Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing opportunities (no deadline).
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Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week:
Litmus Fest at the Pleasance Theatre
This Week in our Advice Column ‘Pursued By A Bear’:
This week in our advice column: My Full Length Play is too Short What Should I do?
Coming up with London Playwrights’ Workshop:
April Workshops with London Playwrights’ Blog
Opportunities with deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper – 53 playwriting competitions with April+ deadlines
Talawa Theatre launches Studio Firsts for black theatre-makers – Deadline 1 April 2016
Free Introduction to Playwriting Course with Euphoric Ink and Theatre Peckham (Ages 15-24 only) – Deadline: 1 April 2016
BBC/ The Northern Film School seeking short film scripts – Deadline: 1 April 2016
HightTide Academy (16-25 year olds) – Deadline: None posted but takes place on 2 April 2016
BBC Scriptroom 11 call out for Comedy submissions – Deadline: 4 April 2016
Royal Society of Literature Brookleaze Grants for Writers Spring 2016 – Deadline: 11 April 2016
Frost burg State University One-Act Playwriting Competition (Maryland, $20 fee, $750 prize) – Deadline: 11 April 2016
Writer in Residence for Milton Keynes Art Project (paid) – Deadline: 12 April 2016
The Spill seeking scripts for rehearsed readings – Deadline: 15 April 2016
Pensive Federation seeking submissions for Significant Other Festival – Deadline: 15 April 2016
Chesil Theatre’s 10×10 Playwriting Competition seeking 10 minute plays inspired by the life of David Bowie – Deadline: 22 April 2016
Grin Theatre seeking LGBTQI scripts for performance – Deadline: 25 April 2016
Pleasance Theatre Scratch Night seeking submissions – Deadline: 27 April 2016
Milton Keynes Council Music Faculty seeking lyricist/poet (£1,200 commission) – Deadline: 30 April 2016
Doughnut Productions seeking writers for Camden Fringe performance – Deadline: 30 April 2016
Instinct Theatre seeking full-length scripts – Deadline: 1 May 2016
Hollywood Scribbler Theatre USA Presidential Elections Playwriting Contest – Deadline: 14 May 2016
Pleasance Theatre seeking applications for Litmus Fest – Deadline: 16 May 2016
Nick Darke Writers’ Award 2016 open for entries – Deadline: 30 May 2016
ShowBiz Shorts Playwriting Contest (Los Angeles) – Deadline: 30 May 2016
Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize open for submissions (comedy) – Deadline: 31 May 2016
Arch and Bruce Foundation 2016 Playwriting Competition (LGBT Themes, $3,000 prize) – Deadline: 31 May 2016
Le Théâtre Bleu seeking submissions of comedies in Shakespearean language (Quebec, Canada) – Deadline: 1 July 2016
2016 Terence Rattigan Society Award (£10 entry fee, £2,500 prize) – Deadline: 31 August 2016
365 Women A Year Playwriting Project open to submissions throughout 2016 – Deadline: 31 December 2016
Events and workshops:
HighTide Academy accepting applications for workshop this weekend! – 2-3 April 2016
LPB Workshop: Intensive Workshop: Tackling Structure and Dramatic Form – Thursday 14 April 2016 from 7pm-9pm
LPB Workshop: Plan your Play in a Day– Saturday 16 April 2016 from 10.30am – 5pm
LPB Workshop: Fundraising for your Play: the Arts Council and Beyond – Sunday 17 April 2016 from 10.30am-1.30pm
LPB Workshop: Writing For Musicals: An Introduction To Book & Lyrics – Sunday 17 April 2016 from 2-5pm
LPB Workshop: Script Surgery with A.C Smith – Wednesday 20 April 2016 from 3pm-5pm
Introduction To Playwriting And Engaging With Theatre503 – 25 April 2016 from 10.30am-4.30pm
Masterclass: Introduction to Playwriting with Fin Kennedy (£50) – Saturday 4 June 2016 from 10 – 6pm
Scripts: An Actor’s Approach – A Workshop with Julie Glover – Saturday 29 June 2016 from 10am – 4pm
Writers’ Mutual Retreat in Bordeaux (£350-£450) – 12th-18th July
Ongoing submissions:
BFI Postroom open to submissions of films and scripts from emerging filmmakers – rolling
Jo Smith Productions open for submissions – rolling
Writers’ Mutual writing group – Wednesdays 11am-1pm
Opportunities to hear your play with Player Playwrights – Ongoing submissions
Online Playwriting Course with Live Theatre (£95-£495) – rolling
Playwrights Circle at the Bread & Roses – Ongoing (monthly event)
The Institute of Other seeking creative practitioners – Deadline: none posted
White Hart Trust Studios seeking international and foreign language theatre – Deadline: none posted
Pokfulam Rd Productions looking for playwrights and creatives – Deadline: none posted
55 Kings Contemporary Theatre Productions looking for writers – Deadline: none posted
Plane Paper Theatre call out for plays – Deadline: none posted
Theatrelab seeking scripts to perform at ‘WordPlay’ at Bath Spa University – Deadline: none posted
Londonville Lit offering reading slots – Deadline: none posted
Madam Renards Mini Fringe Festival Swindon open for applications from writers and performers – Deadline: none posted (festival takes place in 2016)
Orange Tea Theatre accepting submissions – Deadline: Rolling
Funding available for students at Glasgow University MLitt Playwriting & Dramaturgy – Deadline: None posted
Everything Theatre accepting plays for podcast readings – Deadline: None posted
The Cockpit Theatre seeking work for scratch nights – No deadline posted but performances take place on the first Monday of the month.
Shred Productions open to submissions – Deadline: None (open submissions)
Poppy Seed – accepting submissions of 5 minute scripts for blog – Deadline: None posted
COG ARTSpace call out for playwrights! – Deadline: None