Stitchin’ Fiction is a FREE non-profit platform for creatives to come together in a workshopping environment. Writers with words stuck in their laptops and notebooks are given a pool of performers, who want to work and stretch their collaborative muscles and skills. “Made by creatives for creatives, our aim is to provide new avenues and opportunities …
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KDC’s writing competition, Full Stack, is open once more. Over the past few years they have given the opportunities for writers old and new to get a chance to have their work put on stage at the Lion and the Unicorn Theatre in London. The aim of this project is to get everyone writing, whether …
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Want to support LPB? Become a member! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing opportunities (No deadline). …
Angry Bear Scratches for… Angry Bear Scratches for… is is a night of new writing on the 11 of March, in aid of Mind, the mental health charity. They are calling out for for short plays (10 mins max). The event will take place at a super-secret-studio-space-of-a-swanky-Off-West End-theatre to be announced when submissions have closed. It …
Playwriting in Movement workshop with Coleen MacPherson and Open Heart Surgery Theatre is a playwriting workshop for writers and actors and directors. Fee: £90 Contact: coleen.macpherson@gmail.com Dates: Saturday 9 February 12:00-16:00 and Sunday 10 February 10:00-14:00 Where: Jackson’s Lane, London, 269a Archway Rd. How to book: find out more and book here. Deadline: not …
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Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: Swings And Roundabouts: An inclusive night of new theatre in aid of Shelter Description:Old meets New: …
Lady Eleanor Holles and Hampton High Schools are pleased to offer writers with an interest in developing female-driven work for large casts: A day of inspiration and discussion with established and emerging writers; Opportunities to have work-in-progress performed and workshopped throughout the development process; A fully-funded realisation of at least one project, and dissemination of …
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Continue to explore the key elements of dramatic writing, and benefit from supportive and detailed feedback on your own work in this playwriting course at City Lit with Dawn King. New students with some playwriting experience are welcome to join. Course Dates: 17 January 2019 – 28 March 2019Time: 10:00 – 12:00 Location: KS – Keeley Street Cost: £199 (concessions …
Accelerator is a 3-year Imaginate project offering mentoring, producing support and performance opportunities for artists to create new theatre and/or dance works in progress for young audiences. Accelerator (new writing) is a new strand of Accelerator that will offer producing and artistic support for playwrights to develop writing for young audiences in partnership with the Traverse Theatre. …
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Room 204 is Writing West Midlands’ writer development programme. Every year they select a small number of emerging writers from the West Midlands to work with them on a programme of creative writing career development. Room 204 has been running yearly since 2012 and to date, over 100 writers have joined the programme and seen …
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