Are you a black writer with a story to share? Dear Black People is back at the Pleasance Theatre, London on Monday 11th May and they are looking for scripts that celebrate identity with power, comedy and confidence. Submissions are now open. Requirements: a 15 minute long extract from a script a monologue up to …
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Camden People’s Theatre are staging their seventh ‘Calm Down, Dear’ festival of feminism from May 11th – May 30th 2020. It is a unique three-week celebration of innovative feminist performance. Past hits include Louise Orwin’s Pretty Ugly (2013), Sh!t Theatre’s Women’s Hour (2014), Snuffbox Theatre’s Blush (2016), and Racheal Ofori’s So Many Reasons (2018). This year, in partnership with UCL Culture’s Performance …
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Rebound Productions are offering the chance for new and emerging playwrights to have their work produced by an exciting new company at a London theatre this year. They are searching for five 10-15 minute short plays with 2-3 characters. Last year, their first production ‘Flights of Fancy’, sold out two 3-day runs in 2019. What …
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London Lovecraft Festival 2020 are calling for writers to submit a H.P. Lovecraft inspired play for a staged performance at the Drayton Arms in Kensington between the 19th and 25th April. It can be a comedy, a drama, a heartfelt romance about Shoggoths falling in love, or a creepy work of fiction with Lovecraftian elements …
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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 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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What is it? The Phoenix Writes is a new One Act playwriting competition for 2020, which is open to playwrights of all age groups across the UK. Five successful submissions will be performed at the Daneside Theatre in Congleton, Cheshire on Saturday 5th September 2020, and the winning play, voted by the audience, will receive …
The Lancaster Playwriting Prize is an initiative arising out of the cultural partnership between Lancaster University and The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster; it is supported by Lucy Briers. The Prize aims to discover new voices from a diverse range of backgrounds; each year, it has different entry criteria in order to reach underserved playwrights. For 2019, …
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As part of their 90th birthday celebrations, The Questors Theatre is seeking submissions for our student playwriting competition 2019. Do you have ideas whizzing around your head that you’d love to put to pen and paper? Are you itching to see your stories come to life? Or perhaps you’ve already written a promising play that …
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Playwrights are invited to submit plays of up to 15 minutes in length and four finalists will have their pieces read by Enniscorthy Drama Group at this year’s festival. How to apply: the website to pay €10 submission fee and then submit your entry to drama@wexfordliteraryfestival.com Please state in SUBJECT line: SHORT PLAY SUBMISSION Deadline: …
