Kate Pettigrew

Studio Players, Kentucky, seeks 10-minute plays for festival ($200)

Studio Players, Kentucky’s oldest community-involved theatre, located in Lexington, has announced their 4th annual 10-Minute Play Festival, to be performed in August 2017. Winning entrants will get a full production of their scripts and video recording and presentation of their scripts. Studio players says: “This event is growing yearly, with vibrant public response.  This year, we …

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Camden People’s Theatre seeks entries for Come As You Are festival

From 12 September to 1 October 2017, Camden People’s Theatre (CPT) presents Come As You Are: three weeks of adventurous performance addressing attitudes towards and understanding of gender. They are seeking: Full productions exploring themes directly relevant to the  festival In-development or short (max 25min) performances for mixed-bill ‘scratch’ or cabaret nights Other unusual performance events …

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KDC Theatre wants shorts on ‘what keeps me awake’ for week-long production

 KDC Theatre, an active amateur group in the centre of London, is looking for short pieces for a week-long production in a fringe theatre in June. KDC says: “We are looking to choose 12 pieces around the theme ‘What keeps me awake’, that are no longer than 4 sides of A4, and need no more than …

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Letterbox Productions seeks writer to take 1 hour play to Edinburgh Fringe (paid)

Letterbox Productions work so far has consisted of collaborations with new writers to explore contemporary issues. It is now looking for its’ next writer to write a 1 hour play for it to take to the Edinburgh Fringe this August, to be performed at ‘The Space, North Bridge’. The winner will receive £300 for the full …

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Actors launch new north london playreading opportunity

 Two actors, Alex and Niamh, are launching a new playwriting opportunity. They say: “We are actors based in north London and have a great new writing opportunity that we’d love to share with your followers. “The problem: Like many young creatives, most of our time has been spent at the day job not flexing our …

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Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 17 March 2017

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 …

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Wexford Literary Festival launches inaugural one-act play competition (€300 prize, €10 entry fee)

Wexford Literary Festival is welcoming entries to its inaugural one-act play competition. Playwrights are invited to submit plays of up to 15 minutes. Four finalists will have their pieces performed by Enniscorthy Drama Group at this year’s festival, with a prize of €300 euro going to the overall winner. What to submit: The play should have …

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Hidden Theatre Company call out for Scratched (new writing night)

The Hidden Theatre Company wants writers for its second Scratched night on Monday 10 April 2017 at The Water Rats, Kings Cross, London. Your work could be performed as a rehearsed reading by directors and actors then read in an informal setting. You will get feedback off the creatives and the audience. The company wants writers …

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Free Almeida playwriting workshops with Rachel De-lahay and Vinay Patel

There are two FREE writing workshops taking place this April in the Almeida bar. Workshop with Rachel De-lahay – Tuesday 11 April 2017 at 4.30pm: Take part in a writing workshop led by award winning playwright Rachel De-lahay. Rachel’s most recent play, Circles, for which she won the Pearson Award to write, and won the Catherine Johnson …

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Berkery Casting seeks playwrights for London profit-share fringe theatre

Berkery Casting is looking for playwrights for a London profit-share fringe theatre with a call out for a present day play set in UK or Northern Europe. Berkery is looking for a play with a strong female (mid 20’s) lead with potential for 3 other actors. The ideal length is under an hour straight through and although …

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