Chippy Lane Productions recently set up an open list of female writers. If you want to take a look, find out more and get your name added, please see the link below – it is open to anyone who identifies as female. Click here to access the list Deadline: not applicable Source: direct contact
In a bid to develop and champion emerging Welsh female playwrights, Chippy Lane Productions’ Artistic Director, Rebecca Jade Hammond runs a Welsh Female Writers Group. These sessions are four hours of fun, friendly, supportive and informative discussion. Writing can be a very isolating and lonely process so it’s good to share your work in a …
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Curatorial Call-Out 2019: John Thaw Initiative 2019 at The Actors Centre Are you a writer interested in performing your own work? Or perhaps you are an actor looking for an opportunity to mount your own show? The Actors Centre is currently seeking submissions of work-in-progress pieces that explore the theme of motherhood as part of the fourth and final …
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This September, for the first time, Rose Theatre Kingston is curating a new writing festival. Three plays will be selected for the festival. The writers of the chosen plays will work alongside director Fay Lomas, inaugural winner of the Peter Hall Emerging Artists Fellowship, to workshop and develop their script ahead of a rehearsed reading at the Rose. The …
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How do you make a centuries-old novel exciting and relevant for a modern-day stage audience? Award-winning theatre-makers HUNCHtheatre recently converted A Hero Of Our Time, a 180-year-old Russian novel, for performances in Edinburgh, London and St Petersburg. In this post, George Hamilton speaks to actor and playwright Oliver Bennett and director Vladimir Scherban from HUNCH, …
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Scrap night is a brand new event in October, giving writers, singers, musicians, playwrights, poets, rappers, new and existing artistes the opportunity to showcase their material before a paying audience and industry professionals. How to apply? If you are interested in participating in the Scrap night, please email Nicole Brown (Nicolebrown1994@hotmail.co.uk) with a short description …
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Playhouse Playmaker is the Oxford Playhouse writers attachment programme for new and emerging playwrights led by award-winning writer and director John Retallack. https://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/get-involved/adults/playhouse-playmaker/ Each year they select up to 6 writers who meet once a month between January and October. These sessions are used to work on writing techniques, with individual mentoring and feedback on scripts. This programme …
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The Lancaster Playwriting Prize is an initiative arising out of the cultural partnership between Lancaster University and The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster; it is supported by Lucy Briers. The Prize aims to discover new voices from a diverse range of backgrounds; each year, it has different entry criteria in order to reach underserved playwrights. For 2019, …
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Want to support LPB? Become a member! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing opportunities (No deadline). …
