Jobs & Opportunities

The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) – an advocacy and membership body, a venue, a publisher and an archivist for England's indigenous folk arts – has opened applications for a new scheme that offers creative residencies at its headquarters in Cecil Sharp House.

*** Stratford Circus have had a performer pull out from their June Saturday Scratch and are looking to fill the gap (ideally with a 'circus ensemble/group/company of four or more – or another aerialist'). Applications are open again until 5 May 2012. ***

Now a regular feature in Stratford Circus' programming (coming around approximately once a season) Saturday Scratch is an opportunity for artists to showcase new or early-stage work in a supportive environment.

Organised and run by Carampa in collaboration with Teatro Circo Price, Madrid's permanent circus building, CRECE is an annual five-week project which brings an international group of young circus artists together to create, and then perform, a professional ensemble production. The director for this year's project will be actor, teacher and director Hernán Gené.

Gone in 20 Minutes (Gi20) was launched in 2011 as a national showcase to promote new small- and medium-scale outdoor projects. Under the scheme ten artists/companies are supported to produce new work, receiving mentoring and a development grant, then at the public presentations have the chance to show their work to a mixed industry/public audience and to win a Jury and an Audience Prize.

The Council for the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is currently seeking applications from outdoor theatre companies for various performance opportunities during the period July – September 2012.

A commission from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics, Road Show will create a 'landscape of wonder' on Exhibition Road, the wide long street running south from Kensington Gardens which leads to the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, and the Royal Albert Hall.

Circus Space are looking for rope, silks and acrobatics teachers to deliver training as part of their participation and outreach programme – teaching courses and classes for everyone from age 3 up to adult, and providing outreach, recreational activity and progressive training for 11-21 year-olds.

The Circus Village, a sort of travelling performance and residency site that tours in a cluster of handsome tents around Norway, is looking for artists to join the Village in Sarpsborg 7-17 June 2012, Sandvika, Bærum 17-26 August 2012, and Oslo 1-9 September 2012.

Outdoor performance company Bash Street Theatre are looking for a male actor with gymnastic/acrobalance/circus skills and good character acting to perform in their new show The Strongman.

Performances will be April -October 2012 in the UK and throughout Europe, with booking already confirmed for the UK, France, Germany, Portugal, and the Republic of Ireland. Wages are paid per performance and for rehearsal days. Bash Street Theatre warn/promise: 'Long hours in van, loading, unloading, and set construction. Hard work, good pay, good fun!'