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Dateline:
16th February, 2007
News for Playwrights
Soho Workshops
The Soho Theatre is organising a season of workshops which will explore
the process behind creating a new piece of theatre for the Verity Bargate
Award. They are for writers at any level, using discussion and practical
exercises to explore different aspects of writing for the stage.
The workshops are on 20th February, 15th & 22nd March, 2nd &
19th April and 17th May. The cost is £15 (£10 concessions)
Verity Bargate Award
Every two years Soho Theatre launches a national competition to find
the best new play by an emerging writer. The winner will receive £5000
and the chance to have their play produced at Soho Theatre.
The rules are:
- The closing date for submissions is 6th July 2007.
- The winner of this year’s award will receive £5,000 and
a residency at Soho Theatre. The prize money is in respect of an exclusive
option for Soho Theatre to produce the winning play according to the
Company’s standard license agreement.
- The award is open to any writer resident in the British Isles and
Republic of Ireland.
- Writers may submit one unproduced, unpublished full-length play
(not shorter than 70 minutes). There is no restriction to subject
matter.
- The play must have a title page with author’s name, address
and telephone number as well as two SAE’s for acknowledgement
letter and return of script. In addition, writers must include a CV
including listing of all works written/produced, when and where.
- Plays will not be accepted by email.
- The winner of this year’s Award will be expected to attend
a ceremony later in the year.
- The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence concerning
the result can be entered into.
- The following are not eligible: playwrights with three or more professional
productions to their credit (defined as those produced under ITC/TWU/WGGB
contracts), plays commissioned by STC, previous Verity Bargate Award
winners, plays that have already be rejected by STC’s literary
department.
Please send submissions to: Verity Bargate Award, Soho Theatre, 21
Dean Street, London W1D 3NE.
Newwriting Newworlds
The NewWriting NewWorlds Festival is currently accepting scripts and
non-text based submissions for this year's new writing festival at Gilmorehill
G12 in June, as part of Glasgow West End Festival.
Plays selected will receive development with the festival dramaturgical
team and a full production at the NewWriting NewWorlds Festival.
- Performances should be less than 30mins in length, require no more
than six performers and have minimal set and staging.
- Plays must be typed double spaced, and pages numbered. Nontext based
submissions should be contained in a proposal no more than two pages
long.
- All submissions require a covering letter with the title of the
play or proposal, author's name or main proposal contact, address,
contact telephone number and email address.
- The deadline is15th March, 2007
Please send three copies of your submission along with your cover letter
to:
Suzi Simpson
Artistic Director
NewWriting NewWorlds 2007
c/o Winters
Flat 0/1
25 Belmont Street
Glasgow
G12 8ER
Any queries, contact newwriting_newworlds@yahoo.co.uk
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