Opportunities Round Up
Central to our work at Good Chance is creating opportunities for displaced creatives to become an integral part of the UK theatre ecosystem, as well as amplifying opportunities that are open to all, and making connections for people in the industry.
Here is our live e-round up of opportunities for artists from around the world and across the whole creative spectrum!
CLOSING SOON
Artist Development Programme - Phosphoros Theatre Company
LINK www.phosphorostheatre.com/artist-development
Application Deadlines: ASAP, the programme begins 28th July
Location: London
Phosphoros Theatre’s Artist Development Programme supports artists (age 18-25)who have lived experience of forced migration to develop new work in a focused, supportive, and professional environment. They will offer time, space, mentoring, and a public platform for refugee artists to share new creative work. This project will be led by the artists involved. It is not about finished work, but about trying out ideas, building confidence, and taking work to the next stage. The programme is free and all expenses are covered.
Open Call for Poetry-Led Performance Pieces - Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival
LINK pushtheboatout.org/call-for-commissions-push-the-boat-out-and-national-theatre-of-scotland/
Application Deadline: Monday 6 July
Location: Scotland
This opportunity supports the creation of a new poetry-led performance piece of 15–20 minutes in length. Artists will develop their work over several months, with support from both Push the Boat Out and the National Theatre of Scotland. They’re using the theme ‘The Space Between’ to explore liminal and transitional spaces both physical and metaphorical: from borderlands to dream states to identities which defy categorisation. Artists will be paid £1,500 for their commission including presentation of their work at Push the Boat Out Festival and additional bespoke support to develop the work will be provided by NTS. In addition to this up to two lead artists per commission will receive an accompanying programme of coaching.
EVENT - Neighbouring: A Festival of Levantine Performance and Film
LINK neighbouring.carrd.co/
Dates: 15-18 July
Location: Leeds
Artists and audiences are warmly invited to Neighbouring, a small festival of Levantine performance, film and cultural exchange taking place across Leeds from 15–18 July. The public programme includes a film screening and Q&A exploring Palestinian heritage at Hyde Park Picture House, a Palestinian Dabke event with a member of El-Funoun Dance Troupe at Woodhouse Community Centre, and a rehearsed reading of Resisters, a new play by Mojisola Adebayo, at Chapel FM. Public events are free or pay-what-you-can, but booking is required.
The events form part of a four-day mujāwarah — an Arabic term meaning neighbouring or adjacency — bringing together artists from Palestine, Bilad ash-Sham / the Levant, and the diaspora to share practices, build connections, and consider how arts practice can support cultural preservation, resistance and exchange.
Alongside the public events, there will also be a small number of workshops and artist exchange sessions at the University of Leeds. Artists from migrant, refugee and diaspora backgrounds, especially those connected to Palestine, Bilad ash-Sham / the Levant, SWANA arts practice, performance, film, storytelling, community arts or cultural organising, are welcome to contact Dani Abulhawa (daniabulhawa@gmail.com) if they would like to express interest in attending any of these sessions.
Programme Coordinator - Glasgow Film Festival
LINK www.glasgowfilmfest.org/join-us/
Application Deadline: Wedesday 15 July at 10am
Location: Glasgow
Glasgow Film Festival are looking to hire a Programme Coordinator to support in the curation of the festival's public programme as part of GFF27. As Programme Coordinator your responsibilities will include researching, watching, identifying and securing films, while initiating creative and original programming ideas that deliver EDI and other cross-cutting organisational strategic objectives. You will liaise with key internal and external stakeholders including programmers, filmmakers and distributors, the Head of Programme and Festival Manager. If you love film and want to work behind the scenes at GFF, they’d love to hear from you.
Lead Designer and Senior Writer - Let’s Talk Palestine
LINK Lead Designer and Senior Writer
Application Deadline: Friday 17 July at 23:59pm
Location: Remote
Palestinian-led, Let’s Talk Palestine are the world's biggest education platform on Palestine. They provide accessible, fact-based, and comprehensive education on all topics connected to the Palestinian struggle for liberation — from daily broadcast news and deep-dive infographics to the world's most-streamed English-speaking Palestine podcast. They are currently looking for a Lead Designer and Senior Writer.
Applied Theatre Practitioner - Good Chance
LINK www.goodchance.org.uk/work-with-us/applied-theatre-practitioner
Application Deadline: Sunday 19 July at 8pm
Location: London
Good Chance is recruiting an Applied Theatre Practitioner for our next Hope Show production co-created with people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds. We are looking for an individual who can inspire community members and support them in shaping and sharing their stories through a collaborative artistic process culminating in a series of artistically ambitious performances. This Hope Show will also be a queer cabaret: a vibrant, intimate and unapologetically joyful evening created in collaboration with LGBTQIA+ people from refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant communities.
Creative Director - The Blue Coat
LINK www.thebluecoat.org.uk/about/work-with-us/creative-director
Application Deadline: Monday 20 July at 5pm
Location: Liverpool
The Blue Coat are looking for a Creative Director with a compelling artistic vision that will bring to life the values of the Bluecoat. If you have collaborative skills and the creative authority to lead a complex, multi-artform programme, they want to hear from you! Full time, 37.5 hours per week, including regular evening and weekend work. Flexible working arrangements are available.
EVENT - Transit, Theatre Show at The Cockpit - Halfpace Theatre
LINK www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/transit_
Application Deadline: 22-26 July
Location: The Cockpit Theatre, London
Halfpace Theatre returns with their award-winning, genre-bending investigation of identity, belonging and migration in contemporary Britain. Based on true stories, Transit is a love letter to anyone who has ever lived in between languages, cultures, identities and locations.
They have FREE TICKETS available for refugees, asylum seekers and displaced communities. If you identify with one of these communities, halfpacetheatre@gmail.com to reserve tickets for any date in the run. If you don’t but would be interested in attending, they also have a discount code for £12 tickets: INBETWEEN20.
One Act Play Prize - Bill Cashmore Award with Lyric Hammersmith and Bristol Old Vic
LINK lyric.co.uk/programmes/the-bill-cashmore-award-2027/
Application Deadline: Tuesday 25 August
Location: UK-wide
Submissions are now OPEN for the Bill Cashmore Award: One Act Play Prize. The Bill Cashmore Award offers a paid opportunity for two new one-act plays by writers aged 18-30, to be professionally produced at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Bristol Old Vic. The two winning plays will run as a double bill and will be performed by the Bristol Old Vic’s Young Company and Young SixSix in April 2027, and the Lyric’s SPRINGBOARD trainee actors in August 2027. See the full submission requirements via the link.
Opportunities for Writers - Various
LINK www.scribbled.online/blog/creative-opportunities-june-2026
Application Deadline: Various
Location: Various
Scribbled have compiled a list of funding and prize opportunities for writers! Check out the full list via the link.
Open Call for Productions and Events Space Hire - Circle and Star Theatre
LINK via Instagram
Dates to Apply: from end of August
Location: London
Circle & Star is 55 seats in Hampstead - West End quality, salon scale. They’re opening the autumn to producers and performers with work made for a room this intimate. One, two, three and four-handers. Talks and listening parties. Launches and salons. Music and spoken word evenings. Email hello@circleandstar.com if you’re interested.
ROLLING DEADLINE / ONGOING
Join the UK-leading Refugees and Allies Choir - Citizens of the World Choir
LINK citizensoftheworldchoir.org/join-the-choir
NO deadline, rolling applications
Location: South-East London
In 2025, Citizens of the World Choir performed on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival, helped open the Greenwich & Docklands International Festival and opened for Basement Jaxx at South Facing Festival. They’re looking for anyone with a strong singing background who identity as having lived experience of displacement or an ally of people who have been displaced. Formal training isn't essential, but tune-holding is necessary.
Open Call for Poems, The Poetics of African and African Diasporic Migration - Forced Migration and The Arts
EMAIL TO APPLY forcedmigrationandthearts@gmail.com
NO deadline, rolling applications
Location: International
The Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series is inviting poems (40 lines or less) and short prose (100 words or less) exploring African and African diasporic migration.
Submissions must be in English. In the case of translated work, it is the translator’s responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder of the original work. If submitting a poem or short prose that has been previously published, please give details of where it has appeared and confirm that you are the copyright holder.
You may submit a maximum of three poems or three pieces of short prose or a combination of poems and short fiction. You do not have to submit all three at the same time. Submissions should be typed single spaced and submitted either in the body of an email or as a .doc attachment.
Please include a short biography of 50 words or less. This will be included in the anthology if your poem is accepted. They welcome submissions from writers of all ages, based anywhere in the world.
Volunteer as an OSH Leader on Residentials with People from Refugee Backgrounds - Our Second Home
LINK view the Volunteer pack
NO deadline, rolling applications
Location: London
Our Second Home (OSH) is a youth movement that empowers young refugees and migrants to flourish in the place they now call home. Every year, thousands of young people arrive in the UK full of potential. Through creativity, friendship, and shared experiences, OSH helps them build confidence and leadership. Their residential camps are the first step on that journey — a space to learn, laugh, and grow together.
Free theatre classes for Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers - Legal Aliens Theatre
LINK www.legalalienstheatre.com/free-theatre-classes-for-migrants
NO deadline, rolling applications
Location: London
LegalAliens Theatre run unique, FREE theatre classes every Monday at 6.45pm in Tottenham Hale. The sessions are dedicated to migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and anyone with English as a second language, however they are always happy to welcome members of the local community who cannot access traditional acting classes. The sessions, all led by migrant artists from their team are an incredible opportunity to build friendships, express creatively and learn new skills.
Training, Work Experience and Mentoring - Breadwinners
LINK www.breadwinners.org.uk/jobs-and-volunteering (scroll to Risers and Breadwinners Programmes)
NO deadline, rolling applications
Location: Brighton / London
Breadwinners are an incredible organisation helping young asylum seekers (age 16-25) and refugees to get into work in the UK, with a big emphasis on mentorship and community.
FREE Short Courses for Artists on Applying Successfully - Artenda
LINK artenda.net/en/online-courses
Artenda have a series of short courses to help people write strong artist statements, produce impactful portfolios and make successful applications for art residencies and project grants. They're free (from what we can see!) and worth checking out if you're looking to pitch yourself for opportunities.
Poetry, Visual Art and Writing, Open Call for Submissions - Gaza’s Creative Allies
NO deadline, rolling applications
Gaza Verse is a publication that brings together works from creators around the world, to spread the work of those who stand in solidarity with Palestine and its people, as well as Palestinian creators from within Palestine and those displaced across the world. The next release will focus on the theme of art beyond borders and they're looking for pieces (poetry, visual art, articles or anything in between) to include.
If you have something you'd like to share, please send your submission, along with your name, social media handles and a brief description of your piece, to submissions.gca@gmail.com. Proceeds from the journal will go to poets within Gaza.
