The 2017 Pint-Sized Plays Writing Competition is open. Organisers are looking for scripts capable of being staged in a pub with a running time of between 5 and 10 minutes, with two or three characters only and with minimal additional props. Six winning plays will be performed in selected pubs in Pembrokeshire during Tenby Festival week. The …
The £6,000 Nick Darke Award 2017 is now open for entries. Established in 2006 to celebrate the best writing for stage, screen and radio, the Nick Darke Writers’ Award is funded by Falmouth University’s Academy of Music and Theatre Arts, and the School of Writing & Journalism. The award commemorates the playwright Nick Darke and was conceived …
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Would you like £2000 to develop an outstanding, imaginative, new piece of theatre? Submissions are now open for Live Theatre’s annual Live Lab Bursary for innovative approaches to text based theatre. The bursary winner will receive £2000, dramaturgical and producing support, research and development and rehearsal space as well as a performance slot at the Elevator Festival …
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Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in April 2017. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through to peruse the whole list of playwriting opportunities. Deadline: Various throughout April Source: Play Submissions …
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Shore Scripts is seeking short scripts for its Short Film Fund competition. Shore Scripts says the contest is an opportunity to become a produce screenwriter. It will be commissioning at least one short film with a budget up to $15,000 (£12,100). Minimum budget of $6250 (£5000). It says the contest is a calling card in the industry. “All of …
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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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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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Bread & Roses Theatre is accepting submissions for The Platform scratch night on 11-13 June 2017. All profits from The Platform are always shared between all contributing creatives, in the past this has usually worked out at £15-£30 per person depending on ticket sales. Submissions are sought from playwrights with short plays as well as companies wanting …
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Chelmsford-based Mad Apple Collective has announced its third residency at ACANTEEN this October – The Locked Room. MAC says: “We are looking for four brand-new one-act plays, which bring a sense of dark intrigue and mystery to our theme The Locked Room. “What can happen when people find themselves locked in a room? Who are they, how …
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Want to help support LPB without spending any extra cash? Check out our ‘Gifts & Gear’ series and do your Amazon shopping via our links! 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 …
