The Pensive Federation is now seeking applicants for The Significant Other Festival 2015. This will be the 4th Significant Other Festival and this year comes with the subtitle ‘Object of Affection’. They are looking for actors, writers and directors who are looking for a challenge – to create a new 10 minute play in just 10 days. The …
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This annual award was established in 2009 by Moniack Mhor to honour Jessie Kesson’s inspirational life and work. Moniack Mhor Writers’ Centre is inviting established writers to apply for the Jessie Kesson Fellowship in 2015. The successful candidate will receive time and space to develop their work, as well as opportunities to expand their practice. …
Jackie Kesson Fellowship at Moniack Mhor (writing space and stipend in Scotland) Read More »
The Emerging Creatives (ECs) programme at the Hospital Club supports London based creatives working in one of the following categories: Film, Publishing & Writing, Art & Design, Theatre & Performance, Fashion, Games& Digital and Creative Entrepreneurs, who are in the early stages of their career. As part of the programme, ECs receive a range of …
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Forty aspiring writers for screen, stage and radio will attend a practical, hands-on BBC Writersroom workshop at IdeasTap, taking place on Wednesday 17 December 2014. The workshop will be held from 1pm till 6pm with a free lunch being served from 12pm for all attendees. The workshop will be delivered by Henry R. Swindell, development executive for …
Arcola Theatre is pleased to launch Playwrought #3, an opportunity to develop and have a play performed as a rehearsed reading at Arcola. This will be part of the third instalment of their new writing programme, PlayWROUGHT. Following a successful first and second outing, PlayWROUGHT #3 will be open to any writer aged 18+. They are looking for unique voices …
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Now>Press>Play is looking to recruit Maths scriptwriters on a freelance basis, who have strong backgrounds in education. As well as writing scripts, you will create worksheets that go alongside the Experiences. You should: have experience of working with KS2 children and, ideally, of making schemes of work, resources etc have a good understanding of the curriculum …
Etch holds a monthly theatre night held at one of South London’s most thriving new bars and arts venues, The Peckham Pelican. Etch aims to discover, nurture and support new writing whilst encouraging collaboration amongst emerging artists. We hope to provide a base and platform for development, collaboration and discussion whilst creating a fluid community …
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Medair is looking for a writer to turn stories about Syrian Refugees into 4 theatrical monologues each of 2-3mins. WeTheyalready have a writer (but not a playwright) who has done a first draft but we are looking for a playwright to take them further and re-write them for a performance. Medair is an international humanitarian organisation …
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DVM is currently seeking submissions to its next two scratch night showings. ‘Scratch’ is an opportunity for Artists to showcase their work and talents and test out their material on a live audience and is open to Artists from across all disciplines, including theatre, music, dance and comedy. ‘Scratch’ primarily showcases work-in-progress performances and there is also the …
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in July 2014. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if you’d like to peruse the whole list you can find it here. Source: Play Submissions Helper
