The Eclipse Award aims to help UK Black artists and other artists who are also marginalised for their race, and who make boundary-pushing performance work, to undertake an Edinburgh Fringe run. The award is an initiative by Eclipse Theatre and Summerhall, and aims to support underrepresented artists presenting work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Who can apply? Artists based in the …
The 10-Minute Plays Festival in Durango, Colorado USA is taking international submissions of plays no longer than 10 minutes in length. The plays go through a tiered reading process (author names and hometowns are kept anonymous from the judges). The top 10 plays will be performed at a free reading in late spring where the …
Final Battle Worksheet
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The New American Theatre is seeking new one act plays for their 2023 Festival of New American One Act Plays. International submissions are accepted. A selection of 5-10 finalists will be performed in our Spring Festival of New One Act Plays. Production and performances will be under the supervision of New American Theatre artistic director …
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The 15th Papatango New Writing Prize is now open for entries! The UK’s biggest annual playwriting opportunity guarantees feedback for all – an unrivalled investment in new writers everywhere. It awards its winner £7000, a full production & royalties in association with London’s Bush Theatre in spring 2024, and publication with Nick Hern Books. It …
Aged 16-21 and interested in performance and off-stage theatre roles? Young Pleasance is now open for 2023 applications! Young Pleasance offers a professional theatre experience in a large scale ensemble production, including a two week Edinburgh Fringe run. Each year Young Pleasance creates a company of young aspiring creatives (performers and non-performers). The company specialise …
The 2023 OOB Festival will be accepting submissions starting on 1st December 2022. Submissions will be closed either when the limit of 850 submissions is reached, or by 15th December 2022. Short plays and musicals can be no longer than 15 pages and have a max run time of 15 minutes (ideal run times are …
48th Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival Read More »
Established in 2020, Haywire Theatre is a company devoted to the extraordinary ordinary. We are committed to producing theatre that encapsulates the human, the relatable and the understandable behaviours that form individual experience. One example of this can be seen in our ongoing community outreach project in Flintshire, North Wales, to explore and discuss lived …
Community Writer for Welsh Community Writers Room, Haywire Theatre Company Read More »
