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).
Want to be sure you never miss an opportunity? Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox!
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: Soggy Brass at Southwark Playhouse
From the Archive of our Advice Column, Pursued By A Bear: “Should I be offended the actors are suggesting edits to my rehearsed reading?”
Featured Posts:
Gifts & Gear: The Best Stuff for Writers in January 2017
Taking matters into her own hands: Tamara von Werthern on putting women’s voices onstage
Opportunities with deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper – 41 playwriting competitions with January+ deadlines
Women Redressed open for Act II submissions – Deadline Friday 27 January 2017, midnight
First call out for Hastings Fringe Festival – Deadline: Saturday 28 January 2017 from 2-4pm
28 Plays Later: Take The Space’s February daily writing challenge – Deadline: 28 January 2017
Testlab New Writing Festival offering commissioned R&D – Deadline: 28 January 2017
Open Call Out for Didsbury Arts Festival Submissions – Deadline: 29 January 2017
Applications for Oxford’s fringe festival ‘Offbeat’ are now open – Deadline: 30 January 2017
Game-writing opportunity for trainees on Zombies, Run! (paid) – Deadline 31 January 2017
Monday Club hosting new writing night at the Old Red Lion – Deadline 31 January 2017
‘Crossing boundaries’ theme for Instinct Theatre’s scratch night – Deadline: 5 February 2017
Soggy Brass open for comedy submissions at Southwark Playhouse (paid) – Deadline 5 February 2017
Irish Green Curtain Theatre’s ‘Shows from the Songs Night’ – Deadline: Monday 6 February 2017
Win Bafta industry showcase for TV drama (£45 entry fee) – Deadline: 8 February 2017, 10am
Write, cast and perform in one night with Stitchin’ Fiction Deadline: Saturday 11 February at noon
Stranger Tales’ sought for Skint Theatre Festival (Bristol) – Deadline: Monday 13 February 2017
Young writers 10-25 sought for Harts/Lyric Hammersmith Writing Festival Deadline: 17 February 2017
Arts Depot paid summer research and development residencies – Deadline: Mon 20 Feb 2017, 10am
St John’s call for Waterloo Festival 2017 monologues (£2 entry fee, £30 prize) -Deadline: 24 February 2017
2017 From Page To Stage Festival open for musical theatre submissions – Deadline: 28 February 2017
Writers Avenue Theatre Company seeks scripts from 18-30 year olds – Deadline: 1 March 2017
£8,000 commission with Writers in Theatre inaugural award – Deadline 2 March 2017
One-act plays sought for Kenneth Branagh Award at Windsor Fringe 2017 (£10 fee, £500 prize) – Deadline: 5 March 2017
2017 Papatango New Writing Prize – Deadline: 6 March 2017
Submissions open for Festival 47 at the King’s Head Theatre – Deadline: 6 March 2017
Rabbit’s Riot Theatre’s call out for first LGBT+ festival scripts – Deadline: Monday 20 March 2017
Brave New World seeks shorts on theme of Legacy for ‘Slam’ new writing night – Deadline: Monday 20 March 2017
House seed funding for BAME theatremakers (£3,000-£8,000)- Deadline: Friday 28 April 2017 at 10am
2017 Bruntwood Prize open for submissions (cash prize + development) – Deadline: Monday 5 June 2017 at 6pm
Events and workshops:
Ten week writing course Omnibus Writer’s Workshop, Clapham Common (£150) – 30 January 2017
Arundel Festival Theatre Writers Competition (£250 award) – 31 January 2017
Art of Redrafting Your Play – National Theatre course – Saturday 4 February and Sunday 5 February, 10.30am-4.30pm
One day workshop with Jennifer Farmer at Bishopsgate Institute Saturday 11 February 2017 (10am-4pm)
Yellow Earth launches 2-year professional playwriting programme Deadline: Friday 17 February 2017 at 5pm
Verbatim technique workshop at Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham (£50) – Sunday 4 March (10-6) and Sunday 5 March 2017(11-4)
Introduction to Writing for TV (LPW Workshop) – Saturday 11 March 2017 from 10am-1pm
The Arts Council & Beyond: Fundraising for your Play (LPB Workshop) – Saturday 11 March 2017 from 2-5pm
Gate Theatre Workshop on the writer/director relationship (£10) –Saturday, 13 May 2017 from 10 am-1pm
Ongoing submissions:
Newsthump looking for spoof news writers – Deadline: ongoing
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