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:
This Week in our Advice Column, Pursued By A Bear: My Fringe Show Failed, What next?
Coming up with London Playwrights’ Workshop:
Autumn 2016 Workshops from London Playwrights’ Blog
– Thursday 3 November 2016 7pm-9pm
Your Self-Producing Toolkit: A day-long introduction – Saturday 12 November 2016 from 10.30am – 5pm
Opportunities with deadlines:
MAT Purbanat Theatre seeking playwright for commission (paid) – Deadline: 21 October 2016
Soggy Brass at Southwark Playhouse open for submissions– Deadline: 16 October 2016
BBC Radio 4 Extra seeking comedy – Deadline: various, ending mid- October]
#TellYours – Development opportunity for storytellers – Deadline: 24 October 2016
Calling the Shots – Short film competition (16-24 year olds, South West) – Deadline: 24 October 2016
Pokfulam Road Productions launches ‘Foreign Goods Last Forever’ showcase (female writers, Chinese or SE Asian only) – Deadline: 25 October 2016
Pub Theatre Festival Seeking Submissions from Emerging Theatre Makers – Deadline: Friday 28 October 2016
Chelsea Young Writers seeking teaching assistants/ facilitators– Deadline: 28 October 2016
Penguin Random House launch WriteNow for new writers– Deadline: 28 October 2016
Talawa script submission window open (Black writers in the UK) – Deadline: 31 October 2016
Constance Cox Playwriting Competition from Sussex Playwrights’ Club (£7 entry fee, £150 prize) – Deadline: 31 October 2016
BFI Bursaries available for The Screen Arts Institute – Deadline: 4 November 2016
RSL Brookleaze Grants for writers – Deadline: 7 November 2016
BBC New Directors’ Scheme – Doctors – Deadline: 14 November 2016
Thumb Stopping Moments: Totally Money Short Film Competition (prize fund of £10K) – Deadline: 11 November 2016
Octagon Theatre Bolton Top Five Festival – accepting submissions – Deadline: 30 November 2016
Co-producing opportunity for a play with Jewish themes – Deadline: 8 December 2016
Writers required for La Musa Sulla Nuvola – The Muse on the Cloud – Deadline: 20 December 2016
365 Women A Year Playwriting Project open to submissions throughout 2016 – Deadline: 31 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:
Applications open to join the Jack Writers’ Workshop – Deadline for applications 8 October (starts 31 October)
Applications open to join the Writers Club of Directors Cut (£70/term) – Starts early October 2016
New Diorama Theatre: Fundraising Masterclass – 17 October 2016 (Deadline for enrolling 14 October 2016 at 12pm)
Free talk with Jed Mercurio in Birmingham – 15 October 2016
Specifiq: Writers Retreat at Wilton’s Music Hall – 18 October 2016
LPB Workshop: Intensive Workshop: Writing Compelling Dialogue – Thursday 20 October 7pm-9pm
Win tickets to TriForce’s Monologue Slam – Deadline: 24 October 2016 (for event on 31 October 2016)
Arvon Course – Writing For Puppetry: Writing The Impossible – –
Free Theatre Making/Writing Workshop at Hackney Museum – 27 October 2016
Playwriting course with Jennifer Farmer at the Bishopsgate Institute – Starts 31 October 2016
TV DRAMA: Script Editing & Development with Philip Shelley, Cardiff (HETV Levy Fund): Starts 1 November 2016
LPB Workshop: Intensive Workshop: Making an Impact in Your Opening Scene – Thursday 3 November 2016 7pm-9pm
The Writers Lab of Homeland Theatre: Workshop with Vertebra Theatre – 5,6 November 2016
LPB Workshop: Your Self-Producing Toolkit: A Daylong Introduction – Saturday 12 November 2016 from 10.30am – 5pm
Arvon Course – Musical Theatre: Using music and lyrics to tell the tale – –
Arvon Grants available for writing courses – deadline: none posted/ various
Ongoing submissions:
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