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: Nick Darke Award 2017 open for submissions (£6000 prize)
From the Archive of our Advice Column, Pursued By A Bear: Pursued By A Bear: “I’m dyslexic and no one will take my work seriously”
Opportunities with deadlines:
Mercury Theatre playwriting prize opens ((£2,000 home counties writers only) – Deadline 31 March 2017
Wireless Show seeking comedy skits and sketches – Deadline: 31 March 2017
Canal Cafe playwriting scheme for American season (£400 prize) – Deadline: 31 March 2017
Secret Hour Theatre seeks shorts on subject of ‘secrets’ for Camden Fringe – Deadline: 31 March 2017
Merlin Theatre short play competition open for submissions Deadline: 31 March 201
BBC Radio Essex Playwright of the Year open for submissions – Deadline: 31 March 2017 at 5pm
Play Submissions Helper – 47 opportunities with April+ deadline
Doughnut Productions new writing night on ‘seven deadly sins’ –Deadline: 1 April 2017
Studio Players, Kentucky, seeks 10-minute plays for festival ($200) – Deadline: 2 April 2017
Submissions open for Lost Theatre’s One Act Festival (£60 fee, £400 prize) – Deadline: Sunday 2 April 2017 at midnight
Live Lab offering £2,000 bursary for new piece of theatre – Deadline: Monday 3 April, 10am
RE:act wants immediate response to The Whisper House to create a new piece of musical theatre (paid) – Deadline : Monday 3 April 2017 at 6pm
Wexford Literary Festival’s inaugural one-act play competition (€300 prize, €10 entry fee) – Deadline 8 April 2017
Camden People’s Theatre’ Come As You Are festival – Deadline: 10 April 2017
Bohemian Balcony’s Swindon Scratch Night– No deadline but show is on 13 April 2017. Get in touch before
KDC Theatre shorts on ‘what keeps me awake’ for production – Deadline: 17 April 2017
Blue Elephant Theatre seeks shorts for Trunkated scratch night Deadline: none specified but show is on 19 April
London Short Film Festival open for 2018 submissions (entry fee $6.50- $38) – Deadline: 21 April-21 August 2017
Bread & Roses Theatre seeks submissions for The Platform scratch night – Deadline: 28th April 2017 at midnight
House seed funding for BAME theatremakers (£3,000-£8,000)- Deadline: 28 April 2017 at 10am
The Sitcom Mission 2017 – open for submissions – Deadline: Until 30 April 2017
Geoffrey Whitworth trophy for one-act festival play – Deadline: 30 April 2017
Soundwork audio play competition: winner will have play recorded and posted on website Deadline 30 April 2017
Avenue Theatre Company call out for Seven Deadly Sins monologues from young writers – Deadline: 1 May 2017
Short Film Fund seeks scripts for £5,000 plus budget film – Deadline: 2 May 2017
Call out for comedy shorts inspired by Anita and Me (£300 prize) Deadline: 7 May 2017
Sky Blue Theatre: British Theatre Challenge for Schools – Deadline: 7 May 2017
Mad Apple Collective seeks plays based on The Locked Room – Deadline: 19 May 2017 at 9pm
Pint-Sized Plays sought for pub performance in Tenby Festival Week – Deadline: 31May 2017
2017 Bruntwood Prize open for submissions (cash prize + development) – Deadline: 5 June 2017 at 6pm
Kali war play season for South Asia women writers – Deadline: Monday 5 June 2017 at 5pm
Events and workshops:
Writers’ Mutual writing group – currently taking place Wednesdays 11am-1pm
Bread and Roses Theatre Playwrights Circle: March-May 2017 meetings– Monday 27 March/22 May from 7.30-9.30pm
Redrafting and Structure: with Papercut Theatre’s Melissa Dunne (£60) Saturday 8 April 2017, 10am – 5pm
Free Almeida playwriting workshops with Rachel De-lahay and Vinay Patel – 10 & 11 April 2017
Bruntwood Prize 2017’s free online workshop programme – From 1 March-24 May 2017
Gate Theatre Workshop on the writer/director relationship (£10) –,13 May 2017 from 10 am-1pm
Scriptwriting with Simon Vinnicombe at YHA St Pancras, 79-81 Euston Road, £40, Tuesday 16 May 2017, 10am-4pm
Three day playwriting workshop with Simon Stephens in Andalucia 15-19 October 2017
Ongoing submissions:
Theatrefullstop in call out for bi-weekly podcast script submissions – Deadline: None posted.
Newsthump looking for spoof news writers – Deadline: ongoing
Arvon Grants available for writing courses – Deadline: none posted/ various
London Poet seeking film makers to collaborate with – Deadline: none
Edgemar Center for the Arts (Santa Monica) seeking new work for 2017 season – Deadline: none
Batty Mama seeking writers/ artists – Deadline: none posted
Rich Gifts Theatre seeking writers – Deadline: rolling
Paines Plough accepting ongoing submissions – Deadline: rolling
BBC Comedy Classroom – Comedy writing resources for young people – Deadline: various
Online Masterclass with Aaron Sorkin on Screenwriting ($90) – Deadline: none posted
JW3 seeking submissions of pieces about Jewish culture – Deadline: rolling
BFI Postroom open to submissions of films and scripts from emerging filmmakers – Deadline: rolling
Opportunities to hear your play with Player Playwrights – Deadline: rolling
Online Playwriting Course with Live Theatre (£95-£495) – Deadline: rolling
Playwrights Circle at the Bread & Roses – Deadline: 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 – Deadline: none 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 posted
News:
RSC’s Next Generation programme will be released in May 2017.
The Stage announces inaugural Debut Awards for emerging theatrical talent – Deadline: 30 July 30, 2017