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> BBC Writersroom Scotland: The Break III
BBC Writersroom Scotland is launching a new talent search for the third series of The Break, a series of short-form monologues aimed at writers born or living in Scotland. They are looking for funny, emotional or thought provoking stories that reflect the diversity of modern Scotland and offer a contemporary look at Scottish life.
Deadline: 20 March
> Edwin Morgan Translation Fellowships
These Fellowships are available to professional translators with an interest in twentieth-century and contemporary Scottish writing. The two Fellowships will provide fully-funded places on their six-week Text and Context course, including the Modernism, Scottish Literature, and Contemporary Literature modules.
Deadline: 27 March
> The John McGrath Scholarship
The scholarship covers the course and accommodation fees for the Theatre and Performance course for one theatre student or playwright.
Deadline: 27 March
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Faslane by Jenna Watt
Friday 17 March
Platform
With her family having worked in Faslane all her life, and with friends protesting at the gates, Fringe First winner Jenna Watt explores what happens when the personal and political collide. Drawing upon interviews with individuals at the front line of the nuclear debate, Jenna navigates her own journey through the politics, protests and peace camps in this multi award-winning show, direct from a hugely successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
A Different Drum by David Cosgrove
Friday 17 - Saturday 25 March
Websters Theatre
Katherine has lost her joy. Greg hopes that if he keeps his taxi clean and his mouth shut, Katherine might just start smiling again; or at the very least let him out of the spare room and back into their bed. When Katherine invites Hattie, with her rock chick swagger, and no discernible moral compass regarding anything sexual, round for a drumming lesson, drink is taken, snogging is attempted, truths are spoken, and Katherine and Greg get their lives well and truly rummled up.
Jocky Wilson Said by Jane Livingstone & Jonathan Cairney
Monday 20 - Saturday 25 March
Oran Mor
It's 1979 and rising Scottish darts star Jocky Wilson has travelled to America to play a series of exhibition matches. When he misses his ride to the next event however, Jocky finds himself alone and on the road. All the diminutive Fifer really wants is to get back home but there's a long and challenging journey ahead…
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The National Theatre of Scotland was established in 2006 and has created over 200 productions. Being a theatre without walls, the company presents a wide variety of work that ranges from large-scale productions to projects tailored to the smallest performing spaces. In addition to conventional theatres, the company has performed in airports, schools, tower blocks, community halls, ferries and forests.
This month, playwright AJ Taudevin will be developing her new play at the National Theatre of Scotland's new building, Rockvilla, as part of her Writers Project with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland.
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