Opportunities

The national theatre of Ireland's Literary and New Work department accepts and develops new plays, running commissions,…

Dalston's Arcola dedicates Studio 2 to emerging and early-career theatre makers, with talent development programmes fee…

Rolling National Lottery funding for emerging writers, directors and producers via regional film hubs, across two stran…

South London's home for boundary-pushing new theatre runs artist development, residencies and support for creators maki…

One of Britain's longest-established producing theatres, with a strong commitment to new writing and a track record of …

One of the UK's leading artist development programmes, relaunched in 2024 with a focus on new writing for the South Wes…

Free workshops, training and performance activities with professional facilitators and leading practitioners from acros…

One of the UK's flagship producing theatres runs a Young Company, artist attachments and development opportunities feed…

A free annual programme of on-stage script-development workshops (six writers per group) plus autumn showcases, helping…

Leicester's producing theatre runs artist development programmes, attachments and open opportunities for performers, wr…

The multi-award-winning Finborough welcomes unsolicited scripts all year round. Particular interest in politically and …

The internationally renowned physical-theatre company runs a residency programme for performers and theatre-makers acro…

A 10-month drama, film and mentoring programme running February to November, culminating in a professional four-week pr…

An 8-month writers programme with workshops led by industry experts, weekly drop-in writing sessions, and a chance to s…

The King's Head programmes its Main House 6 to 12 months ahead via a rolling proposal form. LGBTQ+ stories and majority…

The National Theatre's New Work Department accepts script submissions and project proposals, developing new plays and m…

Scotland's building-less national theatre runs artist development strands, attachments and open opportunities for perfo…

The Old Red Lion programmes full 3 to 4 week runs plus Sunday and Monday shows via seasonal Early Bird proposal windows…

The Old Vic's hub of early-career artist development opportunities, spanning schemes, attachments, workshops and access…

The Old Vic's hub of mid-career artist development opportunities, gathering attachments, residencies and professional d…

A free network for professional theatre artists hosted by the Orange Tree in Richmond since 2024. Regular events featur…

The Royal Court accepts unsolicited plays for programming and development 365 days a year through its script submission…

The Globe's casting department accepts open submissions from actors year-round: send a CV and headshot or a Spotlight l…

The Bank is Sheffield Theatres' artist development programme supporting a cohort of emerging theatre-makers across disc…

Cardiff's Sherman accepts unsolicited full-length stage scripts all year round, a chance for the theatre to discover ne…

Running for over 20 years, Tamasha's artist development programme offers intensive training courses, workshops, masterc…

Rolling submissions to the Hope's associate and artistic directors, with a response within around three weeks. Full pro…

The Globe's professional development programme for actors and directors, offered exclusively to its registered Studio C…

South London theatre championing home-grown talent, running artist development, young company and residency opportuniti…

Theatre503 is the national theatre for debut plays, dedicated to new and emerging writers who haven't had a full produc…

The leading award for Black British playwrights: GBP 6,000, annual, for the best original new stage play in English. Fr…

The BBC's main open door for unsolicited scripts. Send a complete drama or comedy-drama for TV, film, radio, stage or o…

Five days of intensive physical-theatre training in the Frantic Method, for performers and theatre-makers who want to g…

Manchester's Royal Exchange holds regular open audition days through the year for Greater Manchester actors. Not for a …

The leading award for female and non-binary playwrights in the UK and Ireland, founded to redress the balance of voices…

An eight-week skills development programme from Ireland's national theatre for new playwrights, expanding who gets to w…

A youth company for aspiring theatre-makers, meeting weekly to explore acting with text, character work and the theatre…

A development group for writers ready to work closely with the BBC. Mentoring, industry access and support building a s…

A high-budget shorts fund from BFI and Film4 supporting ambitious scripted or hybrid-documentary short-form work, award…

A 12-month development programme putting the craft of playwriting at the heart of a new generation of regional writers.…

Theatre company creating work with and for 15 to 25 year olds, running artist development and participation opportuniti…

The largest playwriting competition in Europe, run by Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. Awarded to original, unperfo…

The Bush opens an unsolicited submissions window once a year for full-length plays from unrepresented writers, with a k…

Channel 4's flagship TV writing scheme. A small cohort is paired with a production company to develop an original scrip…

Channel 4's development programme for emerging writers, pitched earlier in a career than 4Screenwriting. Support and in…

Galway's Druid runs an annual summer submission window feeding its Druid Debuts rehearsed-reading series. Finished full…

Ireland's dedicated new-play company runs an extensive development programme: mentorship, the A Play for Ireland scheme…

A step up from the introductory workshops, building fluency in the Frantic Method of devising and physical performance.…

A one-day intro to the Frantic Method, no experience needed. A low-commitment way into one of the UK's leading physical…

An open-access national fund making six annual awards of up to GBP 6,000 to underwrite the first commission payment on …

A nine-month playwright development programme run by Liverpool's Royal Court. Alumni have had productions in the Studio…

A free actor training programme finding London's future stars. Ten trainees a year spend two days a week learning perfo…

A GBP 3,000 award plus nine months' mentoring from a leading Black British playwright, run alongside the Alfred Fagon A…

Annual open audition intake for the National Youth Theatre. A route into one of the country's best-known youth companie…

Live Theatre Newcastle's biennial award. The main winner receives a full commission with a view to a main-stage product…

A free 8-month part-time training programme preparing aspiring actors without financial support to apply for drama scho…

A free 8-month part-time training programme preparing aspiring actors without financial support to apply for drama scho…

Periodic casting and open calls from the touring new-writing company behind some of the most-produced new plays in the …

The UK's biggest playwriting prize by production value. The winner gets a full production, publication and a commission…

A rural-theatre residency based in Ludlow offering a GBP 12,000 bursary plus travel and accommodation to an emerging pl…

An eight-month mentoring programme supporting six Scotland-based playwrights, paid GBP 180 a day for eight days. Applic…

An observership programme giving practitioners at the very beginning of their careers a chance to see inside a professi…

An artist development programme supporting a small cohort of early-career theatre creatives, offering space to develop …

The Dublin company's highly regarded development programme for emerging theatre artists and collectives, offering mento…

A GBP 15,000 prize plus dramaturgical support for an unproduced full-length play (70 minutes or longer) responding to t…

An annual free skills course from Cardiff's Sherman for writers who are or want to be playwrights. Hybrid delivery, in-…

A structured development programme for playwrights working on a new play, with dramaturgical support and a cohort of ot…

The flagship programme of the UK's leading Black-led theatre company, for emerging theatre makers aged 18 to 25. Intens…

Soho Theatre's leading prize for new stage writing, named after its co-founder and supported by Character 7. The winner…

A fully funded five-day residential lab for emerging female screenwriters, run by Women in Film and TV UK. Thirteen wri…

A competition for emerging screenwriters run by the Cambridge-based Watersprite festival. Submit the first 10 pages of …

A free year-long actor training programme with weekly sessions led by Young Vic artists, supported by masterclasses fro…