Arts opportunities

Arts opportunities

* Interested in taking a show to this year’s Camden Fringe?  Programming is underway. Apply here. 

* Tamasha Tales is a new series of commissioned short pieces that aims to celebrate global storytelling and cultural intersectionality through artist collaboration. Tamasha Theatre is looking for two artists from a Global Majority background with 5-10 years of experience) with an established body of work.

* Scene Night, 28 February — a space for actors, writers, and directors to test out new work, collaborate, and experiment, 7pm.

* Migrants in Culture is looking for a Design Producer. The deadline for applications for the two-days-a-week job is 18 February.

* The Royal Court Theatre has launched a London-wide playwrights award for 13-18-year-olds.

* A free part-time training programme has been set up by the Lyric Hammersmith with the aim of, shaping, inspiring, championing and sustaining the next generation of performers from under-represented backgrounds in west London.

* The Royal Court Theatre has launched The Writers’ Card, part of its programme of helping playwrights at every stage of their career. It offers mentoring, networking, funding opportunities, events, and use of resources in the building, such as the library, subsidised meals and free script printing. For more information on the Card, full details of the writer support offer and how writers can sign up to the free membership, visit https://royalcourttheatre.com/playwriting/

* Theatre in the Pound: The Cockpit Theatre’s monthly scratch night enables performers to try out 10-15 minutes of new work, plus a short Q&A.Also classes, workshops, readings, advice sessions, support & performance opportunities.

* The Arcola Theatre is recruiting participants to join its new community theatre group for adults who have experience of forced migration and being a refugee. No experience needed, just an interest to work with others in a creative way to explore performance, poetry and movement. Weekly free sessions every Monday evening. Facilitators speak in English, Arabic and French.

* Papatango has launched a digital playwriting course, with tips and insights from a host of top artists.

* Riverside Studios is offering a regular drop-in playwriting group: “Whether you’re working on a script and want creative inspiration, you're intrigued by the idea of writing a play, or simply want a creative outlet, these monthly meetups are informal, fun and open to everyone.”

* Citizens of the World, a choir that grew out of the Calais “Jungle” and now has 50 members from 30 countries, says it welcomes new members (and bookings!). It rehearses in Blackheath in south-east London on Wednesday evenings. Details on the website

Thanks to volunteer Daniel Nelson (editor of Eventslondon.org) for compiling this list.