I’ve been thinking...
Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland
Venue: Terrace Bar, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Time: 7pm-9pm, last Wednesday of every other month (February, April, June)

How do we forge a sense of community between individual artists?  How do we share our thoughts and reactions to the world around us, and explore the richness of our experiences. 

The Playwrights’ Studio, invite you as writers from all levels of experience to join us for I’ve been thinking..., a series of informal gatherings and discussions every other month. Speakers will talk about a topic on their minds, leading to conversations, discussions and debate over a drink.

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Iran

Julie Ellen (Creative Director, Playwrights' Studio, Scotland) has just returned from a trip to Tehran with Visiting Arts. She will be joined by Roxanna Pope Vilk and Maryam Hamidi to discuss life and culture for artists in Iran and reactions to the situation there.

Future sessions will be April 28th and June 30th.

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Emma McKee at emma@playwrightsstudio.co.uk

Location: CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Date: 17 April 2010

Whether you are an aspiring or emerging writer, someone interested in seeing exciting new pieces of theatre, or keen to pick up a bargain in our Bookshop - there is something for everyone at our Up Close event.

We'll have Inspire workshops to help you with your playwriting; workshops from the Cultural Enterprise Office and BBC Scotland Radio Drama, a panel discussion from BBC Scotland Writes and BBC Scotland Radio Drama; plus a play reading from some of Scotland’s writers and actors working together.

Events on the day

Inspire Playwriting Workshops

Introductory Session – useful guidance for aspiring playwrights and interested members of the public. No experience necessary.

Further Skills - for those with some experience of playwriting, or who have attended an Inspire session in the past.

BBC Scotland Radio Drama – a writing for radio workshop

Making Applications & Proposals - Cultural Enterprise Office's practical workshop for individuals on making applications and proposals for funding, commissions and residencies. This workshop covers planning and structuring your approach, the key information you need for your application, discussion on what funders and commissioners are looking for and the materials required to support your proposal. The workshop will be delivered by playwright and theatre producer Tim Nunn, Cultural Enterprise Office's Specialist Performance Adviser.

De-Mystifying Writing for Television - BBC Scotland Drama Department along with a panel of Scottish Screenwriters discuss their experiences writing on long running and returning series.

Informal Play Reading  – a reading from a group of Scotland’s writers and actors working together.

A schedule for the day and booking information will be available on our website from 1 March http://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/

19th Meyer-Whitworth Award

Nominations Now Being Accepted

We are delighted to announce details of the 19th Meyer-Whitworth Award, awarded and funded by the Royal National Theatre Foundation and managed by the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland in association with the UK Playwrights Network.

With a prize fund of £10,000, the Meyer-Whitworth Award is one of the largest annual monetary prizes for playwriting in the UK. It is intended to help further the careers of UK playwrights who are not yet established.

The award is made to the writer whose play, in the Judges’ opinion, most satisfies the following description:

• a play which embodies Geoffrey Whitworth’s dictum that “drama is important in so far as it reveals the truth about the relationships of human beings with each other and the world at large”
• a play which shows promise of a developing new talent
• a play in which the writing is of individual quality

The Judges reserve the right to advise that no script meets the required standards of the award and that therefore the award should not be made.

Nominations must be made by directors of professional theatre companies.

Plays nominated must be in the English language and have been produced professionally in the UK for the first time between 1 November 2008 and 30 November 2009.
Candidates will have had no more than two of their plays professionally produced, including the play submitted.

How to nominate a Play
Contact Playwrights' Studio, Scotland on info@playwrightsstudio.co.uk or +44 141 3324403 to request an application form.

The deadline for entries is 31 March 2010

For more information on how to submit a play to Fuse please visit our website at www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/fuse.html

• To write in a working environment
• Meetings with other writers, press and producers
• Round the table script development
• Reading Room with access to our well stocked Plays Library

Use of the space is subject to availability. To book a time to use the space, please contact Emma on 0141 332 4403 or emma@playwrightsstudio.co.uk

Clore Leadership Programme
Clore Duffield Foundation
Deadline: 12 March 2010

From 19 January 2010 onwards, the Clore Leadership Programme are inviting applications for 2010/11 Fellowships on the Clore Leadership Programme. Each Fellow will have an individually tailored programme which will include:

• Two intensive residential leadership courses in Sep 2010 and June/July 2011
• Professional development through mentoring, coaching, training and group learning
• Time for reflection, discussion and debate
• A period of secondment, including experience of managing a challenging project

The closing date for applications is Friday 12 March 2010

For further information and to use the online application form, please visit the website http://www.cloreleadership.org

Imaginate and the Playwrights’ Studio Scotland are working in partnership to provide opportunities for writers to explore the creation of performances for children and build relationships with creators of theatre for children and young people.

We are now accepting applications for assisted delegate places for the Writers Delegate Package at the Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival. To apply for an assisted place on the Writers delegate package, please write to or email Alice McGrath by Monday 22nd February 2010 telling us:

• Your name and contact details
• A short biography of your writing to date
• Why you are interested in this opportunity and what you hope to gain from it(please write up to one side of A4)

Priority will be given to writers to have not previously attended the Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival.

Alice McGrath – Development Director
Imaginate
45a George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 2HT

T: 0131 225 8050
Email: alice@imaginate.org.uk

For more information, visit http://www.imaginate.org.uk/corporate/events.php

How to Get Published provides a forum for those with a professional interest in the literature sector to share their experiences and knowledge of getting published. Author and published Keith Charters and poet, writer and editor John Hudson will speak about their experiences of the literature sector.

The event will be chaired by Lowri Potts, writer and Cultural Enterprise Office’s Glasgow & West Central Adviser. Lowri’s current projects include an opera libretto, Passiflora, with composer Sally Beamish, Lottery, a play for young people about dyslexia and Juggernaut, a series of children’s novels.

The event also provides the opportunity to hear from and meet Dumfries & Galloway's recently appointed Literature Development Officer, Carolyn Yates and writer Liz Niven currently working on the region's literature development strategy.

This event is free but places are limited. To reserve a place, please email events@culturalenterpriseoffice.co.uk or call 0844 544 9990.

Informal afternoon play-reading sessions at the Citizens Theatre.

Informal and sociable meetings aimed at those who are young at heart and mature in years (although all are welcome)!  This season, join in reading from Arthur Miller’s seminal play All My Sons.

These sessions are all about giving voice to the characters from the comfort of your seat, and talking about the story and the people in it.

Over three sessions, meeting weekly on Thursdays from 2-4pm, the group will explore scenes from the play, leaving you time to see a show in the evening or beat the rush hour home.

To find out more, visit http://citz.co.uk/whatson/info/off_the_page/

New Works New Worlds - Proposals Wanted
Location: The Arches, Glasgow
Deadline: 12 March 2010

New Works New Worlds is now welcoming proposals from artists of any discipline for presentation at the 2010 festival at the Arches from 30th June - 3rd July 2010

NWNW is particularly interested in artistic proposals that explore the connections between our perceptions, dreams, experience and understanding of the world and wider global and political contexts. 

To apply please email the following to Suzi Simpson, Festival Artistic Director, on contact@newworksnewworlds.co.uk  

• Proposal document, no longer than 2 sides A4
• CV or details of experience
• Other supporting material such as CDs, DVDs, art work can be sent to New Works New Worlds Festival, c/o the Arches, 253 Argyle St, Glasgow, G2 8DL)

Please detail in your proposal if there is a particular Arches space you would prefer to present your work in.  Details of spaces in the Arches can be found at www.thearches.co.uk

For further information please visit www.newworksnewworlds.co.uk or email
contact@newworksnewworlds.co.uk 

Proposals are currently being invited from artists and performing companies who would like to participate in this year’s Imaginate Autumn Exchange to take place at Howden Park Centre in Livingston on 27 and 28 October 2010. Autumn Exchange is the key meeting place for all those involved in the performing arts sector for children and young people. It offers a unique and enjoyable opportunity to view a snapshot of the latest productions available by Scottish based companies and to hear from invited guest speakers.

Artists can apply under 2 strands: Tour ready Work and Work in Progress. The closing date for applications is 31 March 2010. For further information and an application form please see http://www.imaginate.org.uk/corporate/events.php

A workshop by leading Scottish playwright Linda McLean on visual art as an inspiration for playwriting. This daylong event will commence at the National Gallery of Modern Art
and then transfer to the Traverse Theatre.

Pre-booking with Traverse box office essential. £16 (£8 Concessions)

To find out more, visit http://www.traverse.co.uk/shows_lindamclean.htm

Aberdeen-based WACtheatre are an organisation set up specifically to produce new work and to create opportunities for writers and actors in North East Scotland, particularly around Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. WAC hold weekly meetings (WAC Wednesdays) to bring together playwrights and actors based in Aberdeen and the Shire to read plays and discuss how they can be developed.

WAC are on the lookout for new plays - so if you've got an idea, a dog-eared script or just want some help getting to grips with script writing, drop them a line. Guidelines/script layouts are available for submitting unsolicited scripts. Download them from http://www.wactheatre.co.uk/downloads/WACScriptGuidelines.pdf or contact them for details.

NB: please DO NOT send unsolicited scripts to WACtheatre without reading the Guidelines.

With specially designed workshops, the LPC offers an environment conducive to creativity and open to new ideas and methods. The LPC extends its activities from writers' group and work-in-progress performances to networking events and outreach workshops as well as partnering up with outside theatre companies to create more opportunities for playwrights.

Visit http://www.londonplaywrights.co.uk/ to find out more about the LPC's schedule of events for January - March 2010.

TheatreWorks is pleased to announce the return of Dialogue, and is once again calling for writers based in the South West to submit between 10 and 20 minutes of new writing for performance.

A selection of the most promising and interesting will be chosen by a professional panel for a script-in-hand evening performance on Thursday 18th March in the Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse.

One writer’s piece will be selected for development support and performed at Script Factory at the Ustinov Theatre, Bath.

For an application form, email mike@theatreworks.org.uk or call TheatreWorks on 01793 509038

Please get in touch if you have any questions or visit www.theatreworks.org.uk

Clore Leadership Programme
Clore Duffield Foundation
Deadline: 12 March 2010

From 19 January 2010 onwards, the Clore Leadership Programme are inviting applications for 2010/11 Fellowships on the Clore Leadership Programme. Each Fellow will have an individually tailored programme which will include:

• Two intensive residential leadership courses in Sep 2010 and June/July 2011
• Professional development through mentoring, coaching, training and group learning
• Time for reflection, discussion and debate
• A period of secondment, including experience of managing a challenging project

The closing date for applications is Friday 12 March 2010

For further information and to use the online application form, please visit the website http://www.cloreleadership.org

Write Camera Action is a series of unique workshops bringing together writers, directors and actors in an informal environment to enhance their skills and learn from each other.

Running on the third Monday of the month in 2010, anyone with a passion for film is welcome. Come along, be inspired, get practical hands on experience and have FUN!

Adult: £5.00, Students / Consc / GMAC Members: £3.00

Venue: CCA 1 / CCA 4 (cinema) / CCA 5 / Cafe/Bar / Clubroom

Ages: 18 and over

To find out more, visit http://cca-glasgow.com/index.cfm?page=236B7D10-868E-4F86-A306909B378E5655&eventid=13F23A5E-7576-1045-AD6912B7FF189280

To find out what's on, visit http://www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/shorts

The deadlines for submissions to the 2010 Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) have been extended. There are three ways to submit:

• Online through the EIFF website at www.edfilmfest.org.uk/submissions
• Download a form from the EIFF website and post it
• Via Withoutabox at https://www.withoutabox.com/login/1360

The 64th EIFF will take place from 16 to 27 June 2010 in Edinburgh. The Festival is internationally regarded as a focus for discovery, a celebration of cinema, a centre of debate and a catalyst for new films. EIFF is committed to screening high quality new short and feature film and video work in all genres from around the world.

Please note all submitted films should be no more than 12 months old by June 2010 and EIFF requires at least UK premiere status.

For further information on EIFF rules and regulations, submission fees and FAQs, please visit the website www.edfilmfest.org.uk. To contact a member of the EIFF Submissions team email submissions@edfilmfest.org.uk or call the office on 0131 228 4051.

writerSearch UK is a multiplatform writer development programme, teaching skills necessary to produce content for the internet, mobile phones, games, film television and radio.

The course for newly established freelancers includes instruction on the use of ITC and is supported by Skillset and BBC Training & Development. If you are a writer with experience or potential from the age of 16 upwards living in the Scottish highlands and islands you can apply to the course by submitting your original story. Please make sure that your story could work as a 10 minute film. Your story needs to be no more than one side of A4.  

Please Note: They do not need your story to be in script format as they will help teach you how to format your script on the course.
Date – 19th, 20th, 21st February 2010
Venue – The Waterside, Inverness, IV2 4SF
Price – £450 + VAT (£517.50 in total)
For more information please visit the website: http://www.tapsnet.org/course.html?courseid=340

How do people, programme ideas and scripts become television shows? Where are the opportunities? How long does it take? What’s the best way in? How come THAT got made?This one off workshop is designed for writers, performers and creatives who want an insight into the development and commissioning process for comedy programming. With practical advice, case studies and accessible entry points, participants will have all the set ups required when it comes to delivering knockout punchline pitches.

Delivered by Gavin Smith (Head of Development -The Comedy Unit)
 
Tickets £5.

Visit http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/gilmorehillg12/whatson/?action=details&id=5170 for more details

Writing comedy is often said to be ‘1% inspiration and 99% perspiration’.

The aim of this workshop is to show how the comedy writer’s mind works once he’s had his 1% of inspiration for the day! The workshop provides a professional’s practical approach to writing jokes and comedy sketches for radio and TV.

Delivered by Niall Clark (Senior Script Editor - The Comedy Unit)

Tickets £5.

Visit http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/gilmorehillg12/whatson/?action=details&id=5171 for more details

Scotland : Write Here, Write Now
BBC Scotland
Location: Scotland
Deadline: 26 March 2010

As part of the Scotland Writes initiative, the BBC Scotland Comedy department is launching a brand new competition – SCOTLAND: WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW – to seek out the country’s most exciting new comic writers.

The competition is open to Scottish and Scottish-based writers. They want you to write the opening 10-15 pages (no more than 2000 words) of a contemporary comedy drama or a sitcom. Set your script in Scotland with at least one Scottish character in the cast. They want to hear a contemporary Scottish story, whether it’s from Oban, Orkney or Edinburgh.

Email your script sample to bbcscotlandcomedy@bbc.co.uk by Friday 26th March 2010. accompanied by a completed application form, which can be downloaded from the BBC Writersroom website www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom

Alternatively post your script sample and completed application form to Scotland: Write Here, Write Now, BBC Scotland, Comedy Department, Zone 2.12, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1DA. If you do not have access to the internet then please send the following information (typed) along with your script: name, address, date of birth, email address, contact telephone number & confirmation that you were either born or are resident in Scotland.

For more information, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/scotland_write_here_write_now.shtml or the Scotland: Write Here, Write Now Facebook page at www.facebook.com/scotlandwriteherewritenow

If you’ve a head full of ideas but are pushed for time, this course is for you. It’s an express version of the Introduction to Screenwriting course and runs over two non-consecutive weekends. Writers Factory tutors devised the course content in response to demand from new writers who have been unable to attend the full version but want a rigorous overview of the craft from industry professionals. Over the two weekends, you’ll develop a premise and outline for a five to ten-minute screenplay.

To book your place on the course please visit http://www.essama.org/content/writers-factory-express

If you’ve already written several short film scripts and are confidently aware of and able to utilise basic screenwriting principles, then this is a great opportunity to build your skills and portfolio through writing longer format (up to 30mins duration) screenplays. Or you may want to develop your ten-minute screen work more fully.

This course was devised after much demand from emerging professionals. Designed to follow directly on from the Introductory Screenwriting course, the Intermediate programme is workshop-based and uses peer-to-peer review and feedback sessions with experienced industry professionals in conjunction with lectures and short film screenings. Don’t let your ideas sit there. Get them working!

To book your place on the course please visit http://www.essama.org/content/may-20-writers-factory-intermediate-screenwriting

It focuses both on writing and analysis, as these are essential skills for a career in the television industry. Successful students will graduate with both a masters degree and at least one project or script ready to take to market. Competitive, industry-sponsored scholarships are available.

To find out more, visit http://www.gcal.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/television-fiction-writing-8997.php

Do you want to make a film, TV programme or try audio podcasting? Come and try a workshop at the L.A.B. - Learn @ BBC Scotland

Contact The L.A.B. on 0141 422 7896 or labscotland@bbc.co.uk or visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/lab/ for more information

Project Development Workshops
Euroscript
Location : London
Date : From 1 February 2010

Develop your script from initial idea to final draft. Euroscript is committed to helping you make your work the best it can possibly be - whether feature-film, short, sitcom, TV drama or series.

Whatever stage you’re at, from an idea that hasn’t even been put onto paper yet, to a draft of a script, bring your work along and receive constructive criticism to help you develop it further.

To find out more about these workshops, visit http://www.euroscript.co.uk/project_development.html

Selling Your First Script (And Your Next...And Your Next...)
Euroscript
Location : London
Date : 20 February 2010

Most screenwriters fall down not for lack of talent or of trying, but from not knowing how to market their ideas. Often it takes only the smallest shift to turn a script or series proposal from good to compelling, to make your work saleable without selling out.

On this intensive one-day workshop for a small group, there will be practical exercises and personal feedback to help you prepare your script for the market, track down the right cinema and TV producers and make the best possible deal.

Visit http://www.euroscript.co.uk/selling.html for more details

A day long event consisting of keynote speeches, question and answer panels and fantastic networking opportunities hosted by the University’s MA Television Scriptwriting team.

For more information on how to book a place please visit the website at http://www.dmu.ac.uk/faculties/humanities/postgraduate-courses/courses/ma-television-scriptwriting/tv-writers-day.jsp 

This course is for writers interested in building on their existing screenwriting skills (including those who have completed the Introduction to Screenwriting course), and who are interested in learning how to develop a feature idea.

This course will run for 8 sessions. For more information visit the website at  http://www.lighthouse.org.uk  

The Sitcom Weekend
Euroscript
Location : London
Date : 27 & 28 February 2010

In this intensive weekend you'll develop your own sitcom while you master the machinery of this very distinctive genre to create classic characters, settings and plots.

You can use the carefully constructed exercise on the course to work on ideas you bring with you, or to help you develop completely new material from scratch.

You'll leave the weekend with a portfolio of original, enduring characters; ideas for episodes and further series, and a bullet point first draft of your own sitcom.

Price : £150 (£135 concessions).

Visit http://www.euroscript.co.uk/sitcom_weekend.html for further details.

RealDeal Theatre will again be bringing together writers, actors and directors for the live rehearsed readings of six fifteen-minute sitcoms, with the aim of introducing new audiences to the best new writing. The fourth Sitcom Saturday will take place at Westminister Library, London on 12 June 2010.

They are accepting scripts from writers aged 16 years and over between March 1 and March 31 2010. Please do not send scripts outside these dates. Scripts should be sent to scripts@realdealtheatre.org.uk

For further information, full rules and links to making sure your script is for a sitcom and not a short play see http://realdealtheatre.webs.com/events.htm

'Comedy Crossing the Boundaries - 360 Ways to be Funny' is a 3 day workshop for comedy writers wanting to forge a career in comedy entertainment. It is run in association with Skillset and BBC Training & Development.

This is a three day a writer development programme for established freelancers, teaching skills needed to address multiplatform comedy content for internet, mobile phones, games, film, television and radio.  Writers will also learn how to pitch a multi-platform brief. 

Submit an idea for your own comedy TV sitcom, internet clip or mobile uploadand watch your words come to life (or death) as professional actors read your lines and discuss your ideas in a constructive workshop environment.

Date - 5th, 6th and 7th March 2010
Venue - The Atrium, Cardiff, CF24 2FN
Price - £450 + VAT (£517.50 in total)*
For more information please visit the website: http://www.tapsnet.org/course.html?courseid=341

The Universities of Bolton and Huddersfield are collaborating again to host the second Northern Student Scriptwriters' Conference.

This two day conference is an exceptional opportunity for undergraduates, postgraduates and new writers to learn about the mechanics of the scriptwriting industry and to participate in workshops and garner advice from successfully established writers and producers of new writing.

Enquiries can be made via e.spenwyn@hud.ac.uk or 01484 472839.or visit www2.hud.ac.uk/northern-student-scriptwriters-conference.php

Conference Price (including tea, coffee and lunch): £80 (Concessions: £30)

The Absolute Beginner's Guide to How to Write a Screenplay
Euroscript
Location : London
Date : 13 & 14 March 2010

During this weekend, you'll cover the fundamentals of how to write a screenplay.

If your ambition is to write a film script, or you need a refresher course because you're stuck, then this intensive, hands-on workshop will give you the tools you need.

By the end of the weekend you will have the beat outline of your first feature script, stepped out structurally from beginning to end, and you'll have the expertise you need to begin writing the screenplay.

Price: £150 (£135 concessions)

For more details, visit http://www.euroscript.co.uk/absolute_beginners.html

Writing Low Budget Films
Euroscript
Location : London
Date : 20 March 2010

There is a greater demand than ever for scripts that work really well at low budget level both for cinema and for TV. In this one-day workshop, you will learn how to develop scripts that work to maximum effect with minimum money and become a much more powerful - and employable - writer as a result.

Visit http://www.euroscript.co.uk/lowbudget.html to find out more

Day School with Michael Chaplin, Debbie Horsfield & John Yorke to be held on Saturday 27th March at Newcastle University. The course runs from 10am to 4pm and lunch and refreshments are included in the cost.

For more information see the website: www.ncl.ac.uk/ncla

Screen Story Competition
Euroscript
Location : London
Deadline : 31 March 2010

Winners of the Euroscript Screen Story Competition write three drafts of their script within a specified time period.  Working one-to-one with a script consultant they receive as much face-to-face and written feedback as is required to complete each of the three drafts.  Once each draft is complete, they receive a full script report, usually running to five or six pages, together with an annotated script.  At the end of the process they are offered marketing advice

To find out more, visit http://www.euroscript.co.uk/about_competition.html

The European Commission is encouraging enterprising film lovers to prove their creativity and skills by producing a short video that deals with the following questions: What is entrepreneurship all about? What could encourage people to become entrepreneurs? What could counteract old prejudices and offer new visions of entrepreneurship?

All you need to do is produce a short video (one to two minutes) in the category of your choice by 9 April 2010, upload it on the internet or mail it to the organisers and register on their website. For terms and conditions, news on the jury and Q&A, please visit http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policy/entrepreneurship/video-award/index_en.htm

Script is delighted to announce a programme of screenwriting activity over the next few months. The programme is funded by Screen WM and delivered in partnership with Red Room Films, Animation Forum West Midlands and Hello Digital.

The programme is aimed at writers who would like to develop their skills and learn the tools of the trade.  It offers a wide variety of opportunities for writers to hone their skills with input and support from writers and producers currently working in the industry. 

Delivered at venues across central Birmingham, the programme is an ideal opportunity for writers to get to grips with the film-making industry in the region and to further develop their careers.

For further information and booking details, visit www.scriptonline.net/screen.html  or contact Script at catherine.edwards@scriptonline.net 

What is the Scheme?

The University of Bolton is developing a writer's programme in association with a number of production companies in the North West (AbbottVision, Red Productions, Lime Pictures,  BBC writersroom, LA Productions, Made In Manchester, R.S.J. Productions). This is a scheme for writers that want to develop their skills working in an industry context.  Writers will develop an original script as well as learn about team writing and producing.

In order to develop the scheme effectively we are offering free places to 16 new writers from the North West.  This pilot scheme will put writers into direct contact with the best TV, radio and web producers in the region. 

Who can apply for this scheme?

The scheme is open to writers based within the North West region who have already had a script commissioned or had a professional reading of their work (for any platform, film, radio, stage, TV or the web) or had material published.  You will be expected to be able to work effectively on scripted material from the start of the project.  This is not a scheme for beginners.

Applicants must be over 18 and not in full-time education.

If you wish to discuss the project further, please contact the University of Bolton on infowriterslab@bolton.ac.uk  Alternatively,  you can speak to Jane Stuart on 01204 903331 or Anna Zaluckzkowska on 01204 903237.

Experienced script editor Hayley McKenzie would like to invite new and emerging writers to visit her new website.
 
Hayley is keen to help writers to improve their scripts and also to help them to develop their skills and move forward as professional screenwriters.
 
Hayley has over ten years experience as a script editor in the UK television industry.
 
To find out more please visit her website www.scriptangel.co.uk

If you’re looking for work as a screenwriter, story editor, comedy writer or even work within film and TV production then you may want to look at the Screenwriting Goldmine Blog.

The pages take adverts from quite a few internet sources and should automatically update as the vacancies are posted.

To find out more, visit http://www.screenwritinggoldmine.com/

Clore Leadership Programme
Clore Duffield Foundation
Deadline: 12 March 2010

From 19 January 2010 onwards, the Clore Leadership Programme are inviting applications for 2010/11 Fellowships on the Clore Leadership Programme. Each Fellow will have an individually tailored programme which will include:

• Two intensive residential leadership courses in Sep 2010 and June/July 2011
• Professional development through mentoring, coaching, training and group learning
• Time for reflection, discussion and debate
• A period of secondment, including experience of managing a challenging project

The closing date for applications is Friday 12 March 2010

For further information and to use the online application form, please visit the website http://www.cloreleadership.org

Radio is an ideal medium for fictional characters to come to life and tell their story. This course is about listening and noticing, welcoming and letting characters lead your writing on a great adventure. Discover the freedoms and disciplines of radio.

Single room: £595
Shared room: £545

For more information or to book, visit http://www.arvonfoundation.org/pc543.html

Dunsinane by David Greig
Hampstead Theatre, London
Wed 10 February - Sat 6 March 2010
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Promises Promises by Douglas Maxwell
Random Accomplice, On Tour
Thurs 11 February - Thurs 25 March 2010
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Company Policy by Daniel Jackson
A Play A Pie and A Pint, Oran Mor
Mon 15 - Sat 20 February 2010
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Clutter Keeps Company by Davey Anderson
Birds of Paradise Theatre Company
Tues 16 February - Mon 22 March 2010
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What We Know by Pamela Carter
EK Performance & Traverse Theatre Company
Wed 17 - Sat 27 February 2010
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Heaven by Simon Stephens
A Play A Pie and A Pint, Oran Mor
Mon 22 - Sat 27 February 2010
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The Shattered Head by Graham Eatough & Maggie Rose
A Play A Pie and A Pint, Oran Mor
Mon 1 - Sat 6 March 2010
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Soup by Ella Hickson
A Play A Pie and A Pint, Oran Mor
Mon 8 - Sat 13 March 2010
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Battery Farm by Gregory Burke
A Play A Pie and A Pint, Oran Mor
Mon 15 - Sat 20 March 2010
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Tfd : Mr Write by Rob Drummond
National Theatre of Scotland @ Tron Theatre
Tues 16 - Sat 20 March 2010
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Tfd : Empty by Cathy Forde
National Theatre of Scotland @ Tron Theatre (and touring)
Tues 16 & Wed 17 March 2010
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Tfd : The Miracle Man by Douglas Maxwell
National Theatre of Scotland @ Tron Theatre (and touring)
Thurs 18 - Sat 20 March 2010
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Every One by Jo Clifford
Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Fri 19 March - Sat 10 April 2010
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The Playwrights Network

The Playwrights Network links regional organisations which work to develop playwrights (and sometimes writers working in other media too) across the UK.
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The Scottish Society of Playwrights (SSP)

A professional members' organisation that represents, develops and promotes the interests and craft of professional Scottish playwrights working within the theatre sector. To become a member or for more information about the Society, please see their website www.scottishsocietyofplaywrights.co.uk
or email scottishsocietyofplaywrights@gmail.com

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