Events

Old Red Lion offering LPB readers discount to see DYL

The Old Red Lion is offering London Playwrights’ Blog readers the chance to get £14 tickets to see Mark Weinman’s new play DYL. DYL is a new play that the Old Red Lion has developed in house and stands as great example of how they want to engage with new work. To get your discounted tickets, simply …

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Skint Theatre Festival’s Stranger Tales for Bank Holiday weekend

SKINT Theatre Festival, which called out for scripts on LPB for its Stranger Tales festival, has announced the details. SKINT returns to Bristol for 3 days this April 28-30 2017 and is inviting you to join them under The Island for what it says is a Bank Holiday weekend of micro-theatre madness. Skint says: “We’ve filled our jail-cells …

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Ruislip Dramatic Society call out for shorts for Scratch Night

Ruislip Dramatic Society is hosting its first Scratch Night on  7 July 2017 at Uxbridge Library and is looking for 4 short 15 minute new plays, or parts of a new play on any topic by local writers. RDS says: “This is a fantastic opportunity for a writer to showcase their skills and ideas. “Scratch nights are …

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Put on a show in a night with Stitchin’ Fiction

Stichin’ Fiction has announced a new writing night where creatives are challenged to cast, rehearse, and perform in the course of a single evening in a free workshopping environment. Stitchin’ Fiction says: “Writers with words stuck in their laptops and notebooks are given a pool of performers, who want to work and stretch their collaborative muscles …

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Fizzy Sherbet open for submissions for plays by women writers

Fizzy Sherbet’s new submission window is open. It is looking for short plays by women writers to be presented in a rehearsed reading at Hackney Attic, London, in mid-June. Fizzy says: “We accept 10-15 minute short plays written by women. Submissions can be on any topic & from anywhere in the world, provided that they are …

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Free tickets to book launch/showcase of Student Guide to Writing competition winners

The Bush Theatre, MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins, Writers at Work Productions and Oberon Books have announced the book launch and showcase of the winning student and emerging writers’ work from “The Student Guide to Writing: Playwriting” competition. The book launch and showcase of winning work will take place …

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Share your work at Bohemian Balcony’s Swindon Scratch Night

The newly launched arts space Bohemian Balcony is holding a Swindon Scratch night at 7.15pm on 13 April 2017. £1 on the door. The Balcony says; “Come along to network and support creative talent in our town. “Whatever your creative discipline or current project, be brave and bring it the balcony to scratch it out with …

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Bread and Roses Theatre Playwrights Circle: March-May 2017 meetings

Playwrights’ Circle Monday 27 March/22 May from 7.30-9.30pm Bread & Roses Theatre The Playwrights Circle is a friendly and supportive circle in which playwrights can share their work and work-in-progress, run by The Bread & Roses Theatre on the last Monday every month. The Bread & Roses Theatre Company has been developing and supporting new …

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Poplar Union running writing workshops and scratch night

Poplar Union, a brand new east London-based arts, culture and community venue, has announced its first series of writing workshops. This  three-part workshops with fringe writer Dale J. Pearson are on the theme of ‘place’. After the final workshop, participants are invited to take the opportunity to showcase their work to a live audience at Poplar …

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University Women in the Arts in International Women’s Day event for female students wanting to work in the arts

University Women in the Arts has announced a day long International Women’s Day event for female students wanting to work in the arts in the UK. The free event will take place in London from 3-8pm on 2 March. It offers students a chance to benefit from the advice of some of the women leading the way …

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