As part of its ongoing commitment to becoming a home for writers in Wales, Theatr Clwyd is for the third year offering playwrights the time and space to write within a community of fellow artists without the pressure of ‘showing’ or producing work. Residencies connected to the theatre’s in-house productions give writers the chance to …
Theatr Clwyd announce third year of Writer In Residence Scheme Read More »
Five years ago today, London Playwrights’ Blog published its first blog post. And what a ride it has been! In the past five years, we have: Shared 2,000+ opportunities Published 255 Weekly Roundups – never missing a week Racked up over a million page views Received visits from 150,000+ playwrights Generated over 100 pieces of original content …
Five Years of London Playwrights’ Blog – and what’s next! Read More »
We’re absolutely thrilled to have launched our celebrations for the fifth anniversary of London Playwrights’ Workshop. Since we’re based online, there are many of our readers we never get to meet, so it would mean a lot to hear from you – and also provide great momentum for the next stage of our journey. How …
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This international playwriting project involves over 200 playwrights who have signed on to write one or more one-acts about extraordinary women in both past and present history. The project’s ambitious yet focused goal is to write women back into the social consciousness as well as empower and promote female playwrights around the country. They are now in …
Sky Blue choose five plays to be produced in a London venue. One of the winning plays will also be chosen to be made into a short film. This year’s performance will take place in October at the Lost Theatre. What you get: Given a full performance at the Lost Theatre, London Developed by professional …
Sky Blue seeking short plays for British Theatre Challenge 2018 (£16 fee) Read More »
Playwriting Workshop with John Burgess 4-8 May 2018 Poitiers, France John Burgess will be leading a 3 day workshop in a beautiful priory set in lovely gardens close to Poitiers, France from 4-8 May 2018. The three days will cover basic building blocks: words of one syllable, rhythm, exits and entrances, building a page, surprise, …
Playwriting Workshop with John Burgess in Poitiers, France Read More »
June sees Bradford Playhouse‘s LGBT month. They are hoping to showcase some of the Best LGBT theatre in the country. Part of the month will include their New Writing Festival. What to submit: They are currently open to submissions of short plays between 15 minutes and half an hour in length. The theme must be based …
Bradford Playhouse seeking short plays on LGBT themes Read More »
28 Plays Later is back for its fourth year, being run by Theatre Deli in association with The Space. Over the past three years (well, three months to be precise), 485 writers started the process, with 317 completing it. 10,676 plays were written in those months, and while some may never be read again, others …
28 Plays Later (£20.18 entry, finishers share profits) Read More »
Series Mania Writers’ Campus is a week-long writing workshop offering intensive and high quality training for 20 emerging TV drama writers in Europe. The event will take place from Friday, April 27th to Friday, May 4th. During their stay in Lille, participants will be mentored by two professional tutors: Martie Cook, who has over 25 years of experience …
Series Mania Writers’ Campus in Lille France (free accommodation) Read More »
In Good Company’s scratch nights continue, with its next event taking place on 3 March 2018. Taking place in Derby Theatre’s Studio, this is an opportunity for you to try out new ideas in front of an audience and get a bit of feedback to help you develop your work in the future and maybe …
In Good Company seeking ideas to scratch at Derby Theatre (paid £250) Read More »
