503Five
503Five Relaunched 2011
Theatre503 are pleased to announce that following the highly successful inaugural year of the 503Five writer attachment programme we are once again looking for five new playwrights to become part of the Theatre503 team – to work with us, write for us and inspire us.
This exciting opportunity has helped us evolve the way we work with playwrights and explore ways in which we can place the writer at the centre of what we do at Theatre503. The playwrights will have a creative home in the theatre, with opportunities to engage in every aspect of the theatre’s work and feed the vision of the building.
Each playwright will be supported in writing a first draft commission for the theatre between autumn 2011 and autumn 2012. At least one of the plays will be taken into full production and we have a commitment to finding appropriate production opportunities for all the writers involved. The only commissioning brief is to be ‘fearless’ and to create work that is immediate, responsive and of boundless possibility.
In the first year of the scheme we produced three of the writer commissions in-house, and a short play commissioned by 503 has been developed into a full-length musical, soon to receive a major London production. The remaining playwright received a full production with the Hightide/Old Vic during their participation on the scheme.
2010 – 2011 503Five Resident Playwrights – Richard Marsh, Rex Obano, Louise Ramsden, Nimer Rashed & Beth Steel
We are looking for writers at an early stage in their career, who may have had some playwriting success, but have yet to have a professional production of their work in London or in a major regional venue.
Applications for the 503Five have now closed
Thank you to all those who submitted. We have received 800 submissions for the scheme, all of which will be under consideration in the next couple of months.
Due to the unprecedented number of applications, the timeline for the processing of submissions has been extended in order to fully evaluate everyone’s work.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted in the last week of November.
Please be aware that Theatre503 are unable to provide feedback on your submission and that ONLY shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please do not contact us about the progress of your application.
