Mercury Monologues in association with Josef Weinberger Plays

The Mercury Theatre and Josef Weinberger are joining forces once again, following their successful partnership on the 2018 Mercury Weinberger Playwriting Prize, to discover a new cohort of talent by engaging with aspiring writers and creatives during these uncertain times.

Mercury Monologues in association with Josef Weinberger Ltd will see hopefuls submit a short monologue, lasting no longer than 4 minutes, each week.

Submissions will be judged by a panel of professionals as selected by the Mercury and Josef Weinberger. Each week a new winner will be announced, earning themselves a £100 prize, and the chance to have their monologue read and streamed to the Mercury’s social media channels and website, by a professional, paid actor.

The deadline to submit the first monologue, which will be on the theme of “Temptation”, is Sun 5 Apr. The first winning work will then be streamed the following Wednesday.

Guidelines 

  • Writers may only submit one monologue (per week).
  • Writers may only submit monologues (plays or musicals are not eligible).
  • Monologues must last no longer than 4 minutes in duration.
  • Monologues must be suitable for the Mercury’s social media and website.
  • Monologues must be wholly the original work of the writer.
  • Monologues must be previously unproduced.
  • Monologues must be unpublished.
  • Entries submitted posthumously will not be accepted.
  • Entries must be submitted to hello@mercurytheatre.co.uk, entries to any other email will not be accepted.
  • Entries from Mercury Theatre Ltd / Josef Weinberger Ltd staff will not be accepted.
  • The decision of the judges is final and no individual correspondence will be entered into.
  • Entrants must be 16 and over.
  • We can only accept entries from writers resident in the UK or Ireland

Deadline:

5 April 2020 and then weekly 

 

https://www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/make-it/talent-development/mercury-monologues-in-association-with-josef-weinberger-ltd/

Published on:
2 Apr 2020

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