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Experienced screenwriter wanted for feature film script development Dreamfusion production company is seeking a screenwriter with writing credits on at least one released feature and/or writer credits for a televised drama, to develop an existing treatment into a screenplay for a feature-length film. They  are planning a feature film drama to be shot in the …

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Zombies, Run!, the smartphone health and fitness app that has topped the charts regularly since its launch in 2012, is looking for two or three trainee writers. It has been downloaded over 3 million times and its lead writer and co-creator, Naomi Alderman, has been responsible for the production of five seasons of the game. Now she’s …

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Graeae is seeking a new Literary Assistant. The successful applicant will support the literary team to run its year long programme for Deaf and disabled writers, Write to Play, and will assist the Playlabs and Playchats programmes. Contract / Pay: £20,500 FTE – Part Time, Fixed Term (3 days per week, 15 month contract) How to …

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The National Theatre of Scotland is currently recruiting for a Literary Manager.  This is a 12 month fixed term post that reports to the Director of Artistic Development. The Literary Manager will work together with the Artistic Director and Director of Artistic Development to help realise the artistic vision of National Theatre of Scotland by: …

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Edinburgh University’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and the Traverse Theatre are delighted to announce their continued partnership in a Creative Fellowship for a playwright to be based within the University and affiliated to the theatre. What you get:  IASH and the Traverse will commission a play on or inspired by any aspect of …

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First Commissions is HighTide’s attachment programme for writers. Every year, we work with five emerging writers under the age of 30 (thanks to the support of the Martin Bowley Charitable Trust who support young artists), and aid them to: Write a new stage play; Produce two rehearsed readings in professional theatres; Collaborate with a director; Engage …

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InTRANSIT Festival of Arts is an annual festival of site responsive art and performance from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The festival champions work that is immediate and relevant, encouraging the involvement of local people and places in the creation of new work in the Royal Borough. Now in its eleventh year, the …

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“Take Our Words For It” – creative writing by and for parents. Parents4Parents-NorthYorks is launching a creative writing project with parents from military and civilian families in and around Catterick. The project will engage parents who have faced difficult circumstances when expecting and looking after their children as members of the “ Take Our Words …

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MAT and Purbanat Theatre companies are looking for a playwright to work as co-writer on a new play, loosely based on The Interpreter of Desires by Ibn Arabi, and Dante’s Divine Comedy. The play will be a collaboration with the playwright David Calcutt. The two writers will participate in six days of script development workshops …

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ArtfulScribe and Mayflower Theatre are looking to appoint an experienced, versatile Writer/Facilitator to lead term-time weekly Young Writers’ sessions as part of a two-year project. Sessions will take place on Saturday mornings and each session will be split to accommodate writers aged between 13-17 years from 9.00am-1045am, and writers aged 18-30 years from 11.00am – …

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