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UPPERHAND THEATRE COMPANY SEEKS SHORT SCRIPTS FOR SCRATCH NIGHT AT THE HEN AND CHICKENS
Closing date 10 August
Upperhand are looking for shorts plays of any genre, running no more than 15 minutes, predominantly female casts preferred, minimal props / set where possible. Send scripts to UPPERHANDTHEATRECO@GMAIL.COM by 10 August.
This is an unpaid opportunity but a fantastic way to network with fellow creatives. Any profit get fed back into running this project again.
Scratch nigh 14 September at The Hen and Chickens Theatre
Drayton Arms Theatre Edinburgh Fringe Invitation/Invite Artistic Director Audrey Thayer to your Edinburgh Fringe show
Audrey will be in Edinburgh from August 1st-8th.
She is looking for work that is weird, wonderful, heartfelt, musical, surprising, thoughtful, angry, difficult, quiet, expansive or something else entirely.
If you are interested in a London run, co-productions, or simply beginning a relationship with Drayton Arms Theatre, please fill out the form below here.
SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR THE WOMEN WRITERS FESTIVAL AT ETCETERA THEATRE THIS SEPTEMBER
No min run
Keep up to 95% of sales
42-seat Camden venue
1–30 Sept slots
Free PA, mics, tech support
Email admin@etceteratheatre.com to apply – tell your story on our stage!
SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR THEATRE503 WRITER'S RESIDENCY
We are so excited to be reopening submissions for our 2026-27 writer's residency, and to begin this new journey with FIVE talented writers who are eager to take their career to the next level.
Details and submissions here
LONDON PUB THEATRES MAGAZINE INVITES INTEREST FROM WRITERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW SHOWS IN LONDON
Would you like to join our team of reviewers? We're a friendly bunch with a passion theatre and we're looking for like minded souls who have expertise in stage craft. Whilst our main remit is pub theatres, we also review shows in other off west end theatres. You can take a look at our reviews here and meet the team here If you'd like to join us please email the editor, Heather Jeffery (hjwrites@aol.com) with some information about your self.
LION AND UNICORN THEATRE IS PROGRAMMING FOR AUTUMN/WINTER
If you’ve got a brilliant, brave, brand new piece of work then we’d love to hear from you.
We’re open for shows with a creative team or producer already attached for performances from Oct 25 - March 2026. We’re looking for…
✨Week-long runs
✨ 2 Week long (Offie-Eligible) Longer runs
✨ Short runs (1-3 nights)
✨ Scratch Nights, one off performances and new challenging work which reflects the complex and exciting world we live in today.
With support from an in house team of theatremakers, marketing guidance (and maybe a bit of free rehearsal space thrown in for good measure for week long shows or above)
Further information
here
CALL OUT FOR CHRISTMAS SHOW FOR OLD RED LION THEATRE
If you have a production that would suit our festive season we are looking to cover the following dates:
9th - 28th DECEMBER
We Particularly enjoy anything dark & alternative over more typical "JOLLY" Christmas theatre... Seeking productions that can run for one or two weeks or special one-off events.
contact: Productions.medium.rare@gmail.com
CANAL CAFE THEATRE, LITTLE VENICE ARE PROGRAMMING EDINBURGH FRINGE PREVIEWS
We're looking to programme Fringe Previews in June & July!
First time taking a show to Fringe this year? SPECIAL DISCOUNT AVAILABLE.
For all programming enquiries, email Jess at mail@canalcafetheatre.com with some information about your show and any preferred dates
HORROR FESTIVAL RETURNS TO ETCETERA THEATRE, SUBMISSIONS INVITED
CALLING ALL DARK CREATORS
This October, the shadows rise at the Camden Horror Festival — hosted by Etcetera Theatre, Camden.
We’re looking for horror theatre, twisted comedy, ghost stories, thrillers & the downright disturbing.
42-seat black box
One-offs, week runs & matinees
Full tech support
Keep 90–95% of your ticket sales
Tickets sold via our site, Citizen Ticket, phone & email — we handle your box office
Just 75m from Camden Town tube
Hire fees start at £75 per show
1-hour shows max + 30 min get-in/out
Rehearsals from £30/hour | Technician hire available
Limited storage – minimalist sets encouraged
Bring the fear. Raise the dead. Scare Camden silly.
📩 admin@etceteratheatre.com
📞 020 7482 4857
THE HOPE THEATRE INVITES EDINBURGH PREVIEWS
Are you taking work to Edinburgh fringe this year? Want to preview your work in London? The Hope Theatre welcomes applications for previews at their Islington venue during July
Hit us up thehopetheatresubmisions@gmail.com
THE HOPE THEATRE is PROGRAMMING for Summer Seasons
Our seven-nights-a-week programme is an exciting mix of new writing, lost gems, re-polished classics and innovatively-staged musicals. We get excited by stories that are dramatic, surprising, and have something to say about the world we live in now - and we love to support ambitious theatre-makers in presenting bold and imaginative productions.
Benefits of bringing your production to the Hope Theatre include:
* Minimum guarantees against box office splits post-production with no hire charges
* A range of run lengths from 1 night to 4 weeks
* Black-box space with adaptable seating
* Reduced-price rehearsal space
* In-house technician for your get-in
* Trained front-of-house staff
* Marketing support
* Budget planning and fundraising advice
* Press guidance
Full details are on The Hope Theatre submissions page here
BRIDGE HOUSE THEATRE, PENGE, WELCOMES SUBMISSIONS FOR SUMMER SEASON
If you have a show that you would like considered for programming then please send:
Your script - ideally as a PDF attachment. Your preferred dates and length of run. Details of your company and any creative team or actors on board. Any reviews or images of previous runs elsewhere e.g. in Edinburgh etc.
In line with our programming policy all shows must be socially conscious and demonstrate how they provide opportunities for, or representation of underrepresented groups including, but not limited to:
Working class artists
Artists from the Global Majority
Non binary or gender fluid artists
LGBTQ+ Artists
Artists from the neuro-divergent community.
Read the full guidelines here before sending in your script/treatment to submissions@thebridgehousetheatre.co.uk
REGULARS
Opportunities for WRITERS at THE SCENE PODCAST, with live showings at BREAD & ROSES and TABARD THEATRE
Since its formation in 2004 Get Over It Productions has always been a safe space for marginalised voices to take the stand. Starting life 16 years ago, touring all-female Shakespeare across the UK Fringe Festivals, these days the stories of all key identity groups are nurtured here. With London residencies at the Bread and Roses Theatre (Clapham) and Theatre at the Tabard (Chiswick) this tenacious collective is driven to create opportunities for new narratives to be heard and is always planning their next step. Follow them on X for updates on their next submission date @getoveritpro
BURNT ORANGE THEATRE runs SCRATCH NIGHTS at BARONS COURT THEATRE designed for young artists 16 - 25 years every few months
Submit here Sunday Sessions Launch Night | Burnt Orange Theatre Company
SCRATCH AT THE JACK is back, SUBMISSIONS are open regularly
Join us for our Scratch nights of new theatre and performance at the Jack Studio. Every two months we host a 75-minute show of five to six performances.
We are looking for pieces that are exciting, innovative and engaging. We are strong advocates of diversity in theatre and are open to all. The audience will give feedback after the event which we will send to you. Are you ready to surprise us?
Full details and how to submit Scratch at the Jack Studio • Jack Studio Theatre (brockleyjack.co.uk)
Opportunities to be part of Hatch & Scratch 2024 at Golden Goose Theatre
Want to take part as an actor, director or writer in our Hatch & Scratch outings this year? We're always looking to meet new faces
Catch us on scratch@pathwaytheatre.co.uk
The Sunday Fix at BARONS COURT THEATRE
Submissions deadline 15th of every month
You're invited to our monthly scratch night with a difference!
Get your creative fix in an evening that's part Q&A, part scratch night and a whole lot of fun.
Are you a writer with 10 minutes of a new play that you'd like feedback on?
Maybe you're a director or actor who loves new writing and wants more experience?
Or a theatre lover who's curious about the theatre making process?
Come along to the Sunday Fix and join our growing network of emerging artists getting creative together.
The Sunday Fix | Barons Court Theatre
Playwriting Opportunities at BREAD AND ROSES THEATRE
We run the monthly Bread & Roses Playwrights Circle, a friendly and supportive group in which playwrights can share their work and work-in-progress, as well as a biennial Playwriting Award for full-length plays and a biannual scratch night The Platform for short plays. We also publish selected plays from our theatre programme.
PAID SCRIPTWRITING OPPORTUNTIES AT NEWSREVUE, CANAL CAFE THEATRE
Deadline: Rolling
NewsRevue is the world’s longest running live comedy show at it's home in Canal Cafe Theatre, Little Venice, Edinburgh Fringe and the West End. This current affairs parody song and sketch show is acknowledged as a “rite of passage for all comedy newcomers” (Chortle).
NewsRevue is always in need of good scripts and writers are invited to submit their work. It’s important to see the show first (complimentary tickets are available from the venue to see the show). mail@CanalCafeTheatre.com
DATABASE FOR STAGE MANAGERS AND THEATRE TECHNICIANS
Since the pandemic there has been a shortage of Stage Managers and Theatre Technicians in London. Bridge House Theatre is compiling a database which they will share with other off west end and independent theatres.
If you would like to add your details to the Bridge House Theatre database please click here
