Happy Opportunity Tuesday!

...On Wednesday AGAIN, sorry! Will be back to normal soon x

Hi team

Hope everyone is OK. Sorry to do two Wednesdays in a row - I’ve overloaded myself a bit at the moment, and struggling to fit everything in! Hopefully still useful, even if a day late :)

Big 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 playwrights:

Get a £12,000 bursary, plus spend up to a year writing at Pentabus in South Shropshire. You’ll be supported to write at least one new full-length play or piece of theatre, while learning more about how a professional theatre company works. You’ll get a studio, professional dramaturgical feedback, opportunities to observe and workshop with artists, and invitations to events!

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 22 JUL

For young performers:

Leeds Playhouse are casting female and female-identifying young people to play the lead role of Coraline in Coraline – A Musical! The team are looking for exceptional singers/actors with confident movement skills.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 30 JUN

For experienced producers:

Dream job alert - I would apply for either these in a heartbeat if I hadn’t moved to Sheffield!! Two of my absolute faves are looking for Senior Producers: for Touretteshero, the right person will be committed to removing disabling barriers within arts and cultural spaces, and non-normative ways of working. Paid £41,200 a year for 4 days a week (equivalent to £51,500 full time). For Tangled Feet, the right person will be interested in co-creation and ensemble practice, cross art form working including outdoor, and artist-led practice. Paid £190 per day, approx 2.5 days p/w.

Find out more and apply here: Touretteshero // Tangled Feet

DEADLINE: 1 JUL (TH) // 30 JUN (TF)

For female artists:

Newcastle Arts Development Team are working in partnership with Gopshop Bangladeshi Women’s Group, and together they’re commissioning an artist to capture the lived experiences, personal stories, and cultural expressions of the Bangladeshi women attending weekly sessions. £4,400 fee, based on £220 per day.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 1 JUL

For early career directors:

Exciting opportunity to be Assistant Director The Key at Theatre Royal Plymouth - a show inspired by the tradition of giving a key to celebrate a 21st birthday, and interwoven with Shakespeare’s The Tempest. It will be an immersive theatre, music and dance experience featuring a cast of over 100 performers aged 8-21. Paid £13.05 per hour.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 24 JUN

For circus, theatre, dance and live artists in the North of England:

The Lancaster Arts TEST residency is an opportunity to experiment with your practice or test new ideas through a supported residency in the Nuffield Theatre - there is no expectation to develop a new show or piece of work. They want to support practice that is innovative, contemporary, and cross artform, and requires a large theatre space for its development. You’ll get £1500 and a week of space, plus technical and producer support.

Find out more and apply here

EVENT: 30 JUN

For producers, production managers, and events folk:

Arika are looking for two people to join their team to help deliver the next Episode at Tramway, Glasgow in November 2024: a Producer and an Artist Liaison. Friendship, solidarity and hosting are important to them, so they’re looking to work with someone who cares about people and relationships. Contracts are between £10,000 and £12,000 for 50-60 days over 4 months.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 1 JUL

For poets of colour:

Apply for the James Berry Poetry Prize - winners will get £1,000 plus writing sessions with an experienced mentor, and debut publication with Bloodaxe Books. The prize is free to enter, and is open to poets of colour who have not yet published a book-length collection, with special consideration given to LGBTQ+ poets, disabled poets and poets from underrepresented backgrounds.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 31 JUL

For creative practitioners and/or organisations:

Warwickshire Libraries are commissioning an artist or company to create an engaging, interactive and creative roadshow/experience, which is accessible for all ages, and centred around environmental responsibility and the climate crisis. The roadshow will tour 22 Levelling Up areas in Warwickshire between September 2024 and April 2025. Paid £10-15k.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 1 JUL

For writers and writer-directors based in the North of England:

Take part in New Writing North and Film4’s Genre Feature Lab: £3,000 plus a two-day residency where you’ll be matched with a regional producer and experienced script editor to help take your idea for a feature film into a compelling treatment and deck ready to present and pitch to Film4. They are looking for boundary pushing writers with a distinctive voice and point of view - all genres are welcome.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 1 JUL

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 - Chewie and Solo say 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!