Below is a list of 8 London-based play submissions opportunities that accept submissions year-round!
Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity |
Blue Elephant Theatre | Full Length | Artists and companies based in Southwark. Scripts (or proposals) that haven’t had runs in London previously. |
DYSPLA | max 15 mins | Looking for scenes of up to 15 minutes in length (script extract). Do not send the full script or the first 15 pages. |
Finborough Theatre | Full Length | Any subject and theme. Int’l submissions ok, but plays must be written in English, Scots or Scots Gaelic. |
National Theatre | Full Length | UK & Ireland residents only. |
Nick Hern Books | Full Length | Publication opp. Plays that have had major professional productions in the UK or Ireland only. |
Royal Court Theatre | Full Length | New plays that ask bold questions about the way we live now. Open to emerging and established playwrights. |
Synergy Theatre Project | Full Length | New plays written by prisoners and ex-prisoners. |
Theatre503 | Full Length | Any writer who is yet to have a full-length play that has been professionally produced for four weeks or more in a subsidised/commercial London venue and/or a major regional or international venue. |
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