Are you an emerging screenwriter with a strong voice and a compelling story for TV? Arvon’s Screenwriting Programme is a new talent development programme for emerging screenwriters from working-class and lower socio-economic backgrounds.   Over two years, Arvon will support five screenwriters to attend three Arvon screenwriting weeks, online courses and one-to-one mentoring, working towards completing a spec script.   …

Arvon’s Screenwriting Programme is a new talent development programme for emerging screenwriters from working-class and lower socio-economic backgrounds Read More »

  HOW NOT TO DISAPPEAR The Site – Royal Court Theatre – 30th September 10.30 – 1.30pm An open space style event for playwrights who are parents or guardians. We will explore HOW NOT TO DISAPPEAR WHEN BRINGING UP CHILDREN. Maybe that’s disappearing from the industry due to lack of time, headspace, or childcare. Maybe …

Support Playwrights: event for parents Read More »

MTFestUK is a unique festival that provides a platform to showcase and celebrate original musical theatre. Productions will be selected from the open submission process and their creative teams given an opportunity to workshop and present their work in ‘sharing’ sessions to audiences. Writing teams from all backgrounds and from across all the UK and internationally …

Submit your musical to MT Fest Read More »

Player-Playwrights was founded as a writers’ and actors’ co-operative in 1948 and has been meeting on Monday evenings ever since reading and feeding back on new scripts for stage, radio and screen to help writers develop their work. The group operates a mentoring scheme. Our Presidents are long-standing members, Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, writers …

Try out your play with Player Playwrights Read More »

Formerly titled Open Submissions, Bush Theatre’s open call window to submit your work this year is 12noon Wednesday 12 August 2026 until 12noon Wednesday 26 August 2026. ———————————————————————————————————— We are keen to discover and build relationships with writers across the UK and Ireland unknown to us at the moment. This submission process is an opportunity for us to …

Bush Theatre: Writer Discovery Programme Read More »

We’re looking for artists for our upcoming Scratch night! 🎤 Have any questions? Drop an email to artists@shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk Find out more here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Db8KYFSj_eX/?igsh=MThhYjBhNG1hZXVqcw%3D%3D Deadline: 25th August 2026 Source: Instagram

SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS ​ ​​​​LA Productions Script Submission: Open from Monday 24th at 12pm and closes on Monday 16th November at 9am.   ​ If you have submitted a script without reading our guidelines then you may not hear back from us so please ensure you have read and understood all guidelines before submitting. Late submissions …

LA Productions accepting submissions Read More »