Who is eligible to apply?
- You are a first generation migrant living in the UK (please see more information below)
- You work in theatre - in any capacity
- You consider yourself ‘early career’ – that might mean that you’ve only been in the industry
for a few years (or less), it might mean you had a long career elsewhere but are new to the
UK industry, or it might mean you’ve had another career and have recently retrained to work
in theatre
What do we mean by ‘first generation migrant’?
We recognise that there are many circumstances by which you can identify as a first generation
migrant. To help, we have included suggested definitions (examples only) as articulated by
Migrants in Theatre (link to the full document here):
● You do not hold a British passport but reside primarily in the UK, or
● You have moved to the UK after spending formative years abroad, or
● You weren’t born in the UK and have English as a second language, or
● You moved to the UK as a child, are culturally British but still seen as a migrant in the eyes
of decision makers (especially if your name is foreign, if your ethnicity isn’t white, if you
trained abroad etc.), or
● You are an asylum seeker in the UK, or
● You are a refugee in the UK, or
● You are undocumented in the UK
You may recognise yourself under one or more of these points, or you may define yourself in a
different way. Either way, please do apply if you consider yourself to be a first generation migrant.