Sheffield Theatres launches opportunities for talent development
Hattie Fisk
Thursday, April 11, 2024
The group has launched a new entry-level opportunity for aspiring creatives to observe and familiarise themselves with professional rehearsal processes called the Making Room Observer programme.
Manuel Harlan
Sheffield Theatres has announced a range of opportunities for artists as part of its 2024 Talent Development Programme.
Sheffield Theatres is an umbrella group made up of three theatres: the Crucible, the Playhouse and the Lyceum.
Introducing a new entry-level opportunity for aspiring creatives to observe and familiarise themselves with professional rehearsal processes, the Making Room Observer programme will be running on three shows.
Firstly Chariots of Fire (applications are open now and close on Sunday 5 May), then A Doll’s House (applications are open now and close on Sunday 29 June.) Later in the year, Sheffield Theatres will also be recruiting for a Making Room Observer for Little Shop of Horrors.
In other areas, they have also launched a four-month training programme, the New Dramaturg’s Group. These are weekly meetings designed for local artists to nourish an existing skill-set by developing and gaining practical experiences with dramaturgy. Sheffield Theatres are looking for five artists to be part of the programme, to be led by co-mentors Alice Fitzgerald and Frey Kwa Hawking. Applications are open now and close at midnight on Sunday 5 May.
The existing Rolling Residencies programme will continue to operate for growing artists, and the Script Submission Window will remain open until 12 May for local writers. Finally, applications for the 2025 Bank Cohort will open in August, with further details to be shared later in the year.
‘We’re excited to share another Talent Development programme from Sheffield Theatres, once again embedded across our recently announced season,’ said Tommi Bryson, Talent Development Coordinator at Sheffield Theatres. ‘The next nine months are about continuation. All of these projects are between their second and fifth iterations: we’re building on success and delighted to continue to offer these opportunities to our creative communities.”
To find out more about creative opportunities at Sheffield Theatres, please visit sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/for-artists.
