Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 14 February 2020

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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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Featured posts:

London Playwrights’ Workshop: Coming up in 2020!

The LPW Guide to Formatting your Stage Play – Coming soon!

 

PODCAST: Making It with Temi Wilkey – London Playwrights’ Collaboration with the Bush Theatre & One Fine Play

New Blog Series! Reviews for Playwrights: Shook by Samuel Bailey

 

Members content: The Self- Producing Handbook: Available NOW!

Blog Series: Interviewing Playwrights – Emily Garside 

Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: EKP and Paines Plough: The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020

 

Opportunities with deadlines:

 

Script to Stage are accepting 15 submissions for a Table Read (Scotland) – Deadline: 14 February 2020

New theatre scratch night in Manchester – JustOut – Deadline: 15 February 2020 (for consideration for April’s scratch night – scripts sent after this date will be considered for May)

Anonymous is a Woman Theatre Company seeking submissions of short scenes – Deadline: 16 February 2020

Francis Hardy Productions Seeking experienced playwrights and spoken word poets writing about sport – Deadline: 16 February 2020

Mentoring programme for British East Asians in Theatre & On Screen – Deadline: 17 February 2020

London Library’s Emerging Writers Programme open for submissions – Deadline: 19 February 2020

Dear Black People is looking for submissions celebrating identity – Deadline: 20 February 2020

E-Merge Festival searching for short plays that relate to “Black Sheep” – Deadline: 20 February 2020

Opal22 looking for a scriptwriter for their Life of Shaka project (paid) – Deadline: 21 February 2020

Punching LaBute looking for short 10 minute works for their one night show – Deadline: 22 February 2020

Unique development opportunity for emerging/mid career writer (paid £5000) – Deadline: 23 February 2020

Matchstick Theatre looking for new writing submissions – Deadline: 25 February 2020

Creative Youth seeking short works for new scratch night in Kingston – Deadline: 28 February 2020

Action Transport Theatre are looking for young people (13-17) for an international writing programme – Deadline: 28 February 2020

International Playwriting Award Theatre503 opens 1st February (£6,000 prize) – Deadline: 29 February 2020

Watermill Theatre looking for writer to adapt Twelfth Night (paid £1,575) – Deadline: 29 February 2020

Independent Award for Improper Dramaturgy 2019«Neem-2019. First page» – open for application – Deadline: 1 March 2020

London Lovecraft Playwrighting Competition now open – Deadline: 1 March 2020

Beardance Theatre are looking for new writing for their short play night – Deadline: 1 March 2020

EKP and Paines Plough: The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020 – Deadline: 2 March 2020

15 minute scripts inspired by ‘STUCK WITH YOU’ wanted for showcase – Deadline: 2 March 2020

ITV Red Planet Prize open for submissions on 27 March 2020 – Deadline: 3 March 2020

Nathan Carr and Milivoy Webber Memorial Prize: An annual writing competition – Deadline: 4 March 2020

Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing – Deadline: 5 March 2020

Reboot Theatre Company seeking shorts for evening in London (paid £150) – Deadline: 8 March 2020

Call out for Young Writer in Residence for Takeover Festival 2020 (paid £400) – Deadline: 16 March 2020

Two day theatre workshop with Simon Stephens in Milan (cost €200) – Deadline for applications: 28 March 2020

Applications now open for The Writing Squad – Deadline: 29 March 2020

Radius 2020 Playwriting Competition now open (prize £500) – Deadline: 30 March 2020

Decorating Dissidence: Call for Submissions – Essays, Reviews, Poetry, Visual Arts – Deadline: 31 March 2020

ETPEP Award 2020 open for entries – Deadline: 31 March 2020

Crimson Phoenix script submission window now open for plays and musicals – Deadline: 31 March 2020

One-year MA in Operamaking at GSMD open for applications – Deadline: 31 March 2020

Calling all budding playwrights – The Phoenix Writes competition is now open (entry fee £10) – Deadline: 31 March 2020

Alpine Fellowship 2020 Theatre Prize (£3000) now open for entries – Deadline: 1 April 2020

2020 Wexford Literary & Arts Awards competition call out (€10 fee) – Deadline: 13 April 2020

BBC Writersroom – open for comedy scripts on 23rd March 2020 – Deadline: 20 April 2020

Lungs Project accepting proposals for written work on theme “Visions of Home”  – Deadline: 30 April 2020

The Nick Darke Writer’s Award 2020 is now open for entries – Deadline: 4 May 2020

BBC Wales Writer in Residence (applications open on 10 February) – Deadline: 11 May 2020

The Progress Theatre launches two projects for aspiring playwrights – Deadline: none but last sessions and events take place on 1 & 4 July 2020

 

Events and workshops:

Writing in the Sand full creative day event (costs £32.93) – Dates: monthly

Playwritng Classes at the National Theatre – Dates: various throughout the year

Bush Theatre Masterclasses – Dates: various

Director’s Cut Theatre: Writer’s Club – Dates: various

RADA Shortcourses: Advances in Scriptwriting – Starts 14 February 2020 (Friday evenings)

The Young Court Friends Events for insights into theatre making – Date: 14 February 2020

Little Match Theatre’s Night of New Writing  – Dates: 16 & 17 Feb @ Bread & Roses

The Monobox: Get Writing with Andrew Whyment and Adam Foster – Dates: various (next one 19 February 2020)

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School prospective students afternoon (Sept 2021 intake) – Date: 27 February 2020

Residential Playwriting Course with Simon Stephens – Dates: 22 – 28 March 2020

Write Theatre – 4 Day courses on the art of Writing for Theatre – Dates: Stars 9 May 2020

Residential Writing Course/Retreat with Kim Komljanec in France (prices start from £545) – Dates: 31 May 2020 – 5 June 2020

Online workshops and resources: 

LPW launches Podcast with Temi Wilkey, One Fine Play & The Bush Theatre

National Theatre: New Views – playwriting programme for 14-19 year olds – Dates: various

Papatango career facilitation service – 10am -12pm alternate Tuesdays (starting 31 January 2019)

The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting: Online Toolkit for writers

The Bruntwood Prize: Free livestreamed workshops for 2019 Paines Plough Insights Podcast

Stagedoor App Podcast (Bridget Minamore and Chris Campbell of the Royal Court’s Literary Office)

Access the Royal Court’s Playwrights’ Podcast

Bloomsbury Publishing: How to get your play published (view live stream of talk)

WGGB launches FREE Musical Theatre Kit

An Introduction to Screenwriting: free online course with FutureLearn & Uni. of East Anglia

LPW Summer Sessions: Overcoming writers’ block (online workshop)

LPW Summer Sessions: How to write a monologue (online workshop)

LPW Summer Sessions: Promoting yourself as a writer (online workshops)

LPW: The Redrafting Toolkit

LPW Members: Online Course – Writing in Dialect: How to Listen, What to Write –  Available now

LPW Members: Online Course – The Submissions Checklist 

Black Lives, Black Words: Playwriting Fundamentals Course

Papatango Online Workshops

Chippy Lane Productions open list of female writers

Nick Hern Books launches Playscript Subscriptions

Ongoing submissions:

Brush Stroke Order now offering bursaries for script reading services – Deadline: rolling

Greedy Pig Theatre company looking for scripts and creative collaborators – Deadline: none posted

Elephant Ears Reading Series are looking for plays to read and record (feedback provided) – Deadline: not specified

Underscore Studios script submission – Deadline: not specified

The Lion & Unicorn Theatre are looking for work to programme – Deadline: rolling/ programming for current season (ends July)

Stitchin’ Fiction seeking creatives for their events – Deadline: rolling

Studio Salford Development Week – Deadline: none posted

The Space accepting applications from companies for new season – deadline: rolling

Hampstead Theatre announces year round submission window

Peggy Ramsay Foundation: Grant for writers – Deadline: rolling

Tutti Creative Space: cheap rehearsal space – Deadline: not applicable

Free Spirit Theatre seeking submissions for Write-Off 2019 – Deadline: none posted

Feast Theatre seeking playwrights! – Deadline: none posted

BBC Sounds launch callout for podcast drama! – Deadline: none posted

Tiny Theatre seeking submissions of short plays – Deadline: none posted

WildChild Script Call out! – Deadline: none posted

Blindspot Theatre Scratch night -Deadline: none but slots are filled on a first come first serve basis

Katzpace accepting submissions for Katzcratch – Deadline: none posted

Scriptjam accepting scripts for feedback – Deadline: rolling

The Cabot Cruising Club, Bristol looking to programme arts events – Deadline: none posted

Exploding Whale Theatre seeking submissions for their next show – Deadline: none posted

Thunder Theatre seeking submissions for 15-20 minute plays – Deadline: none posted

Mate Productions accepting applications for Writers Collective – Deadline: None posted

Manchester ADP seeking scripts to produce – Deadline: Rolling

Sparks – HighTide’s new script submission process – Deadline: Weekly, follow them on Twitter for updates

Attic Theatre seeking musicals for 2019 tour – Deadline: None posted

React Scratch inviting writers to share work at monthly scratch night – Deadline: Rolling

Drama Notebook seeking short plays for kids and teens (paid) – Deadline: None posted

Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s Play Production Programme – Deadline: Ongoing

Aurora Metro Books seeks British East Asian plays for publication – Deadline: Ongoing

Middle Child Theatre seeking scripts to commission – Deadline: None posted

Newsthump looking for spoof news writers – Deadline: ongoing

Arvon Grants available for writing courses – Deadline: none posted/ various

Paines Plough accepting ongoing submissions – Deadline: rolling

BBC Comedy Classroom – Comedy writing resources for young people –  Deadline: various

Online Masterclass with Aaron Sorkin on Screenwriting ($90) – Deadline: none posted

JW3 seeking submissions of pieces about Jewish culture – Deadline: rolling

BFI Postroom open to submissions of films and scripts from emerging filmmakers – Deadline: rolling

Opportunities to hear your play with Player Playwrights – Deadline: rolling

Playwrights Circle at the Bread & Roses – Deadline: ongoing (monthly event)

Funding available for students at Glasgow University MLitt Playwriting & Dramaturgy – Deadline: none posted

The Cockpit Theatre seeking work for scratch nights – Deadline: none  posted but performances take place on the first Monday of the month.

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