Experience a behind-the scenes tour and interactive sessions throughout the building, with expert advice on career pathways into theatre and live entertainment at one of Bristol's most iconic venues!
Book for either the 4th or 6th November.
This opportunity is part of the West of England Discover! Creative Careers takeover, in collaboration with: Get Into Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Bristol Beacon, St George’s, The Redgrave, Prime Theatre, The Egg Theatre and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Please note, this is for school groups only. Sign up and book via the Discover! Opportunity Finder.
Join us for a free ticket to the 2:00 pm matinee performance of 'Government Inspector' at the Tobacco Factory Theatre. After the show, stay for an exclusive talk and Q&A with members of the production team and cast, who will share insights into their roles and career journeys. This is a unique opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of how a production is brought to life—directly connected to the performance they’ve just experienced.
"It's not good, gentlemen, that's why I've gathered you all here. An inspector is coming... A government inspector!"
The news that a government inspector is due to arrive in a small Russian town sends its bureaucrats into a panicked frenzy. When a scheming stranger rolls into town, a simple case of mistaken identity exposes the hypocrisy and corruption at the heart of the community in Gogol’s biting satire.
Originally published in 1836, this caricature of politics and moral bankruptcy still rings true for today’s audiences – proving that some subjects will always be ripe for an inspection…
This opportunity is part of the West of England Discover! Creative Careers takeover, in collaboration with: Get Into Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Bristol Beacon, St George’s, The Redgrave, Prime Theatre, The Egg Theatre and Bristol Hippodrome.
Please note, this is for school groups only. Sign up via the Discover! Opportunity Finder.
Call out for writers based in East Midlands
The Alfred Fagon Award is offering a one-day writing workshop to ten new and emerging Black British playwrights based in the East Midlands. We encourage all playwrights no matter their experience, age (18+), or background to apply.
10 writers will be invited to attend a day’s workshop at Nottingham Playhouse on Saturday 15 November 2025.
This will be free to attend, and we’ll pay for your rail/bus travel to the venue.
What you will get out of the workshop:
Additional opportunities:
All eligible scripts will be entered in the 2026 Alfred Fagon Award.
What we’d like from you:
Interested but not based in the East Midlands?
Check out the writing workshop based in the South West
Check out the writing workshop based in West Yorkshire
Call out for writers based in West Yorkshire
The Alfred Fagon Award is offering a one-day writing workshop to ten new and emerging Black British playwrights based in West Yorkshire. We encourage all playwrights no matter their experience, age (18+), or background to apply.
10 writers will be invited to attend a day’s workshop at Leeds Playhouse on Saturday 8 November 2025.
This will be free to attend, and we’ll pay for your rail/bus travel to the venue.
What you will get from the workshop:
Additional opportunities:
All eligible scripts will be entered in the 2026 Alfred Fagon Award.
What we’d like from you:
Interested but not based in West Yorkshire?
Check out the writing workshop based in the East Midlands
Check out the writing workshop based in the South West
Creative teens in Tameside, Rochdale and Oldham are invited to sign up for a free course that could open the door to a career in the arts.
The Creative Careers programme includes a choice of music, dance, or visual arts taster sessions as well as exploring career paths and learning how to stage an event.
Delivered by Tameside Carnival arts organisation Global Grooves, it is open to young people aged 13-18, and will run on weekday evenings at The Vale in Mossley, Tameside, Richard Street Studios in Rochdale and The Old Museum in Oldham.
Over nine sessions, from November 2025 to January 2026, participants will hear from inspirational arts role models and have the chance to chat with them about their own goals and creative ambitions. They will gain a deeper understanding of what it means to work in the arts industry through practical tasks, and have the opportunity to further their skills and knowledge by working with like minded artists already in the industry.
Additional taster days for arts and crew training will run on November and January weekends.
There will also be the chance to join Global Grooves for work experience on large scale events in Tameside, Stockport, Rochdale, and Manchester during November and December.
Global Grooves are particularly interested in supporting young people who are either neurodivergent, have no qualifications, are not currently in work or education, or have faced barriers elsewhere. Young people with additional needs are eligible to join up to the age of 25.
The first sessions will run 6.30-8.30pm on Monday 3 November in Oldham, Tuesday 4 November in Rochdale and Wednesday 5 November in Tameside.
Travel expenses can be claimed back on request.
Suffolk Community Libraries, National Centre for Writing and Suffolk Wildlife Trust are looking for six up-and-coming short-form writers to take part in an intensive residency, engaging creatively with nature, landscape, and communities.
Are you an emerging short-form writer living in Suffolk and looking to develop your written craft and community practice? Wild Pages gives you the chance to collaborate with fellow writers, develop your voice, and hone your skills in delivering workshops and activities with an eco-focus to people of all ages.
Over the course of the week, you’ll take part in talks and workshops led by environmentally conscious organisations and community artists, offered self-led creative and field research time, and encouraged to share your work with the public.
York Theatre Royal, Harrogate Theatre and CAST are seeking to commission a new 45-minute play specifically for youth theatre groups aged 11–14, in response to the lack of existing repertoire for this age group.
The appointed playwright will work closely with each of the partner youth theatre groups, placing youth voice at the centre of the creative process. They will receive dramaturgical support throughout the development period.
The playwright will lead workshops and develop the script over the course of the 2025–2026 academic year. Performances by each partner’s youth theatre group will take place between September 2026 and July 2027.
The Soho Theatre Walthamstow and British Pakistan Foundation Writers’ Lab is a brand-new, eight-session course for young writers from British-Pakistani and Pakistani backgrounds.
This Lab is an entry-level opportunity, designed to support fresh aspiring writers in learning how to write for different media, including stage, screen and audio. Workshops cover themes like how to generate ideas, develop characters, and write dialogue. By the end of the Lab, all participants will have written a short audio piece that will be recorded and edited by professional actors, directors and sound designers. You will be part of the recording process from start to finish, and will get access to a digital copy of your fully acted and produced piece to share with friends, family, community and industry.
The Lab is led by an award-winning British-Pakistani writer with extensive experience across screen, stage and audio: Ishy Din (BBC, C4, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, BBC Radio 4 and 5).
You and your cohort will be facilitated to find your voice and create work that is innovative, distinctive and pushes the boundaries. Your stories will be shared at a celebratory event at the end of the Lab – as well as with a wider online audience afterwards.
No previous experience required, all applications from people with Pakistani backgrounds are warmly welcomed. We look forward to hearing from you!
Creative teens in Tameside, Rochdale and Oldham are invited to sign up for a free course that could open the door to a career in the arts.
The Creative Careers programme includes a choice of music, dance, or visual arts taster sessions as well as exploring career paths and learning how to stage an event.
Delivered by Tameside Carnival arts organisation Global Grooves, it is open to young people aged 13-18, and will run on weekday evenings at The Vale in Mossley, Tameside, Richard Street Studios in Rochdale and The Old Museum in Oldham.
Over nine sessions, from November 2025 to January 2026, participants will hear from inspirational arts role models and have the chance to chat with them about their own goals and creative ambitions. They will gain a deeper understanding of what it means to work in the arts industry through practical tasks, and have the opportunity to further their skills and knowledge by working with like minded artists already in the industry.
Additional taster days for arts and crew training will run on November and January weekends.
There will also be the chance to join Global Grooves for work experience on large scale events in Tameside, Stockport, Rochdale, and Manchester during November and December.
Global Grooves are particularly interested in supporting young people who are either neurodivergent, have no qualifications, are not currently in work or education, or have faced barriers elsewhere. Young people with additional needs are eligible to join up to the age of 25.
The first sessions will run 6.30-8.30pm on Monday 3 November in Oldham, Tuesday 4 November in Rochdale and Wednesday 5 November in Tameside.
Travel expenses can be claimed back on request.
Create your own model stage set with theatre designer Sophia Lovell Smith and explore stage design - could this be your future calling?
The 5 sessions offer the opportunity to explore the creative process from ‘text to stage’. Working from a set text, participants are given the space to create their own set design. Gathering creative references from text and pictures, the design is first visualised in white card, building towards a final 3D presentation in a model box.
Theatre design is not only about technical skills but also about nurturing a love of theatre and creativity.
The approach in these sessions creates a welcoming space that is friendly and inclusive. No particular prior experience is needed and we work in an inquiring and inventive atmosphere, sharing insights, ambitions, ideas.
