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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).
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Featured posts:
**Update: Covid-19 and our work**
Lockdown Limbo: 5 tips for writing in strange times
Where to Watch Live Theatre in Quarantine?
Can Digitally Streamed Theatre Compare to Live Performance?
PODCAST: Making It with Temi Wilkey – London Playwrights’ Collaboration with the Bush Theatre & One Fine Play
LPW 2020 selected writers announced!
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LPW Play Club 2020: Play #3 – ear for eye by debbie tucker green
Sessions 1 , 2 & 3 available now! Online Course: Mastering Dramatic Structure
The LPW Guide to Formatting your Stage Play – Available to download
Opportunities Pick of the Week: Saw It Here First Productions seeking submissions (10-15 mins) for showcase
New Digital Opportunities
In response to the coronavirus crisis, there has been a surge in new online opportunities for writers, so we’ve added this new section to list them all. Online resources or those with rolling deadlines are listed first, those with deadlines follow on afterwards.
National Theatre productions to be streamed for free on YouTube
National Writing Day resources available for teachers and parents alike
Resources and events for writers & artists during quarantine from Part of the Main
Professor Dan Rebellato in discussion with playwrights on youtube
Free scripts to read or use from Smith Scripts
Writers warm-up every Mon/Fri at 10:15am by Playwrights’ Workshop
Writing Resources from The Bruntwood Prize
ŠITE Productions are looking for Living Room plays
LPW: Write With Us – Instagram Inspiration
Press release for world’s first multimedia theatre discovery platform
Sharp Scratches presents Writing in Isolation (Facebook Group)
Sherman Theatre Interval Projects
Regional Fundraisers for Theatre freelancers
Talawa- One on one Zoom meetings for Black British Writers
New Diorama – North Star Project
Women & Theatre podcast series exploring women and work
Papatango Library & Arts Council Advice
Nick Hern Books Still on the Page – offering 30% discount on play texts
James McDermott – writer for hire selling zoom playwriting classes and script reports
Financial support for arts individuals and organisations from the government
Online readings with DG Footlights celebrating new dramatic works
The Goats Theatre Company presents new short plays and poems in their podcast
Every week Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival showcasing a film of performance
300 Thoughts for Theatremakers by Russell Lucas
Red Planet Prize goes digital for next phase of the writing competition
Chalk Musical Theatre Dramaturgy is a new script-reading service for musicals
Podcast with Winsome Pinnock and the reasons why her play Leave Taking continues to be revived
Free Q&As from Actor Awareness
Stage Door Live – episode 8 on access and inclusion
Director’s Cut – LockDown OpenUp – Deadline: rolling
Cooped Up Creatives recruiting new contributors for poetry and art project – Deadline: rolling
Fable Workshop is looking for writers to create social distancing plays – Deadline: rolling
Durham Student Theatre are looking for 5 minute monologues – Deadline: rolling
Part of the Grid offering programme of affordable theatre tech, design and producing workshops – Dates: various
New writing festival of 80 plays to help raise funds for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre – Deadline: none specified
Monday Playreaders are looking for new scripts to be read aloud via Zoom – Every Monday
NHB Playgroup: read a play for free and take part in Q&A with the writer – Every Wednesday
Space Theatre Club – watch a play online and meet up each week to discuss on zoom –Every week
Up ‘Ere Productions new online play reading group ‘The Breakfast Club’ – Deadline: rolling until filled
Metal Rabbit Productions looking for scripts to be read out loud over Zoom – Deadline: rolling
Call out for Audio Comedy & Comedy/Drama Scripts! – Deadline: rolling
Calling Creative Contributors – writers, dancers, photographers, The Creative Pandemic – Deadline: rolling
Josef Weinberger Plays seeking 15 minute shorts for ISOPLAYTION – Deadline: rolling
Quarantine Quill – Creative writing podcast – Deadline: rolling
JustOut Theatre accepting submissions for 15 minute weekly radio plays – Deadline: rolling
LifeLogues – Series of monologues based on lived experiences – Deadline: none posted
Part of the Main series of June workshops – Dates: various throughout June 2020
Virtual festival showcasing comedy and writing from the BBC – Dates: 19-21 June 2020
Adhoc and Congress Theatre seeking 20-30 minute plays on “Creative Minds in Isolation” – Deadline: 26 June 2020
Opportunities with deadlines:
Please note: due to the current theatre closures, it is likely that some of these opportunities may not go ahead as planned. We are working hard to get everything updated but in the meantime, please check with the organisers before submitting.
Play Submissions Helper: 29 Opportunities with May Deadlines – Deadlines: various throughout May 2020
Sapphic Voices are looking for women playwrights for a radio slot – Deadline: none posted
The Progress Theatre launches two projects for aspiring playwrights – Deadline: none but last sessions and events take place on 1 & 4 July 2020
Words First – talent development scheme for spoken word artists – Deadline: 19 June 2020
#ENOUGH seeking 10 minute plays by students confronting the issue of gun violence – Deadline: 20 June 2020
Plays Rough London looking for writers for 24 hour play challenge – Deadline: 21 June 2020
Short Com Sitcom Script Competition (entry fee) – Deadline: 21 June regular/ 7 July 2020 late
Green Carnation Company are looking for short script submissions – Deadline: 25 June 2020
Decameron Playwriting Competition and Workshop – Deadline: 26 June 2020
Shakespeare in Italy seeking short radio dramas (15 minutes) – Deadline: 26 June 2020
Submissions open for the 2020 Graduate Rep Season ‘Acting Out’ – Deadline: 30 June 2020 at 5pm
Manchester Performing Arts Group looking for stage plays and musicals for rehearsed reading – Deadline: 30 June 2020
Manchester Performing Arts Group accepting submissions – Deadline: 30 June 2020
ETPEP Award 2020 open for entries – Deadline: 31 March 2020 30 June 2020
Six to Start looking for writers to pitch ideas for audio dramas (paid £460) – Deadline: 30 June 2020
Free dramaturgical support and feedback for all LGBTQ+ writers – Deadline: 30 June 2020
Submissions are open for 2020 Graduate Rep Season ‘Acting Out’ – Deadline: 30 June 2020
Monologues or poetry for a live reading on theme “how to be young again” – Deadline: 30 June 2020
Creative Talent Programme for 2020-2021 accepting submissions – Deadline: 1 July 2020
The Queans Theatre is looking for 10 min pieces for their digital fundraiser festival – Deadline: 1 July 2020
Saw It Here First Productions seeking submissions (10-15 mins) for show case – Deadline: 10 July 2020
BBC New Creatives talent development scheme for people based in the South West – Deadline: 12 & 17 July 2020
Two day theatre workshop with Simon Stephens in Milan (cost €200) – Deadline for applications: 28 March 2020 15 July 2020
Chesil Theatre – TakeTen Playwriting Competition – Deadline: 18 July 2020
Script Search – opportunity for writers to get their feature film idea into paid development – Deadline: 19 July 2020
Triforce Creative Network and Greenacre Films seeking feature film ideas – Deadline: 19 July 2020
5 scholarships available to study an MA in writing for T.V. – Deadline: 20 July 2020
BBC New Creatives talent development scheme for people based in the Midlands – Deadline: 31 July 2020
Middle Child inviting script submissions for full length plays – Deadline: 4 August 2020
The Yale Drama Series seeking submissions for 2021 playwriting competition – Deadline: 15 August 2020
Lonely Penguin looking for new writing for first scratch night (unpaid) – Deadline: 26 August 2020
The Brighton Scratch Night at the Rialto looking for play extracts – Deadline: 31 August 2020
Box of Tricks Theatre development programme for North-West England based playwrights – Deadline: 31 August 2020
Sohaya Visions looking for scripts promoting tolerance (prize £1,000) – Deadline: 1 November 2020
Events and workshops:
Please note: due to the current theatre closures, it is likely that some of these events may not go ahead as planned. We are working hard to get everything updated but in the meantime, please check with the organisers before trying to book.
Greenwich screenwriters meetup – Dates: 1st Wednesday of each month
Writing in the Sand full creative day event (costs £32.93) – Dates: monthly
Playwritng Classes at the National Theatre – Dates: various throughout the year
Bush Theatre Masterclasses – Dates: various
Director’s Cut Theatre: Writer’s Club – Dates: various
The Monobox: Get Writing with Andrew Whyment and Adam Foster – Dates: various
LPW Workshop: An Introduction to Musical Theatre Writing with Emily Garside – Date: 6 June 2020 Postponed until October but a Zoom version will take place on 20 June 2020
Drama workshops from Prime Theatre for 9-13s and 14-25s this summer – Dates: various from 15 June 2020
LPW Workshop: Plan your Play in a Day – Date: 27 June 2020 postponed until later this year
LPW Workshop: Making an Impact in Your Opening Scene – Date: 1 August 2020 10am-1pm (if this cannot go ahead in person, we will run an online version)
LPW: The Redrafting Programme Course 2020 – Date: start 19 September 2020 (if this cannot go ahead in person, we will run an online version)
Writing for Radio day workshop for beginners with Fin Kennedy (cost £50) – Date: 19 September 2020
Online workshops and resources:
Part of the Main programme of affordable theatre teach, design and producing workshops – Dates: various throughout June
New Online Course: Mastering Dramatic Structure -Starts 7 May 2020
LPW launches Podcast with Temi Wilkey, One Fine Play & The Bush Theatre
National Theatre: New Views – playwriting programme for 14-19 year olds – Dates: various
Papatango career facilitation service – 10am -12pm alternate Tuesdays (starting 31 January 2019)
Upcoming Dramatists Guild events for UK based dramatists (free) – Dates: various throughout June
Black Lives Black Words International Project hosting low-cost playwriting workshop – Date: 30 June 2020
Gemma Arrowsmith is running a short free online sketch comedy writing course – Deadline: 19 June 2020
Zoom Workshop: An Introduction to Musical Theatre Writing – Date: 20 June 2020
Weekly video tutorials on writing up until National Writing Day (24th June) – Dates: Weekly until 24 June 2020
The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting: Online Toolkit for writers
The Bruntwood Prize: Free livestreamed workshops for 2019 Paines Plough Insights Podcast
Stagedoor App Podcast (Bridget Minamore and Chris Campbell of the Royal Court’s Literary Office)
Access the Royal Court’s Playwrights’ Podcast
Bloomsbury Publishing: How to get your play published (view live stream of talk)
WGGB launches FREE Musical Theatre Kit
An Introduction to Screenwriting: free online course with FutureLearn & Uni. of East Anglia
LPW Summer Sessions: Overcoming writers’ block (online workshop)
LPW Summer Sessions: How to write a monologue (online workshop)
LPW Summer Sessions: Promoting yourself as a writer (online workshops)
LPW Members: Online Course – Writing in Dialect: How to Listen, What to Write – Available now
LPW Members: Online Course – The Submissions Checklist
Black Lives, Black Words: Playwriting Fundamentals Course
Chippy Lane Productions open list of female writers
Nick Hern Books launches Playscript Subscriptions
Ongoing submissions:
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre interested in developing a stable of writers -ongoing
Work-in-Development Submissions for the John Thaw Studio at The Actors Centre – Deadline: ongoing
Write Protect looking for proven script consultants to work on paid submissions – Deadline: none posted
Concord Theatricals are accepting unsolicited submissions – Deadline: ongoing
The BCG Pro Video Contest is looking for 2 minute scripted video sketches (prize £100) – Deadline: until further notice
The Royal Court now accepting online submissions – Deadline: rolling
London Playwrights Workshop accepting rolling submissions from members – Deadline: rolling
Opportunity for writers to develop work with company of actors (profit share) – Deadline: rolling
John Byrne Award monthly competition for creative work (prize £250) – Deadline: monthly
Scene 1 writers’ & actors’ group looking for short scripts linked to Epping Forest (£4 fee) – Deadline: rolling
Brush Stroke Order now offering bursaries for script reading services – Deadline: rolling
Elephant Ears Reading Series are looking for plays to read and record (feedback provided) – Deadline: not specified
Underscore Studios script submission – Deadline: not specified
The Lion & Unicorn Theatre are looking for work to programme – Deadline: rolling/ programming for current season (ends July)
Stitchin’ Fiction seeking creatives for their events – Deadline: rolling
Studio Salford Development Week – Deadline: none posted
The Space accepting applications from companies for new season – deadline: rolling
Hampstead Theatre announces year round submission window
Peggy Ramsay Foundation: Grant for writers – Deadline: rolling
Tutti Creative Space: cheap rehearsal space – Deadline: not applicable
Free Spirit Theatre seeking submissions for Write-Off 2019 – Deadline: none posted
Feast Theatre seeking playwrights! – Deadline: none posted
BBC Sounds launch callout for podcast drama! – Deadline: none posted
Tiny Theatre seeking submissions of short plays – Deadline: none posted
WildChild Script Call out! – Deadline: none posted
Blindspot Theatre Scratch night -Deadline: none but slots are filled on a first come first serve basis
Katzpace accepting submissions for Katzcratch – Deadline: none posted
Scriptjam accepting scripts for feedback – Deadline: rolling
The Cabot Cruising Club, Bristol looking to programme arts events – Deadline: none posted
Exploding Whale Theatre seeking submissions for their next show – Deadline: none posted
Thunder Theatre seeking submissions for 15-20 minute plays – Deadline: none posted
Mate Productions accepting applications for Writers Collective – Deadline: None posted
Manchester ADP seeking scripts to produce – Deadline: Rolling
Sparks – HighTide’s new script submission process – Deadline: Weekly, follow them on Twitter for updates
Attic Theatre seeking musicals for 2019 tour – Deadline: None posted
React Scratch inviting writers to share work at monthly scratch night – Deadline: Rolling
Drama Notebook seeking short plays for kids and teens (paid) – Deadline: None posted
Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s Play Production Programme – Deadline: Ongoing
Aurora Metro Books seeks British East Asian plays for publication – Deadline: Ongoing
Middle Child Theatre seeking scripts to commission – Deadline: None posted
Newsthump looking for spoof news writers – Deadline: ongoing
Arvon Grants available for writing courses – Deadline: none posted/ various
Paines Plough accepting ongoing submissions – Deadline: rolling
BBC Comedy Classroom – Comedy writing resources for young people – Deadline: various
Online Masterclass with Aaron Sorkin on Screenwriting ($90) – Deadline: none posted
JW3 seeking submissions of pieces about Jewish culture – Deadline: rolling
BFI Postroom open to submissions of films and scripts from emerging filmmakers – Deadline: rolling
Opportunities to hear your play with Player Playwrights – Deadline: rolling
Playwrights Circle at the Bread & Roses – Deadline: ongoing (monthly event)
Funding available for students at Glasgow University MLitt Playwriting & Dramaturgy – Deadline: none posted
The Cockpit Theatre seeking work for scratch nights – Deadline: none posted but performances take place on the first Monday of the month.