We are incredibly excited to announce that @artscouncilengland.bsky.social have awarded us funding for a new project! We’re partnering with the @vipstudio.bsky.social to develop three new digital theatre pieces in November-December this year, with details of their release to be announced soon (1/4)

Our residencies are back! We've partnered with Bristol Old Vic, Leeds Playhouse & @liveveryplay.bsky.social for our Fair Play Associate Artistic Director Residency - paid opportunities for 3 mid-career working class directors. Deadline: 18 Sep, 10am Online Q&A: 1 Sep, 4pm More info: bit.ly/45a8P0V

Our third interactive digital production, GIGS by Doug Deans, is available now on FableMosh! GIGS is a gig theatre monologue following the relationship of a couple through the ups and downs of loud nights out and quiet days in. Choose your own performers and enjoy! fablemosh.vhx.tv/products/gigs

Directors! We’ve extended the applications deadline for our FREE masterclass with Artistic Director, Adam Penford. You’ve only got until 12 noon on Wed 2 July to apply, so be quick! Find out more: nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/events/maste...

Talent Development at Sheffield Theatres? I sure hope it does. Below is a thread of our current opportunities! Including the newly announced Theatremakers Group for emerging artists of all disciplines in our region!

📣 Local artists! We’re looking for eight people to join our Theatremakers Group, starting this July. If you want to develop skills focused on dramaturgy, creation and co-creation, find out more and how to apply here: bit.ly/43amYeP

The Alfred Fagon Award, the leading award for Black British Playwrights is now open for 2025 entrants. You have until August 31st to enter and have the chance to join winners who include the outstanding Inua Ellams who won last time out…

📣 Local theatre-makers! We are delighted to share opportunities from our latest Talent Development programme; the first under the Artistic Direction of @elizabethnewman.bsky.social. Apply for support with funding, space and resources for both aspiring and professional local artists: bit.ly/3EqCpG2

📣 Applications closing soon! Supporting exceptional female and non-binary playwrights, the winning play will receive £20,000 and the option for us to co-produce the play with @ekpshows.bsky.social and @painesplough.bsky.social Submissions close on Tue 22 April 👉 womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk

this week we announced #TransWicked - a one night only all trans charity performance of wicked, raising money for London Trans+ Pride come join us on July 27th www.outsavvy.com/event/26395/... and defy gender

Our first FableMosh Original, where the audience can cast their own production, is now live!!! Descension by Lora Krasteva, inspired by the UK riots last summer, is a spoken word play that delves into what would happen if all the migrants in the UK disappeared. Find out more at FableMosh.com

NEW SHOW ⚡ Biting Point by Sid Sagar is a brand-new play about road rage, performed on top of a car park with views across Hull. See it in the Fruit Market from 10-18 May: bit.ly/3Dl592z

So pleased to publish this ace piece - feels like the sort of thing Exeunt can host that wouldn’t get space anywhere else Lora has written a thoughtful essay on being an migrant and being an artist - but it’s also a creative response, featuring its own instructions for an imaginary performance… 🔥🔥

Hi 👋 We are RTYDS & we're running Fair Play, a nationwide initiative addressing socio-economic inequity in theatre. Our vision is an industry where working class leaders can thrive & where our theatre sector is robust, socially just, & able to recognise, develop & nurture working class talent.

We’re excited to share a range of upcoming opportunities at Sheffield Theatres! Deputy Head of Lighting Closing date: Wednesday 12 March Head of Wardrobe Closing date: Sunday 16 March Workshop Facilitators and Hospitality Assistants Closing date: Early March 🎭 https://bit.ly/2ObwhHu

Today's piece is a nice long in-depth chat with the brilliant @chrisbushwrites.bsky.social, about her new play Otherland, now on at The Almeida. She tells @hollywilliams.bsky.social how it's her most personal, and her most expansive, play yet

We’re celebrating the the fifth anniversary of the The Bank, our creative hub dedicated to to local artists’ talent development! 🎉 Alongside this marker, we’re delighted to welcome eight new members of the Bank Cohort for 2025. Meet the new members here: bit.ly/3ClrXi9 📸 Becky Payne

Looking back over the past five years, hear from artists across our Talent Development programmes speaking about their experience working with us 👇 📽️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0KfsyEie6s

As well as announcing our 2025 Bank Cohort and celebrating five years of The Bank; we've also revealed the Script Exchange Café! A new opportunity inspired by the #SupportPlaywrights Flashmob and our own ongoing work developing dramaturgical skills in SY. www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/for-artists/...

As well as announcing our 2025 Bank Cohort and celebrating five years of The Bank; we've also revealed the Script Exchange Café! A new opportunity inspired by the #SupportPlaywrights Flashmob and our own ongoing work developing dramaturgical skills in SY. www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/for-artists/...

Sheffield Theatres and Utopia Theatre’s production of Death and the King’s Horseman features 12 community members in the ensemble. Hear how this production engages with the community, nurturing new talent and bringing fresh voices to the stage. 🎭 Hear from the ensemble members: bit.ly/40G15Bx

Best way to celebrate five years of Talent Development at The Bank? Invite a bunch of lovely artists to come and hang out in the space. Sheffield Theatres is here For Artists. Learn more here: www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/for-artists

The fifth Bank Cohort at Sheffield Theatres! Five years of Talent Development at The Bank! Loads more on the horizon! (🤫) There's never been a more exciting time to be a theatre maker in Sheffield.

2 chances to see ENDURANCE! @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social 🏃🏻‍♀️tonight ! And sat! 1st FEB! See you there? www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/endur...

Midlands based / connected artists @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social Amplify Ideas Submissions window is OPEN. We're interested in your ideas, at any stage of development, what you want to do with them, and how we might be able to support you to get there. nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/for-artists/....

We are absolutely thrilled to announce Eleanor Manners as our next Artistic Director! Eleanor joins Executive Director & CEO Emma Rees from April 2025.

oh this is like, a REALLY good appointment!!! Eleanor is such an amazing force. Can't wait to see her era at Theatre Centre.

Revealed! ⚡ The writers we've commissioned for this year's Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival: bit.ly/3WATByz

📢 Applications are now open for our 2025 OT Writers' Collective! If you're a mid-career playwright looking to share practice, build networks, gain industry insights, and develop new ideas, we'd love to hear from you. Find out more below 👇 ⏰ Applications open until 10am on Mon 10 Feb!

Jenni is not an athlete. But she really wants to be able to run up mountains. A heart-racing blend of dance, theatre, integrated creative captions and sports spectacle, Endurance is a thrilling look at how and why we endure. 📅 Fri 31 Jan – Sat 1 Feb 🎟️ bit.ly/4iYJnS9

Today we launch the Youth Theatre Census report - a summary of everything we learnt from the Youth Theatre Census last summer. If you care about youth arts, it’s one of the most important things you’ll read this year. Download it here: bit.ly/youththeatrecensus Or read on for more.

📢 Associate Artist Callout: Seed Commission & Creative Incubator We're on the lookout for 6 BESEA artists/companies who will receive: 🔴 £2,000 🔴 Mentoring in fundraising, marketing & creative development 🔴 A performance slot in our Twisted Roots Festival www.newearththeatre.org.uk/news/associa...

BESEA artists! Especially those connected to and based in and around South Yorkshire! Sheffield Theatres @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social is one of the venue partners for this incredible national project led by the brilliant team at New Earth. Deadline for applications: 05 Feb Share widely!

BESEA artists! Especially those connected to and based in and around South Yorkshire! Sheffield Theatres @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social is one of the venue partners for this incredible national project led by the brilliant team at New Earth. Deadline for applications: 05 Feb Share widely!

Artists - our Amplify Ideas Submissions window is now open! Tell us what you’re working on or towards, and how we can support you. You can also express interest to be part of AMPLIFY:SEASONS, which kicks off 3-4 Jul. Apply by 13 Feb here: bit.ly/3C5kSlC

The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2025 is now open for submissions until Tuesday 22nd April!🎉 @painesplough.bsky.social @concordukshows.bsky.social @ekpshows.bsky.social The First Prize is £20,000: our biggest prize fund yet.👀 Enter via our website: womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk/how-to-enter/

"All we could find were your standard middle-aged, white, cis, straight male sets where the humour is just ‘I hate my wife’." Kathryn Schoon speaks to the team behind Queer Comedy #Sheffield, the new project seeking to shake up the city's stand-up scene 🏳️‍🌈⬇️

Amy Lever’s play ‘Lost Girl’ has been programmed at The Lowry in September and we’re on the lookout for a producer. (I’ll be directing, but don’t let that put you off) Application pack here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

ROLLING RESIDENCIES WINDOW 5 Final reminder! £4,000 of funding available for artists local to Sheffield Theatres to develop new ideas with support. Short application form! Deadline: midnight on Friday 10th January. shorturl.at/d9mLz

UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important. www.gov.uk/government/c...

FOR ASPIRING THEATRE ARTISTS IN SHEFFIELD ❤️🚋 Last weekend to apply to be the Making Room Observer for @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social upcoming production of A Streetcar Named Desire! Deadline is midnight on Sunday 22nd! shorturl.at/DCOu4

In today's free-for-everyone piece, Natasha Tripney explores endurance theatre, with an international bent: treadmills, heart monitors, running on the spot. How do you take care of yourself while performing these feats night after night? What's all this strain for? How does it feel to watch it?

Do you read me? In our latest free-to-all piece, editor Holly Williams (@hollywilliams.bsky.social) investigates the working conditions of script readers. An unseen but critical part of the theatre industry, why are these freelancers often working for less than minimum wage? And why do it at all?

Solid and insightful dive into the state of the "value" of script reading both as a discipline and a process. Loads more conversations to have and work to be done on the matter; but overall feels like people are more keen, and more equipped, to do so. Ideally major unions tune in and show up next.

📢Announcing: the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025. Bigger, bolder, brighter. Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.

And while I’m at it please can only brilliant people (yes that’s you) apply for this - we need a fantastic new plays associate at the Royal Court Theatre (RT we want all the best people to see and apply) royalcourttheatre.com/new-plays-as...

this year i'm assembling our beloved 'show reports' feature, regarding the best play mishaps/quirks/unexpected happenings for @thestage.bsky.social. PRs, stage managers, and theatres get in touch with me if you have any to share! you can see an example here: www.thestage.co.uk/features/sho...

Public service announcement! 📢Woke up early so made a playwrights starter pack! Far from exhaustive so please message me if you’d like to be added❤️✍🏽 go.bsky.app/MrCbp2Q #theatre #playwights

"The critical conversation around theatre is at risk of going quiet, just when we need it the most" The first issue of Exeunt's brand new substack is out, feat an intro by new editor Holly Williams, and a dialogue on the state of criticism by Natasha Tripney and Alice Saville

Here is a list of UK based or connected (as far as I know) theatre people. Movers, makers, agitators, shakers. If you would like to be on it comment below and I'll add you. I'm putting a bit of work into making it, because bye bye ex-birdy. bsky.app/profile/did:...