In light of George Floyd’s recent killing in Minneapolis, and the ongoing universal racial inequality, Sharp Scratches wanted to shine a light during these dark times – with work from new BAME writers. Written a Monologue that you’d love to see performed by an actor? Or perhaps want to perform it yourself? Send it in …
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Joining in for a Q&A on Thursday 28th May 2020 at The Breakfast Club with Joint Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Roy Alexander Weise MBE. Roy Alexander Weise is the 19th annual winner of the James Menzies-Kitchin Award and directed his critically acclaimed, sell out production of THE MOUNTAINTOP by Katori Hall at …
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Are you interested in a career writing fiction for the television industry? There are five scholarships available to study a Masters for FREE at Glasgow Caledonian University including one for a Gaelic speaker. These scholarships are supported by industry partners including: Warner Bros BBC Scotland MG Alba (open to Gaelic speaking candidates) Larkhall Films David McLennan Find …
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Chalk Musical Theatre Dramaturgy is a new script-reading service for musicals. They want to make sure services are open and accessible to everyone, so they are accepting submissions from writers of all levels for pay-what-you-can feedback on new projects. Please take a look at their website for more information: https://www.chalkdramaturgy.com/ Deadline: ongoing Source: Direct Contact
The Goats Theatre Company presents podcast Play The Goat : Podcast Edition featuring new short plays and poems. Their latest play, Retha’s First March by Rex McGregor sees a young teacher, Retha, experiencing her first Black Lives Matter protest, and she is galvanized to take further action against racism. But how can she do the …
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Every week, for one week only, Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival are showcasing a film of a theatre show from a previous SMHAF, with brand new programme notes. To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, from 18-24 May they are delighted to bring you Electrolyte by Wildcard Theatre, winner of the Mental Health Fringe Award in …
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Every Monday and Friday at 10:15 AM ET or 3:15 PM BST, this Canadian dramaturg leads 15-minutes of timed writing exercises (30 sec to 5 min per prompt) to help you develop your script. It’s been ongoing for 6 weeks, and all segments are available on the Playwrights Workshop Montreal YouTube channel. Catch the next …
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Russell Lucas has challenged himself to interview 300 theatremakers over the next couple of years and has created a brand new theatre channel in order to record the study of these different paths artists take into performance making. The interviews, or ‘thoughts’ seek to unpack, share and ultimately make sense of people’s different perspectives and …
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Each week National Writing Day will be sharing a video tutorial and highlighting some resources from their partners. Look out for new tutorials each week between now and National Writing Day on 24th June. Happy writing! This week their free weekly tutorial sees Hull-based poet and playwright Vicky Foster lead us through an exercise all about …
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Tamasha Theatre Company is hosting a three-hour online workshop (via Zoom) for beginners with the aim to introduce some basic principles of dramatic storytelling, and demystify some key terms. What is the difference between Story, Plot and Narrative? Or between Objective and Motivation? Why is character Action important and how is it built up to generate …
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