As playwrights, we have to pitch in many different ways: from an interview for a writer development programme to a meeting with a producer to a friend asking ‘what are you writing at the moment?’ During this two hour session , LPW Director Kimberley Andrews will work through a range of practical exercises designed to …
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Eclectic Full Contact Theatre is seeking submissions for an upcoming monthly podcast highlighting audio scripts from primarily women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ authors. They are seeking shows between 10-30 minutes long, on any subject, any genre. There will be pay. They are also seeking playwrights who may be interested in collaborating on serialized audio show concepts …
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The Painkiller Project is now a monthly playwriting competition with a small £150 prize for each winning play. Two plays will be selected each month and released fortnightly as podcasts (available here). So far our plays have featured Sophie Thompson, Toby Jones, Miriam Margolyes and Owen Teale. Our next submission window will be from Monday 29th June (10am) …
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An online workshop this Thursday (21st May) on character arcs: from the hero’s journey, to the tragic, flat and absurdist arcs, across drama and comedy! All levels of experience welcome… amateurs to professional writers. It will be a fun and supportive session. Sign up today! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-dynamic-characters-o… Source: PLAYWRITING UK Facebook
ChewBoy Productions are now accepting submissions for their final online gallery for the ‘Quarantine Collective’. In light of recent events, they are seeking any creative work that has been created in or is inspired by self isolation and quarantine to help bring creatives together in one place. The aim of the scheme is to run …
Full Disclosure Theatre are now accepting submissions for a special PRIDE edition of XPOSED, which will be staged at Southwark Playhouse on Sunday 14th June. The new writing night of short plays has enjoyed sold out audiences and continues to reveal the naked and entertaining truths about queer life. XPOSED will feature a selection of …
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London Lovecraft Festival 2020 are calling for writers to submit a H.P. Lovecraft inspired play for a staged performance at the Drayton Arms in Kensington between the 19th and 25th April. It can be a comedy, a drama, a heartfelt romance about Shoggoths falling in love, or a creepy work of fiction with Lovecraftian elements …
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In this latest blog series, our Artistic Development Manager, Jane Ryan will be introducing us to some of today’s most exciting playwrights! Jane will be chatting to various writers about themselves, their inspiration, and their latest projects. In this post, she sits down with Emily Garside to find out more about her work… “I believe …
Come along and see the selected Play Club plays, and catch up with other London Playwrights whilst you’re there! Over the year, we’ve been running Play Club, our online book club for plays – and inviting our members to submit a short play to us in response. We’ll be presenting rehearsed readings of the 4 …
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