Our next submission window will be from Monday 4th January (10am) until Thursday 7th January (10pm).
During this period we will allow access to our portal that can be found here. You will only be able to submit your script during a submission window.
Before submitting your script, please make sure that:
- Your name, email address and any personal details do NOT appear anywhere on your script
- Your script is no longer than 1500 words, including directions and character names.
- It includes a title page with a title, a synopsis and a casting suggestion for each character
- It is either a PDF or Word file
Plays should be written for 1 or 2 actors.
The winner will receive £150 upfront. We will try to give feedback to as many plays as possible but will only give it if we think it is helpful rather than for the sake of it – we don’t have all the answers!
Each winning play will be produced (in audio form) and released on The Painkiller Podcast in the following weeks.
At some stage, we hope to bring the winning plays together for some kind of physical event.
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All plays should have been written post 20 March 2020 – the day most UK theatres closed. We also request you do not submit more than one play per submission window.
Plays with the following words included within them will still be considered but we think it might be a good idea to avoid them:
social distancing, coronavirus, COVID, the virus, self-isolation, self-isolate, antibodies, T-cells, quarantine, Dominic Cummings, herd immunity, Wuhan, Stay Alert, vaccine, lockdown, Boris Johnson, furlough, pandemic, Durham, Zoom (the app), Donald Trump, excess deaths, Matt Hancock, symptoms, asymptomatic, a new or continuous cough, PPE clothing, Sweden, Governor Cuomo, face mask, exit strategy, second peak, loss of taste or smell, Jacinda Arden.
Please note we’re not suggesting you try and write a play about Covid-19 which simply excludes these words. You can write about absolutely anything and it is probably inevitable the way the world is at the moment will influence everything and everyone to some extent. Tackling the subject head-on, however, and writing “The Resistible Rise of Rishi Sunak” or “Waiting for Herd Immunity” might be a bit premature!
Best of luck writing.
@BitterTheatre on Twitter for updates.
Deadline: 7 January 2021
Source: direct contact