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	Up Close: Glasgow Saturday 21 February 2009 CCA, Glasgow
	Save This Date The Playwrights Studio, Scotland will host a day of playwrighting workshops at the CCA in Glasgow on February 21st 2009. Whether you are an aspiring or emerging playwright, someone interested in seeing exciting new pieces of theatre, or just keen to pick up a bargain in our Bookshop - there is something for everyone at our Up Close event. Look for more details and booking information available in our January e-bulletin. 18th Meyer-Whitworth Award Funded by the Royal National Theatre Foundation and managed by the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland in association with the UK Playwrights Network, 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 the 1 Noevmber 2007 and the 30th of November 2008. Candidates will have had no more than two of their plays professionally produced, including the play submitted. The 18th Meyer Whitworth Award Competition will open for applications this week. Please see the Playwrights' Studio website for more details. www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk ------------------ Call Out to Theatre Translators The Playwrights' Studio, Scotland seeks to progress the work of Scotland's playwrights both nationally and internationally. We are also sometimes involved in helping to give plays from around the globe an audience in Scotland. Future projects might require us to get the expertise of highly skilled translators and we often manage requests from others who require translators of dramatic texts. We are therefore looking to make contact with those that have the skills and experience to translate plays from and/or to another language. All languages are welcome. Please contact Claire Yspol (info@playwrightsstudio.co.uk) if you wish to be considered for this work, so we can get all the relevant details. Fuse Fuse is a unique Scotland wide initiative that puts information about new plays in front of the artistic directors at the country's top theatre venues. For more information on how to submit a play to Fuse please visit our website at: www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/fuse.html
	Opportunities
	Mach an a Deich: Call for Gaelic Scripts Location: Stornoway, UK Deadline: Wednesday, 31 December 2008 Mach an a Deich (Mach 10) is a non-competive festival of Gaelic drama with only a few staging rules to be held in An Lanntair, Stornoway. It will showcase up to a dozen new ten minute Gaelic plays. The Festival will be held from 9th to 14th March 2009 with the performances taking place on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th. The other days will be taken up with rehearsals and related events. There are no rules as such for the Festival, other than that each play must be a complete original drama that lasts around ten minutes and must be premiered in An Lanntair. The participants are responsible for delivering the completed piece to stage. Scripts must be submitted for selection to An Lanntair by 31st December 2008. Those selected to be performed will receive a small grant towards the staging of the play. Only one grant per individual/company will be considered but you may submit more than one script for consideration. For further information please contact Alex Macdonald, Programme Officier at An Lanantair on 01851703307 or alex@lanntair.com Nameless Theatre Submissions Location: London, UK Deadline: Wednesday, 31 December 2008 Nameless Theatre are looking for new plays for their successful play reading event, One Night Stands, held monthly in the heart of Soho. Over the last year One Night Stands have premiered 10 new plays and offered writers the opportunity to hear their plays read by professional actors, receive feedback from a live audience and written notes, if requested, from the artistic directors, James Farrell and Francesca Seeley. Plays should last no longer than 90 minutes and should have a cast of no more than six but can be of any topic or style. If you would like your play to be considered please send a printed copy of the script along with a brief synopsis and character breakdown to – ONS Readings 59 Parkhurst Road Friern Barnet London N11 3EN Please note if you would like your play returned please include a SAE. Please ensure your play is page numbered. For more information please contact onsreadings@hotmail.co.uk Panoply’s “10-Minute Playwright Competition” Location: Alabama, USA Deadline: Wednesday, 31 December 2008 You’re invited to write a 10-Minute Play pertaining to the theme, Alabama Threads-From Cotton to the Cosmos for the Panoply Arts Festival 2009, presented by Boeing. The script should reflect a historic era or event that occurred in the state of Alabama. Playwrights should visit the Panoply website at www.panoply.org for guidelines and further specifics. For more information, please e-mail jbroad@panoply.org International submissions will be accepted. All submissions must be postmarked by Wednesday, 31 December 2008. Submissions (application and script) should be mailed to: Panoply 10-Minute Playwright Competition c/o The Arts Council, Inc. 700 Monroe Street, SW; Suite 2Huntsville, AL 35801 (USA) OR Fax to Attn: 10-Minute Playwright Competition at (256) 533-3811 This program/project has been made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts Acid Theatre Playwright Competition Location: UK Deadline: 5 January 2009 The Acid Theatre Playwright Competition is looking for 30-60 minute monologues or 2 handers based loosely around the theme of 'Freedom of Speech in the Theatre' but with special emphasis on religion and religious influences in society. The winning entry will be performed / produced by AcidTheatre. Entries to be received by email to theatreacid@yahoo.co.uk Westminster Prize 2009 Location: London, UK Deadline: 12 January 2009 The Westminster Prize is a playwrighting competition open to anyone who lives, works or studies in the London borough of Westminster. Entrants are asked to produce a ten minute play, for two characters, based on a photography which can found on the Soho Theatre www.sohotheatre.com Three winners will recieve theatre tokens to the value of £150, £100, £50 and the three plays will be performed at Soho Theatre. Send your play by post, before the closing date of 12 January 2009. Your script must include a title plage which states the name of the play and your name and address. Also enclose two SAEs, for an acknowledgement and the return of your play. Details: The Westminister Prize 2009, Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London, W1D, 3NE. Tel: 0207 478 0100. Website: www.sohotheatre.com Scottish Arts Council Funding—Writer’s Bursaries Location: Edinburgh, UK Deadline: 26 January 2009 for projects taking place after 3 April 2009 This fund provides assistance (minimum £3,000-maximum £15,000) to enable published writers of literary work and playwrights, based in Scotland, to set aside a period of concentrated work on their next book or play. For more information please visit the Scottish Arts Council website at www.scottisharts.org.uk Scottish Arts Council Funding for New Work Location: Edinburgh, UK Deadline: 26 January 2009 for projects taking place after 3 April 2009. Support is available for projects by Scottish-based established or new artists to develop work to the stage of public presentation. You must present at least two performances which are accessible to the general public although these do not need to be full-scale productions. For example, they could be works-in-progress or rehearsed readings. For more information please visit the SAC website: www.scottisharts.org.uk One Act Playwriting Competition 2009 Location: Wales, UK Deadline: 31 January 2009 The Drama Association of Wales in partnership with Ty Newydd Writers Centre for Wales are seeking submissions for the 2009 One Act Playwriting Competition. The competition aims to encourage the writing of plays for amateur theatre in English and Welsh. Plays may be submitted to three catagories: open section, plays suitable for performance by a cast of 16-25 year olds, and scripts in the Welsh language. (Please note: plays written for radio or television will not be accepted.) Playing time: 20-50 minutes Minimum cast of two Application Fee: £10 for each title Closing Date for Submissions: 31 January 2009 For application forms, please contact Teresa at the Drama Association of Wales +44 (0) 29 2045 2200 or email Teresa at: aled.daw@virgin.net RED WRITERS 2009 Location: Leeds, UK Deadline: January 31 2009 The Red Ladder Theatre Company is looking for three writers who will gain the opportunity to develop their work, with the support of a seeding bursary. One of these will lead to a full commission. What’s the Scheme? • A £500 seeding bursary awarded to three chosen writers to develop their initial idea into a treatment with support from Red Ladder Theatre Company • One of these treatments will lead to a £1,500 commission, the support of a Dramaturg along with workshops and readings of your script as it develops How do I apply? Please send: 1. Your idea (not more than 1,000 words) 2. Your CV and a page of A4 with information about yourself 3. Your Contact details Deadline Send all your information by January 31st 2009 to: RED WRITERS, Red Ladder Theatre Company, 3 St Peter’s Buildings, York Street, Leeds LS9 8AJ or e mail: Rob Dixon at rod@redladder.co.uk (writing Red Writers in the subject). Drip Action Theatre: Theatre Trail Writers Competition Location: West Sussex, UK Deadline: 31 Jan 2009 Writers are invited to submit plays for next year's Trail. Plays should be 30 -40 minutes long, suitable for day-time performance with practicable cast and props. The Arundel Festival Theatre Trail, conceived and presented by Drip Action Theatre Company, is now in its ninth year. It performs at the end of August, on each of the Festival’s eight days, eight short plays at eight different venues all over Arundel. Submit your entries to: Drip Action Theatre Trail 2009 1 Norfolk House 28 High Street Arundel West Sussex BN18 9AB One play only per entrant, in hard copy (not email). Please enclose an SAE if you'd like your play returned. The Drip Theatre committee will select the plays that will be performed, with the best submitted play receiving the Joy Goun award of £200 at the Theatre Trail launch in May 2009. Each successful playwright will receive a £150 writer's fee. For further information call The Arundel Festial at 019 0388 5250 or email: dripactioninfo@btinternet.com Photo Credit for above: Mike Eddowes Play on Words Competition 2009 Location: Edinburgh, UK Deadline: 31 January 2009 The Scottish Community Drama Association has launched Play on Words 2009, a one-act playwriting competition, with prizes of £500, £300 and £200. Plays of between twenty and 55 minutes duration, with a minimum cast of two, can be submitted on CD or by e-mail, with an entry form, cast list and synopsis, by the closing date of 31 January 2009. Visit the association's website: www.scda.org.uk for competition rules and an entry form. Contact details: One Act Playwrighting Competition, c/o Andrew McDade, Administrator, Scottish Community Drama Association, 5 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EB. TeL: 0131 557 5552. E-mail: headquarters@SCDA.org.uk Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship Location: Grez-sur-Loing, France Deadline: Monday, 16 February 2009 The Scottish Arts Council and the National Library of Scotland support the Robert Louis Stevenson fellowship which offers writers the opportunity to spend up to two months in a self catering studio in France. Travel and accommodation are paid for plus a stipend of £1,200 per month which is awarded to successful writers for the duration of their stay. Applicants must be published writers who are based in Scotland. They must be free to spend up to two months between 1 May and 31 October 2009 at Hôtel Chevillon International Arts Centre in Grez-sur-Loing. Successful applicants will be selected on the basis of the quality of their writing and the potential benefits the residency might offer them. For full application details follow this link: www.scottisharts.org.uk If you require any guidance please contact Fiona Graham on 07748 782 058 Scottish Arts Council Funding—Professional Development Location: Edinburgh, UK Deadline: Applications for projects starting before 31 March 2009 will be accepted at any time, but must be submitted 4 weeks before the project start date. This fund offers assistance (minimum £75-maximum £2,000) for individual artists in most artforms to undertake professional development activities relevant to their artistic practice, with priority being given to proposals which will lead to enhanced performance and creative skills. Funding is available for: short-term or one-off training courses, workshops, conference fees, master-classes, mentoring, travel to see work, undertaking research, establishing contacts and partnerships, and exploring opportunities for future projects. For more information please visit the Scottish Arts Council website at www.scottisharts.org.uk Contact Theatre Searching for Artists Location: Manchester, UK Deadline: No deadline Contact Theatre is searching for artists and companies with exciting new ideas for theatre - through spoken word, audio visuals, music, new media, movement, poetry, rap, installations etc. You could end up on the Artist in Residence programme, being commissioned for the new writing slam, Verbally Challenged, or getting space and time to develop your work. Send ten pages of writing or 5min of DVD/CD and information on you and your idea to search@contact.org or post to: Search Party Contact Theatre Oxford Road Manchester M15 6JA For further details visit: www.contact-theatre.org Write Your Own Womanifesto Location: Glasgow, UK Deadline: No deadline Make Your Own Herstory is an interactive website in which users build the content in response to creative tasks or ‘Chapters.’ The Arches would like to invite women to contribute to Chapter 1: Write Your Own Womanifesto. They ask that your womanifesto focuses specifically on addressing the following; Where have you been? Where are we going? Please send your womanifesto to: Upload@makeyourownherstory.org for inclusion in the site. If possible, please send your womanifesto as an attached word document, with the word “womanifesto” in the title and be sure to include your name, age, and where you come from. Makeyourownherstory.org forms part of the performance series ‘Trilogy’, by Nic Green. The project acts as a celebration of feminism and femininity and is influenced by different aspects of the women's movement from the 20th century. It aims to investigate where we are now and how relevant feminisms take shape today. Trilogy Part 2 will be presented, through the Arches Award for Stage Directors, at the Arches and Traverse in April 2009.
	Events
	Postgraduate Diploma-Writing for Performance City College, Manchester Location: Manchester, UK Dates: January 2009 The focus of this course is to enable you, the writer, to produce your own work with a heightened sense of what the writing process actually involves. You will learn the structure and craft of dramatic writing, language, image, and how to manipulate them. This intensive one-year programme starts in January 2009. The time committment is one day per week plus one fortnightly evening session. For more information about the course and to discuss your application contact: Charlotte Goodwin, Programme Co-ordinator at cgoodwin@ccm.ac.uk Discover the Secrets of Sitcom Writing New Writing South Location: Myhotel, Jubilee Square, Brighton, UK Dates: Saturdays: 21 Feb--18 Apr 2009 £175 members; £225 non members Want to write your own TV sitcom but don’t know where to begin? Ever started one but got stuck halfway? Do you feel you have the potential to 'write comedy' but can’t get a handle on the format? Then this is the course for you! For more information please see the New Writing South website www.newwritingsouth.com or contact Mark Bryant at 01273 735 353/ e-mail: mark@newwritingsouth.com Weekend Workshops by the Sea Dealing with Writing Location: Royal Hotel, Deal, Kent, UK Dates: February 21-22 2009 Tuition fee £175 Workshop: Method and Madness Workshop leaders: Noel Greig and Philip Osment In the creative process, the right brain provides raw material that is chaotic, unformed and random: the left brain supplies structure and formulates ideas in a logical way. The creative tension between the left-right polarities can help a writer to say something new in a way that it has never been said before. This workshop will look at ways of making the relationship between the two approaches a productive one. Bookings: Telephone 01304 367625 e.mail info@dealingwithwriting.com www.dealingwithwriting.com Screen Lab 2009 Scottish Book Trust Location: Edinburgh,UK Dates: February 20-22 2009 Application deadline: Monday 2nd February 2009 The Scottish Book Trust is pleased to announce the launch of Screen Lab 2009. Screen Lab will be led by award winning writer and director Adrian Mead. Over a packed three days Adrian will take you through the realities of the script development process and the strategy you need to adopt in order to break into the industry. Application Criteria: Screen Lab is open to writers at all stages of their career. Successful applicants must commit to attending the entire Screen Lab. See more details about how to apply at http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/node/3760 DAW Script Reading Service Drama Association of Wales Location: Wales, UK The Drama Association of Wales offers a script reading service to any and all playwrights. The script reading service costs £17.50 for a one act script and £25.00 for a full length script. Plays are critiqued anonymously by experts in theatre writing and the written feedback sent to the playwright. If a play recieves a strong recommendation from the reviewer, then the script is automatically passed on to DAW publications for consideration. For more information or to submitt a script please direct your enquiry to: Script Reading Service Drama Association of Wales The Old Library Splott, Cardiff CF24 2ET Wales, UK
	Quick Links INK Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Sunday 14th December @ 6. For just £3 you will be able to experience script-in-hand performances that have been written, directed or performed by the playwrights themselves. Come and see what happens when the writers take over the theatre… www.traverse.co.uk The Cultural Enterprise Office: Resources for Scotland's Creative Industries The Cultural Enterprise Office offers a free business information, advice, development and support service for individuals and businesses operating in Scotland’s creative and cultural industries. www.culturalenterpriseoffice.co.uk/

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	Opportunities Nameless Theatre Submissions Panoply's "Ten Minute Playwright Competition" Acid Theatre Playwright Competition Scottish Arts Council Funding--Writers' Bursaries Scottish Arts Council Funding for New Work Red Writers 2009 Westminster Prize 2009 Drip Action Theatre: Theatre Trail Writing Competition One Act Play Competition 2009 Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship Scottish Arts Council Funding--Professional Development Contact Theatre Searching for Artists Write Your Own Womanifesto Read more...
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