The Bush Theatre has now opened its’ summer submission window. They will be accepting full length plays until 1st September. The Bush recommends that before you submit, you take a look at their current season, the archive and familiarise yourself with their work. “We don’t just want to receive any play; we’re looking for those plays …
Sterts’ One-Act Play Competition is now in its third year. Based in Cornwall, this event is run to promote and encourage new play-writing talent and has proved to be very successful in producing an ever increasing high standard of writing. An experienced panel of judges will choose the best three entries. The winner will receive …
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On Thursday 31st July 2014 PILOT Nights will land in Birmingham, hosted by mac Birmingham and co-piloted by Jouvan Fucinni and Toyin Omari-Kinch. This is a chance for contemporary theatre makers to present up to 20 minutes of new, work-in-progress material, in front of a real live audience and industry peers. Artists will receive a …
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As part of the BBC Performing Arts Fellowship, Pentabus are looking for a theatre maker (director, writer, producer etc) who has shown dedication and passion towards a career in theatre and who demonstrates potential but needs guidance in taking the next steps. Pentabus will be offering the chosen person a tailor-made opportunity. The Fellow will be …
The Fred Ebb Award 2014 is currently open for submissions. Details about the award and previous winners can be found on the Fred Ebb Foundation website. Eligibility: Each applicant must be a composer/lyricist or composer/lyricist team wishing to create work for the musical theatre, and must not yet have achieved significant commercial success. How to …
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The London Horror Festival, the UK’s festival of horror in the performing arts, are once again teaming up with award-winning audio drama producers The Wireless Theatre Company to produce the Stage Fright horror radio competition. They are accepting submissions from writers at all levels of experience, from veteran scriptwriters to first time scribes, challenging you …
The Arch and Bruce Foundation is currently accepting submissions for its 2014 Playwriting Competition. What to submit: All works must concern LGBT (lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender) life and be based on, or directly inspired by, a historical person, culture, work of art or event. See What Is Historical? for more information. All works submitted (full–length dramas, comedies, musicals, …
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For the second year Arvon is pleased to present The Gillian Hush Award for writers of radio drama. The winner of the award will receive a free place on the Writing for Radio course taking place in November at The Hurst, with tutors Simon Brett and Shelley Silas. The award is given in honour of …
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The Nottingham Playhouse is inviting writers to submit proposals to take part in their upcoming ‘Time and Memory’ season: “As we mark the centenary of the start of World War One, Nottingham Playhouse is taking this opportunity to explore the political and social consequences of that event throughout 2014. The season examines nostalgia and regret, …
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The Comedy Unit and Huffington Post are now accepting entries for the 2014 Funny Women Comedy Writing Awards. This is an opportunity to develop a half-hour comedy series for television. Eligibility: This opportunity is open to female writers only. As part of Funny Women’s dedication to new talent, only those who have not previously had …
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