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19 December 25 · Opportunities
RAISE THE VIBRATION: V-DAY 2026 SUBMISSION CALL-OUT The Bread & Roses Theatre are looking for monologues or spoken word pieces by women (cis & trans), nb or gender fluid performers or writers to help us Raise the Vibration. Throughout V-DAY’s history, activists and artists have u
Read with a free account →24 October 25 · Opportunities
WRITERS!! Come on down and show us your incredible work!! we want to hear from you – send your submissions (as many as you’d like) and we are raring to read them! Find out more here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQJZigyDNXB/?igsh=MXZ4aWF0ZGF6YTVicw%3D%3D Deadline: 9 November 2025
Read with a free account →08 July 25 · Opportunities
Mini Plays Review – “Fleeting Connections” We are looking for submissions for our SEPTEMBER 2025 anthology. Deadline: SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 Theme: Fleeting Connections Format: 1-Minute Plays and Monologues Length: Maximum one page (A4 size). Submission Email: miniplaysmag@gmail.com
Read with a free account →08 May 25 · Opportunities
Following the success of our award-winning film series, we’re launching a national open call for monologues that highlight the realities of homelessness or poverty in the UK today. We’re looking for bold, complex, and real stories from writers with lived experience of homelessnes
Read with a free account →08 May 25 · Opportunities
We are accepting submissions for our next Tiny Theatre – Monologues Live! Show is July 2! Amsterdam location TBD. Want to be part of the show? Writers and actors, send us your monologue before June 9! – Write an original 5-min monologue inspired by the theme of our vol.6 live sho
Read with a free account →04 February 25 · Opportunities
I (Barbara Hofling, MD of the German Choir of London) am looking for a playwright for a short play (mainly monologues) about the Bonhoeffer/Dohnany family and their response to fascism and war. The structure and background information for the play is already written (by me, a mus
Read with a free account →05 June 24
Add Monologue Showcase Welcome to the London Playwrights’ Monologue Showcase! These monologues are selected entries from our members’ monologue competition. Support projects like these! Projects such as the Monologue Showcase are made entirely possible by the support of our membe
Read this article →21 May 24 · Opportunities
KYGLOW combines astronomy, ecology, and the arts to explore the impact of the light… from the stars to the soil. The stars are vanishing before our eyes. A child born beneath 250 stars today will only see 100 of them by their 18th birthday. The source of this vanishing is SKYGLOW
Read with a free account →07 March 24 · Opportunities
Yoga Class develops six short monologues (10 mins) by emerging Welsh & British writers, examining the theme of motherhood and childlessness. Between our late 20s and early 40s, women’s lives are hugely impacted by their child status. It touches every aspect of our lives and funda
Read with a free account →16 November 23 · Opportunities
Calling all writers! Woodwose Productions is seeking yule/Christmas/midwinter-themed poems and monologues for a slot in its upcoming online storytelling night ‘Tales for the Season: Yule.’ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tales-for-the-season-yule-tickets-752799642997?aff=oddtdtcre
Read with a free account →18 October 23 · Opportunities
After the success of our Summer Monologue Competition, we’re now accepting your monologues again this winter! We loved reading the monologues you sent us over the summer and it was a fantastic way to engage with your work and find out more about your amazing and unique voices! Wa
Read with a free account →16 October 23 · Opportunities
Flawstate Theatre Company are hosting a scratch night celebrating our imperfections with the theme: ‘Flawed & Flawless’ They are looking for ready-to-perform monologues, duologues and spoken word pieces. They will provide: Mentoring and support from the Flawstate team A space to
Read with a free account →12 October 23 · Opportunities
Are you disabled?** Do people stare at you when you enter a room? The Crip Monologues is an exciting new show from creator Jamie Hale, produced by CRIPtic Arts, showcasing performances by disabled people about observation, scrutiny, and the ways in which the disabled body becomes
Read with a free account →28 September 23 · Opportunities
The Show The Cracked Slipper Company are producing 6 monologues exploring gender identity in Herefordshire, aiming to reduce inequality and bridge gaps within the community. A team of writers will create a diverse set of plays, based upon true stories from across the county. The
Read with a free account →29 April 23 · Opportunities
Kumu Kahua Theatre is running a new monthly playwriting contest in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press. Every month, Kumu Kahua’s artistic director Harry Wong III will select a writing prompt on the first day of that month. They are looking for 5-page monologues or 10-page scen
Read with a free account →29 April 23 · Opportunities
Director’s Cut Theatre are looking for 1-2 minute monologues for their upcoming event, ‘Make The Cut’ at Pleasance Theatre on Wednesday 31st May. 10 writers monologues will be chosen for the event. Writers’ Brief 1-2 minute monologues We are looking for a mixture comedy and drama
Read with a free account →06 April 23 · Opportunities
The Queens of Cups (@thequeensofcups) are looking for Playwrights, Poets, Drag Artists, Songwriters Comedians and Sketch Groups to join them for a variety night of Comedy, Music, Theatre and more for New Moon Monologues! They are looking for acts of any kind between 5-30 minutes
Read with a free account →16 March 23 · Opportunities
UNZIPPED Theatre are looking for 3 x 5-minute monologues to showcase at Brighton Fringe for four dates in May. No previous writing experience is needed and the opportunity is open to everyone. All you need is a script, no longer than 5 minutes worth of text (av. At 5 pages) on th
Read with a free account →04 March 23 · Opportunities
Anthroplay are looking for monologues, spoken word, poetry and songs from new and existing writers/performers that revolve around the theme “FEMME” as part of their next Anthrotalks, a new-writing event held at The Hackney Den on the last Thursday of (most) months, to celebrate u
Read with a free account →02 September 22 · Opportunities
Director’s Cut Theatre are looking for 1-2 minute monologues for their upcoming event, ‘Make The Cut’ at Pleasance Theatre on Thursday 29th September. 10 writers monologues will be chosen for the event. Writers’ Brief 1-2 minute monologues A mixture comedy and drama; pieces that
Read with a free account →05 August 22 · Opportunities
Calling all writers! Itchy Feet Productions is looking for max 10mins (no minimum) monologues, scenes, poetry/spoken word, even songs, for their current project, 12months 12stories! Must be all your own original work. https://www.instagram.com/itchy_feet_productions/ / you can he
Read with a free account →09 June 22 · Opportunities
Inspired by the success of Kali SOLOS, Kali are launching an open call-out for writers to submit monologues for a new series. They’re looking for monologues with an international theme. Your monologue must be: Between 2 -3 minutes long Set in one location The character and / or a
Read with a free account →03 February 22 · 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: Queens of Cups – New Moon Monologues: accepting s
Read with a free account →02 February 22 · Opportunities
March’s theme will be “The Witches You Couldn’t Burn” and feature female, non-binary and queer artists. To submit your poem, monologue, spoken-word piece, song, or piece of solo choreography (or anything that one person can do) to our Next New Moon Monologue, we are asking writer
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