National Theatre of Wales Creative Associates
Salary: £25,000
Fixed term contract to end March 2011
The National Theatre of Wales is seeking to appoint two Creative Associates to work alongside Artistic Director John McGrath developing ideas, engagement and new models of theatre for the company's opening year. Bringing individual expertise in directing, writing, design or other areas of performance, you will help to shape the vision of this ambitious new company.
For further information please email: ntw@live.co.uk or write to National Theatre of Wales, PO Box 5188, Cardiff CF5 9DS
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 25 November 2008
Theatre Methods 09 International Festival-Fair
Between Tradition and Contemporaneity
July 6-12, 2009
Bovec, Slovenia
"Theatre Methods" is the annual professional festival-fair dedicated to the Bridge between Tradition and Contemporaneity in performing arts. The festival is an opportunity to demonstrate methods of training in traditional theatre and to present contemporary works created as the result of traditional theatre training techniques.
At the moment Theatre Methods 09 is accepting presentation proposals.
Presentation format:
• performance (not requiring special technical conditions)
• workshop/master class
• work in progress
• reading/lecture
• any other way of demonstration to the presenter's discretion.
If you wish to present your work at TM09, please become familiar with Submission Guidelines before submitting your proposal: www.iugte.com/projects/TM09.php
FirstStage Night
Manchester, UK
The Manchester Library Theatre Company introduces FirstStage night – a unique opportunity for writers, devisers, and performers to test ideas in development and get audience feedback.
To submit a proposal for FirstStage, please contact Nicky Hatton or Jenna Omeltschenko via e-mail to first.stage@hotmail.co.uk, or by telephone to the Library Theatre on 0161 234 1913, or 07834 242987, no later than Friday 28 November 2008.
Breaking Binary
Stephanie Smith, an Edinburgh based director is currently seeking playwrights to submit monologues for a piece working under the title ‘Breaking Binary’. This piece will explore the journeys/stories/ moments experienced by those who exist in-between/outside of the binary term male and female.
Each monologue should be approximately 5 minutes long. The playwright will have full artist scope as far as structure and content is concerned as long as they stay within the boundaries of post-modern gender identity. Those writers who are chosen for the project will need to submit a 5 minute treatment by November 28th 2008 .
At the moment Stephanie is simply investigating who is interested and available. If you wish to receive the full directorial brief or have any questions please feel free to contact her at 05001736@qmu.ac.uk
Upstart Theatre: Call For Submissions
Upstart Theatre is currently seeking new plays for development in 2009. Upstart exists to develop and produce new theatre that is daring, politically aware, and above all entertaining. They plan to produce a number of public rehearsed readings in London in 2009 with a view to possible productions in 2010 and beyond.
Please post scripts to:
Upstart Theatre, 37 Gartmoor Gardens, London SW19 6NX by Friday 28th November, or email them with any questions at info@upstart-theatre.co.uk.
All submissions should include an SAE if you would like your script returned.
More information about Upstart, it's previous work and future plans is available on their website www.upstart-theatre.co.uk
The Tony Doyle Bursary for Television Writers
Region: UK, Northern Ireland
Deadline: 30 November 2008
BBC Northern Ireland is once again searching for the next generation of television writers with the launch of the Tony Doyle Bursary for New Writing. The aim of the bursary is to encourage television drama about Ireland by writers new to the medium. This may include writers experienced in other forms of fiction as well as new writers.
The winner will receive a cash prize of £2,000. The winner and three finalists will be invited to a residential seminar run by the BBC Northern Ireland Drama Department. .
We are inviting submissions from writers with an Irish background. The submission should be either a 60 or 90 minute script for an original television drama.
For more details and entry guidelines please see BBC Writers Room website:
www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/tony_doyle_bursary.shtml
Send your scripts to:
The Tony Doyle Bursary for New Writing 2008
BBC writersroom
1st Floor
Grafton House
379 Euston Road
London
NW1 3AU
International Playwriting Award
The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation
The Foundation awards yearly grants to playwrights who submit full-length plays, screenplays, musicals or operas. All works submitted must present the gay and lesbian lifestyle in a positive manner and be based on, or inspired by, a historic person, culture, event, or work of art. Writing contests close on November 30th of each year. Grants are $1,000 and are not limited to a single winner.
Deadline for submissions: 30 November 2008
For more information please visit the website: www.aabbfoundation.org
Theatre Centre: Two Awards for Playwrights
TC Brian Way Award:
For Best New Play for young people which has been professionally produced between 1 September 2007 and 30 September 2008.
The Award is made to the writer whose play, in the judges’ opinion, most nearly satisfies the following description:
• a play in which the writing is of special quality
• a play that stimulates the imagination
• a play that demonstrates innovation in the language or form
The Award is a cash prize of £6,000 and it will be announced in April 09
Deadline for submissions: 1st December 2008
TC Adrienne Benham Award:
For New Promise, presented to an emerging playwright who displays an interest in writing for young audiences.
The Award is made to a writer who satisfies the following qualities:
• demonstrates a professional commitment to playwriting (eg profit shared productions, reading, showcase, etc)
• displays imagination, skills, personality and verve in his/her writing to date
• willingness to develop ideas collaboratively
The Award is a £2,000 Seed Commission and it will be announced in April 09
Deadline for submissions: 1st December 2008
For information contact Theatre Centre: 020 7729 3066 or admin@theatre-centre.co.uk
Photo: Theatre Centre
From left to right: Natalie Wilson, David Greig (2008 winner), Tim Crouch, Fin Kennedy (2008 runner-up), Roy Williams.
The Moving Manchester Project will produce an academic study, but also has a number of creative outputs including a specially commissioned work, which will take the form of a short story, long poem, poem sequence or performance piece. The commissioned work will be showcased on the Lanchester University website and at conferences in Manchester in September 2009. The work should be a maximum of 5,000 words or should take up not more than 5 pages in the case of poetry and take as its theme one or more of the following: the experience of migration to Manchester from overseas; some form of significant migration or re-location within the city; Manchester as a multiculturally imagined city.
The successful applicant will receive £1,000 for their work, including all expenses. Applicants should submit the following in electronic form:
A CV detailing your writing experience
A publications list
A sample of creative work (3 pages max)
An outline proposal for the commission
These should be sent to Graham Mort at g.mort@lancs.ac.uk no later than
1 December 2008. All applicants will be informed of our decision by 12 January 2009.
More details can be found at:www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/projects/movingmanchester/
Skins Needs You!
The Skins creators are looking for a writer to create an online mini episode of Skins that will feature some of the series 3 cast. No experience is necessary as the Skins creators will be mentoring the winner and providing support.
Aspiring Skins writers will need to showcase their writing skills by submitting a short comedy drama. For more details and entry requirements please visit the website www.e4.com/skins/writer-mini-episode.html
Entrants need to be between 18 and 23 years old and the closing date for the competition is Tuesday December 9th 2008 at 6pm. The mini episode will be screened online in 2009.
Rehearsed Readings at the Bristol Old Vic
6 – 8 February 2009
Bristol Old Vic is looking for five new and previously unperformed scripts by South West based writers for rehearsed readings in February 2009.
Chosen scripts will receive three days development in a rehearsal room with a director and actors leading to a script-in-hand reading in the Bristol Old Vic Studio with an audience.
Scripts can be one act or full-length but please not over one and a half hours long.
To submit to Script in Hand, please send 2 bound copies of your script by
12 December 2008 to:
Sharon Clark / Charlotte Summerford
Script in Hand
Bristol Old Vic
King Street
Bristol BS1 4ED
For more information or if you would like to join the Bristol Old Vic database of regional writers please e-mail Sharon Clark at sharon@bristol-old-vic.co.uk
Nameless Theatre Submissions
Location: London, UK
Deadline: 31 Dec 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”
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, e-mail The Arts Council office at 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
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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
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
Entry deadline: 5 January 2009.
Steyning Festival Theatre Trails 2009
The Company are looking for 4 – 6 unperformed shortish plays (maximum length 1 hour), from writers local to Sussex, Hampshire, Kent and Surrey. They will be performed as rehearsed readings, with professional actors, at different venues in Steyning, as part of the Steyning Festival 2009.
All plays need to be submitted by 31st January 2009.
Please send plays to:
The Company
FAO Stephen Israel
Whitehouse Farm
Novington Lane
East Chiltington
East Sussex
BN7 3AU
Or email them to: stephen@thecompanysussex.plus.com
Drip Action Theatre:
Theatre Trail Writers Competition
Location: West Sussex
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
One Act Playwriting Competition 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
STAGE International Script Competition
S T A G E = Scientists Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration.
The Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute will collaborate internationally with professional artists to create and develop multi-media theatre pieces in which science and technology play prominent roles in content and/or form.
The STAGE International Script Competition will now become a biennial competition.The next deadline for entries is December 15, 2009. Submissions will not be accepted earlier than June 15, 2009.
For current guidelines and all details please visit the STAGE website: www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/stage/guidelines/guidelines.html
Contact Theatre Searching for Artists
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
Word of Mouth Media Productions
Word of Mouth Media Productions is looking for scripts from up and coming writers which explore at least one of the following themes: Confinement, Mental Health, Identity, Injustice.
Scripts must be performable by a maxmum of four actors and should have at least one strong female role playing age 25-40. Word of Mouth offers royalties and good payment terms for existing scripts and will consider commissioning a piece if it offers a suitable idea.
Please send all scripts or treatments to:
Diana Thomas
Word of Mouth Productions
31 Anstey Road
London
SE15 4JX
Call for Writers
Writer/filmmaker Angus Reid has written songs for a musical for primary school kids and he is looking for someone to help him to devise/create the script. The musical is called PRIMARY SCHOOL MUSICAL! and is a big-hearted, cheeky affair, that was born in the aftermath of the defence of edinburgh schools from closure last year. The theme of the piece is that kids can use the arts to stand up for themselves and their communities. Save our School!
For more information please contact Angus Reid at 0131 225 4169 or via e-mail angus_speakeasy@yahoo.com
