Are you a young writer with a story to tell? Then the Young Playwrights Award is for you! We’re looking for exciting new voices, and we want to help you try new things and develop your skills. The competition opens in March 2025. If you win, your play will be performed at the Royal Court …
Need a shiny new piece for your showreel or spotlight to share with people? ChewBoy Productions are offering a brand new service – Cinematic Monologue Reels. During the session, you’ll be directed by 2 multi-award-winning industry professionals who will support you to get the best performance on tape from up to 5 takes. Shot with two 6k …
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Join Kate Austen for an evening exploring verbatim playwriting. During the session, Kate will tell you about her process and how she started and you will explore topics such as definition, permission, interview techniques and vulnerability. You will work together during the 90 minutes to explore the verbatim process and work on your own piece …
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The Royal Exchange Theatre are delighted to be re-introducing the Observer Mondays Directors Scheme. This Scheme allows one local theatre maker at an early stage in their career the opportunity to “observe” rehearsals for an in-house production. The participant is invited into rehearsals every Monday throughout the rehearsal period, tech and into previews. This enables …
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Bookmark magazine TYPE! has a new website, a new newsletter, and is looking for submissions of flash fiction, poetry, six-word stories, micro-plays, micro-screenplays, and illustrations. Launched in January 2021, TYPE! has featured incredible new writing across eight action-packed issues. Our team is now preparing issue #9. Each issue of TYPE! is free to read and …
Creating engaging characters who drive your story forward and help you to convey your ideas is essential when writing play; but what makes them engaging in the first place? How do we create empathy? How can we create 3 dimensional characters who feel believable? Join London Playwrights’ Kimberley Andrews in this 90 minute interactive Zoom …
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Graeae’s bespoke Artist Development programme is back! Starting in 2020 it has supported 48 Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists in developing their careers, taking on new challenges & building successful connections. Beyond is helping to develop greater access to regional opportunities across England ensuring Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists are at the forefront of new …
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In this article, Jane Woddis, writer of Acting on Cultural Policy: Arts Practitioners, Policy-making and Civil Society (Palgrave) shares her thoughts on Playwrights and Policy. Back in the 1990s, I was combining work as a theatre administrator with studying and researching in the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies at Warwick University. With the …
The Live Theatre in Newcastle has announced the inaugural North East Playwriting Award in partnership with The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust. This brand new venture seeks to award commissions to two playwrights who are either from or based in the North East of England. The commissioned plays will then be produced for the Live Theatre …
