Month: December 2019

Plays Rough London open call for short plays on theme ‘Factual and Fantasy’

What is it? Plays Rough London are calling for short plays (between 0 and 15 minutes) on the theme of ‘Factual and Fantasy’. Selected scripts will be part of the new-writing night: ‘Plays Rough London Presents: Factual and Fantasy’ performed at the Old Red Lion Pub Theatre on Monday 16th March 2020. As a new-writing …

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Actor Awareness 2020 new writing night looking for scripts on Class (paid)

Actor Awareness are looking for beginners and emerging playwrights alike for the staging of their third consecutive year of new writing nights. Wanting to kick off 2020 with a bang, the theme for the first night is Class. As it will be part of their ongoing partnership with Spotlight, it is a paid opportunity, taking …

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Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 27 December 2019

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Seasons Greetings from London Playwrights!

It’s that time of year again and all of us at London Playwrights’ Workshop would like to wish you a very happy festive season! We’d also like to thank you for your support over the last year. To all our members, we honestly can’t thank you enough for your continued support and for making it …

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The Upsetters – script callout for writers of colour (paid)

The Upsetters make theatre written by writers of colour, directed by directors of colour and performed by actors of colour in all roles unless the script specifies otherwise. They are looking for scripts (15 mins) by writers of colour for our Takeover Festival on 29th February 2020 at the Bunker Theatre UK. How to apply: …

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Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 20 December 2019

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Writing on the theme of ‘Shop Local’ sought for podcast

Lita Doolan has a call out for writers inspired by the theme Shop Local – to remember all the small independent stores with their own ecosystem of community that will not be opening in 2020.  She is looking for reflections that are personal, heartfelt or politically charged or humorous to create an arc from submissions …

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Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing

Amateur playwrights world-wide are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays in English for the Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing. Three winning scripts will be selected for fully staged performances during the Windsor Fringe Festival in October 2020. One of the three scripts will be chosen for the £500 prize, judged on the writing only. Eligibility Only …

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SLAM Minutes seeking work on theme of Mental Health

SLAM Minutes are looking for 60 playwrights, spoken word artists, comedians, drag artists, burlesque artists, singer-songwriters and everything in between to submit one minute each of their voice, their perspective on Mental Health for performance on 2nd February 2020 at London’s Vaults Festival. Bored out of your mind of mental health being spoken of as statistics instead …

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Sharp Scratches accepting submissions for ‘Transforming the Narrative’

Sharp Scratches is back for 2020, with the first of many scratches being ‘Transforming the Narrative’ putting Transgender and Non-binary writers and performers centre stage. They are looking for: Play scripts or spoken word poetry no longer than 15 minutes running time. Pieces with a cast size of maximum 3. Writers who identify as non-binary or …

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