Tiny Dog Productions seeking short plays for next Theatre Breaks Festival

Tiny Dog Productions are currently accepting submissions from practitioners who wish to participate in the next Theatre Breaks Festival. They are looking for 6 – 8 productions in total.  Theatre Breaks is comprised of a 3 night run, which Theatre Companies/individuals can use as a platform to showcase new or developing work. Be it a …

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Free Masterclass with BBC Writersroom at Curve Theatre, Leicester’s Inside Out Festival

As part of Curve Theatre, Leicester’s first Inside Out Festival they present a series of free masterclasses and workshops.  These include: INSIDE WRITING: A masterclass on writing for stage and screen by BBC Writersroom Ever wondered how to send your script to the BBC and what happens when you do? How do they assess your …

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Encompass Productions seeking 5-20min plays for ‘Bare Essentials’

Submissions are now open for BARE ESSENTIALS, a night created to showcase new and emerging theatrical talent. See your work staged and performed by experienced and professional actors and directors, all of whom have worked with Encompass who have been mounting productions and events since 2010. Previous Bare Essentials have led to the critically acclaimed …

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Site-Specific Commission for InTRANSIT FESTIVAL, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

InTRANSIT is a festival of outdoor or site responsive art and performance set-up by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and focusing on new commissions and new collaborations. Now in its eighth year, the festival celebrates the changing urban landscape, making use of public and private spaces throughout the borough. Helen Scarlett O’Neill and Harry Ross (Secret Cinema, London Contemporary Orchestra, Silent …

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NEWSBOY seeking short plays about colonisation

NEWSBOY is a new living newspaper which aims to create a space to examine our ideas and feelings about the world we live in today. For the second edition of NEWSBOY they are looking for short scripts exploring and investigating the theme of “colonisation.”  NEWSBOY: “COLONISATION EDITION” will be on at the Tron Theatre, Victorian …

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Guiding Lights 2014 film mentoring programme open to applications

First launched in 2006, Guiding Lights is the UK film industry’s leading mentoring programme.  Applications are now open for Guiding Lights 2014, which will select a group of talented writers, directors and producers to take part in a sixth edition of the scheme, set to launch in July 2014. This year, the scheme is also …

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News: Winners announced for Perfect Pitch Award for musical theatre

The winners of the £12,000 Perfect Pitch Award have been announced! Chris Bush and Matthew Winkworth won with their pitch for the new musical ‘Odd’, which retells the story of the Odyssey through the eyes of a modern-day teenage girl.  They were selected by a panel of industry experts, including: performers Michael Ball and Rosemary …

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Channel 4 seeking writers for ‘Coming Up’ talent development scheme with Touchpaper

After 13 years of the acclaimed strand, Channel 4 restates its commitment to new writers and directors with its new look Coming Up talent scheme that will now result in a feature length drama. Channel 4 is offering up-and-coming British film-makers the chance to have their own original feature length single drama produced in the …

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BBC Writersroom open for submissions until 31 March!

The BBC Writersroom opened yesterday for submissions of TV Drama, and will accept scripts until 31 March 2014.  Make sure you get your script in if you’d like them to look at it, as this is the only submission window dedicated to TV Drama in 2014!  (Later submission windows will focus on Comedy, Theatre/Radio, etc.) …

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