The Freelance Royalty scheme (loyalty, royalty... get it?) is Theatre Royal Stratford East’s brand-new membership designed to support arts freelancers aged 18+ living or working in East London.
Sign up now for a FREE membership to join our network of freelancers and access exclusive benefits, including:
- Free or discounted rehearsal space.
- 15% discount on drinks at the Stratford East Bar
- 15% discount on food at Island Vibez Kitchen
- Ticket discounts and free tickets exclusively for Freelance Royalty members
- Invitations to networking events
- A wide range of free workshops run by leading industry professionals. There will be three workshops a month aimed at different disciplines and different skills levels.
- Opportunities to showcase new work through Stratford East Scratch Nights.
- A monthly newsletter
- A monthly network group check-in
- Freelancer surgeries with Stratford East staff. These surgeries will take place throughout the year, more information about how to sign up will be available soon.
We welcome students and anyone who wants to gain experience in theatre production.
Anyone getting involved should be aged over 16 (to the sky's the limit) and able to attend our rehearsals and meetings in Brixham. Placements will involved working on specific theatre shows in either the rehearsal or show run, and unless otherwise formally agreed, will be on a strictly voluntary basis.
We are happy for students to get involved either for a fixed number of rehearsals, or for an entire show run.
We may also be able to offer technical mentorship via our venue partners.
Specific shows may have a specific set of tasks, but common areas that we can offer placements in, include:
Anyone involved gets full references, photos and/ or videos evidencing their involvement, and we are happy to discuss anything else needed.
A collective of 16-30 year olds interested in shaping the future of craft, design and making in the UK
We know it can be difficult to get started in a creative career. Young Craft Citizens works with young people to create alternative pathways into the craft and creative sectors. We build young people’s creative, professional and leadership skills, particularly investing in those impacted by racism, classism, ableism and the intersection of these forms of discrimination.
What does Young Craft Citizens offer?
As a charity, Greentop is always looking for volunteers, and this is a great way to develop yourself.
You can volunteer in rigging equipment, sound engineering, lighting, event organising, working with children, work in the community, running a charity, marketing, admin and more.
If you would like to explore further how you could join our volunteers please contact the email address below.
Calling all women aged 25+!
The Women’s writing group is back in 2023! This term will be online, looking at performance poetry and spoken word with no experience required, led by Danielle McLauren and Paperwork Theatre
The final session will be an in-person event where people can share their work on March 29th. If interested, contact the email address below...
Are you looking to tell better stories? Perhaps you've always wondered what it takes to keep people engaged?
In this new digital workshop series Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney will guide you through the building blocks of structure to take your story to the next level. Having gathered their skills and knowledge from an array of workshops similar to this and know first-hand the struggle of reworking a script, they are here to divulge their techniques to creating a great story.
By breaking down the elements of ACTS, SCENES, TIME, PLACE, and the HERO’S JOURNEY, you'll be more equipped than ever before to put pen to paper and tell the world your story.
Link below for more info and to watch the series.
The Old Vic Hub has now launched – a brand new online platform offering free interactive content devised by theatre creatives and professionals. The resources on The Hub are designed to welcome anyone, of any age, experience or ability, into the magical world of theatre and beyond.
Find out how The Old Vic operates, get inspired in your own career development (in any industry) and try out free training resources to learn new skills, and to support your own wellbeing. You’ll find The Hub easy to use and packed full of different types of content, from written guides and virtual tours to video workshops and podcasts to help you unleash your creative potential, develop skills and build your confidence.
Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Free space to share film and digital projects.
Applications for Delivision are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year.
Theatre Deli is inviting artists to project work onto the screen in the communal area of their Leadenhall Street venue. This is an unpaid opportunity, offering artists a platform to share their work with other creatives.
Your work can be on any theme or subject.
See our Accessibility Guide for information about access in our venue.
We particularly welcome applications from marginalised and underrepresented groups. We welcome applications from artists based in the UK and abroad.
At British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT) we love to give opportunities to those who are wanting to pursue a career within the musical theatre industry the chance to complete some work experience with us.
We offer those in sixth form, college or university the opportunity to complete one full working week (five days) of work experience with us working within a role suited to their interests. You must be aged 18 or over at the time when you will be completing your work experience with us, but are welcome to apply before. Please note the five days cannot be spread over multiple weeks.
We also offer those who are post education or those who are wanting some experience volunteering within an arts charity, the opportunity to volunteer with us on a longer basis. Please note we are looking for people who would be able to work one day week with us, for a minimum of six months.
Applications for these positions are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year. Please note these are unpaid positions.
We can offer administrative work experience with either our marketing department (based in our Leeds Office) or within the roles focusing on our young company (based in our London Office).
If you are interested in working with us in this capacity, please complete the Google form attached here, so we can consider the suitable work experience, or volunteer role, for you. We are unable to accept an email of a CV alone as a way of registering interest.
There is the potential to cover some travel expenses, however this would be discussed on a case-by-case basis once your position has been agreed on.
Please note if you are looking for experience within a production role, we are unable to offer this as a work experience role and instead each year hire a Production Assistant to help programme and run our season. This is a paid role and works on a fixed-term contract, from January to December each year. If you are interested in creative work experience on one of our productions not as a Production Assistant please see the Creative Work Placements as there may be a role that interests you there. The application for Production Assistant for our 2025 season has now closed. Applications for Production Assistant for our 2026 season will open in November 2025.
If you would like to discuss our volunteering or work experience opportunities, or have any further questions please email us at mail@bymt.org or call us on 0113 320 1018.
