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.
Join us as we come together to share food, our experiences and our support at the Playhouse.
Many people in our industry have been impacted by the recent rise in far-right extremism, racist violence, anti-immigration attacks and Islamophobia. As a civic building at the heart of the cultural community, we want to offer a space for those affected to feel safe, heard and cared for.
These informal, healing get-togethers, hosted by our Associate Director Sameena Hussain, are for Global Majority people, Muslims, and refugees who work in the theatre industry, whether you are a creative, front-of-house colleague, a technician or a freelance artist – if you work in the sector, you are welcome.
We look forward to eating, talking and sharing with you.
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.
We are seeking a Participation Trainee to work across all of our participation projects, support our administration and operations teams, and work closely with schools, community organisations and freelance theatre-makers.
As participation trainee, you will have the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge of the theatre industry through working as part of the team that delivers the Donmar’s schools and community work. Donmar Warehouse will support you in developing your personal professional development plan during the role, offer external mentoring and networking opportunities, and support with mentorship beyond the 12-month post.
CATALYST supports the development of talent both on and offstage which is underrepresented both at the Donmar and in the wider industry. Through this talent development programme, the organisation creates bespoke experiences for roles/individuals within the organisation, welcoming a range of voices and skills to the Donmar.
The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.
Terms: Fixed Term, 12 Months
Salary: £25,643
Application deadline: Sunday 29 September at 11.59pm
We are seeking an Assistant Sound Designer to work on NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812. This person will have the opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into, a professional production process and develop their skills and artistic voice, by assisting the sound designer to realise the sound design for a Donmar production.
This person will have the desire to pursue a career in sound design and is of a background underrepresented at the Donmar and the wider theatre industry. We define this as artists who experience barriers to work and training due to ethnicity, gender, low economic background and/or identify as D/deaf, disabled or neurodiverse.
CATALYST is our career development programme continuing our commitment to equity in access to theatre jobs. This role is an opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into a professional production process and further develop your skills and artistic voice.
Terms: Fixed Term - Up to 25 days across the production process.
Salary: £129 per day
Application Deadline: Tuesday 1 October 2024. Interviews will take place on Thursday 10 October 2024.
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.
We are seeking an Assistant Choreographer to work on NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 . This person will have the opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into, a professional production process and develop their skills and artistic voice by assisting the choreographer to realise the choreography for a Donmar production.
This person will the desire to pursue a career in choreography and is of a background underrepresented at the Donmar and the wider theatre industry. We define this as artists who experience barriers to work and training due to ethnicity, gender, low economic background and/or identify as D/deaf, disabled or neurodiverse.
CATALYST is our career development programme continuing our commitment to equity in access to theatre jobs. This role is an opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into a professional production process and further develop your skills and artistic voice.
Terms: Fixed Term - Up to 25 days across the production process.
Salary: £129 per day
Application Deadline: Thursday 26 September 2024. Interviews will take place on Tuesday 8 October 2024.
A festival of original new work by 18 to 30-year-olds
London Bubble Theatre is calling out for 6 underrepresented, early career artists or groups, aged 18 to 30 and providing them with space to develop their own work.
All you need is an idea or piece in its early stages of development and a team in place.
We will provide you with free rehearsal space and technical support for an end-of-week sharing so that your work can get the feedback you need.
For more information about Make Space and how to apply please visit the webpage linked below.
This autumn, we’re presenting a free 5-week workshop series on stage writing led by our Resident Artist, Misha Duncan-Barry.
We’ll also explore connections to Black History Month, drawing inspiration from both contemporary and historical figures to generate new works.
Open to writers of all backgrounds, whether you’re a beginner, a student, or an experienced writer, this course is designed for you. Whether you have an idea for a play, monologue, or scene you’ll have the time and space to create during the workshop. We especially encourage those from under-represented communities to apply.
Please note that by booking your ticket for 21 September, this also registers you for all the subsequent workshops.
We are inviting applications for a six-week paid internship at the London Palladium.
This is a fantastic entry level opportunity for someone who has recently left school or college and is looking for hands-on training. You will work full-time at the London Palladium for six weeks, mentored by the backstage teams and receiving support from Masterclass. During this six-week internship you will observe and practise skills needed to pursue a career backstage in theatre. You will gain insight into many roles backstage, from carpentry to lighting, sound to automation, with the opportunity to learn about career options from a range of people already in the theatre industry. You will also receive a workplace reference for future employment.
This is an entry level role, intended for a school- or college-leaver, and therefore suitable for people who have no formal theatre training. However, we do want candidates with some skills in carpentry / woodwork or electrics or sound.
This internship is a development and learning opportunity for those who are interested in exploring the options for a backstage theatre career.
Key Information
Application Deadline: 9am, Monday 22 September 2024
Interviews: mid October
Start date: 4 November 2024
End date: 15 December 2024
Job Location: Central London
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Salary: National Minimum Wage
