We’re super excited to let you know that we’ve updated our members’ site and made it easier to use! This is work in progress and we’re currently busy building up our member resource maximise the support we can give you on your playwriting journey! We’d like to thank everyone who has supported us so far …
We know how important feedback is for new and emerging writers and we also know that there’s no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to receiving it. Plays are all different, writers are all unique and have various requirements – from wanting structural advice on an early draft to getting their play submission ready! So, …
The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is open to anyone who has a story to tell through the live medium of theatre. They want to support anyone and everyone to try to complete a play before the deadline on 5th June, whatever your writing experience. With this in mind, they have launched an online toolkit which will …
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Insights is a new series of podcasts live from the Paines Plough rehearsal room, where directors and playwrights reflect on the week’s progress, featuring a different guest each week. Read more here. Deadline: not applicable Source: @Playwriting_UK
10 years on from the death of Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, this display takes you back to the beginning of his playwriting career. From his final play Celebration to the early prose pieces that influenced his dramatic writing, reproductions of his manuscripts and archival photographs offer a glimpse into Pinter’s creative process. Find out which lines, words …
The Bunker is establishing a free-to-use writers’ room at its London home, as part of plans announced by new artistic director Chris Sonnex. Sonnex took over the leadership of the theatre in September and is also unveiling his first season, which includes a satirical comedy about refugees in the UK, the Fringe First award-winning Funeral Flowers and …
BBC Cymru Wales and National Theatre Wales, along with BBC Writersroom, have announced a major new partnership to develop and support new Welsh writing talent. The annual Wales Writer in Residence award is a prestigious new scheme – worth over £12,000 to the winner – to support new writing for broadcast and theatre. It replaces the biennial Wales Drama Award which has …
BBC Writersroom’s regular window for unsolicited scripts is open between 5pm on Monday 10 December 2018 and 5pm on Monday 7 January 2019 for Drama scripts (TV, film, radio, stage or online). Before considering making a submission, you will need to read the information on the website carefully. Submissions that do not meet the criteria or are in …
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University Women in the Arts, the mentoring scheme to improve the transition from women studying the arts to working in the arts, has announced a series of new partnerships with leading arts and education organisations to help tackle abuse in the arts. The year long project will help female arts students and recent graduates have …
BBC Writersroom has set up The Writers Access Group, a brand-new initiative to give talented disabled writers the chance to expand their writing skills and to be offered opportunities in TV and radio at the BBC. Read the full press release here. Deadline: not applicable Source: BBC Writersroom
