Brilliant opportunity for writers and creatives based in Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland! Work alongside New Writing North for 6 months, receive £5k to support your creative work, and receive mentoring to develop your creative practice.

Please circulate. We are looking for artists who are interested in using their practice in a new way. Experience is not strictly necessary as training will be provided. Please pass on to any artist (in any medium) based in Scotland. nationaltheatrescotland.com/jobs/caring-sc…

CASTING CALL: Female playing age 40-50 to play DCI in my showreel scene in Manchester 3rd May 10.30AM Cant offer any pay but you will get a free showreel scene out of it and ill buy you some breaky 😁

Writers in the North of England - check this opportunity out! A chance to win £3000, mentoring and a long-term placement with a production company. Not one to be missed 👀

📣 We're hiring! 📽️ The FOCUS programme at Film City Futures is looking for an Administration & Communications Officer. 📄 Find out more about the role here: filmcityfutures.com/news-events/hi… ⏰ Deadline: 5pm, Monday 8 July 2024

Today marks 14 years since Gail threw a Manchester tart in Deirdre's face. Happy anniversary to those who celebrate! KEN! DO SOMETHING!

Hope you had a good weekend and didn't spend Friday night in A & E or anything. Yes, that's a not too subtle link to the next of the Summer Shorts. This one is written by @benjamin_peel and features first time Act Your Ager Ian Laing. Enjoy! youtu.be/P-9mppAI0b8

The next monologue in our Summer Shorts series is out. Come and meet Louise, as she tells us all about a life-changing rendezvous outside the local chippy. This piece is by Catriona Findlay and features Claire Dean as Louise. youtu.be/AN8t7U2eFNo

Happy bank holiday weekend! We have more fab Summer Shorts to bring you (rumour is there a 70s party later 🤫) but in the meantime, do catch up with the first five. Talking Rubbish Smooth Sailing Spice Friday Night A & E Learning to Fly Some excellent stuff in there!

Saturday. Don't know what you're up to, but at Sandy Lane they're all geared up for a 70s night in this new piece by Anne Price. Come and join Claire, played by first-time Act Your Ager, Jules Shevlin, as she takes you through the preparations. youtu.be/RggvKEksh44

Time for the second monologue of the bank holiday weekend. And we have another actor new to Act Your Age - Toby Rothwell 💙. Come and find out what an unexpected critic said to Raymond at Auntie Betty's graveside in Tony Vale's piece for Summer Shorts. youtu.be/-8RRIysmznk

It's almost autumn. Time to get the boxset of Upstairs Downstairs back out. 🙂

Summer might be nearly over, but we still have a bunch of cracking monologues to bring you. Today's is penned by Fiona Hulme (emilycat) and features Anne Baron 💙. She plays a crafter, Clare, who puts some old floppy disks to good use. Come see! youtu.be/zIsUxSL1VjM

Last night was Alan's leaving do at the Farmers. To find out his plans for the future, give this piece written by Marie Greenhalgh and featuring @DuncanHess2001 a watch. Happy Retirement, Alan! Click on the link. 👇👇👇 youtu.be/wgFG298wqk0

If you're writing 30 minute sitcoms or comedy dramas, you'll want to get the structure right. Here's an hour-long video in which Chris Head uses clips and script excerpts to look at the three act structure often seen in TV comedy: comedy.co.uk/pro/features/v…

Disastrous dates is the subject of the latest of the Summer Shorts monologues. This one is written by Milethia Thomas and performed by Jo Dakin 💙. Come and have a look (we very much doubt you'll have been on a date like this one 😂). youtu.be/c1JwdNW_slc

Don’t miss our amazing line up this season! we have some amazing the guests until the end of the year! Creative Conversations is free to attend in person or online

Amplifying Women's Voices in Comedy✨Female Pilot Club is on a mission to bring the undeniable sound of laughter from women writers to the comedy scene! Now, they’re teaming up with BBC Comedy for an exciting new script mentorship program! 🎉📜 Check out: femalepilotclub.co.uk/2025scriptcall

SHORT FILMS. BIG IDEAS. Sunderland Shorts is back in 2025 for our 10th anniversary celebration and we want your film to be part of the action! Submit now & find out more about our BIFA qualifying & Filmfreeway Top 100 Film Festival at: Filmfreeway.com/SunderlandShor… #SSFF2025

FUNDRAISING APPEAL 2024 Today we start our annual fundraiser for the Brighouse Foodbank in Ann Walker's name until Xmas Eve. Ann left £10 annually to the people of Lightcliffe in her will and we fundraise to carry on her legacy. Please give if you can and share/like the post