Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 29 May 2026

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Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 22 May 2026

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Polka Playwriting Award 2026

After the award-winning success of 2024’s winning play ‘Dweeb-A-Mania’, we’re so pleased to announce that the Polka Playwriting Award is back for 2026! The only playwriting award of its kind, the winning playwright receives: A WGGB rate commission and associated royalties A staging of their play at Polka Theatre Publication of their play with Methuen Drama …

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Collective Acting Studio invites playwrights to submit their work for our New Writing Festival

CALL OUT: NEW WRITING FESTIVAL 2026 Collective Acting Studio invites playwrights to submit their work for our New Writing Festival, running from Monday 14th September – Friday 23rd October 2026. As part of our third-year BA Acting programme, this festival is a dedicated space for research, development, and discovery of new plays. Each selected script will be brought …

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Monday evening creative writing workshops at The Old Nursery (N15 4GZ), with award winning playwright

Monday evening creative writing workshops at The Old Nursery (N15 4GZ), with award winning playwright   A relaxed and fun evening of creative writing exercises and prompts, with award winning playwright Fran Bushe. These workshops are designed to build confidence, learn new techniques and meet other friendly writers. All you need are your favourite writing …

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Write Your Draft – a 6 week creative writing course with Fran Bushe

Write Your Draft – a 6 week creative writing course with Fran Bushe Monday 8th June 2026 – Monday 13th July 2026 7-9pm Write your draft A 6-week in person creative writing course for ideas that deserve to become something more. Write your Draft is a 6-week course designed to help you turn loose ideas into …

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Applications for the Stage Writing for Commission Writers Room are open

Applications are now open for Stage Writing for Commission — a fully funded training programme for emerging playwrights, delivered by The Writers’ Block in partnership with The Minack Theatre. We would greatly appreciate your support in sharing this opportunity across your networks, communities and platforms to help us reach aspiring playwrights who may benefit from this …

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