Happy Opportunity Tuesday!
23 July 2024
Hi team
Oof I’m having a rough old time of it at the mo, sorry if you are too. Think burnout might be on the horizon so trying to do all I can to keep it at bay! I did just buy this beautiful book called Radical Rest: Notes on Burnout, Healing and Hopeful Futures by Evie Muir, which I’m very excited to read soon. Hopeful it holds some of the answers…
On a separate note - do you run a youth theatre? Do you know someone who does? There’s an absolutely brilliant and much-needed bit of data collection going on at the mo, to try to get a picture of what youth theatre looks like in England – where it’s happening, who’s doing it and what people need to make it even better. Make sure your group is on the list here! Deadline is 31 July so hurry - it just takes 10mins!
Enjoy this week’s opps, and sending lots of love x
Happy Opportunity Tuesday!
Every Tuesday I share 10 #artsopps, commissions, residencies, open calls and applications closing soon.
Always PAID (or free/cheap for training) and for a range of artists: emerging to mid-career, from 16 to 80+.
Here are this week’s…
For early career directors:
Unicorn Theatre have two exciting paid Assistant Director opportunities open at the moment! One is to assist Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu on a production of Pig Heart Boy, and the other is to assist Rachel Bagshaw on a production of Odd and the Frost Giants.
DEADLINE: 19 AUG
For writers, producers, directors and theatre-makers:
Sheffield Theatres have brought back their Bank Cohort opportunity for another year! Writers will get paid time to write, and a workshop for an idea in development. Producers will get £1,000 seed funding to support an idea in development. Directors and theatre-makers will get an opportunity to work on a Sheffield Theatres production as Assistant Director. Everyone will get access to skills workshops and mentoring too.
DEADLINE: 11 AUG
For touring theatre-makers, dancers, musicians and researchers:
Arts Council England are looking to appoint someone to undertake research into the current state of the theatre, dance, music and combined arts touring sectors and ecologies, and how it has changed since the pandemic. The contract is for £50-100k and wouldn’t it be cool if it was artist-led rather than going to the same old consultant companies?
DEADLINE: 12 AUG
For producers:
Exciting opportunity to join Rural Arts as Creative Producer! You’ll deliver the performing arts programme at The Courthouse arts centre in Thirsk, as well as opportunities across North Yorkshire. Paid up to £24,000pa.
DEADLINE: 11 AUG
For Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent creatives:
Graeae and the Mercury Theatre in Colchester are launching a new FREE platform for artists to network. share opportunities, and dismantle barriers.
DEADLINE: 25 JUL
For visual artists:
Enter the East London Art Prize and win up to £15,000, as well as a solo exhibition at the Bow Arts Nunnery Gallery! Second prize is a year’s free studio space with Bow Arts, and all shortlisted artists will be given mentoring and career development opportunities. Entry costs £7-10.
DEADLINE: 27 AUG
For trans creatives:
Aura is looking for up to 4 creatives that identify as trans for her project Trans*Performativity. Join a 2-week residency in September at FABRIC in Nottingham, followed by a tour across Nottingham, Birmingham, London and Leeds. Paid at Equity/ITC rates.
DEADLINE: 31 JUL
For artists and creatives with links to the Black Country:
Apply for The Black Country Fellowships 2024! Powered by CAN are looking for projects that will benefit a specific community of young people (aged 0-24) within the Black Country, for the duration of a year. £15,000 fee plus £5,000 budget.
EVENT: 12 SEP
For writers in Yorkshire:
Apply for the Kay Mellor Fellowship to get a year-long paid attachment to Leeds Playhouse and Rollem Productions, to develop your writing for stage and screen. During the year you’ll receive support to create a new stage play and a TV pitch, and you’ll receive a place on the BBC Writers development programme. £10,000 bursary, plus £500 to go and see theatre. All BBC Writers activity, travel and expenses will be covered, and access support is available.
DEADLINE: 30 AUG
For artists with a connection to South Tyneside:
The Cultural Spring are looking for an Artist in Residence to work in Bede Ward over an 8 month period, to co-create a creative project with residents and partners. Paid £6,000 fee, with an additional activity budget of £5,000.
DEADLINE: 5 AUG
That’s it for this week!
Really hope it’s useful. It’s a tough time for artists (and, well, everyone) at the mo so please look after each other out there. Let me know if you’re successful with your applications - I love hearing from you! And as always if you enjoy Opportunity Tuesday please share to help it reach the folks who need it most. I started it to try to level the playing field a bit, and every little helps.
Opportunity Tuesday will always be free to access, but if you can afford to chip in a little something to support me to keep it going, that would be hugely appreciated - just click the button below to support with £1 per week. (I’m freelance too!)
Thank you for your support, and I have my fingers and toes crossed for you. Good luck!
P.S. The part you’ve all been waiting for - Mabel says hi
Please note: Inclusion in #OpportunityTuesday is not endorsement. I look far and wide for the most interesting and exciting paid opportunities I can find, and though I do my best to make sure they’re legit, I don’t always know the organisations well. If you have an issue with something on the list, please get in touch with the relevant organisation. You are very welcome to send me opportunities to include, but please note I will not be able to respond to every request, and I do not guarantee inclusion in the list - each week is curated to be varied and relevant. I don’t normally share ‘traditional’ salaried roles such as marketing, development, finance etc as they are often not relevant for artists. Thanks!
Thanks so much for this! Do you happen to know any more about applying to the research position? Finding the website quite difficult. Asking just incase — not at all expecting you to know anything!