Five Pigeons Pecking a Bin Bag are taking submissions for their scratch night, In The Loft. In The Loft was initially launched during lockdown on Zoom to support artists who want to showcase their work and try something new in a super supportive environment. This will be their sixth In The Loft scratch night and …
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Following the success of the cosy crime course on Sister Boniface Mysteries earlier this year, BBC Studios are now launching a new residential training course for Father Brown. Producing over 130 hours of television drama every year; BBC Studios Continuing Drama Birmingham is home to the hugely successful continuing drama Doctors. Consistently developing and producing new …
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The BBC and Channel 4 have partnered with the National Film and Television School to deliver two weeks of free online sessions aimed at freelancers working in the UK. The schedule includes masterclasses, workshops, advice and wellbeing sessions for those working in both scripted and unscripted production. Delivered as webinars, they will offer practical knowledge, skills and support on topics as …
HighTide Theatre are looking for 6 East of England Playwrights to form their new HighTide Writers Group. Selected Playwrights will receive a year of mentoring, classes and support to develop a new play. Playwrights will receive a £750 bursary to support their time. Writers must be from – or have lived at least one year of …
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Oxford Playhouse is relaunching its Playhouse Playmaker scheme in 2024, and recruitment is now open. Playhouse Playmaker is their writers’ attachment scheme for playwrights, led by award-winning playwright Clare Bayley. Their scheme supports up to six emerging playwrights each year to write a full-length play, through a rewarding programme of workshops, dramaturgy and mentoring. Entry …
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Immediate Theatre is searching for a playwright to work on an original script – in collaboration with young women via workshops – for their upcoming show for schools focusing on attitudes to women and girls. Duties: To work with the Immediate Theatre team to lead 6 development workshops with young women. (October 2023) To …
The Victoria Wood Playwriting Prize for Comedy (in partnership with The Victoria Wood Foundation) is the UK’s first ever major playwriting competition dedicated to the art of Comedy. The prize is open to UK residents only and will take place biennially. There is one category, ‘New Comedy Play’, and all plays submitted must be an …
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This is a fun, FREE, practical workshop for these autumn months to empower and encourage LGBTQIA+, Global Majority & working class creatives to write a short play. This workshop is for complete novices, to emerging creatives, from seasoned professionals who want to drink from the well and for those who just need some inspiration; all …
Applications for the Criterion New Writing 2024 on-stage script program are now open. Each CNW group will welcome six writers to the stage of the Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly, for a sequence of six highly-focused story & script development sessions. If you wish to apply, you will need to send a single document (file name = your name) by …
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This workshop will explore how to create characterful and compelling dialogue to let your voice sing through your characters. Through exercises and discussion, you will plunge into the world of voice, subtext, slang, idiom and all the interesting things people say – as well as the more interesting things they don’t. This workshop takes place …
