Buxton Opera House launches a scriptwriting competition designed to celebrate the town and encourage local writers
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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
Submissions open until 30 June.
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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.
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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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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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
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One week left for North East playwrights to apply for this screenwriting opportunity!
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 👇
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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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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Loads of great writing opportunities over on the BBC Writers’ page ⌨️🎭
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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
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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Sign up for FREE ! All the new exercises focus on redrafting your play . Now over 3,000 subscribers buttondown.com/MarkRavenhill
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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🖋 Dexter Flanders (FOXES) brings you Playwriting for Dummies.
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🖋 Theresa Ikoko (ROCKS) takes on Writing for TV.
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Playwrights...forever confused about play formatting? I have a workshop for that...
Thursday 3rd April (Online)
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DIVE IN HEAD FIRST
You’ll be amazed how much you can accomplish when you jump in at our play/screenwriting retreat in October.
Now accepting applications to our exclusive #playwriting / #screenwriting retreat Oct. 2025: ignitethesparkretreats.com.
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Free workshop TOMORROW! Join our Artistic Director George Turvey at 1pm on 26th March to learn more about dramaturgy and script development. Log into #PapatangoStudio to find the event link on our Opportunities page. https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #Theatre #Playwriting #TheatreCommunity
Episode 4 of our How To Write A Play series is now live.
In this episode Associate Playwright & Young Writers Associate Beth Flintoff, will help you writing scenes.
📽️ Watch the full series to date here: royalcourttheatre.com/how-to-write...
