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Buxton Opera House launches a scriptwriting competition designed to celebrate the town and encourage local writers
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Buxton scriptwriting competition
Buxton Opera House launches a scriptwriting competition designed to celebrate the town and encourage local writers
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July 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Buxton Opera House launches a scriptwriting competition designed to celebrate the town and encourage local writers
#BuxtonOperaHouse #playwritingcontest
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#BuxtonOperaHouse #playwritingcontest
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We’re offering several full bursaries (details on our website), so please don’t let cost hold you back from applying. If you’re tempted, go for it.
Swipe through for details and upcoming taster sessions, or hit the link: sohotheatre.com/project/writ...
Swipe through for details and upcoming taster sessions, or hit the link: sohotheatre.com/project/writ...
Writers' Lab - Soho Theatre
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June 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We’re offering several full bursaries (details on our website), so please don’t let cost hold you back from applying. If you’re tempted, go for it.
Swipe through for details and upcoming taster sessions, or hit the link: sohotheatre.com/project/writ...
Swipe through for details and upcoming taster sessions, or hit the link: sohotheatre.com/project/writ...
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📣 Pencils out, pals - our Writer’s Lab applications are now OPEN! ✍️
Our 9-month programme is designed to take you from first idea to finished script, with the tools, structure, and support to get you there - oh, and help you feel good doing it.
(psst, more below)
Our 9-month programme is designed to take you from first idea to finished script, with the tools, structure, and support to get you there - oh, and help you feel good doing it.
(psst, more below)
June 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📣 Pencils out, pals - our Writer’s Lab applications are now OPEN! ✍️
Our 9-month programme is designed to take you from first idea to finished script, with the tools, structure, and support to get you there - oh, and help you feel good doing it.
(psst, more below)
Our 9-month programme is designed to take you from first idea to finished script, with the tools, structure, and support to get you there - oh, and help you feel good doing it.
(psst, more below)
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Pentabus is now accepting applications for the 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence. £12K bursary, time to create, and a chance to join their renowned Young Writers programme.
#ArtsFunding #Playwriting #Residency #Pentabus #News #NewWriting
#ArtsFunding #Playwriting #Residency #Pentabus #News #NewWriting
Pentabus Writer Residency: £12k Bursary for Emerging Writers
Pentabus Theatre Company, one of the UK’s quiet powerhouses of new writing and rural excellence, has opened applications for its 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence scheme. The opportunity, offering a £12,000 bursary for an emerging playwright to develop new work at Pentabus' home base in Ludlow, is as much a cultural proposition as it is a professional one: a chance not just to write, but to recalibrate what writing can be when it takes root outside a metropolis.
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June 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Pentabus is now accepting applications for the 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence. £12K bursary, time to create, and a chance to join their renowned Young Writers programme.
#ArtsFunding #Playwriting #Residency #Pentabus #News #NewWriting
#ArtsFunding #Playwriting #Residency #Pentabus #News #NewWriting
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Northumberland’s Phoenix Theatre has invited #playwrights from all backgrounds to submit previously unperformed #scripts for a new competition in which the winning play will be developed into a professional production. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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Playwriting Competition – The Phoenix Theatre, Blyth
The Phoenix Theatre is proud to announce a new playwriting competition for 2025-26. We are inviting playwrights from the UK to submit their scripts to our 2025 Playwriting Competition for...
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June 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Northumberland’s Phoenix Theatre has invited #playwrights from all backgrounds to submit previously unperformed #scripts for a new competition in which the winning play will be developed into a professional production. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
www.thephoenixtheatre.org.uk/participate-...
www.thephoenixtheatre.org.uk/participate-...
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Apps now open for Pentabus’ 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence! £12k bursary for early-career playwrights to write & develop in rural Shropshire. Deadline: 14 July, 10am. Info + apply: pentabus.co.uk/artists/jf-w... #Theatre #Playwright #Jerwood #Pentabus
May 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Apps now open for Pentabus’ 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence! £12k bursary for early-career playwrights to write & develop in rural Shropshire. Deadline: 14 July, 10am. Info + apply: pentabus.co.uk/artists/jf-w... #Theatre #Playwright #Jerwood #Pentabus
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We’re launching an open call for bold monologues from writers with lived experience of homelessness & poverty. Stories that challenge stereotypes and inspire change.
Selected pieces will be published by Nick Hern Books, alongside new writing from Malorie Blackman, Chris Bush & more.
Selected pieces will be published by Nick Hern Books, alongside new writing from Malorie Blackman, Chris Bush & more.
May 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We’re launching an open call for bold monologues from writers with lived experience of homelessness & poverty. Stories that challenge stereotypes and inspire change.
Selected pieces will be published by Nick Hern Books, alongside new writing from Malorie Blackman, Chris Bush & more.
Selected pieces will be published by Nick Hern Books, alongside new writing from Malorie Blackman, Chris Bush & more.
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Calling all writers!
We’ve been working on something bold. And we can finally talk about it tomorrow. Set your reminder. You’re going to want to be the first to see this.
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We’ve been working on something bold. And we can finally talk about it tomorrow. Set your reminder. You’re going to want to be the first to see this.
instagram.com/cardboardcitz
May 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Calling all writers!
We’ve been working on something bold. And we can finally talk about it tomorrow. Set your reminder. You’re going to want to be the first to see this.
instagram.com/cardboardcitz
We’ve been working on something bold. And we can finally talk about it tomorrow. Set your reminder. You’re going to want to be the first to see this.
instagram.com/cardboardcitz
From Eastern Angles:
Playwrights Club returns next Monday 12th May!!
Perfect for playwrights at any stage of their careers, this monthly club offers the chance to receive support and feedback on a play in development.
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Playwrights Club returns next Monday 12th May!!
Perfect for playwrights at any stage of their careers, this monthly club offers the chance to receive support and feedback on a play in development.
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Playwrights Club - Eastern Angles Theatre Company
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May 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
From Eastern Angles:
Playwrights Club returns next Monday 12th May!!
Perfect for playwrights at any stage of their careers, this monthly club offers the chance to receive support and feedback on a play in development.
buff.ly/lnqcnrN
Playwrights Club returns next Monday 12th May!!
Perfect for playwrights at any stage of their careers, this monthly club offers the chance to receive support and feedback on a play in development.
buff.ly/lnqcnrN
Theatre503’s Summer Writers’ Programme: Let's Talk About Character with Olivier Award winning playwright and actress, Lolita Chakrabarti OBE 🎉
📅 Tuesday 27 May 2025
⏰ 7pm – 9:30pm
📍 503Studio, Nine Elms
💸 £40
theatre503.com/whats-on/let...
📅 Tuesday 27 May 2025
⏰ 7pm – 9:30pm
📍 503Studio, Nine Elms
💸 £40
theatre503.com/whats-on/let...
April 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Theatre503’s Summer Writers’ Programme: Let's Talk About Character with Olivier Award winning playwright and actress, Lolita Chakrabarti OBE 🎉
📅 Tuesday 27 May 2025
⏰ 7pm – 9:30pm
📍 503Studio, Nine Elms
💸 £40
theatre503.com/whats-on/let...
📅 Tuesday 27 May 2025
⏰ 7pm – 9:30pm
📍 503Studio, Nine Elms
💸 £40
theatre503.com/whats-on/let...
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One week left for North East playwrights to apply for this screenwriting opportunity!
Adapt your play for the screen on our new 6-month development programme 🎬
Two playwrights in Newcastle, North Tyneside or Northumberland will receive bursaries, workshops and more to help them transfer their skills from stage to screen.
Apply by 23 Apr: newwritingnorth.com/event/adapt/
Two playwrights in Newcastle, North Tyneside or Northumberland will receive bursaries, workshops and more to help them transfer their skills from stage to screen.
Apply by 23 Apr: newwritingnorth.com/event/adapt/
ADAPT: Playwright's Screenwriting Programme - New Writing North
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April 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
One week left for North East playwrights to apply for this screenwriting opportunity!
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Have you a story to tell? Well aside from writing for us, which we welcome, this 👇 could be your chance.
Sheringham Little Theatre & Suranne Jones are searching for budding playwrights to write a one-act play on a coastal life theme, lasting 60 minutes, & with no more than 6 characters.
Details 👇
Sheringham Little Theatre & Suranne Jones are searching for budding playwrights to write a one-act play on a coastal life theme, lasting 60 minutes, & with no more than 6 characters.
Details 👇
Star actor Suranne Jones backs search to find new Norfolk playwriting talent
The search is on to find Norfolk’s hidden playwriting talent in a new prize launched by a local theatre, and backed by its famous figurehead.
Vigil, Dr Foster and Gentleman Jack actor star Suranne Jo...
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April 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Have you a story to tell? Well aside from writing for us, which we welcome, this 👇 could be your chance.
Sheringham Little Theatre & Suranne Jones are searching for budding playwrights to write a one-act play on a coastal life theme, lasting 60 minutes, & with no more than 6 characters.
Details 👇
Sheringham Little Theatre & Suranne Jones are searching for budding playwrights to write a one-act play on a coastal life theme, lasting 60 minutes, & with no more than 6 characters.
Details 👇
The Young Playwrights Award is open.
* 13 to 18 years old
* lives in or attends school in Greater London
The winner’s play will be staged at the Royal Court Theatre in July and published by Nick Hern Books.
Deadline: 2 May 2025
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* 13 to 18 years old
* lives in or attends school in Greater London
The winner’s play will be staged at the Royal Court Theatre in July and published by Nick Hern Books.
Deadline: 2 May 2025
www.whatsonstage.com/news/theres-...
There’s still time to enter the Young Playwrights Award
You can submit your plays now!
www.whatsonstage.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Young Playwrights Award is open.
* 13 to 18 years old
* lives in or attends school in Greater London
The winner’s play will be staged at the Royal Court Theatre in July and published by Nick Hern Books.
Deadline: 2 May 2025
www.whatsonstage.com/news/theres-...
* 13 to 18 years old
* lives in or attends school in Greater London
The winner’s play will be staged at the Royal Court Theatre in July and published by Nick Hern Books.
Deadline: 2 May 2025
www.whatsonstage.com/news/theres-...
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Do you have a story inside you ready to be released? Join our world-class #scriptwriting retreat in Scotland & learn from top industry professionals. IgniteTheSparkRetreats.com
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#screenwriting #playwriting #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity #writerslife #scriptsky #filmsky #TheatreSky #playwright
April 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Do you have a story inside you ready to be released? Join our world-class #scriptwriting retreat in Scotland & learn from top industry professionals. IgniteTheSparkRetreats.com
#screenwriting #playwriting #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity #writerslife #scriptsky #filmsky #TheatreSky #playwright
#screenwriting #playwriting #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity #writerslife #scriptsky #filmsky #TheatreSky #playwright
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📣 Applications closing soon!
Supporting exceptional female and non-binary playwrights, the winning play will receive £20,000 and the option for us to co-produce the play with @ekpshows.bsky.social and @painesplough.bsky.social
Submissions close on Tue 22 April 👉 womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk
Supporting exceptional female and non-binary playwrights, the winning play will receive £20,000 and the option for us to co-produce the play with @ekpshows.bsky.social and @painesplough.bsky.social
Submissions close on Tue 22 April 👉 womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📣 Applications closing soon!
Supporting exceptional female and non-binary playwrights, the winning play will receive £20,000 and the option for us to co-produce the play with @ekpshows.bsky.social and @painesplough.bsky.social
Submissions close on Tue 22 April 👉 womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk
Supporting exceptional female and non-binary playwrights, the winning play will receive £20,000 and the option for us to co-produce the play with @ekpshows.bsky.social and @painesplough.bsky.social
Submissions close on Tue 22 April 👉 womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk
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Playwrights! Formatting your play is one of those weirdly time-consuming, and confusing things that we all deal with.
How about a workshop to help out? @LDNPlaywrights has the answer! (well the answer is me, talking for an hour about it)
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How about a workshop to help out? @LDNPlaywrights has the answer! (well the answer is me, talking for an hour about it)
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Formatting Your Play
Make your script shine by exploring formatting tips and techniques.
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March 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Playwrights! Formatting your play is one of those weirdly time-consuming, and confusing things that we all deal with.
How about a workshop to help out? @LDNPlaywrights has the answer! (well the answer is me, talking for an hour about it)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/formatting...
How about a workshop to help out? @LDNPlaywrights has the answer! (well the answer is me, talking for an hour about it)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/formatting...
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Sign up for FREE ! All the new exercises focus on redrafting your play . Now over 3,000 subscribers buttondown.com/MarkRavenhill
One hundred and one exercises for playwrights
Exercises to get you starting writing a play, keep you writing a play, redrafting a play, starting the next play. For beginners through to old timers. A practical exercise in every newsletter.
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March 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Playwrights still time to apply to the Glitch (managed by The Vault Creative Arts) for playwriting award. £2k and fully produced play based at Waterloo, London. For T&Cs see website.
#playwritingcomps #playwriting #writingcomps
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#playwritingcomps #playwriting #writingcomps
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Artist Development — The Glitch
VAULT Creative Arts offer a wide range of opportunities for early-career artists at their home, The Glitch.
www.theglitch.london
April 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Playwrights still time to apply to the Glitch (managed by The Vault Creative Arts) for playwriting award. £2k and fully produced play based at Waterloo, London. For T&Cs see website.
#playwritingcomps #playwriting #writingcomps
www.theglitch.london/development?...
#playwritingcomps #playwriting #writingcomps
www.theglitch.london/development?...