The Director’s Club present What is love? The Director’s Club Showcase, an evening of short plays about love, produced by Director’s Cut Theatre Company in partnership with Southwark Playhouse. The showcase is on Sunday 18th March at Southwark Playhouse. Prompt / What to submit: In their own words: ‘Love is experienced, expressed, witnessed and interpreted in many …
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Starbound Theatre is looking to produce a brand new play this year and continue its work exploring identity and promoting women’s voices and diversity on and off the stage. What to submit: Female led, 4 characters max. Diversity (in ethnicity, country of origin, languages/accents etc) preferred. Ages 20s and up. Themes: Identity (playwrights are free …
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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: Theatr Clwyd Writer in Residence Description: The Writer in Residence Programme at Theatr Clwyd offers …
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Write My Blurb is a new scratch night in the Canvas Cafe, just off Brick Lane. They are looking for performances of 7-10mins in length that you want to put to a living, breathing audience and hear how they would summarise it. The audience will take on the role of BLURB writer after each performance and performers will …
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The Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust’s Pitch Your Play scheme returns, inviting you to pitch a new play to a panel of industry professionals. What you get: Three successful pitches will be given space, admin and marketing support for 4 weeks at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, working with the Masterclass team to produce your staged …
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Drama Notebook is currently soliciting submissions of short plays written for kids and teens. The opportunity is advertised as paid, but rates are not posted. How to apply: Get in touch with Janea via their contact form. Deadline: none posted Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Group
The Sultan Padamsee Award for Playwriting 2018 is now open for entries. The winning plays will feature at Tata Literature Live! – The Mumbai LitFest in November 2018. There are also prizes available. What to submit: An original, unpublished, unproduced play about Asian Indians (wherever they may be), in English, between 60 – 120 minutes duration. How to …
Out of Joint would like to invite writers to come and work in their Writers Room at their HQ near Finsbury Park in North London. It can be booked for up to three weeks at a time, which needn’t be consecutive; and is completely free. It has a desk and a chair, a rug, a …
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Elicit Pictures has put a call out for screenwriters to submit their short film in order to be produced and directed by the team. What to submit: Film scripts should be 1-10 minutes in length. How to apply: If interested, please submit your work to elicitpictures@gmail.com. Deadline: 1 March 2018 at 12am Source: Playwriting UK …
The Scenic Route are currently seeking tutors to lead masterclasses in either playwriting, composition, or devised theatre to join a pool of tutors for upcoming projects to be rolled out later in the year. The Scenic Route develops projects to support a wide range of theatre makers in their work, one of which is our …
