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London Playwrights’ Latest Projects
Pay it Forward for Playwrights: A new initiative to help support writers
#WrAP2023 – Write A Play with us January
Playwriting Real-life: London Playwrights Podcast live now! New Episode – HOW TO STOP YOUR DAY-JOB FROM KILLING YOUR CREATIVITY!
2021 Members’ Submission Window Selected Writers!
Members’ Zoom Drop-in session: share your work, meet other writers – next session Wednesday 1 February 2023!
What do our members get?
The Literary Series: Interviews with Literary Managers, Dramaturgs and New Work Associates
Episode 1 (Stewart Pringle from the National Theatre), Episode 2 (Jackie Crichton from the Royal Lyceum), Episode 3 (Becky Latham from the RSC), Episode 4 (Suzanne Bell from the Royal Exchange) AVAILABLE NOW
Watch the filmed recordings of the performances from your own sofa!
London Playwrights’ Latest Zoom Workshops
Find out more about the full programme of workshops here.
More January 2023 workshops coming very soon!
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Write A Play in January. WrAP is back for 2023! Sign up today!
Learn with London Playwrights sessions on ‘Writing Opening Scenes’ and ‘Creating Characters’ available now
Full 8 sessions available now! Online Course: Mastering Dramatic Structure
The LPW Guide to Formatting your Stage Play – Available to download
Digital Listings
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Opportunities Pick of the Week: #WrAP2023 Write a Play with us in January!
Opportunities Listings
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Digital & Audio & Screen Opportunities
We’ve listed digital opportunities divided into those with deadlines, rolling deadlines, , and online workshops. Scroll down for live performance opportunities and in person workshops.
Mark Ravenhill’s 101 Notes on Playwriting (resource) – Deadline: not applicable
Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group – Deadline: not applicable
WGGB: Leading playwrights back new digital principles for theatre (resource) – Deadline: not applicable
BBC Radio 4: DMs Are Open – Deadlines: various
BBC Comedy Commissioning – Short-form development opportunities – Deadline: various
Writer Callout – The Pocketfull Project , Haywire Theatre Company – Deadline: 31 December 2022
Write A Play in January. WrAP is back for 2023! – Deadline: not applicable but starts 1 January 2023
The Literal Challenge | 28 Plays Later – Deadline: 28 January 2023
Harlow Arts and Light Entertainment Society – Writer callout (radio & online) – Deadline: 31 January 2023
BBC World Service | The International Radio Playwriting Competition 2023 – Deadline: 12 February 2023
Rolling deadlines:
Box of Tricks’ PlayMakers Network- a creative home for Northern playwrights – Deadline: not applicable
New Hope Creative Group presents a new scratch night for black writers – Deadline: rolling
Frequency Theatre Open to Unsolicited Script Submissions (Audio Plays Only) (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
New writing project for Heckington Living Radio (unpaid) – Deadline: none posted
TYPE! Accepting submissions for bookmark magazine (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
Add Your Shows and Theatre Resources to Thespie (unpaid)- Deadline: rolling
Scenesaver – digital performance platform – Deadline: rolling
Freehand Scripts – free script reading – Deadline: rolling
Online Courses and Workshops
The Writers Hour- virtual writing sprints by London Writers’ Salon – Daily
Scratch Me 2022 – Public Programme – Dates: various
Playwright and former Space Theatre script reader Scott Younger is offering free feedback on all plays 10 pages and under in length – Deadline: not applicable
Big Fish Productions writing group – Dates: Every Friday
Relish Theatre – Coffee & Creative Catch up – Date: Every Friday
Part of the Main: Part of the Grid back with new online workshops – Dates: various
NT Playwriting Masterclasses – Dates: various
City Academy: Monthly Online Writing Club – Dates: monthly, various
London Playwrights Zoom Workshops: Making Work About The Climate Crisis: Approaches & Influences – Date: 7 January 2023
LPW Online Workshops: An Introduction to Musical Theatre Writing-Style and Structure – Date: 12 January 2023
London Playwrights Zoom Workshops: Playwriting Lab with Max Wilkinson – Date: Starts 12 January 2023 for 10 weeks
London Playwrights Zoom Workshops: Making Work About The Climate Crisis: What Next? – Date: 14 January 2023
LPW Online Workshops: An Introduction to Musical Theatre Writing- Starting Writing! – Date: 19 January 2023
London Playwrights Lunchtime Sessions: Writing in Regional Dialect – Date: 31 January 2023
London Playwrights Monthly Members’ Zoom – February –Date: 1 February 2023
London Playwrights Zoom Workshops: The Redrafting Programme 2023 – Date: Starts 8 February 2023
LPW Online Workshops: LGBTQ+ Theatre – Date: 16 February 2023
London Playwrights Lunchtime Sessions : Focus on the 5 Act Structure – Date: 17 February 2023
London Playwrights Lunchtime Sessions: Pitching your play – Date: 2 March 2023
LPW Online Workshops: Writing Historic Drama – Date: 2 March 2023
An Introduction to Screenwriting: free online course with FutureLearn & Uni. of East Anglia
LPW Members Online Course: Mastering Dramatic Structure – Available now
LPW Summer Sessions: Overcoming writers’ block (online workshop) – Available now
LPW Summer Sessions: How to write a monologue (online workshop) – Available now
LPW Summer Sessions: Promoting yourself as a writer (online workshops) – Available now
LPW: The Redrafting Toolkit – Available now
LPW Members: Online Course – Writing in Dialect: How to Listen, What to Write – Available now
LPW Members: Online Course – The Submissions Checklist – Available now
Live playwriting Opportunities & Jobs
Listed in order of deadline, followed those with deadlines, and workshops & events.
With deadlines:
Cassarotto Ramsay Coffee Mornings for unrepresented writers & directors – Deadline: none specified but they start in January 2023 so apply soon!
Crisis Theatre | Short Play Submissions – Deadline: 16 December 2022
Jane Austen’s House: REIMAGINE RESIDENCIES: CALL FOR CREATIVES! (under 35’s) – Deadline: 16 December 2022, (3 April, 1 August 2023 for later residencies)
Urbanite Theatre: 2023 Modern Works Festival – Deadline: 16 December 2022
Manchester Cathedral Writer-in-Residence – Deadline: 16 December 2022
Look Sharp Theatre | Comedy Submissions– Deadline: 18 December 2022
Series Mania – Writers Campus- Deadline: 20 December 2022
Disabled Playwright Support Programme- Supported by Birds of Paradise Theatre Company & Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland – Deadline: 22 December 2022
Write for the London Student Drama Festival – ACT II (fees apply) – Deadline: 24 December 2022
Third Stone seeking play submissions – Deadline: 29 December 2022
Scriptwriters & Co | Scratch Night Submissions – Deadline: 29 December 2022
Manhattan Rep’s Play Production Program (Self-Produce your play in New York City – fees apply) – Deadline: 31 December 2022
Play Submissions Helper Blog: 44 Play Submissions Opps w/ December 2022 Deadlines – Deadline: Various throughout December 2022
Jacksons Lane – Circulate programme – Deadline: 30 December 2023
Sláinte! Theatre – Heads or Tales? Scratch Night – Deadline: 30 December 2023
The New American Theatre – One Act Plays Competition (entry fee) – Deadline: 31 December 2022
Young Pleasance at Edinburgh Fringe 2023- Deadline: 5 January 2023
Penguin Books | WriteNow – Deadline: 8 January 2023
Writer in Residence Open Eye Gallery Liverpool Deadline: 9 January 2023
Bush Theatre Submissions Window – Deadline: 9 January 2023
Rosemary’s House Writing Residency – Greece – Deadline: 1 February 2023
Papatango New Writing Prize 2023 – Deadline: 5 February 2023
RSC: 37 Plays – New writing project / submissions open January 2023! – Deadline: not yet specified
Rolling & Unspecified deadlines:
Finborough Theatre | Open Script Submissions – Deadline: rolling
Hampstead Theatre | Open Script Submissions – Deadline: rolling
Anthroplay Theatre Scratch night – Deadline: rolling/ monthly
Barons Court- Sunday Fix scratch night – Deadline: not specified
Royal Exchange Theatre ELDERS COMPANY opportunities –Deadline: not specified
Call: Love Sharing Festival – VII edition – Deadline: not specified
Traverse Theatre First Stages Festival – Deadline: not applicable
Unbound – reader-funded pitches – Deadline: none posted
Creative Hub seeking creative writing about climate change – Deadline not specified
Fifth Word – Submit your Play (paid if produced) – Deadline: not specified
The Hope Theatre seeking plays for new programme (profit share) – Deadline: not specified
Think Shorts – Free Short film listing (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
Fearless: Danse Macabre Productions Free Script Reading for Horror Scripts (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
BBC Comedy Association plans unveiled – Deadline: not applicable
Calling members of the Neurodivergent Theatre Community – Deadline: not applicable
The Swiss Church London offering subsided space for artists – Deadline: not applicable
London Pub Theatres seeking new reviewers (unpaid) – Deadline: none posted
The New Works Playhouse accepting submissions (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
Work-in-Development Submissions for the John Thaw Studio at The Actors Centre (profit share) – Deadline: ongoing
The BCG Pro Video Contest is looking for 2 minute scripted video sketches (prize £100) – Deadline: until further notice
The Royal Court now accepting online submissions – Deadline: rolling
John Byrne Award monthly competition for creative work (prize £250) – Deadline: monthly
Brush Stroke Order now offering bursaries for script reading services – 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
Newsthump looking for spoof news writers (paid) – Deadline: ongoing
Arvon Grants available for writing courses – Deadline: none posted/ various
Live events and in person workshops:
Blood Beats: LGBTQ+ Writers Group (Manchester) – Dates: 3rd Thursday of the month in 2023
10 Week Playwriting Course by Hannah Kennedy – Dates: starts 22 March 2023
Manchester Screenwriting Meet Up – Dates: various (alternates between in person in and Zoom)
Writing for Theatre at Granada Concierge in Spain with Sarah Grochala – Dates: not specified
Bush Theatre Masterclasses – Dates: various (available both in person and online)
BBC & NFTS – BBC Scholarships – Dates: various
Scriptease: Scriptwriting for Stage and Screen course – Starts January 2023
Guildhall School of Music and Drama – Evening Courses – Deadline to apply: 20 January 2023