Opportunities

Kick the Dirt are seeking a female writer / devising artist to develop text for a new show about a professional bull rider. The project: Professional Bull Riding (PBR) is often called “the most dangerous sport on earth”. It’s an almost exclusively male world, with hyper-masculine aesthetics and values. Bulls***looks at what happens when a woman enters …

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The next React Scratch night will take place  at The Honor Oak, SE23, on 19 July 2018. There are no themes, no vetting, just 10 minute extracts. How to apply: for more information, email –victoriasummersreact@gmail.com Deadline: none, but the event takes place 19 July 2018 Source: direct contact

The London Writers Awards is Spread the Word’s new annual development programme for talented London writers. Currently open for application, the Awards’ aim is to increase the number of writers from currently under-represented communities being taken up by agents and publishers. The Awards will provide 30 London writers of literary and commercial fiction, narrative non-fiction, …

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Eva’s Echo Theatre Company is seeking comedy submissions related to issues in modern Ireland for their next production, coming up in October 2018. Submissions criteria:  -Must be a comedy piece in relation to an issue in modern Ireland -At least one hour in duration -Maximum three actors (Any gender) How to submit: submissions must be …

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Script submissions are open for the next Plays Rough.The theme is ‘Tabloids and Tentacles’. Think you can come up with a play 1 – 12 pages long to the theme, then send it in! Who are they:  “We are Plays Rough London. Since February 2016 we’ve been producing new-writing nights in theatres and alternative spaces. …

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SLAMinutes Festival will take place alongside Bingo at the Pleasance Theatre from the 19th-24th June.  As ever, you have ONE WEEK from now to write a ONE MINUTE play –  this time they’re talking about sex. ‘Your sexuality, your gender – how you are represented in each, your politics, your love, your connections, your lust, your loss, …

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Hartswood West is joining forces with BBC Writersroom Wales and Creative Skillset to find and develop the most exciting, up-and-coming TV writers with a strong connection to Wales. As part of Hartswood’s commitment to developing its creative base in Wales they are looking to invest in two ambitious new writers and develop their ideas to initially pitch to the BBC. …

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Bristol Old Vic’s Literary Department is on the hunt for new and previously unproduced Plays and Musicals from writers living and working in the South West of England. If your work is one of the top 5 scripts they receive you’ll be on for a year of Script Development, Masterclasses, & Workshops. Your work may …

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