Emerging and Experienced Practitioners

Our Creative Communities Team offer opportunities for young people and communities to take part in activity that seeks to nurture creativity, develop skills, explore identity and promote diversity. We work in many different settings across Suffolk and North Essex, delivering a range of diverse projects which always have artistic practice at their heart.

In 2020 we launched our Emerging Practitioner programme, which is designed to give opportunity to and support arts practitioners who are in the early stages of their careers.

The role is diverse and changeable, and seeks to both challenge and develop young artists through working with more experienced Lead Practitioners to plan and deliver workshops. Several of our previous Emerging Practitioners have been given opportunities as Lead Practitioners since joining us. Emerging Practitioners could get involved in supporting a number of our Creative Communities programmes, from our weekly youth theatres, to our projects supporting underserved communities. For more detail on the work we do please visit: https://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/creative-communities/

We’d love to hear from you if you have an interest in or some experience in any of the following, although experience isn’t necessary:

• A range of practical performing arts and creative skills
• Workshop planning
• Delivering workshops for young people aged between 7-20 years old, for early years participants and their families, and/ or for adults
• Developing participant’s skills as theatre makers, and guiding them towards a performance
• Developing participant’s confidence and aspiration
• Creating inclusive and accessible spaces

Emerging Practitioners and Practitioners will be engaged on a freelance basis.

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, especially those currently less represented in our organisation, particularly from Black, Asian and ethnically diverse backgrounds, those who identify as deaf and disabled people, neurodivergent people, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable applicants to participate in the selection process, and to carry out their role.

To apply:

1. Please send a CV and a short letter detailing relevant experience and why you are interested, to Sam Bates admin@wolseytheatre.co.uk (click the button at the top of the page.)

2. Complete our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Form Online (click the button at the top of the page.)

If you have any questions or would like an informal chat about the role please contact our Creative Communities Team at creativecommunities@wolseytheatre.co.uk or give us a call on 01473 295930.

NOTE: An enhanced DBS check will be sought from successful practitioners: the candidate should be in no way unsuitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults.

We look forward to hearing from you!