Soho Theatre | The Verity Bargate Award 2026

Soho Theatre is seeking submissions for the Verity Bargate Award 2026, its flagship new writing prize. Sponsored by Character 7, the award celebrates bold, original stage writing and supports emerging UK and Irish playwrights by offering a platform to launch their careers. The winning play will be given a full production at Soho Theatre’s central London venue. …

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Milk Tea Films | Great Migrations

Great Migrations is a new development lab for East and/or Southeast Asian (ESEA) writers, writer-directors and producers based in the UK, delivered by MilkTea Films and supported by the BFI Creative Challenge Fund, awarding National Lottery funding. Great Migrations is a programme conceived, led and produced by MilkTea founder and company director, Chi Thai, as …

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WrAP Recap: Week 1 (1 Jan – 4 Jan)

Happy New Year! This month, London Playwrights is running WrAP2026 (Write A Play) and we’d love for you to follow along. We’ll be posting recaps on the Monday following every week (that’s this post you’re reading right now!) and other exciting content. I’ll be following along on the challenge and including some of my reflections …

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Opportunities Weekly Round-up:19 December 2025

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Setting Sail new writing night at The Golden Goose

Setting Sail, an ongoing new writing night hosted at The Golden Goose Theatre, London, produced by En Route Theatre Company. Setting Sail takes place every two to three months and showcases new scripts by emerging and promising playwrights. We have held four sold-out editions in 2025, and the night aims to provide a supportive platform for writers to hear …

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Write Across Bradford | BBC Writers and partners

What is Write Across Bradford? Write Across Bradford is an eight-week development programme specifically designed to support emerging writers and creatives who are at the early stages of their writing careers. Through a series of engaging workshops, expert-led sessions and networking opportunities, we’ll explore the art of crafting compelling stories for television, empowering participants to …

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Bread and Roses Theatre | Submission Call Out

RAISE THE VIBRATION: V-DAY 2026 SUBMISSION CALL-OUT The Bread & Roses Theatre are looking for monologues or spoken word pieces by women (cis & trans), nb or gender fluid performers or writers to help us Raise the Vibration. Throughout V-DAY’s history, activists and artists have used this platform to shed light on the connection between gender …

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Climate Spring | The Hot House Writers Development Lab 2026

The Hot House 2026 writers development lab for scripted longform TV and feature film projects is now open for applications. Part of Climate Spring’s writers development offering, and run in collaboration with BBC Writers and Film London, the 8-week lab supports screen writing talent in creating engaging and commercially viable climate stories for film and TV, …

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Opportunities Weekly Round-up:12 December 2025

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