Meyer-Whitworth Award 2007
The Playwrights' Studio Scotland is delighted to announce details of the Meyer-Whitworth Award 2007. From this year the award will be run by the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland in association with the UK Playwrights Network.
Supported by the National Theatre Foundation and with a prize fund of £10,000, the Meyer-Whitworth Award is intended to help further the careers of UK playwrights who are not yet established.
Plays nominated must be in the English language and have been produced professionally in the UK for the first time between 1 August 2005 and 30 November 2006. Candidates must be nominated by directors of professional theatre companies and must not have had more than two of their plays professionally produced (including the one submitted).
Full details and application guidelines are available at www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk
Closing date 28 February 2007
Clydebuilt Theatre Company
A Creative opportunity - Dramaturg to work with Clydebuilt Theatre Company on their new show 'A Chance To Dream'
Clydebuilt are looking for an enthusiastic person to be an 'outside eye'
for their new performance for Adults. Applicants should have professional training and experience in direction/dramaturgy and an interest and if possible experience in puppetry and/or film.
They see this as an opportunity to collaborate and work in one of the most exciting creative fields today. They are interested in hearing from younger professional as well as more experienced.
They need someone for a development week at the at the end of January/beginning of February and for three weeks in late February/early March for rehearsals.
Please contact Leigh McCalister for further information or send CVs with a covering letter to: leigh@clydebuiltpuppet.co.uk
www.clydebuiltpuppet.co.uk
'A Chance To Dream' has received funding from SAC and the PAF Creative Rehearsal Fund for this production.
Verity Bargate Award 2006/07
The Verity Bargate Award was established in 1982 to honour the memory of Soho Theatre's cofounder, Verity Bargate, and is presented biennially to identify and celebrate the most outstanding play by an emerging playwright. The Award offers the winning playwrights a prize £5,000 and the chance to have their play produced at Soho Theatre.
The Award presents a great opportunity to find and nurture more writers at an earlier stage of their career. As such the Verity Bargate Award has become a unique stepping stone for writers and a vital tool for Soho.
For up to date details see www.sohotheatre.com
Dewar Arts Awards
The Dewar Arts Awards were set up by the Scottish Executive in memory of Scotland's First Minister Donald Dewar. A trust fund helps exceptionally talented young Scots realise their potential in any art form. Any young person up to the age of 30 can be nominated, if their financial circumstances make it difficult to progress fully in their chosen field.
Awards are made on a rolling basis so there is no deadline for submissions.
Application forms and guidelines are available from www.dewarawards.org
King's Cross New Writing Award 2007
Playwrights can send up to two unpublished and unperformed scripts to:
The Courtyard Theatre, 10 York Way, King's Cross, London, N1 9AA by 2 April 2007.
The winning playwright will be contracted to The Courtyard Theatre. Each entry must include a fee of £5 per play.
Visit www.thecourtyard.org.uk/kingsxwriting.htm
Deadline is 2 April 2007
BBC Radio Scotland invites scripts.
Watson's Wind-Up is a topical weekly show in need of sketches. The deadline for submissions is noon on Thursdays. The show is recorded on Friday and broadcast on Saturday. Sketches must relate to that week's news and can be anything from 20 seconds to 2 minutes long. Ideally they should have a Scottish slant, but for bigger news stories this isn't essential.
Send submissions to philipdiffer@comedyunit.co.uk
Please include your name on every page of material you submit.
Drama Association of Wales
One Act Playwriting Competition 2007
The competition aims to encourage the writing of plays for amateur theatre in English and Welsh. There are four categories:
- Best play for a Youth Cast (16 - 25 years)
- Best play in the Welsh language
- Best play in the Open Section
- Best play from a Wales based writer
Scripts should be anonymous, and have a running time of 20-50 minutes and a minimum cast of two. The prize for each category is £200, except the Wales based writer section, where the prize is a bursary for a theatre course. Entry fee is £10.
Closing date is 31 January 2007
Plays should be sent to: Drama Association of Wales, The Old Library, Singleton Road, Splott, Cardiff, CF24 2ET.
Enquiries to aled.daw@virgin.net
Culture 2007 - call for proposals
The European Commission has announced a conditional call for proposals under the new Culture 2007 programme.
The general objective of the programme shall be "to enhance the cultural area shared by Europeans and based on a common cultural heritage through the development of cultural cooperation between the creators, cultural players and cultural institutions, of the countries taking part in the Programme with a view to encouraging the emergence of European citizenship".
For further details see www.culture2007.info
Closing date is 28 February 2007
Six Minute Theatre Competition
Six Minute Theatre is a competition looking for original new dramatic works no more than six minutes in length. these can be complete plays or self contained scenes from longer plays.
The winner will receive a prize of £200 and the best entries will be performed at a special event in London in 2007. Entry fee is £5
For details visit www.totalbeast.co.uk/sixminute.html
Closing date: 20 March 2007
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