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: Soggy Brass at Southwark Playhouse Description: Velvet Trumpet are looking for new pieces of comedy lasting 10-15 …
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Yellow Earth is launching a two-year Professional Writers Programme for writers of East Asian descent led by Caroline Jester. Four early career writers will be selected to take part with the aim of developing at least one play for the company to produce. If you are a writer of drama of East Asian descent with …
Instinct Theatre has announced Scratch the Surface a new writing initiative allowing London’s emerging new writers, directors and actors to collaborate on new play extracts, most of which are in development to be produced as full length productions in 2017. They are accepting submissions from playwrights and directors for a March 2017 New Writing Night …
‘Crossing boundaries’ is theme for Instinct Theatre’s scratch night shorts Read More »
The Rabbit’s Riot Theatre Company based in the North West of Ireland have announced Sligo’s first LGBT+ inspired theatre festival – Where We Are Now. They want new writing to be produced by the company at the festival which they hope will become a long-standing tradition. What to submit: Shorts, one-acts and full-length plays with an LGBT+ theme or …
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Playwriting: one day workshop Saturday 11 February 2017 (10am-4pm) …
One day workshop with Jennifer Farmer at Bishopsgate Institute Read More »
Want to help support LPB this? Check out our new series ‘Gifts & Gear’ 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 the Week & featured …
The Spark Factory will be curating seven artists at Brighton Fringe 2017 to explore risky and daring ideas for one night only . They are looking to find the boldest, strangest and most thought-provoking theatre ideas out there to take part. Spark Factory says: “If you have a performance idea that sends thrills down your spine but you …
The Old Vic Lab is offering up to two weeks of free rehearsal space for emerging artists and companies between February and May 2017 at The Old Vic Workrooms in Bermondsey. The Old Vic says during the last year it has given 1,000 artists 3,000 hours of free rehearsal space. It wants to continue this by offering space and supporting …
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: 2017 Papatango New Writing Prize Description: Papatango is looking for 70 minute plus plays. The …
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The Hastings Fringe Festival 2017 is holding its first call out for this year’s event. It is looking for two minute tasters of work – new writing to showcase, a story to tell, poetry to slam, an original act you want to perform, or music to share? Now in its third year, Hastings Fringe Festival 2017 will be taking …
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