Open Call for Writers
Rough Magic is delighted to announce another ROUGH IDEAS: Open Call!
To celebrate our 40th birthday; this time it’s bigger and brighter. We want to use the opportunity during this anniversary year to discover new talent and engage with even more artists.
An Open Call for emerging/early career writers to submit the beginnings of a play, or part of a play in progress, this is an opportunity to initiate a working relationship with one of Ireland’s leading theatre producers. The winner will receive an award of €2,500 and will work with our Literary Manager over the course of 2025 to develop their play.
This award is designed to give the winner the opportunity to engage in dedicated dramaturgical work alongside our ongoing commissioning structure, in order to produce a full first draft of a play.
Rough Magic was founded on the core values of egalitarianism and fairness. We welcome submissions from anyone living on the island of Ireland (or Irish citizens living abroad) and would like to encourage applications that are representative of Irish theatre artists in all their diversity – particularly from anyone from underrepresented groups.
Rough Magic has been commissioning writers and producing new work since its inception. For four decades new writing and artist development have been cornerstones of Rough Magic’s work. In the last two years we have produced three world premiere productions under our COMPASS strategy. We are thrilled in this anniversary year to be continuing that practice and expanding our ROUGH IDEAS programme.
Simply fill in this short application form and upload your pdf/word doc of the scenes you want to submit.
Deadline is 5pm on Friday 4th October.
To read the full Submission Details and an FAQ follow this link!
Photo Credit: Image by Jeda de Brí of Wander Wander Wild Wild by Choy-Ping Ní Chléirigh-Ng 吳彩萍 at Rough Weekend 2022
