and open to anyone aged 18-25 residing in the Liverpool City Region. You will also receive tickets to a selection of shows at both the Everyman and Playhouse theatres. Y
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Every year, Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland supports projects generated and led by playwrights themselves. This set of supports is self designed and delivered, so is most suitable for playwrights who have had experience of professional practise i.e. mid-career or experienced playwr
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A career in the arts is not straightforward for anyone: disabled artists face an increased number of barriers, from starting out to working professionally. Created in partnership with Birds of Paradise Theatre Company (BOP), this programme offers a disabled playwright bespoke sup
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Black Gay Ink is a creative writing development scheme for emerging Black gay writers, delivered by Troy Fairclough run in association with Brixtonhouse theatre, and funded by Arts Council England. Black Gay Ink aims to provide a safe space where Black gay men can meet, share, an
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Wild Duck Theatre is now accepting submissions for Season Three of its Short Plays for Short Journeys podcast format. Plays will be accepted on a profit share basis. Deadline cut off Sunday October 24th, midnight UK time One play only per playwright, please, any drama genre but w
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Harpy Productions is collaborating with Danse Macabre (a leading theatre company in the London horror festival) to create “The Fright Before Christmas”. Keeping up the Victorian tradition of ghost stories at Christmas, they’re going to be hosting a scary story competition this De
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Our friends @vaultfestival are recruiting for a range of positions to join their team for VAULT Festival 2022! It’ll be their 10th anniversary festival and they need you to help make it happen! The deadlines for applications are all just around the corner, so take a look and see
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The 2022 Lancaster Playwriting Prize is now open to anyone from the North West of England who identifies as LGBTQAI+ aged 16 and up to and including the age of 30. The Lancaster Playwriting Prize, now in its third year, is run in partnership by the Department of English Literatur
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blue bottles runs at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre from November 4th-7th. We invited writer, Thomas Sparrow from Periphery Theatre to tell us more about the the play and the process of putting on his first show… “Before I even begin telling anyone about my experience putting on a pl
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We’re so very excited to share the line-up for the festival with you! Keep an eye out for updates on special guests for the Q&A events and free digital content which will be coming your way during the festival.
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RAINER is the story of a solitary delivery rider and her mental collapse, as she moves from leafy suburbs to luxury flats, invisible to those around her. This new play opens at the Arcola next week. We spoke to writer, Max Wilkinson, and performer, Sorcha Kennedy, who plays Raine
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Read with a free account →30 September 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 Open for Questors Theatre Festival of
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13 Months Theatre are looking for writers to have their work showcased – they want new writing, stand-up, poetry, and all kinds of creativity to feature in their first scratch night on 14 November at 5pm. More details to follow. Venue to be announced. Send work to: 13monthstheatr
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The Painkiller Project is a playwriting project that runs every other month from Bitter Pill Theatre with a £250 prize for each winning play. The winning play will be produced and released on The Painkiller Podcast. They hope that the repetitive nature of the competition helps t
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From BBC Writersroom, in their words: The next series of the BBC Three award-nominated series THE BREAK is being produced in Coventry and we want you to write for it. We are looking for stories that we don’t usually hear from Coventry: Contemporary, celebratory, universal, releva
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In this latest post by Tamara von Werthern from Fizzy Sherbet, we find out all about their latest project… How was lockdown for you? If you are a playwright, like me, it was probably equally productive and terrifying. Productive because being forced to sit in your bedroom with no
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