Rift is looking for playwrights born between 01/01/1990 and 31/12/1999 to write a 10 minute play to be produced for its #90sSeason. They are holding a workshop with Styx in February to prepare for a residency in March, supported by Tottenham-based artists. What to submit: A short bio about yourself and writing experience. How to apply: …
Rift looking for playwrights born in the 90s for workshop and residency Read More »
Comedy writers and performers – introducing a new way to get your comedy noticed by producers and commissioners. The Comedy Crowd has launched a new platform called “Chorts!” showcasing 2 minute videos of original comedy characters. Comedy Crowd Co-founders Jon Jayson and Peter Wright say: “The way new comedy finds it’s audience is changing, and this is creating …
Get your writing noticed by TV commissioners with The Comedy Crowd’s ‘Chorts’ Read More »
From Page to Stage is a festival of new musical theatre dedicated to showcasing unproduced work and work in development to an audience to garner feedback and create new opportunities for the artistes involved. The fifth annual festival will be held at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s newest theatre The Other Palace. What you get: From Page to Stage funds …
From Page to Stage festival of new musical theatre seeks unproduced works Read More »
It’s not strictly for playwrights but for all you theatre makers out there, the RSC has announced it’s next generation talent programme to give talented young people from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance to explore a career in acting, directing or working backstage. How to apply: Participants in the programme will be recruited from the thousands of …
RSC’s ‘next generation’ talent programme for young people due to launch Read More »
The St George’s Players playwriting group invites writers to its next meeting at 8pm on Wednesday 15 February at The Honor Oak, Forest Hill. The group says: “We support each other to develop our writing. Our ultimate aim is to write a play the Players can perform. “We’ll be reading through the 10 pages we’ve …
The Old Red Lion Theatre literary department has re-opened its submissions window for solicited and unsolicited scripts. Literary manager Gus Miller says: “As a theatre our focus is more on new writing than it perhaps ever has been and we are doing everything in our power to discover and nurture the best emerging writers around. “We’re always …
Old Red Lion Theatre literary department re-opens for script submissions Read More »
Want to help support LPB without spending any extra cash? Check out our ‘Gifts & Gear’ series and do your Amazon shopping via our links! 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 …
Editor’s Note: This one isn’t strictly a playwriting opportunity but we thought it might of interest to some of you theatre maker/writers out there. Patrizia Paolini’s Practical Programme 10/ 17/24 February 2017 & 3 March from 5pm-7:30pm Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton St, Shoreditch, London N1 6SH About the course: Patrizia Paolini’s …
A new magazine, Future Fossil Flora, is looking for a short play or monologue on the poppy to be published in its first issue. Magazine founder Kaley Ross says: “We are an independent magazine that is dedicated to exploring the world of one flower per issue. We delve into the mutually curious relationships between humanity and flora, …
The Space, a performing arts centre based in a converted church on the Isle of Dogs, east London, is seeking proposals for its summer (May to August) 2017 performances. The Space says: “We like to make people laugh, to think, maybe to have a good cry and every now and then, we like to terrify …
The Space seeking proposals for its summer performances Read More »
