Are you aged 18-25? Interested in a career in entertainment?
The Really Useful Group is offering two paid internships for a two-month period from July - August 2025. The successful candidates will work alongside industry professionals across various departments to support the delivery of Andrew Lloyd Webber's incredible IP in the entertainment sector.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work across the Commercial department, with a focus on supporting the Theatrical & Live team, with exposure to Consumer Products / Merchandise approach and process.
The Commercial department is responsible for planning, licensing, and overseeing the quality of products and experiences across Theatrical and Live, Immersive and Themed Entertainment, Consumer Products (CP), and Merchandise in line with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Musicals’ franchise strategy.
Another incredible opportunity to work with two newly developed departments in the business who cover Brand & Franchise development and Music Strategy.
The Brand & Franchise team are pivotal in developing and delivering a range of business activities and IP exploitations, for key Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals. These franchise plans include new category exploration across the Entertainment industry from location-based experiences to consumer products to new publishing formats to digital projects and more.
The Music Strategy team play a pivotal role in shaping the future of recorded and published music within RUG. Their primary focus is on maximising the potential of our existing catalogue and spearheading the development of new commercial music ventures by aligning closely with our Brand & Franchise and Theatrical Production and Licensing teams.
This is an office based opportunity in the heart of the theatre district, Covent Garden.
We are excited to announce we are now looking for someone to join our team on a 12 month paid traineeship in the Access team. Supporting our vision to make the creative industries a more diverse and inclusive place, we need an exceptional recruitment team to support candidates to reach their full potential. Would you like to contribute?
The trainee will learn about and get experience in all the different areas of the Access team, with a focus on our recruitment, candidate engagement and opportunities board activities. Through hands-on experience in our friendly and collaborative team, you'll gain valuable insight and skills related to running recruitment processes, managing job listings and setting up interviews and online webinars.
Traverse Theatre will be holding Scottish Casting Network workshops on Monday, 23 June 2025
The workshops will be held in Traverse 1, Traverse Theatre. To apply to be part of one of the workshops please complete the Google Form application before 5pm on Sunday, 11 May 2025.
There are 48 places across three sessions on the day. All applicants will be notified if they have a space or not by Friday, 23 May 2025.
Applications are open for all actors with a base in Scotland. Attending legacy Scottish Casting Workshops prior to 2025 does not preclude you from applying to the Scottish Casting Network workshops.
For actors from the d/Deaf community: please ensure you let us know if you require a BSL interpreter and if you would prefer to perform in English or in BSL.
For actors with specific access requirements, please ensure the access requirements section is completed.
The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre is looking for adults who are part of the Global Majority to take part in a Creative Response Project to Marriage Material.
Over 3 weeks, led by Neetu Singh, you will creatively explore the themes of our upcoming main house show, Marriage Material, by Gupreet Kaur Bhatti. You will work as a company to create and perform a brand new show in the Lyric Hammersmith Studio on Friday 27 June 2025 for an invited audience!
This is open to all levels of abilities and no previous performance or theatre experience is required. We particularly encourage applicants from a South Asian heritage, or who are neuro divergent, d/Deaf, disabled, part of the LGBTQ+ community, those from low-income households, those in care, are care leavers, or are carers.
Applications are now open for the 2025-26 cohort of the Bridge the Gap Producer Programme!
Apply to be one of 10 emerging producers from underrepresented backgrounds to take part in this year long development programme; gaining skills in commercial producing through monthly workshops, a mentor, coaching sessions, tickets to shows, access to grants and more!
Deadline: 12 noon on Friday 9 May
Apply online via our website.
Not sure if it's for you? Find out some more info in our Should I Apply? guide.
Stage One created Bridge the Gap to diversify the current field of commercial theatre producers and therefore strongly encourages individuals from underrepresented backgrounds and outside of London to apply. We want to support people from a Global Majority background, who identify as working class or from a lower socio-economic background, are LGBTQIA+, those that have a disability and/or are neurodivergent and/or those from a culturally or religiously Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim or Sikh background.
If you're starting university in 2025/26, you could be eligible for our new bursary to help cover the cost of student essentials like a laptop, bedding, kitchenware and more
The Save the Student Bursary is a set amount of £750, with six awards up for grabs.
The bursary will be paid through JS Group's Aspire service, a tool used by tens of thousands of students at dozens of UK universities, allowing the safe and secure delivery of funds.
This money is intended to help you pay for anything you might need when you start university. This could include:
We look forward to receiving your application!
This year's Optimist Summer 2025 course is suitable for emerging producers, artists, and creative practitioners who are hoping to develop their skills as professional producers, or as a producer of their own work, in the subsidised arts sector.
Drawing on China Plate’s extensive experience and real examples in theatre producing, The Optimists provides knowledge and insight on the practicalities of making, funding, touring, and promoting your work.
The Optimists course is led by China Plate, with the support of guest industry experts and speakers.
The course is open to participants nationwide, and those working across different art forms (e.g., dance, live art, spoken word, etc.) but has a particular focus on producing and touring live work in the theatre industry.
Sessions: 10 in-person sessions taking place over 7 weeks
Dates: Between Saturday 14 June and Saturday 2 August 2025
Location: Venues across the West Midlands
Spaces: For up to 20 participants
Costs:
Bursaries are available, covering the full cost of the course, to those who have faced prejudice, discrimination and/or cultural barriers due to factors including (but not limited to) race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, socioeconomic status, and geographic location.
Deadline for applications is 12pm (midday) on Friday 23 May
Please visit our website for more information about the course, including application guidelines and details on how to apply. Accessible formats are available, including BSL & captioned and audio introductions about the course, alongside large print formats.
If you have any questions, please contact our Training & Development Producer, Kristina through the email address shared below.
Applications to join the Youth Opera Programme for the 2025/2026 season are now open and will close on Friday 23 May.
The Royal Ballet and Opera's Youth Opera programmes provide children aged 8 to 13 with rigorous music and drama training, creative projects and the chance to perform in world leading opera productions with The Royal Opera.
RBO Youth Opera is divided into two strands:
RBO Young Voices (Ages 8-9)
RBO Young Voices is a singing programme for 8-9 year olds, developing participants' vocal control, musical literacy and performing skills. As well as performing at concerts and other events at the Royal Opera House, participants gain a grounding in the skills required to progress into our older ensemble, the RBO Youth Opera Company.
RBO Youth Opera Company (Ages 9-13)
RBO Youth Opera Company is our in-house chorus of 9 to 13 year olds. We offer participants all-round training in the performing arts, covering vocal technique, language coaching, acting and stage craft, musical literacy and creative processes for developing new work. The RBO YOC also has the opportunity to audition for the children’s chorus in one Royal Opera Company production per season.
Beyond Face Youth Company is a fantastic opportunity for young people of the Global Majority aged 12-16 to work with professional theatre makers in a professional studio space to learn theatre and performance skills, perform, create their own theatre, writing and movement.
Over the years the youth company has performed their own productions such as Where’s Abi? By Titilola Dawudu and most recently their production Grow Up. We work closely with other youth theatre companies such as Doorstep Arts and Company Three on a variety of exchange projects.
The award has been named after the great Victorian Philanthropist, George Peabody. LSMT has established this Grant for those who are unable to afford to attend our training and who are currently underrepresented in the Industry.
The funding is designated for those of African or Caribbean heritage, South, East and South East Asian heritage, Middle-Eastern heritage or those who identify as bi-racial or multi-racial. There are several Grants of up to £5000 available.
