The Writer & Director Relationship Saturday, 13 May 2017 from 10 am-1pm Gate Theatre About the workshop: Join the writer and director of new play Assata Taught Me, Kalungi Ssebandeke and Lynette Linton, to explore their creative partnership and how they collaborated and made this new play. Kalungi and Lynette will take you through their …
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Sheer Height Theatre, which aims to increase the number of well-rounded, challenging female roles on stage and screen, is open for script submissions for Women Redressed: Act I and Act II. Woman Redressed Act I will take place at Park 200 Theatre on 12-13 March 2017. Act II wil be performed on 10-13 April 2017 at the …
Women Redressed open for Act II submissions as Act I entries due to close 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 …
Cultural hub Arts Depot is inviting applications for research and development residencies this summer. North Finchley-based Arts Depot says the residency programme is a way for it to engage with artists and companies from different art form backgrounds, providing them with access to resources and expertise within a professional multi-art form venue. It is inviting applications from emerging and established …
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Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in January 2017. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through peruse the whole list of playwriting opportunities. Source: Play Submissions Helper
Spiral is looking for short plays or musicals of any theme and genre to host at The Bread and Roses theatre, Clapham, from 12-14 March 2017. What to submit: Pieces should include two to four characters, be no longer than 15 minutes in running time and have minimal set, sound and lighting requirements. Writers to be …
Free Rayne seeking short plays and musicals for Spiral showcase night Read More »
Writers’ submisssions on the theme of freedom are open for The Director’s Club Showcase on Sunday 12 February at Southwark Playhouse. What to submit: 5-7 minute monologues or duologues. Comedy, drama and dark pieces. Director’s Cut is looking for writers to create characters who tell a story about themselves. The character must have either faced or …
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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: Game-writing opportunities on Zombies, Run! Description: Zombies, Run!, the smartphone health and fitness app that has topped the charts …
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Bafta Rocliffe is offering a showcase for TV drama as the top prize in its new writing competition for 2017. Three writers will receive the showcase at Bafta’s London HQ with professional actors and directors, industry introductions, access to bespoke masterclasses, an in depth script report on your complete screenplay, a featured spot on Bafta’s New Writing Forum …
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NewsThump, the spoof news and current affairs site, continues to welcome unsolicted material from funny people. NewsThump says its website has a large following on social media and published entries are eligible for a good share of any advertising revenue generated from that page. What to submit: An original article of 250-300 words. How to enter: via …
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