Save the date and secure your ticket for the BBC Writersroom Wales Festival. Further details for the festival will be announced soon! WHEN: Monday 9th December 2019 from 9.30 – 19.00 WHERE: National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP Secure your free ticket now! Deadline: not applicable Source: BBC Writersroom
We have a super exciting announcement to make! We’ve launched a podcast – and as it’s all about playwrights, we think you’re going to love it! Created by the brilliant OneFinePlay, and supported by the Bush Theatre, this brand new podcast features playwright and actress Temi Wilkey talking to writers about how they create theatre. …
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Andrea Ling is a director looking to collaborate with a writer that has either a written piece or has started a process that explores the theme of nature. It can be a prominent theme or an undertone. Genre, content and form of the piece are very open. “I have an opportunity to develop a new …
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In their words: We are pleased to present the fourth installation of JW3’s seasonal scratch night. On 22 March 2020, 3 writers, theatre-makers or companies will perform 15-20 minutes of new material in a studio space at JW3. The performances will be followed by an informal chance for the artists to kibbitz with the audience …
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). …
In this exclusive event for Young Court Friends, playwright Somalia Seaton who is currently running the Royal Court Introduction to Playwriting groups will be sharing an extensive collection of tools for new playwrights to get started. With exercises to kick start ideas, find ways in to writing your play and getting over writers block. Venue: Royal …
Young Court Friends Events: The First Step with Somalia Seaton Read More »
Ok, so it may be only October, but with the nights getting longer and the air getting colder, we thought it was high time we announced #WrAP2020. If you thought January was all about broken resolutions and doom and gloom – think again! Here at London Playwrights we use the first month of the year …
#WrAP is back for 2020! Write a play in January! Read More »
Writing can be a lonely business but joining (or setting up!) a writers’ group can be a great way to counteract this. In this post, Rebecca Jade Hammond, Artistic Director of Chippy Lane and founder of their Welsh Female Writers Group (WFW), shares her insights; and writers, Faebian Averies and Sophie Warren, talk about the …
Chippy Lane Productions: The benefits of writers’ groups Read More »
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: Sparkhaus call out for writers for Ignite 6 scratch night Description: Writers & Theatre Makers …
