The 503Five is an 18-month residency supported by Philip Carne MBE & Christine Carne and the Orseis Trust offering writers the opportunity to find their creative home at Theatre503, develop work and experience being at the heart of a new writing theatre.

The residency will offer writers a seed commission of £2,000, a series of masterclass workshops, peer to peer support, industry connections, dramaturgical support, and opportunities for R&D and/or rehearsed readings to support the development of the
script.

This scheme is for UK based writers only and is designed for writers who have developed their craft to a high standard but are not yet professionally produced. 

We define ‘professionally produced’ as a full-length play of more than 65 minutes that has been produced professionally for 4 weeks or more.

We are open to writers whose journey into playwriting has come through other disciplines (comedy, drag, devising etc) but all writers submitting will have written a full length play as you need to submit this as part of your application.

On the application form you must also cut and paste a 10-page example of your writing. This can be an extract from the full-length script you are submitting, or from another piece of work.

We urge all writers applying for the 503five to consider Theatre503’s production history, programming policy and the collaborative nature of the scheme.