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26 February 18 · Opportunities
JW3 is pleased to announce a call for submissions for the September-December 2018 Performance Programme. The theme for this season will be in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Weimar Republic. They are looking for theatre, performance, dance and comedy
Read with a free account →26 February 18 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in March 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 w
Read with a free account →23 February 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →22 February 18 · Opportunities
After a successful debut last month, React Scratch will take place in Forest Hill, SE23 at The Honor Oak Pub, every third Thursday of the month. They are now looking for writers to share extracts of their work . Places will be given on a strictly first come first serve basis. How
Read with a free account →21 February 18 · Opportunities
Ready, Steady, Scratch are accepting submissions on the theme of ‘endurance’ for a scratch night on 13 March 2018. .They are looking for plays 5-15 mins long. The event will take place at The Leather Exchange SE1 and money from tickets sales will go to Rosie’s London Marathon tar
Read with a free account →21 February 18 · Opportunities
Submissions for are now open for Itchy Scratch Night at The London Theatre, which will take place on 27 April 2018. In their words: “Wanna come along and try snippets of your new script, a song you wrote, a dance or movement piece or maybe performance poetry or play some music. D
Read with a free account →21 February 18 · Opportunities
Bench Theatre, an amateur company based at The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre, Havant (on the South Coast in Hampshire). This will be their 8th Supernova festival of new one act plays, and the selected pieces will be performed over a week in February 2019. Plays will be selected b
Read with a free account →21 February 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: Theatre503 Playwriting Award 2018 Description: Th
Read with a free account →19 February 18 · Education / Opportunities
The Guildhall School has just opened applications to a new short course: ‘Entrepreneurship skills for performing artists’. The course will take place over the weekend of 21 – 22 April, and has been specifically developed for performing artists, by performing artists here at the G
Read with a free account →19 February 18 · Opportunities
London Uni. Students – this is your last chance to submit a piece of new-writing on behalf of your University to perform in the London Student Drama Festival – all submissions perform at the semi finals (https://www.facebook.com/events/148936859164150/) on 13 or 15 March 2018. Th
Read with a free account →19 February 18 · Opportunities
With the support of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Camden People’s Theatre offers six seed commissions annually to artists from BAME backgrounds, to support the development of innovative new theatre projects. Two of these will be offered in Spring 2018: successful candidates will re
Read with a free account →19 February 18 · Opportunities
In spring 2018, Camden People’s Theatre stages two short seasons of work exploring working-class experience, identity and representation (Common People, April 16 – 28); and the ‘post-truth’ landscape (All Is True, June 4 – 9). At each event, alongside the main programme of work,
Read with a free account →19 February 18 · Opportunities
Submissions are now open for the next season of the John Thaw Initiative, exploring mental health distress in all its’ forms and the Actors Centre is offering you a FREE platform to perform and get feedback on your work-in-progress shows! They want to curate the evenings around y
Read with a free account →16 February 18 · Opportunities
Secret Hour Theatre seeks 20-30 minute plays with a strong female narrative to mark 100 years of women’s suffrage. Following the success of their sell-out 5 star new writing night at the Camden Fringe last year, Secret Hour Theatre are looking for plays that explore the untold an
Read with a free account →16 February 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →15 February 18 · Opportunities
After a successful run at the Vaults (Jan-Feb) with ‘Double Infemnity’ a co-production between ‘Little But Fierce’ and Paperclip- all female theatre company Paperclip are looking for pieces of 15-20 minutes responding to the theme ‘Echoes of the Past’. They are looking for pieces
Read with a free account →14 February 18 · Opportunities
Radius Playwriting Competition 2018 has now been launched in tandem with the Radius YouTube Channel. Judges of the competition are Neil McPherson and Sue Healy, Artistic Director and Literary Manager of London’s Finborough Theatre, and the winning script is guaranteed a reading i
Read with a free account →13 February 18 · Opportunities
Aberdeen Performing Arts is seeking script submissions for their next Scratch Night on 20 March 2018. They are inviting submissions of short scripts, spoken word, or new music all inspired by climate action. Submission guidelines: Script submissions to their Scratch Nights are op
Read with a free account →13 February 18 · Opportunities
KDC are looking for writers for this year’s “Full Stack” competition, to form an evening of short plays in June. In their words: “We are looking to choose 12 pieces around the theme “Future imperfect”, that are no longer than 4 sides of A4, and need no more than 3 actors. They sa
Read with a free account →13 February 18 · Opportunities
Now in its’ 16th year, New Works of Merit is accepting submissions for its’ playwriting contest. The winner will receive a professional reading in New York and a $300 cash prize. How to apply: find out more here. There is a $25 entry fee. Deadline: 2 July 2018 31 July 2018 Source
Read with a free account →13 February 18 · Opportunities
Instinct Theatre and Loosely Based Theatre are holding an evening of short plays in response to the need for more roles for older female actors. To be held at Theatre N16, Styx, 5 Ashley Rd, London N17 9LJ, on Thursday, 5th April, 2018 What they are looking for: 10 – 15 minute sc
Read with a free account →12 February 18 · Opportunities
Get Over It Productions is an all-female theatre company based in West London. They are currently seeking submissions for the 3rd edition of their female-centric scratch night The Scene (at the Tabard Theatre, 9th April 2018 8 April 2018). What they are looking for: new-writing p
Read with a free account →12 February 18 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
Submissions are now open for Live Theatre’s annual £2000 Live Lab Bursary to develop a new piece of theatre. Ideas should be outstanding, imaginative, theatrical and say something new and unexpected. Bursary winners receive dramaturgical and producing support, space for R&D and r
Read with a free account →09 February 18 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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