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Clean Break – Spring 2023 training programme

Clean Break is holding several new events as a part of their spring training programme at their headquarters in Kentish town:   Staging Rehabilitation – in partnership with Geese Theatre  9 March 2023 Taking place in Birmingham, this masterclass is for both theatre artists and criminal justice professionals interested in arts in the criminal system. …

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KDC Theatre – Full Stack New Writing Competition

KDC Theatre, a non-professional performance arts charity focused on the development of theatre artists, is accepting submissions for the 7th annual Full Stack new writing competition. Successful submissions will be performed in an anthology show in the summer. Brief: A package arrives or has just arrived. There is a letter with the package. The letter …

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Paines Plough – Open Writer’s Labs

Paines Plough is launching a new nationwide writer development programme in 2023 and they want to connect with storytellers and creatives with an interest in writing for stage and performance. This programme will look to create a nationwide network of writers, storytellers and creatives with ongoing support, development and mentoring from Paines Plough and their …

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Imagine If Theatre – Writers Toolbox Programme

Imagine If Theatre’s Writers Toolbox is a six-month programme focusing on writing for stage and screen run by BAFTA winner Mark Catley and Artistic Director Chesca Joy. The Programme will support you to begin working on a new production as well as giving you the tools to secure funding to produce your own work. Writers …

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Magnetic Theatre’s 4th Annual One Act Play Festival

The Magnetic Theatre’s One Act Play Festival (of Asheville, North Carolina, USA) is now taking submissions from playwrights internationally of plays that are 5-15 minutes long. The festival is scheduled for August 2023. This year’s theme is “home”. There is a $5 submission fee. Found out more here. Deadline: 1st of March 2023. Source: Playwriting …

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Durango Arts Centre – 10-Minute Play Festival

The 10-Minute Plays Festival in Durango, Colorado USA is taking international submissions of plays no longer than 10 minutes in length. The plays go through a tiered reading process (author names and hometowns are kept anonymous from the judges). The top 10 plays will be performed at a free reading in late spring where the …

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Carlow Little Theatre – International One-Act Playwriting Competition

The Carlow Little Theatre Society’s International One-Act Playwriting Competition will soon close submissions. The competition is open to all writers over 18 years old, both members and non-members, local and international. The play submitted must be in English and be an original work of the entrant that has not yet been published, nor performed on …

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Ricochet Theatre – BULLETPOINTS Writers’ Showcase

Ricochet Theatre, UK are hosting their first Ricochet Writers Showcase on Saturday 11th March at the Pen Theatre. They are looking for five scripts of no more than 15 minutes featuring no more than four actors. This can be a standalone piece or an extract from a longer play. In order to provide a range of opportunities, …

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Cork Arts Theatre – ‘View from a Window’ Short Play Competition

There is less than three weeks left to submit to Cork Arts Theatre’s ‘View from a Window’ Short Play Competition. All entrants must bear the following in mind… The window, and the view from it, should be an integral part of the plot. The play shouldn’t just have a reference to a window ‘slotted in’ …

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Dramatists Guild – End of Play 2023

The Dramatists Guild of America is very pleased to announce the fourth annual national playwriting month, End of Play. Starting April 1, 2023, participating playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists will be challenged to write a brand new play or musical, or revise an old draft. Through a combination of community building events, motivation, and that …

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