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!
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Creative Facilitator Placement (Stage Door 11) - Immediate Theatre and Good Chance
LINK immediate-theatre.com/uploads/creative-facilitator-job-description-copy.pdf
Application Deadline: Friday 4 September at midday
Location: London
Good Chance and Immediate Theatre are partnering to offer a creative and supportive placement for someone with experience of forced displacement, to join their team for 3 days a week over three months. You will co-facilitate and where appropriate lead creative sessions with adult participants. During this period the Theatre Exchange over 60’s group will be producing a short local tour of their new production to community venues, and you will be a key part of the production team, helping to create the work, supporting the participants and ensuring the smooth running of the show.
You will also be asked to get involved in outreach work, identifying new partners and participants to engage in our programmes and be expected to carry out administrative tasks to support the monitoring of the work.
Salary: £14.80ph (London Living Wage)
Contract: Fixed term part time (21 hours per week) contract (September – December 2026)
Production Management Trainee (Stage Door 11) - Sheffield Theatres and Good Chance
LINK www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/for-artists/current-opportunities/production-management-trainee-stage-door-programme
Application Deadline: Sunday 6 September
Location: Sheffield (open to candidates based in South Yorkshire)
Good Chance and Sheffield Theatres are partnering to offer a practical Production Management traineeship for someone from a refugee or asylum-seeking background with experience of forced displacement, to join their team for 2 to 5 days a week over two months. Throughout the traineeship, you will gain practical experience of professional theatre production from planning and rehearsal through to technical rehearsal and performance. They are looking for somebody who already has some experience of working in a production, technical or backstage capacity, and who is excited to continue developing these skills within a supportive professional environment.
Salary: £13.45ph
Contract: Fixed term, 2-5 days per week, PAYE contract (October – December 2026)
Through the Door Improv Course for women, non-binary and trans people (cost to take part) - Improbable Theatre
LINK www.improbable.co.uk/throughthedoor
Application Deadline: Sunday 6 September
Location: London
Improbable are hosting a course of eight workshops exploring improvisation in theatre, comedy, storytelling, devising and movement led by Creative Facilitator Angela Clerkin. Through the Door is for women, non-binary and trans people who are actors, improvisors, writers, drag kings, dancers, designers, directors and theatre-makers at all levels of experience.
The beginner’s level will be a fun and innovative introduction to Impro techniques and working with autobiographical material. The intermediate course is more suited if you have previously attended TTD and/or Improbable workshops, or already have improvisation experience and want to play and expand your skill set. Sign up for the one that best fits you.
Visitor Experience Assistants - Little Angel Theatre
LINK www.littleangeltheatre.com/about-us/jobs-and-opportunities/
Application Deadline: Monday 7 September at 5pm
Location: London
Little Angel Theatre is a home for puppetry. Since its doors first opened in 1961 the theatre has been dedicated to creating and sharing inspiring stories. They are looking for candidates who will bring energy and enthusiasm to every single shift. No experience is required; training will be offered for the role. They are particularly interested in candidates who have an interest in puppetry or children’s theatre, and who are currently under-represented in the arts and puppetry sector.
Open Casting Call for Iconic Musical - National Theatre
LINK www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/news/open-casting-call/
Application Deadline: Wednesday 9 September
Location: London
The National Theatre are on the lookout for performers with exceptional acting, dancing and singing skills for roles in an iconic musical. Visit the link to see character descriptions, but they’re particularly searching for in 3 x performers with Puerto Rican or wider Latin American heritage, and 1 x performer with
Digital Content Assistant (Stage Door 11) - Citizens Theatre and Good Chance
LINK citz.co.uk/opportunities/working-with-us/role-digital-content-assistant-stage-door-11-programme/
Application Deadline: Monday 14 September at midday
Location: Glasgow
Good Chance and Citizens Theatre are partnering to offer a this new opportunity for someone with experience of forced displacement to join their marketing team. The Citz are seeking an independent and digitally savvy assistant to support two exciting strands of work within our theatre. First, the promotion of their major Christmas production, Cinderella. And secondly, telling the story of Navigate, a community arts project created in collaboration with people with lived experience of seeking sanctuary. The role is focused on supporting someone in digital marketing, content creation or arts communication.
Salary: £13.45ph
Contract: Fixed term part time (2 days per week) PAYE contract (October 2026 – April 2027)
Visual Notetaking Freelancer - Migrants In Culture
LINK via Google Form
Application Deadline: Tuesday 15 September
Location: London
Migrants In Culture is a migrant-led art and design studio. Visual Notetaking is one of their core design services, supporting social justice movements by capturing organising power and movement histories beyond the written word. They are looking for a culture worker, designer, artist or illustrator who has a deep understanding of migrant and racial justice organising (especially in abolitionist, grassroots and Black/Global Majority-led contexts), that could join their team of freelance Visual Notetakers.
Scratch That! Call Out, Theatre for Young Audiences - Imaginate
LINK www.imaginate.org.uk/artists/opportunities/scratch-that-2026-call-out
Application Deadline: Tuesday 15 September at 11.59pm
Location: Scotland
Imaginate and the Traverse will present an evening of early-stage scratch performances for young audiences on Thursday 12 November 2026 in Traverse 2. They are currently looking for applications from artists and freelancers based in Scotland to curate an evening of high-quality, exciting and diverse early-stage dance and theatre pieces for children and young people. Scratches should be approx. 5–10 minutes and there is a fee of 2 days @£206 per person per day.
Freelance Strategic Development Lead - Bradford Producing Hub
LINK bdproducinghub.co.uk/freelance-strategic-development-lead/
Application Deadline: Wednesday 16 September
Location: Bradford, with flexible and hybrid working
Working closely with Bradford Producing Hub’s Trustees, you’ll lead a focused period of strategic review, sector mapping and stakeholder engagement – building a clear-eyed picture of where support for Bradford’s creative talent is most needed, and setting out realistic, ambitious options for the future. This is a real chance to help define what BPH and talent development across the district become next.
Contract: Freelance, 7 months fixed-term (October 2026 – April 2027)
Days: 8 days per month
Fee: £350 per day (total fee £19,600)
Project Coordinator (working across Dari, Pashto and English) - Paranda Network, Untold Narratives
LINK untold-narratives.org/project-coordinator/
Application Deadline: Thursday 17 September
Location: London
The Paranda Network is a writer development project and virtual network of women writers in Afghanistan and the diaspora. As Project Coordinator you’ll help support these writers to develop their work; share their stories with wider communities in their own languages and grow global audiences in translation, in international literary publications.
This is a one-year fixed-term freelance (self-employed) contract, working three days per week for 46 weeks, with potential for renewal. Fluency in English and either Dari or Pashto is essential; fluency in all three languages is highly desirable.
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.
