Almost Random Theatre is running a Wellbeing Playwriting Competition, seeking one outstanding 20 minute play to be put on in Oxford in January 2014. The play must be no more than 20 minutes long and require no more than three actors. The theme of the competition is ‘Wellbeing’. How to apply: Email your entry to …
Now in its fourth year, the International Playwriting Competition run by Trinity College London aims to encourage new writing for young performers and audiences around the world. The winning playwright in each category will be awarded a cash prize of £1,000, and will travel to London to see their play performed as part of Trinity’s …
Script This is the East Midlands’ playwriting initiative for new, emerging and established playwrights. They are seeking 10 minute play extracts for performance at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre. (Note: Although this opportunity is based in the East Midlands, they accept submissions from London-based writers – we contacted them to check!) How it works: Up …
Following the appointment of an Associate Director, the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, is now in a position to be able to accept script submissions again. In order to avoid a backlog of unread material they will only receive scripts during certain periods of the year. The first submission window will run until Friday 30th of September. …
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Write/Cycle has put out a call for short plays. The Brief: Write a 10 minute response to the classic text Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein! This can be in absolutely any way you wish as long as the original kernel of your idea comes from this text- albeit style, narrative, character, setting, a prologue- or anything else …
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Perfect Pitch has announced a new £12,000 award for musical theatre writing, in association with Royal & Derngate Northampton. Selected writers will be asked to ‘pitch’ ten minutes of a brand new musical to a panel of experienced judges including Olivier award winning actors Michael Ball and Janie Dee, director Rachel Kavanaugh (Love Story, Sound of Music), …
Southbank Centre is looking for 10 up and coming writers to take part in Indiana Jones and the Extra Chair, a very exciting project with spoken word artist Simon Mole involving workshops and performances in two live shows at Southbank Centre: Simon Mole’s ground-breaking one man show is a spoken word adventure that takes …
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Our weekly round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Collaborative Writing Masterclass with the Paper Tiger collective – applications open (fee) – Deadline: 13 September Radio 4 sketch series 2525 seeking submissions – Deadline: 13 September 2013 The Roundhouse accepting proposals for …
This Autumn, the Royal Court will be running two Introduction to Playwriting groups, one for writers aged 18 to 25 and the other for writers aged 26 and over. Both groups are intended to help playwrights at an early stage in their career to develop their skills. The groups will run for twelve weeks throughout the remainder …
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The Resident Theatre Company (RTC) at Fullerton College, California, is seeking submissions of original full-length plays and original full length musical theatre works of any genre for it’s annual Playwright’s Festival to be held during January 2014 in the Fullerton College Bronwyn Dodson Theatre. How to apply: plays should be sent by email to wmittler@fullcoll.edu. Deadline: Monday …
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