The Perfect Pitch Award 2015/16: Call for Submissions

£12,000 Perfect Pitch Award 2015/16 in partnership with Theatre Royal Stratford East

Perfect Pitch and Theatre Royal Stratford East are delighted to announce the 2015/16 Perfect Pitch Award for musical theatre writing.

Both companies, known for developing new musical theatre, are collaborating on the project, which will see a new British writing team awarded with £12,000 and the opportunity to collaborate on a new musical.

The winning British writing team will be awarded with £12,000 and tasked with writing a full draft of an original musical in a 12-month period, supported and mentored throughout by Perfect Pitch and Theatre Royal Stratford East. After 12 months the show will be presented in a professional staged reading and / or production.

The award is open to all writers - playwrights, screenwriters, composers and songwriters - and no previous experience of writing a musical is necessary. Writers can apply as book writers, lyricists, and / or composers.

To apply writers must submit 2-3 writing samples from past projects, along with an application form. Writers are asked to apply as individuals and successful finalist candidates will be paired with a collaborator to begin working on a 10-15 minute 'pitch' of a new musical. These pitches will be presented to a panel of experienced judges from the musical theatre world and an invited industry audience at a finalist pitching day at St James Theatre, where the winners will be chose. Perfect Pitch and Theatre Royal Stratford East will provide cast, MD, director, rehearsal space and mentorship for the pitches.

Perfect Pitch is a not-for-profit theatre company, supported by Arts Council England, dedicated to creating new British musicals. Established in 2006, they work in collaboration with venues, writers, producers and creatives all over the UK and beyond to create, develop, produce and license high quality new British musicals.

How to enter:

To be eligible, writers must be over the age of 18 and a permanent British resident.

Applicants should download the application form from the Perfect Pitch website and submit it, along with all accompanying materials, to [email protected]

Deadlines:

It is free to enter the award if your application reaches us by July 10th. There is a late application fee of £25 for those that arrive after this date.

The final deadline for all applications is July 20th

For further details and to download the application form visit the Perfect Pitch website.