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Funded by the Royal National Theatre Foundation, and managed by The Playwrights' Studio, Scotland, the £10,000 award is made to the writer whose play, in the judges’ opinion, most satisfies the following description:

Plays must have been produced professionally in the UK for the first time between 1 November 2006, and 30 November 2007.

24:7 Theatre Festival seeks to encourage and celebrate new and original work by writers, performers, directors and technical specialists; to create opportunities for creative talent in all these roles and to provide and promote accessible theatre for all.

The fourth annual 24:7 Theatre Festival will run next summer from 21-27 July, presenting performances of new plays in a variety of non-theatre venues in Manchester

Applications are now being accepted for plays to take part in next year’s festival.

Your submission must be original, unpublished and no longer than 60 minutes. It may have been performed at a festival, but must not have formed part of a theatre season or have been on an advertised tour.

24:7 aims to provide an opportunity for the untried and untested, but all scripts must be complete and ready to be performed. We do not showcase ‘work-in-progress’.

Submissions can be made by the writer or by a producer. However, if the person submitting is not the author of the piece, you are responsible for obtaining written permission to perform the play, which must be included with your Application Form.

(Applications postmarked 31 January 2008 but received the following week will be accepted.)

Windsor Fringe Marriott Award
for New Drama Writing

The Windsor Fringe was established in 1969, making it the oldest Fringe Festival in England and the second oldest, after Edinburgh, in the UK.

The Windsor Fringe is now accepting unpublished one-act plays from amateur playwrights for the Windsor Fringe Marriott Drama Writing Award.

Three winning scripts will be selected for performance in October during the 2008 Windsor Fringe Festival. The winning writer will receive a £500 cash prize.

The award is for amateur writers only, and you may enter only one script. Scripts will not be accepted by email. Plays must not have been previously performed, must be the original work of the entrant, no longer than thirty minutes long, and suitable for staging in a studio theatre with no more than six actors.

To enter, submit two copies of each script, printed on loose sheets of A4 paper with no binding or stapling. Pages must be numbered. No scripts will be returned. Judging is on a blind-submission basis, so the author's name must not appear in the script itself. The cover page must include the title of the play, the author's name, contact details, and signature.

The three shortlisted authors' works will be performed on the last three nights of The Windsor Fringe Festival during October. The winner of the £500 award will be announced on the last night.

Post your scripts to:
Windsor Fringe Marriott Drama Writing Award
Suite 640, 24-28 St Leonard's Road
Windsor, Berkshire
SL4 3BB

Deadline: 29 February 2008

For more information, contact Ann Trewartha on +44 (0) 1753 863218, or email ann.trewartha@btinternet.com.

http://www.windsorfringe.co.uk/

Drama Association of Wales - One Act Playwriting Competition 2008

The competition aims to encourage the writing of plays for amateur theatre in English and Welsh. In addition to cash awards, prize-winning plays will be considered for publication. Previous prizewinners have been published and performed as a result of promotion through their New Writing Scheme.

The winning play in each category will receive a cash prize of £200 and be considered for publication.
Playing time: 20-50 mins
Minimum cast of two

An Adjudicating Panel appointed by the Drama Association of Wales will read and consider the plays entered into the Competition and will award the following prizes:

Best Play for a Youth Cast (16-25 years) - £200
Best Play in the Open Category - £200
Best Play in the We lsh Language - £200
plus commemorative Prizewinners Medals
Plays will be considered for publication by DAW Publications.

For application forms, please contact Teresa at the Drama Association of Wales (DAW) on Cardiff +44 (0) 29 2045 2200 or email aled.daw@virgin.net.

The competition is held to promote the writing of One Act plays in English and Welsh and applications from outside Wales are welcome.

The closing date for entries to the competition is January 31st 2008.

www.amdram.co.uk/daw

WEA Playwrights' Workshop, Edinburgh

The workshop starts up again on Tuesday 29^th Jan 10-12 am for 8 weeks in Riddle’s Court, High Street, Edinburgh.

This term there will be 2 optional topics: Writing historical dramas inspired by materials in the John Murray Archive in the National Library and writing short educational plays for use in schools for young people with educational disabilities.

New writers are welcome.

Contact Liz for further information on lizhare@blueyonder.co.uk or call Nicky to book a place on 0131 225 2580.

Barnardo’s 10play in association with LA Productions

It's easy, just write a play lasting 10 minutes. It can be about whatever you want, it can have twenty characters in it or just one, it can be a comedy, a horror or a sci-fi...it's all up to you, so let your imagination run wild. The only main guideline you do need to follow is to make sure the play is 10 minutes long.

You then need to register your details and pay just £10 to enter, which will go towards supporting some of the most disadvantaged children and families in Britain.

The winner of the competition will have their play put on by professional actors, live at a theatre in Liverpool at a presentation evening.

Closing date for the competition is 29 February 2008.

www.barnardos.org.uk/10play

FORUM OF YOUNG EUROPEAN PLAYWRIGHTS

Within the framework of the festival NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE 2008
from 12th of June to 22nd of June 2008

The FORUM OF YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS offers the opportunity to work in an English or German speaking workshop during the festival, to attend the invited productions, to exchange ideas and experiences with other playwrights and to participate in discussions to 20 young authors from all over Europe. In 2004 the English workshop was offered by the acclaimed playwright Biljana Srbljanovic, German workshop by Thomas Jonigk, in 2006 by Biljana Srbljanovic and Bernhard Studlar. For 2008, Neil LaBute and Theresia Walser are requested. The results of the workshops will be presented to the public on 21st of June.

The participating playwrights should have already written at least one play, which has been staged or been performed in a reading. They shouldn´t be over 35 years old.

Travel costs, simple accommodation, tickets for festival’s performances, per diems and fees will be granted to participants.

Applications, including an english, french or german translation of the complete text of one of their plays, a short CV and contact addresses should be send to:biennale@staatstheater-wiesbaden.de

or: Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE / FORUM
Christian-Zais-Strasse 3
D - 65189 Wiesbaden

Deadline for applications is 15th of March 2008. Please find more information: www.newplays.de

	Studio News Ways and Means - 6 February 2008 Changing Roles with Birds of Paradise - 25 March 2008 Translation Resource Fuse Script Reading Service Coming soon - Up Close Glasgow New addition to the Plays Library Read more...
	Opportunities 17th Meyer-Whitworth Award - nominations open 24:7 Theatre Festival Submissions Drama Association of Wales - One Act Playwriting Competition Winsor Fringe Marriott Award Competition WEA Playwrights' Workshop, Edinburgh Barnardo's 10play Competition Forum of Young European Playwrights - apply now Read more...
	Events Launch of 'I Confess' - invitation Traverse Theatre Workshops Traverse First Glimpse New Year, New Futures at the Traverse Belfast Meets Wales Conference Robert McKee's Story Seminar, London Symposium on Contemporary Arabic Drama Read more...
	Quick Links Dealing with Writing Residential Courses Arches Scratch Night Read more...

	Studio News
		Illuminate Ways and Means 6 February 2008 2 - 6pm CCA Clubroom, Glasgow
	Following the success of our "honest, lively and good humoured dialogue between arts professionals" in Inverness, our Ways and Means conversation continues on Wednesday 6 February 2008. An afternoon symposium looking at ways of working with playwrights in theatre by different means, it is for playwrights and other professional theatre practitioners, and also open to members of the public interested in the subject. With provocations by Gregory Burke and Douglas Maxwell, and a presentation on contracts from the Scottish Society of Playwrights. We are looking for theatre makers to find practical solutions for artistic questions. This question lies right at the heart of the future of theatre making and is central to the playwrights’ ability to be a part of that future. Tickets for the event are free, to book please call Claire on 0141 332 4403, or email claire@playwrightsstudio.co.uk

	Birds of Paradise's Agent for Change programme, with support from the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland, is presenting 'Changing : Roles' in March 2008. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow 25 March 2008 10.30am - 4.30pm This day-long event is targeted at writers and creators of new work in Scottish theatre. The Agent for Change project has spent the past two years investigating why there aren’t more disabled actors in mainstream Scottish theatre and instigating various outreach activities to affect change. Changing: events seek to stimulate discussion within a particular sector of the industry and look at proactive steps that we can all take. Changing : Roles will be a day of discussion and debate, looking at what has been happening in Scotland over the past few years. With contributors from around the UK, we will hear about the ways in which writing in an inclusive manner has developed recently and look at ways in which we can push the boundaries even further. Renowned Scottish playwright, David Greig, will set the scene for the day. From there a selection of speakers will talk about the work that they have undertaken in this area, prompting small, informal discussions. The focus of the day will be action. Tickets cost £10 (£5 concession) and include a buffet luinch. For further information and to download a booking form, go to www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/changingroles.htm Or contact Claire at claire@playwrightsstudio.co.uk or 0141 332 4403. All cheques should be made payable to Birds of Paradise Theatre Company. Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NGWeb – http://www.birdsofparadisetheatre.co.uk/ Tel – 0141 339 1155 Translation Fund Details are now available on our website for our Translation Fund. This fund is available for producing theatre companies to translate plays from Scotland’s playwrights specifically for a public event; production or reading. It will be for a mechanical/literary translation into another language when the play has not previously been translated into that language. www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk
	Fuse Fuse is a unique Scotland wide initiative that puts 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: http://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/fuse.html Up Close - Glasgow A day of Inspire Playwriting Workshops, Script Surgeries and a Writers' Forum Coming soon... New Addition to the Plays Library So You Want To Be A Playwright? by Tim Fountain Playwright and former literary manager Tim Fountain guides the budding playwright over the many hurdles involved in getting a play on - from finding a story that only you know, through the detailed construction of the play, and on to the strategies you can use to get it on stage. Includes appendixes of vital websites, and contact details for new-writing theatres, agents and publishers. Get 25% off this title when you buy directly from Nick Hern Books before 31 January - see www.nickhernbooks.co.uk for details The Plays Library is available for anyone to come, sit and read plays and other theatre texts. Contact Claire on 0141 332 4403 to book a time slot to visit.
	Opportunities
	17th Meyer-Whitworth Award Nominations are now being accepted for the 17th Meyer-Whitworth Award. Funded by the Royal National Theatre Foundation, and managed by The Playwrights' Studio, Scotland, the £10,000 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 Plays must have been produced professionally in the UK for the first time between 1 November 2006, and 30 November 2007. Nominations will be accepted from Directors of professional Theatre Companies. Further details can be found at www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/meyer-whitworth.html Closing Date 28 February 2008 24:7 Theatre Festival seeks to encourage and celebrate new and original work by writers, performers, directors and technical specialists; to create opportunities for creative talent in all these roles and to provide and promote accessible theatre for all. The fourth annual 24:7 Theatre Festival will run next summer from 21-27 July, presenting performances of new plays in a variety of non-theatre venues in Manchester Applications are now being accepted for plays to take part in next year’s festival. Your submission must be original, unpublished and no longer than 60 minutes. It may have been performed at a festival, but must not have formed part of a theatre season or have been on an advertised tour. 24:7 aims to provide an opportunity for the untried and untested, but all scripts must be complete and ready to be performed. We do not showcase ‘work-in-progress’. Submissions can be made by the writer or by a producer. However, if the person submitting is not the author of the piece, you are responsible for obtaining written permission to perform the play, which must be included with your Application Form. Details are available from www.247theatrefestival.co.uk Tel / Fax: 0845 408 4101 Email: info@247theatrefestival.co.uk Applications will be accepted from 1 December 2007 until 31 January 2008. (Applications postmarked 31 January 2008 but received the following week will be accepted.) Windsor Fringe Marriott Award for New Drama Writing The Windsor Fringe was established in 1969, making it the oldest Fringe Festival in England and the second oldest, after Edinburgh, in the UK. The Windsor Fringe is now accepting unpublished one-act plays from amateur playwrights for the Windsor Fringe Marriott Drama Writing Award. Three winning scripts will be selected for performance in October during the 2008 Windsor Fringe Festival. The winning writer will receive a £500 cash prize. The award is for amateur writers only, and you may enter only one script. Scripts will not be accepted by email. Plays must not have been previously performed, must be the original work of the entrant, no longer than thirty minutes long, and suitable for staging in a studio theatre with no more than six actors. To enter, submit two copies of each script, printed on loose sheets of A4 paper with no binding or stapling. Pages must be numbered. No scripts will be returned. Judging is on a blind-submission basis, so the author's name must not appear in the script itself. The cover page must include the title of the play, the author's name, contact details, and signature. The three shortlisted authors' works will be performed on the last three nights of The Windsor Fringe Festival during October. The winner of the £500 award will be announced on the last night. Post your scripts to: Windsor Fringe Marriott Drama Writing Award Suite 640, 24-28 St Leonard's Road Windsor, Berkshire SL4 3BB Deadline: 29 February 2008 For more information, contact Ann Trewartha on +44 (0) 1753 863218, or email ann.trewartha@btinternet.com. http://www.windsorfringe.co.uk/ Drama Association of Wales - One Act Playwriting Competition 2008 The competition aims to encourage the writing of plays for amateur theatre in English and Welsh. In addition to cash awards, prize-winning plays will be considered for publication. Previous prizewinners have been published and performed as a result of promotion through their New Writing Scheme. The winning play in each category will receive a cash prize of £200 and be considered for publication. Playing time: 20-50 mins Minimum cast of two An Adjudicating Panel appointed by the Drama Association of Wales will read and consider the plays entered into the Competition and will award the following prizes: Best Play for a Youth Cast (16-25 years) - £200 Best Play in the Open Category - £200 Best Play in the We lsh Language - £200 plus commemorative Prizewinners Medals Plays will be considered for publication by DAW Publications. For application forms, please contact Teresa at the Drama Association of Wales (DAW) on Cardiff +44 (0) 29 2045 2200 or email aled.daw@virgin.net. The competition is held to promote the writing of One Act plays in English and Welsh and applications from outside Wales are welcome. The closing date for entries to the competition is January 31st 2008. www.amdram.co.uk/daw WEA Playwrights' Workshop, Edinburgh The workshop starts up again on Tuesday 29^th Jan 10-12 am for 8 weeks in Riddle’s Court, High Street, Edinburgh. This term there will be 2 optional topics: Writing historical dramas inspired by materials in the John Murray Archive in the National Library and writing short educational plays for use in schools for young people with educational disabilities. New writers are welcome. Contact Liz for further information on lizhare@blueyonder.co.uk or call Nicky to book a place on 0131 225 2580. Barnardo’s 10play in association with LA Productions It's easy, just write a play lasting 10 minutes. It can be about whatever you want, it can have twenty characters in it or just one, it can be a comedy, a horror or a sci-fi...it's all up to you, so let your imagination run wild. The only main guideline you do need to follow is to make sure the play is 10 minutes long. You then need to register your details and pay just £10 to enter, which will go towards supporting some of the most disadvantaged children and families in Britain. The winner of the competition will have their play put on by professional actors, live at a theatre in Liverpool at a presentation evening. Closing date for the competition is 29 February 2008. www.barnardos.org.uk/10play FORUM OF YOUNG EUROPEAN PLAYWRIGHTS Within the framework of the festival NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE 2008 from 12th of June to 22nd of June 2008 The FORUM OF YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS offers the opportunity to work in an English or German speaking workshop during the festival, to attend the invited productions, to exchange ideas and experiences with other playwrights and to participate in discussions to 20 young authors from all over Europe. In 2004 the English workshop was offered by the acclaimed playwright Biljana Srbljanovic, German workshop by Thomas Jonigk, in 2006 by Biljana Srbljanovic and Bernhard Studlar. For 2008, Neil LaBute and Theresia Walser are requested. The results of the workshops will be presented to the public on 21st of June. The participating playwrights should have already written at least one play, which has been staged or been performed in a reading. They shouldn´t be over 35 years old. Travel costs, simple accommodation, tickets for festival’s performances, per diems and fees will be granted to participants. Applications, including an english, french or german translation of the complete text of one of their plays, a short CV and contact addresses should be send to:biennale@staatstheater-wiesbaden.de or: Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE / FORUM Christian-Zais-Strasse 3 D - 65189 Wiesbaden Deadline for applications is 15th of March 2008. Please find more information: www.newplays.de
	Events
	Launch of I Confess Please join us to celebrate the launch of I Confess at the Arches Theatre, Glasgow Monday 18 February 2008, 6pm – 8pm I Confess, a Collection of Monologues, Capercaillie Books, Edinburgh, £6.99. The monologues in I Confess evolved over three workshops for authors and performers hosted by the Arches Theatre in Glasgow between 2004 and 2005. For each monologue authors were invited to explore a fraught situation, where the character feels an overwhelming need to confess something for the first time. The diversity of the resulting monologues, written by workshop participants and established writers reflects the cultural, linguistic and religious multiplicity of present-day Scotland. Writers included are: Lynsey Murdoch, Alexander Hutchison, Tom Murray, Stewart Ennis, Skye Longeran, Iain Heggie, Eliza Shackleton, Mahmood Farzan, Pauline Goldsmith, Mary Wells, Ann Marie di Mambro, Andrew Dallmeyer, Wilma G Stark and Alicia Devine. Authors, performers and the production team – director Andy Arnold, dramaturg Maggie Rose, sound and lighting designer Mark Ritchie – will be talking about the project, followed by readings or performances from the plays. Tickets are free, to book call the Arches Box Office on 0141 565 1000 Traverse Theatre Workshops This season sees five of the most talented writers in the U.K. leading writing workshops at the Traverse: David Edgar; David Greig; Zinnie Harris; Douglas Maxwell, and Enda Walsh. David Edgar – Scenes and Devices - 9^th February Zinnie Harris – Playwriting Skills Course - 6 sessions from 11^th Feb –7^th April Douglas Maxwell – Colliding Genres - 29^th March David Greig – On Writing: Story - 17^th May Enda Walsh – On the Effects of Location - 7^th June Places are limited and can be booked through the Traverse Box Office (0131 228 1404). Full details of each workshop are available in the Traverse Spring/Summer 2008 brochure, available for download through the following link: http://www.traverse.co.uk/downloads.html Traverse Theatre - First Glimpse First Glimpse series gives you a chance to see leading actors and directors preview early drafts of new Traverse Theatre commissions. London Street Sauna by Sam Holcroft Directed by Lorne Campbell, Associate Director Wed 16th Jan, 7.30pm `New Year, New Futures' – Traverse Theatre Fri 18 Jan & Sat 19 Jan, 7.30pm Throughout the last year, the Traverse and the RSAMD have been bringing emerging writers and actors together to work on some of the many new playtexts the Traverse Theatre receives each year. Students from the RSAMD's B.A. Acting Programme have been working with experienced directors and dramaturgs to explore some of these plays. They are now pleased to present two evenings of staged readings at the Traverse Theatre, giving you the chance to see the fresh new voices of today's aspiring writers realised by the new acting talent of the RSAMD. The performances each night will be a combination of extracts from four plays: 'Concrete Fairgrounds' by Suzanne Heathcote; 'Portobello' by Nikki Schreiber; 'Dancing with Pandas' by Craig Turnbull, and 'The Ghosts of Unfortunate Manor' by Libby Valentine. Neil Docherty and Rob Evans will each be directing a night of extracts from each of the plays. Tickets are £5 (£3.50 concessions) and can be booked from the Traverse by phone on 0131 228 1404, from the theatre’s website www.traverse.co.uk or in person. Belfast Meets Wales 29 February - 2 march 2008 The Academi and Writer’s Guild Joint Conference Belfast, Northern Ireland: world centre for shipbuilding, linen and troubles – but no longer. Today the city is Belfast the post-modern and Belfast the re-invented. Famous for conflict this northern city is today making new waves in an international world. Academi join with the Writers Guild to take a Welsh perspective on Northern Ireland’s new dynamic. How does writing engage with a difficult past and a revolutionary future? How does Ireland relate to its nearest and often forgotten neighbour, Wales? How does literature fare against this background? And if answering questions the day long appears excessive then join us on a bus trip around the real Belfast, encounter some real verse read by real poets, listen to a touch of genuine northern Irish music, eat, drink and relax in good company. For further details contact Academi on 029 2047 2266 or email post@academi.org www.academi.org Robert McKee's Story Seminar, London 27-29 April 2008 For over 15 years, Robert McKee's Story Seminar has been the world's ultimate writing class for over 50,000 screenwriters, filmmakers, TV writers, novelists, industry executives, actors, producers, directors and playwrights. Over three intense days, McKee's Story Seminar effectively demonstrates the relationship between story design and character. Quality story structure demands creativity; It cannot be reduced to simple formulas that impose a rigid number of mandatory story elements. Robert McKee's course teaches you the principles involved in the art and craft of screenwriting and story design, and proves the essence of good story is unchanging and universal. Whether on the big screen, on television, in novels, on stage and in ALL creative work, everything works in the shadow of classic story design. For details go to www.mckeestory.com The Department of Drama and Music of the University of Hull and the Middle East Dramatic Arts Forum are pleased to announce: A one-day Symposium on Contemporary Arabic Drama Saturday 9 February 2008, 10.00am to 4.00pm Followed by a script-in-hand reading of Lenin El-Ramly’s play: THE CAPTIVES The keynote speaker will be the award-winning Egyptian playwright Lenin El-Ramly. Other speakers will include: Sawsan Darwaza, Sulayman Al-Bassam, Nabil Sawalha plus Grid Iron The fee for the Symposium will be £75 (student concession £40), to include lunch and refreshments during the day. There will also be an optional dinner for those staying on for the evening’s performance. Registration forms are available from Tony Meech, Head of Department of Drama and Music, University of Hull at a.j.meech@hull.ac.uk http://www.medaf.org
	Quick Links Dealing with Writing Weekend workshops by the sea, Royal Hotel, Deal, Kent http://www.dealingwithwriting.com Arches Scratch Night - 4th February 2008 Scratch Night started at the Arches in November 2005. It's really a very simple idea - take a few performers and artists, give them each ten minutes, basic technical support and an audience, and let them try out ideas. The action then moves to the Arches bar, where the audience offer feedback. And there are drinks. www.myspace.com/scratchglasgow

E-BULLETIN: January 2008

Illuminate Ways and Means

6 February 2008 2 - 6pm

CCA Clubroom, Glasgow

Birds of Paradise's Agent for Change programme, with support from the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland, is presenting 'Changing : Roles' in March 2008.

CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow 25 March 2008 10.30am - 4.30pm

Up Close - Glasgow

New Addition to the Plays Library

17th Meyer-Whitworth Award

Windsor Fringe Marriott Award for New Drama Writing

WEA Playwrights' Workshop, Edinburgh

Barnardo’s 10play in association with LA Productions

Belfast Meets Wales

6 February 2008
2 - 6pm

CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
25 March 2008
10.30am - 4.30pm

Windsor Fringe Marriott Award
for New Drama Writing