Written a play, but don't know how to take the next step?

Fuse, our free Script Reading Service, provides an opportunity for Scotland's writers to receive valuable script feedback from theatre professionals. We've made some important changes to Fuse to provide a greener, more streamlined service.

We now ask that scripts are submitted by email.

Please visit www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/script%20reading%20service.htm for full submission guidelines and eligibility criteria.

The Residency offers narrative artists the opportunity to work together over a week's residency.

Supported by Playwrights' Studio, Scotland
Location: Arches Theatre, Argyll St, Glasgow
Date: 30 January 2012, 7pm

Exciting monthly workshops exploring freshly written play scenes with fellow writers, actors and directors. This month our guest playwright is Chris Dolan who will be offering advice on the scenes selected for the open workshops. Come along and join in!

Please note that Stage to Page will be held at the Arches in January.

The submission deadline is 5pm, 23 January . Please visit www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/stagetopage.htm for submission guidelines.

Organisations can apply for up to £5,000 to deliver activity with playwrights.

Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland is committed to working in partnership to enable activity for playwrights across Scotland and beyond. In selecting which ones to support we will consider;

• The benefit to playwrights
• Originality and ambition
• The organisation’s commitment to developing new playwriting
• Public benefit
• Sustainability of activity

100% of the funds applied for must be matched by the Organisation. 50% of matching funds can be in kind support

Deadline: 11.59pm, 31 January 2012

www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/partnerprojects.htm

Playwrights' Studio, Scotland
Location: Tulchan Lodge, Perthshire
Dates: 17 - 20th February 2012, booking deadline 10th February

Always wanted to write a play but didn't know how or where to start?

Write a play in a (long) weekend...

Immerse yourself in peaceful, uninterrupted writing time in the idyllic Perthshire
countryside. Ideal for writers at the start of their playwriting career or those
interested in writing a play for pleasure.

Scottish playwright Alan Wilkins (The Nest, Carthage Must Be Destroyed) leads a residential course exploring all the elements of playwriting, leading to the creation
of either a short play or extract from a longer piece. Alan will be supported by
a range of expert tutors, all of them professional playwrights.

The course culminates in a traditional Sunday dinner hosted by Scotland's Makar,
Liz Lochhead, and an informal reading of scripts with actors.

£520 per person including all home-cooked meals and single occupancy accommodation. Shared accommodation available at £450 per person.

For more information and to book contact Emma McKee at Playwrights' Studio on
0141 332 4403 or e-mail emma@playwrightsstudio.co.uk

Playwrights' Studio, Scotland & The Arches
Location: The Arches
Dates: 16 February 2012 @ 7.30pm, tickets £3.50 including a glass of wine

Calling all artists who would like to work with text in new and exciting ways! We are looking for proposals for performance pieces which reimagine published texts. Each response should be 10-15 minutes long and does not have to be finished and polished; the ethos of the night focuses on experimentation. We have a list of playwrights who would love for their contemporary playwrighting to be used for this purpose, however you can propose to use any piece of playwriting that you like. The only rule of engagement is that the text cannot be changed and must be present in some way, (therefore work merely inspired by the writing can’t be included). There will be some rehearsal space available for artists subject to availability.

The Arches and Playwrights’ Studio will then present the performances, which will push the boundaries of the theatrical experience while firmly focusing on text. Artists of any genre are invited to take part. Whether you’re a director, musician or movement specialist we’d love to help you celebrate and interrogate the delivery of text. Similar to Scratch nights, these short pieces will be performed to a supportive audience who will offer feedback in the bar afterwards.

If you’re interested in Crossing the Lines contact crossingthelines@hotmail.co.uk or email louise@thearches.co.uk for more information.

If you are an organisation planning an event/competition/opportunity which would be of interest to playwrights, please send details to the above e-mail address for inclusion in the e-bulletin.

Please note, details must be received before the 15th of each month.

• 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 call 0141 332 4403 or e-mail info@playwrightsstudio.co.uk

MSc Programme in Writing for Performance with Nicola McCartney
The University of Edinburgh
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

A unique practical playwriting course that will appeal to aspiring playwrights, performance artists, directors, dramaturgs and critics alike. It will focus not only on the craft of writing for performance but also on how a script plays out in real space and time, and infont of an audience. The course culminates in a rehearsed reading of students works in progress by professional actors at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Click here for further details, and to register your interest, please contact Nicola McCartney nmccartn@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Submissions of short stories and poetry inspired by the theme of ‘Lighthouses’ are invited. The best six submissions will be showcased at Glasgow's ‘Aye Write’ Festival on 17th March 2012 

scottishwriterscentre.org.uk

TAIC FREUMHAN COIMHEARSNACHD 2012-2013
A bheil ùidh agaibh beagan taic fhaighinn airson Gàidhlig a bhrosnachadh san sgìre agaibh?

Tha an sgeama taic-airgid Taic Freumhan Coimhearsnachd aig Bòrd na Gàidhlig fosgailte a-nis do dh’iarrtasan ùra, gus cuideachadh pròiseactan a bhios a’ brosnachadh agus a’ meudachadh togail agus cleachdadh na Gàidhlig.

Gheibhear barrachd fiosrachaidh agus foirm iarrtais air làrach-lìn Bhòrd na Gàidhlig www.gaidhlig.org.uk , no cuiribh fòn gu 01463 225454, no post-dealain gu tabhartas@gaidhlig.org.uk’S e Diluain 6 Gearran 2012 an latha mu dheireadh airson tagradh a chur a-steach.

Bhithinn fada nur comain nan cuireadh sibh seo air adhart gu duine sam bith aig am biodh ùidh ann.

Are you interested in receiving some support to encourage the use of Gaelic in your area?

Bòrd na Gàidhlig's funding scheme Taic Freumhan Coimhearsnachd is now open to new applications, to assist projects which will encourage and increase the learning and usage of Gaelic.

Further information and application forms are now available via the Bòrd na Gàidhlig website www.gaidhlig.org.uk or by calling 01463 225454, or email tabhartas@gaidhlig.org.uk. The closing date for applications is Monday 6th February 2012.

Edinburgh University’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and the Traverse Theatre are delighted to announce their continued partnership in a Creative Fellowship to be based within the University.

IASH and the Traverse will commission a play on or inspired by any aspect of the agreed topic, in line with an aspect of the Institute’s current interests. The stipend will be £10,000 and the recipient will have a private office and full Fellowship at IASH, and contribute to the Institute’s events, including giving at least one work-in-progress seminar during the tenure of the Fellowship. The recipient must be Edinburgh-based for the duration of the residency, as their regular presence at IASH is expected.

For more information please visit www.traverse.co.uk

So you've got a great idea - a sculpture, an installation, a painting, a play, a book, a screenplay or maybe something else - but you need a little money to take your idea from blank page to reality.

Arts Trust of Scotland are here to help. They arrange grants and funding for all kinds of arts projects. 

artstrustscotland.org.uk

Always wanted to try your hand at writing a play? This course will give you the chance to learn the basics, share your work with other writers and develop your own unique voice in a fun and supportive environment.

Over the course of 6 weeks you’ll learn about good characterisation, structure, dialogue, theatrical styles, redrafting and the benefit of hearing your work read aloud. You’ll also meet likeminded people and have the opportunity to pool your knowledge and share your experience.

Please email jessicamarytraynor@gmail.com for details on cost, course content and start date.

The SSP is proud to announce that it has obtained funding from Creative Scotland to support this new initiative. The project is focused on new Scottish plays being translated into European languages with a view to their production abroad.

Applications for funding under this scheme are invited from Scottish playwrights whose work has recently been produced. In order to apply, playwrights should have contact with a European theatre director who is interested in producing the play to be translated.

Under the scheme, two or three successful applicants will take part in a two-week workshop (11-23 June 2012) in Edinburgh or Glasgow. She or he will work with a translator selected by the playwright and European theatre director. For more details of the funding available, selection criteria and how to apply please see the attached document.

The deadline for applications is Friday 23rd of March 2012 and application should be sent by electronic attachment to Ian Brown (Chair of the SSP elected council).

scottishsocietyofplaywrights.co.uk

RJK & NTK Projects are looking for a new production.

Have you written or would like to write about Edinburgh, the two sides to the city and all the shades in between. You only have one restriction, that it is a two hander for Women.

We are interested in hearing from in particular women writers/theatre makers who describe themselves as Scottish or based in Scotland.

The work need not be new it can be an extract/sample from an existing piece of work.

Please send a sample of no more than two pages by email to Rebecca Knowles rebeccaknowles@live.com

Deadline Friday 30th March 2012

The mentored Fielding Programme runs September to April each year. If you have a project you want to develop with support from another writer you can book in for one week or more. For information on Cove Park’s un-mentored Fielding Retreats please visit the website; www.covepark.org/residencies

The Fielding Programme also has its own website which gives further information; www.fieldingprogramme.com

Small Grants Award
Small Grants Awards will be given towards expenditure which makes writing for stage possible and able to be heard. Small grants awards will range from £300-£500.

tommcgrathtrust.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/small-grants-awards-application-guidelines-doc.pdf

Writer and Translator Residencies
The long term aim of the Trust is to provide time and space for writers and translators to work.  This will be done through the establishment of a creative and supportive residential environment, based in and around the home of the late Tom McGrath in Fife. 

tommcgrathtrust.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/residency-guidelines.pdf or email tommcgrathtrust@gmail.com

Climate Week is Britain's biggest climate change campaign: celebrating positive, practical solutions to climate change in all sectors of society to empower communities and galvanise action on climate change. The Climate Week Awards celebrate the UK’s most innovative, effective, and ambitious organisations, communities and individuals and their outstanding efforts to combat climate change.

The category for Best Artistic Response is an opportunity for artists to showcase how they are responding to climate change creatively.

Details on how to enter can be found here: www.climateweek.com

An open competition that invites submissions of new, unperformed one-act plays from UK-based writers for tailor-made development opportunities.

www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com

Theatre Centre is offering the Adrienne Benham Award, a £2000 seed commission, to spotlight a promising playwright who is interested in writing exceptional live theatre for young people, but has little experience in this field.

The award is aimed at a writer who satisfies the following criteria:
· an interest and enthusiasm for young people’s theatre
· a professional commitment to playwriting
· imagination, skill, personality and adventure in his/her writing
· new to the young people’s theatre genre

For more information please visit; www.theatre-centre.co.uk

How to Write for Stage and Screen with Jim McRoberts
University of Strathclyde
Location: Glasgow, UK
Dates: Mondays from 23 January 2012

The course covers the essentials of playwriting, and the specific demands of different media for dramatic writing.

www.strath.ac.uk/cll/

A lecture by Alexander Weigel (former dramaturg at the Berlin Deutsches Theater) From Goethe’s Faust (1968) to Müller’s Hamlet/Maschine (1989) – working as a dramaturg at the East Berlin Deutsches Theater Alexander Weigel is going to talk about his experience at this leading East German theatre, where he worked as a dramaturg for 37 years.

This event is jointly organised by Dr Laura Bradley (Department of European Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh) and Dr Anselm Heinrich (Theatre, Film and Television Studies, School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow).

http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/gla/ver/en8674283v.htm

It is 1862 and the gaslights are flickering... Welcome to an evening of magic and illusion with the infamous brothers, Willy and Ira Davenport. Inspired by the true story of the Davenport Brothers, this amazing play promises to be a true theatrical treat.

Please note that this show is recommended for ages 14+ due to strong language and adult content.

For more information please visit www.lyceum.org.uk or call the Box Office: 0131 248 4848

Playwrights' Studio, Scotland supported the development of the script through Partner Project funding.

Sex, Chips and The Holy Ghost is a new play by playwright Jo Clifford, created with actor David Walshe and director Susan Worsfold. It will open the Spring 2012 Season for A Play, A Pie, A Pint at Oran Mor Lunchtime Theatre, Glasgow.

Watch the trailer at the website; www.sexchipsandtheholyghost.coml

Playwrights' Studio, Scotland supported Jo Clifford through Writers' Project funding.

Kris Haddow has lived with insomnia his entire adult life. In this one-man performance, first staged at the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival 2011, he leads a journey through the world of insomnia via a series of characters and sketches based on his personal experiences.

Suitable for age 14+ (moderate language)

Visit the website for tour dates; www.2h9m37s.com/

Kris Haddow is currently a Mentee on the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland Mentoring Programme.

Michael Boyd is known to Glasgow audiences for his eleven-year tenure at the Tron Theatre. Michael was born in Belfast, went to University in Edinburgh and trained as a theatre director in Coventry and Moscow before becoming director of the Sheffield Crucible Theatre. Now Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he gives his take on producing theatre on both sides of the Atlantic.

www.glasgowconcerthalls.com

The Word Factory is an experimental writers group, open to all who wish to explore creativity and words. The workshops enable the development of skills and experience in creative writing and spoken word. The group produces work for publication and performance and this underpins its ethos.

www.wordfactory.org.uk

TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Literary Officer, Jennifer Williams, interviews playwrights whose work features in the Traverse programme. Episodes will be released each month.

http://soundcloud.com/traverse-theatre

Writing for Screen

Opportunities and events for screenwriters can now be found through a direct link to The Writers’ Factory monthly e-bulletin.

For more information about The Writers' Factory, please visit the website www.writersfactory.co.uk

The monthly bulletins contain information about future Writers' Factory courses as well as information relevant to screen writers across the UK and internationally. The Writers' Factory E-Bulletin is divided into three sections:

Factory News: For upcoming Writers' Factory events

Opportunities: Screen writing competitions and other opportunities

Events: Screen writing events and classes

To view the full e-bulletin, please click here

The Infamous Brothers Davenport
The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
19 January -11 February 2012
Click here

The Chelsea Belladonna by Angela Cairns
Rehearsal Rooms 17, Stellar Quines @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
24 January 2012
Click here

The List by Jennifer Trembley
Rehearsal Rooms 17, Stellar Quines @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
26 January 2012
Click here

Sex, Chips and The Holy Ghost by Jo Clifford
A Play, A Pie and A Pint @ Oran Mor, Glasgow
30 January - 4 February 2012
Click here

2h:9m:37s written and performed by Kris Haddow
Scottish Spring Tour
2 - 18 February 2012
Click here

Double Nugget by Random Accomplice
Random Accomplice @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
14 - 18 February 2012
Click here

Agent 160 presents Agent 160
Agent 160 @ The Arches, Glasgow
22 - 23 February 2012
Click here

Melmoth the Wanderer scripted by Nicola McCartney
Big Telly Theatre Company @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
22 - 25 February 2012
Click here

Mwana by Tawona Sithole
Ankur Productions and Tron Theatre Company @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
22 - 25 February 2012
Click here

Passing Through by Alistair Rutherford
Peapod Productions @ Tron Theatre Company, Glasgow
22 - 25 Ferbruary 2012
Click here

Chow Mein and Hex by Tim Primrose and Sam Siggs
Strangetown @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
8 - 10 March 2012
Click here

Ana by Clare Duffy and Pierre Yves Lemieux
Stellar Quines and Imago Theatre @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
1 - 10 March 2012
Click here

Plume by JC Marshall
Tron Theatre Company @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
1 - 17 March 2012
Click here

Come And Join The Party
Celebration for the 250th play of A Play, A Pie & A Pint @ Oran Mor, Glasgow
3 March 2012
Click here

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.
Click here to find an organisation in your area.

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

Note: Could any member who has recently changed address or contact details please send in their most up to date information?  Thank you.