Applications for the 2024-25 Vibe Collective are now open!
Calling music lovers aged 18 to 25!
We are looking for 10 Southampton-based music lovers aged 18 to 25 to create music events for young people at one of the city’s top music venues.
Our 10 recruits will form The Vibe Collective. This group will work with industry professionals to plan and present gigs and events for young people at Turner Sims, the music venue at University of Southampton. We are looking for people with a range of musical tastes who are passionate about the music scene in Southampton. You’ll gain incredible experience of working in the music industry along the way.
We are committed to removing barriers that would prevent people from participating in this opportunity. For individuals who require access support we will work with you to understand your needs and put in place the support to enable you to get the most out of this project.
Beyond Face CIC and Strike A Light have joined forces to create a 5 month program that will develop and identify people from the Global Majority who want to become theatre practitioners or develop their current skill set to an excellent standard through a range of paid training opportunities in the South West.
Our current theatre practitioners help us create theatrical performances with young people and communities, through a series of workshops, drama based games and devising techniques. A theatre practitioner is someone who can implement creative strategies to develop a creative outcome be it through co-created work, devised or scripted work.
Each successful applicant will work across both organisations on an individually tailored program with the addition of also working with our associate Travelling Light Theatre based in Bristol.
With a commitment to the equivalent of 12 days in person contact time spread across the 5 months, this is an opportunity that will have set masterclass days but aims to work around your life and commitments.
Key details
Aged 18-30? Live in or around Hackney? Interested in performing, devising and storytelling?
Join feminist theatre-maker and director Nastazja Domaradzka for a free, intensive theatre-making workshop programme.
Over four full days of workshops from Wednesday to Saturday, we’ll discover how the personal and political intertwine in theatre-making. You’ll learn new skills and techniques to add to your toolbox, and we’ll wrap up with an informal sharing session on Saturday evening.
We are dedicated to ensuring that our workshop programmes are as accessible as possible wherever feasible.
There is no fee to participate, and we can offer some financial support for travel and other costs associated with joining the programme. Applicants will be asked about their access requirements to ensure appropriate resources can be provided.
Are financial barriers preventing you from achieving your career goals? Do you need funding to make a purchase which will help you get to the next stage of your career in the creative industries? Then our Career Development Bursary is for you!
We have a limited number of bursaries available, and you can apply for a bursary of any amount up to £1,000 to help you push your career forward to the next stage.
Bursaries are open to individuals over the age of 18 from communities that are under-represented in the creative industries.
What can the bursary fund?
Introduction to Making: Young Theatre Makers offers time and space to find out more about directing and theatre making and learn how to create theatre shows. Participants will have the opportunity to:
The first part of the program will consist of a one week intensive.
The second part of the program consists of monthly workshops for three months. These workshops will focus on areas you would like to expand on from the intensive week and explore pathways into directing and theatre making.
The program will be led by our Genesis Fellow / Associate Director, Taio Lawson, who will also bring in some guest creatives.
Lunch and travel expenses (within London) will be provided each day.
The form will ask for your contact details and any access requirements you may have so we can put appropriate provisions in place as soon as possible.
The Irish Writers Centre's one-to-one mentoring support scheme offers an opportunity for writers to develop their work under expert guidance, drawing on the support of a professional to bring their writing to the next level.
The Irish Writers Centre will provide 30 emerging and professional writers from or based in the North of Ireland with one free 1.5 hour mentoring session, up to the value of €275. This mentorship includes reading up to 10,000 words of prose or up to 240 lines of poetry in advance by an experienced mentor from our one-to-one mentoring panel, along with written feedback in the form of a 300-word report on their work.
Registration is now open for Creating Routes 2024-25!
Creating Routes is a FREE, practical, facilitator training programme for Global Majority theatre makers, aged 18+.
This programme is a collaboration between Talawa Theatre Company, Emergency Exit Arts and Goldsmith’s University.
Creating Routes trainees will get the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and experience needed to gain employment in the Participatory Arts sector.
Application Deadline: Monday 7th October, 10am.
The IWC membership scheme connects our community of writers from across the island through a number of member benefits, including access to advice, opportunities and other supports. The membership also includes up to 10% discounts on events, courses and Novel Fair submissions.
Under this year’s Membership Support Scheme, we are offering 10 associate memberships and 10 professional memberships for eligible writers, each valid for one year.
The Irish Writers Centre (IWC) is pleased to announce a new round of support schemes for writers from or based in North of Ireland, made possible with support from the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
The Irish Writers Centre will provide 20 bursaries for beginner and emerging writers. These bursaries will enable writers to develop their skills through funded places on creative writing courses, and open access to course entry by subsidising costs to individuals who may not otherwise be able to afford a course. Each awardee will receive course credit worth €165 towards a course. The IWC facilitates up to 150 courses a year for writers at every stage of their career. We provide a range of in-person and online courses including novel writing, short story, poetry, and creative non-fiction.
Are you an aspiring or early-career arts writer/journalist based in Scotland who would like to develop all aspects of your work?
Disability Arts Online in partnership with Creative Scotland and The Skinny are offering six writers who are either disabled* and/or Black people/People of Colour an accessible development opportunity which includes a bursary of £1500 (in addition to travel, accommodation and access costs), mentoring, workshops, feedback and the opportunity to have your work published.
The workshops will cover the following topics:
As media partners for the project, The Skinny are offering participants the opportunity to have their work published as part of the programme. There will also be further paid opportunities to have writing published on Disability Arts Online. Several of the previous programmes’ cohorts went on to have their work published in mainstream outlets, including The Independent.
