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Introducing the London Playwrights’ Workshop

Since we set up the London Playwrights’ Blog in early 2013, we’ve been overwhelmed by the fantastic response we’d have from all of our play-writing readers.  In the past two and a half years, we’ve truly loved getting to connect with all of you emerging writers, and have seen firsthand the amazing, vibrant community of …

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BBC and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre announce Birmingham Writer in Residence opportunity

  The Birmingham Writer in Residence is a new initiative from BBC Birmingham and Birmingham Repertory Theatre (The REP) which seeks to find one local writer to work for six months across three popular national radio and TV dramas all produced in Birmingham; Radio 4’s The Archers and Home Front, and BBC One’s Doctors. The …

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Theatre503 Playwriting Award returning in 2016 (more details to come!)

As announced yesterday in The Stage, the Theatre503 Playwriting Award will be returning in 2016.  Entries will be open from 1-28 February 2016, and the winning writer will receive a £6,000 prize and production at the theatre. We’ll share the full submission details when they become available, and in the meantime, you can check out one the …

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Winners announced for Kevin Spacey Foundation Artists of Choice Awards

Today, the winners of the first Kevin Spacey Foundation Artists of Choice Awards were announced. Winners include playwright Anna Jordan (previous winner of the Bruntwood Prize) and musical theatre writers Matthew Winkworth and Chris Bush (previous winners of the Perfect Pitch Award), as well as artists working in dance and music. Check out the full …

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James Tait Black prize awarded to Gordon Dahlquist for ‘Tomorrow Come Today’

As announced in The Stage, this year’s James Tait Black Prize has been awarded for sci-fi work which “portrays a future when the super-rich can switch bodies to younger, healthier ones, allowing them to live for hundreds of years.” The James Tait Black Prize is awarded to a full length play that has received a professional …

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IdeasTap to continue opportunities through Hiive!

If you’ve joined us in despairing the end of IdeasTap, you’ll be thrilled to hear their partnership with Hiive will enable them to continue offering opportunities to emerging creative over the coming months. Upcoming opportunities include continuing the IdeasTap Innovators Fund, opportunities to be a columnist, and a new initiative called the Old Vic 12 …

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Winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize announced…

The winner of the 2015 Papatango New Writing Prize has been announced!  Playwright James Rushbrook has taken home the seventh annual prize for his play TOMCAT, which was chosen from over 600 entries. A little teaser of the play can be found on the Papatango website: “Oh, she’s dangerous. But not because of her genes. Because …

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Bush Theatre Summer submissions window now open

The Bush Theatre has now opened its’ summer 2015 submission window. The Playwriting Department at the Bush Theatre is committed to discovering the best new plays from playwrights who may be unknown to us and therefore seek unsolicited submissions from playwrights throughout the year in dedicated script windows.  We are proud to be a champion …

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Good news! It’s not over yet for IdeasTap…

Like most emerging creatives, we were deeply saddened to hear IdeasTap would be closing, but today they’ve shared wonderful news that they will be postponing their closure until 8 July, and will carry on some of their work through a partnership with Hiive. Read the full update here.