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: London Writers’ Week – Events for Writers
This Week in our Advice Column, Pursued By A Bear: Pursued By A Bear: “How do I tell actors I’m recasting the roles they developed?”
Opportunities with deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper – 51 playwriting competitions with June deadlines
The Marlowe Theatre Canterbury seeking Literary Associate – Deadline: 8 July 2016
The Roald Dahl Museum looking for a freelance poet – Deadline: 11 July 2016
The Eddy (online theatre subscription service) open to play submissions – Deadline: 18 July 2016
Bristol Old Vic seeking new plays (South West writers only) – Deadline: 18 July 2016
Juno Theatre seeking female writer/director to lead comedy workshop -Deadline: none posted but workshop takes place on 23 July 2016
Alfred Fagon Award 2016 open for applications from playwrights of Caribbean or African descent – Deadline: 29 July 2016
BBC Wales Drama Award launched (Welsh writers) – Deadline: 29 July at 5pm (submissions open on 18 July 2016)
2016 Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award – Deadline: 31 July 2016
The Adrian Pagan Award 2016 launched– Deadline: 31 July 2016
Shonibare Studio open to proposals from guest artists for 2017 – Deadline: 31 July 2016
The John Brabourne Awards open for applications – Deadline: 31 July 2016
Free Rayne Artists seeking submissions for Spiral at the Bread & Roses Theatre – Deadline: 14 August 2016
Women in Film and Television announce mentoring scheme – deadline: 16 August 2016
Aberdeen Performing Arts – Scratch Nights – Call for Script Submissions (North East Writers) – Deadline: 22 August 2016 at 5pm
2016 Terence Rattigan Society Award (£10 entry fee, £2,500 prize) – Deadline: 31 August 2016
Sultan Padamsee Award for Playwriting 2016 – Deadline: 31 August 2016
Ignition Playwriting Competition from Ignite Theatre (£100 prize) -Deadline: 1 September 2016
Park Theatre Script Accelerator Programme– Deadline: 7 September 2016
StageWrite 2017 playwriting competition (open to Bedfordshire students only)- Deadline: 30 September 2016
Adam Morley and Actor Awareness bursary for writers – Deadline: September 2016
Bush Theatre opens script window to accept new plays – Deadline: 30 September 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
Polemic Theatre Company accepting submissions for festival – Deadline: 1 January 2017 at 12.01am
Events and workshops:
London Contemporary Play reading workshops for actors and writers – starts 9 June, 2016, ongoing
Arts Council session on Grants for the Arts and funding priorities for theatre (London Writers’ Week) – Friday 8 July from 11am-12pm
BBC Writersroom event on making the transition to writing for radio and screen (London Writers’ Week) – Friday 8 July from 2-3pm
Tamasha “New Families” Scratch Night (London Writers’ Week) – Friday 8 July from 7.30-9pm
NAWE Workshop with ‘Myths of the Near Future’ Journal (London Writers’ Week) – Saturday 9 July from 10am-12pm
Writers’ Mutual Retreat in Bordeaux (£350-£450) – 12th-18th July
Podium.me: Writing for Radio Drama Workshop for under 25’s – 16 July 2016
Masterclass: Jeffrey Sweet: Improvisation For Script-building – 23/24 July 2016
Writing Workshops from ComedySportz (Manchester) – 25 July & 1 August 2016
Arvon Course – Writing For Puppetry: Writing The Impossible – –
Arvon Course – Musical Theatre: Using music and lyrics to tell the tale – –
Ongoing submissions:
Paines Plough accepting ongoing submissions – Deadline: rolling
BBC Comedy Classroom – Comedy writing resources for young people – various deadlines
JW3 seeking submissions of pieces about Jewish culture – rolling
BFI Postroom open to submissions of films and scripts from emerging filmmakers – rolling
Jo Smith Productions open for submissions – 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