19 December 17 · Opportunities
Chippy and Scratch are now accepting submissions for their annual scratch night. Chippy & Scratch Shorts Night 2018 will showcase six short pieces of Theatre by emerging Welsh and Wales based playwrights on Sunday 18 February 2018 at Theatre503, London. This is a great opportunit
Read with a free account →18 December 17 · Opportunities
Deadman New Writing are seeking work for an event at The Mockingbird at the Custard Factory in Birmingham on 29th January 2018. What they are looking for: 5-15 minute pieces of new writing. The evening will be filmed and taking place in a cinema so they are particularly intereste
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Read with a free account →14 December 17 · Opportunities
Pluck Productions are accepting submissions for their next new writing scratch night at the Old Red Lion on 28 January 2018. The theme of the night is ‘reinvention’. How to apply: email info:pluckproductions,com with expressions of interest. Deadline: 20 December 2017 Source: Bos
Read with a free account →08 December 17 · Opportunities
The Papatango New writing Prize is now open for entries! All scripts submitted to the Prize will receive personal feedback over summer 2018 (once the shortlist and winner have been announced). The winner of the Prize will develop their play with Papatango over several months, bui
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Read with a free account →05 December 17 · Opportunities
An independent company is looking for a new 60 minute, 1 act play for a run next June 2018. The play will be put on as part of a new writing festival, and will be directed by Polyanna, the person to contact for this particular event. The event is organised by Peter James CBE (Pet
Read with a free account →01 December 17 · Gift Guide / Original Content
Are you struggling to think of a fabulous festive gift for the writer in your life? I mean, apart from their laptop, what does a playwright even need these days? Well, look no further than our annual gift guide for writers, handpicked by the LPB team. From luxury splurges to note
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Read with a free account →27 November 17 · Opportunities
Entries are invited for the 2018 Steyning Festival Theatre Trails. These should be one act plays with maximum performance length of 40 minutes, small casts, and simple production and staging requirements, suitable for staging in a variety of small venues, indoor or outside. Selec
Read with a free account →24 November 17 · Opportunities
Talawa specialises in developing Black British writers, and their scriptreading service is open through November 2017. Talawa‘s history of nurturing and collaborating with outstanding writers like Roy Williams, Derek Walcott, Jackie Kay and Malorie Blackman is well known. Talawa
Read with a free account →24 November 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →23 November 17 · Events / Opportunities
Art School, the new company being set up to support the education sector and arts industry to come together to improve and protect arts education has announced its next two events in its first initiative. The first of the event will take place on 29 November 2017 and speakers wil
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The Script Room is an initiative from director Barry Edwards and Optik Theatre to give professional support and showings to new theatre scripts and writers. They are looking for original and unperformed scripts. They produce both one act plays and extracts from full length theatr
Read with a free account →21 November 17 · Opportunities
BBC Writersroom’s regular window for unsolicited scripts opens 11 December 2017. They are looking for for Drama scripts including TV, film, radio, stage or online. What to submit: One drama script of at least 30 minutes / pages in length for TV, Film, Radio, Stage or Online* – Yo
Read with a free account →17 November 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →13 November 17 · Opportunities
Goblin Baby Co. are currently seeking short play and monologues submissions for their upcoming Breaking Loose Festival. The festival aims to explore intersectionality and solidarity and will be taking part at The Bread and Roses from 18-25 February 2018. In their words: “The batt
Read with a free account →10 November 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →08 November 17 · Opportunities
Reboot Theatre Company are accepting submissions for their next show at a Central London theatre in early Spring 2018 and they are offering a £50 fee to all writers that are selected. They are producing an evening of new writing, and will select and perform 4 – 6 short plays. The
Read with a free account →03 November 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Playwrights are invited to join the 2017 season of new writing workshops at the Jack Studio Theatre. The Jack Writers’ Workshop is a dynamic hub for emerging contemporary theatre writing in south London. The group will meet at the Jack Studio Theatre on Monday evenings, (7.30pm –
Read with a free account →03 November 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →01 November 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Filotico Arts, in partnership with Counterpoints Arts and Words of Colour, are running a 6-month fully funded development programme for first, second, or third generation migrants interested in becoming a performance storyteller. They aim to work with those who want to reimagine
Read with a free account →31 October 17 · Opportunities
The Landor Space is back after a year of renovation! As part of their reopen, they are looking for play proposals for their Winter Season in January 2018 In their words: “We are looking to program new, innovative, interesting and ambitious performances from any kind (New writing,
Read with a free account →30 October 17 · Opportunities
TALOS: the Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London returns on 22-25 March 2018 at the Bread & Roses Theatre. The festival is seeking submissions of plays with science fiction elements (related genres such as contemporary fantasy will also be considered). They are accepting sho
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