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18 September 26 · Opportunities
This Fellowship is open to writers with an idea or story for an audience-focused, ambitious and entertaining new play that speaks to the urgent issues impacting on our lives now and into the future, contributing to the cultural voice. Spread across a 10-month period, each fellows
Read with a free account →18 September 26 · Opportunities
The Next Page Season is our annual festival of rehearsed readings of exciting plays in development. Writers get the chance to hear their work aloud and share it with a public audience. Friends, family and industry are invited, but strictly no reviewers! This is the time to take r
Read with a free account →18 September 26 · Opportunities
Table Read is an opportunity for writers not in the theatre medium (based in Cardiff or nearby) to hear their words read aloud for the first time in front of a live audience. After a great first event, Table Read is BACK with a second, this time focused on your back catalogue! Al
Read with a free account →18 September 26 · Opportunities
Five Day Writing Intensive From SCRUM Theatre, at Riverside Studios Mon 26 to Fri 30 October, 10am-5pm https://www.scrumtheatre.co.uk/playwriting-intensive Time to write that play? Join award-winning director and writer Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu and award-winning playwright and dramat
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
Creating Routes is back for 2026/27! Creating Routes is a FREE practical training programme for Global Majority* theatre makers aged 18+ and creatives who want to use their creative skills in community settings (e.g. working with groups in schools, community organisations, health
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
Scram & Scrum Theatre are seeking short pieces for their first scratch night at the Hallamshire Hotel in Sheffield. This is an informal opportunity for writers to see their work performed by professional actors in front of a live audience. Unfinished work is welcome, including fi
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
Quick-fire scratch nights for adventurous new writing in theatre and performance! The Scrap is an open-access night for writers, actors and directors to try out new ideas, meet one another, and showcase their work in front of an audience. Live music, good drinks, and cool new the
Read with a free account →11 September 26 · Opportunities
Quick-fire scratch nights for adventurous new writing in theatre and performance! The Scrap is an open-access night for writers, actors and directors to try out new ideas, meet one another, and showcase their work in front of an audience. Live music, good drinks, and cool new the
Read with a free account →04 September 26 · Opportunities
Free Scriptwriting Workshops in Nottingham & Lincolnshire Would you like to have a go at writing your first ever short script for theatre? Are you based in or around Nottingham or Boston, Lincolnshire? Join Script East Midlands for fun and FREE creative writing workshops this Sep
Read with a free account →04 September 26 · Opportunities
Free 8-week playwriting course in Lincolnshire Are you based in or around Boston, Lincolnshire? Would you like to write a short play and see it performed at Blackfriars Theatre? Sign up to an 8-week playwriting course, beginning on 30th of September. All levels of ability and exp
Read with a free account →21 August 26 · Opportunities
HOW NOT TO DISAPPEAR The Site – Royal Court Theatre – 30th September 10.30 – 1.30pm An open space style event for playwrights who are parents or guardians. We will explore HOW NOT TO DISAPPEAR WHEN BRINGING UP CHILDREN. Maybe that’s disappearing from the industry due to lack of t
Read with a free account →21 August 26 · Opportunities
MTFestUK is a unique festival that provides a platform to showcase and celebrate original musical theatre. Productions will be selected from the open submission process and their creative teams given an opportunity to workshop and present their work in ‘sharing’ sessions to audie
Read with a free account →13 August 26 · Opportunities
Formerly titled Open Submissions, Bush Theatre’s open call window to submit your work this year is 12noon Wednesday 12 August 2026 until 12noon Wednesday 26 August 2026. ———————————————————————————————————— We are keen to discover and build relationships with writers across the U
Read with a free account →13 August 26 · Opportunities
THE LEMON 2026. A new theatre festival from Playhouse East for the alternative, the experimenters, the conceptual artists, the physical practitioners, the clowns, and everyone who might not quite fit anywhere else. Mid-October to mid-November at Playhouse East, London. We’re seek
Read with a free account →07 August 26 · Opportunities
Entries are open for The People’s Play Award: A Playwriting Competition for Northern Writers. The Award is from the People’s Theatre in Newcastle and is for playwrights from the North of England who are yet to have a full-length play performed professionally. One winning script w
Read with a free account →07 August 26 · Opportunities
Live Theatre is looking for North East based writer/performers to submit up to ten minutes of bold new writing for Live Writes: Writer/Performer Edition, taking place at Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Selected writers will perform their own work i
Read with a free account →30 July 26 · Opportunities
Playwriting Festival is an annual theatre festival supporting writers with a meaningful connection to Hull to create and develop new plays in the city. Inspired by scratch nights, Fresh Ink showcases early versions of new plays, commissioned especially for the festival. It featur
Read with a free account →30 July 26 · Opportunities
Calling all writers, we want to read your scripts 🖊 Our new writing script submission window is open until 5pm, Thursday 20 August 2026. We look forward to reading what you share. Everything you need to know can be found on their website. New Writing at Druid is supported by Pau
Read with a free account →24 July 26 · Opportunities
Script Club Cardiff is looking for 10-minute plays responding to the theme ‘Rituals’ for a New Writing Night at Porter’s Theatre, Cardiff on Sunday 4th October. This is an unpaid opportunity, with proceeds from the night funding future events for local creatives. Writers must be
Read with a free account →17 July 26 · Opportunities
Applications for DISCOVERY are now open! This year we are working with Key Theatre, Peterbrough to discover new talented South Asian female and non-binary playwrights. If you have an idea for a play brewing, live or work in the local area, and have never been professionally produ
Read with a free account →17 July 26 · Opportunities
We have a range of Open Works Festival Workshops on sale now! 💚 For industry professionals and those wanting to develop their knowledge of all elements of theatrical performance. ⭐Character Through Movement with Roots Mbili ⭐The Street is Theatre with Monica Hunken ⭐Listening to
Read with a free account →17 July 26 · Opportunities
Spoken Word Event OPEN CALL! We’re looking for a new spoken word event for our Canada Water Theatre venue We’re offering a free 3-hour slot in our 150-seat theatre with venue hire, duty manager, technician, and front of house all provided in-kind. All you need is your vision ✨ Wh
Read with a free account →17 July 26 · Opportunities
NOVA 2026/27 is now open for applications! We’re looking for South Asian playwrights ready to imagine the next 50 years of storytelling. Selected writers will receive a paid seed commission of £1,500, mentoring, dramaturgical support, and the opportunity to develop their work wit
Read with a free account →10 July 26 · Opportunities
Entries are open for The People’s Play Award: A Playwriting Competition for Northern Writers. The Award is from the People’s Theatre in Newcastle and is for playwrights from the North of England who are yet to have a full-length play performed professionally. One winning script w
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