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: First Commissions Scheme with HighTide
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Featured Post: How to produce your own work – part 6: Rehearsals
Opportunities with deadlines:
Writing Workshop Facilitator required – North Yorkshire (paid) – Deadline: 18 November 2016
Camden People’s Theatre seeking submissions for Sprint 2017 – Deadline: 18 November 2016
Submission for Christmas Night of Short Plays at Kemble House – Deadline: 21 November 2016
BLINK AGAIN seeking one hour plays (£1,000 production budget) – Deadline: 22 November 2016
First Commissions Scheme with HighTide (Writers age 30 and under) – Deadline: 25 November 2016
In Motion Theatre Company seeking submissions for Winter Words (Glasgow City) – Deadline: 27 November 2016
Jessie Kesson Fellowship 2017 open for applications – Deadline: 28 November 2016
Writer in Residence at Theatre Clwyd – Deadline: 28 November 2016
Bare Fiction Magazine open to submissions of 10 minute plays – Deadline: 29 November 2016
Octagon Theatre Bolton Top Five Festival – accepting submissions – Deadline: 30 November 2016
Little Pieces of Gold seeking short plays– Deadline: 5 December 2016
IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship (£10,000 stipend, Edinburgh based) – Deadline: 6 December 2016
Co-producing opportunity for a play with Jewish themes – Deadline: 8 December 2016
All the sins digital magazine seeking submissions – Deadline: 15 December 2016
Writers required for La Musa Sulla Nuvola – The Muse on the Cloud – Deadline: 20 December 2016
Shakespeare Shorts Competition– Deadline: 31 December 2016
The MMBF Trust offering £250 fund for creative projects – Deadline: 31 December 2016
Polemic Theatre Company accepting submissions for festival – Deadline: 1 January 2017 at 12.01am
Events and workshops:
Writing for Theatre Course with Ambassador Theatre Group (£200 for six weeks) – 21 November 2016 – 16 January 2017
Arvon Course – Musical Theatre: Using music and lyrics to tell the tale – –
BFI Film Academy – Shepperton Studios (16-19 year olds) – Deadline for applications: 12 December 2016
Arundel Festival Theatre Writers Competition (£250 award) – 31 January 2017
Ongoing submissions:
Arvon Grants available for writing courses – deadline: none posted/ various
London Poet seeking film makers to collaborate with – Deadline: none
Edgemar Center for the Arts (Santa Monica) seeking new work for 2017 season – Deadline: none
Batty Mama seeking writers/ artists – Deadline: none posted
Rich Gifts Theatre seeking writers – Deadline: rolling
Paines Plough accepting ongoing submissions – Deadline: rolling
BBC Comedy Classroom – Comedy writing resources for young people – various deadlines
Online Masterclass with Aaron Sorkin on Screenwriting ($90) – no deadline
JW3 seeking submissions of pieces about Jewish culture – rolling
BFI Postroom open to submissions of films and scripts from emerging filmmakers – 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 posted