Have you got a story you’re itching to tell? Any new or existing ideas you’ve been sitting on that you’d like to develop into a theatre script and receive feedback on?
If you’re not sure where or how to start, or if you’ve had a confidence knock as a writer, this entirely free course may be the next step for you!
Led by Michelle Matherson (BBC Creative Diversity), this talent development programme is carefully designed for you to take your ideas or stories from the page to the stage over an iterative six-month process.
Through fortnightly classes, personalised notes on your script, bespoke 1-2-1s with professional dramaturgs and a community-oriented space to fail, learn and grow, Talawa’s Introductory Writers’ Group (IWG) aims to create a well-curated group of likeminded Black writers who are destined to be the future of writing talent across theatre, radio, TV and film. Uniquely specialising in an Afrocentric approach to plot, narrative, structure, character, dialogue and more, you will gain practical tools that will set you off on your journey as a professional writer.
Are you passionate about theatre design and production? Are you looking to develop your practice and build your portfolio? Are you interested in working with young people to create high quality theatre?
Lewisham Youth Theatre (LYT) is excited to announce a unique Theatre Design Associate role as part of our HATCH artist development programme. A six-month (part-time) residency, where you’ll have the opportunity to design the set and costumes for several LYT productions, whilst gaining support and mentoring throughout. You’ll also receive workshop facilitation training and have the chance to work as an assistant facilitator on our backstage programme.
This role is perfect for someone who is early in their career as a designer and wants to gain valuable experience in the youth arts sector. We especially encourage applications from people who share some of the lived experiences of LYT’s participants, including those from Global Majority backgrounds.
6 months fixed term, February–August 2025, flexible part-time hours
Bursary: £5,400
Application deadline – Monday 20 January 2025, 5pm
Want to have a say in how your local theatre is run?
We are looking for the Next Generation of Leaders to join Theatre Peckham’s Young Ambassadors.
Young Ambassadors is an exciting opportunity for 10 theatre lovers interested in Arts Leadership to influence, challenge and inspire change within Theatre Peckham. Over the course of 2 years, you’ll be an active member in the TP community while receiving mentorship and building your skills through workshops and regular meetings.
As a TP Young Ambassador, you’ll be able to:
Tangle’s Artistic Director Anna Coombs started WOVEN in 2023 as a safe space for African, Caribbean and Global Majority creatives living in Swindon and the surrounding areas to meet and connect as an artist-led community.
The WOVEN network offers opportunities for peer-led meetings, soft skills training and practical theatre workshops, social events, and sharing projects and working practices. Our hope is to build a community where members with diverse skillsets can connect, form working relationships and support each other.
WOVEN meetings take place in Swindon and Southampton.
WOVEN is free to join. To find out more, please email Associate Producer Stefan Kwame Boakye at the address below.
Creative Futures is offering 4 early-career artists a £500 commission to make a new work as well as a 3-month residency at The Station in Bristol’s city centre
Alongside this, the commissioned artists will receive a structure of support, mentoring and workshops to develop their creative practice, producing skills, professional network, and artistic community.
The Creative Futures Commission runs from March to June 2025, ending with a public exhibition/performance of the commissioned artist’s works at The Courts in Bristol’s city centre.
Early-career artists aged 16 to 25 from all creative disciplines are encouraged to apply.
There are 4 paid commission opportunities available. 2 of the 4 available positions on the Creative Futures programme are for artists who work with music & sound, and 2 positions on the Creative Futures programme are open to artists from all creative disciplines.
Creative Futures commission artists will receive:
Acceptance to the youth dance company is by audition, and we hold yearly auditions for new dancers to join both our Junior and Senior Companies.
For the audition, you will have a jazz dance class with a short routine to learn. You do not need to prepare anything.
We want you to be relaxed and to enjoy yourself. The dance audition will be followed by a short one-to-one interview with someone on the Artistry Youth Dance team.
Next audition: Senior Company
Audition date: Sunday 12 January 2025
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.
Disney’s The Lion King, London, is looking for an enthusiastic Music Intern to join the team for its upcoming cast change.
We are looking for a music intern to come on board for one to three days a week for six weeks, to be truly immersed in what is involved in working on such a large scale show. You will work closely with the Musical Director, observing and learning about leading rehearsals, conducting both cast and orchestra, and being the heartbeat of the live show.
Disney is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, and strongly encourage applicants of every race, ethnicity, belief, gender, sexual identity, disability, age and culture to apply.
City Lit’s Malorie Blackman Scholarships for Unheard Voices provide three annual awards to fund one year’s study within the Creative Writing department at City Lit.
The awards seek to support and encourage the creative and professional development of ‘unheard voices’.
The final award winners are selected by acclaimed writer, City Lit fellow and Patron of the School of Culture and Communication, Malorie Blackman OBE.
The award, worth up to £1,000 for each successful applicant, is to be spent on creative writing courses at City Lit within the year from August 31st 2025 to August 31st 2026, and can be used against a single course or group of courses appropriate to the award recipient’s creative and learning aims. Award recipients will have the opportunity to speak to a member of the Writing team who will advise and help organise a study plan to best support the development of their writing.
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.
