Opportunities

The Library Theatre Company is one of the leading producing theatre companies in the North West. A key part of the work that they do is - norfox Young Actor's Company who produce two shows and year and have the opportunity to work with a variety of professional practitioners to develop their skills as performers.

Following the success of their last show "The Magnificent Tale of Emily Law and Arturo the Waterboy" a couple of members of the group have moved on to university so they’re now looking for new people to join them.

The Library Theatre want to hear from young people who are reliable, committed and who really have the drive and enthusiasm to make the most of this great opportunity.

If you know anyone who may be interested in getting involved all they need to do is drop them an email with their contact details and a paragraph explaining why they would like to join the group.

The Library Theatre will get back in contact by mid September to let you know if you’ve got a place.

If you, or any young people who are interested have any questions before they apply to join just drop them a line.

By the way, sessions take place on a Wednesday from 5pm - 7pm in Manchester City Centre so anyone who wants to join us will need to be free then!

For further information please contact: Liz Postlethwaite, Community and Education Director. (0161) 234 1922 / l.postlethwaite@manchester.gov.uk

Library Theatre Company, Zion Arts Centre, 335 Stretford Road, Hulme, M15 5ZA

http://www.librarytheatre.com

Theatre in the Rough Festival 2011, Theatre in the Rough

The Theatre in the Rough Festival 2011 is launching and is looking for young writers aged 13-25 from across Merseyside to create new work for next year's event.

Writers' work will be performed at a Liverpool theatre in spring 2011, published as an anthology, and will also form part of an exhibition at the Botanic Gardens Museum in Southport.

Theatre in the Rough 2011 is based around the theme of 'Sefton's Hidden History'. Did you know that future US president Theodore Roosevelt fought with Jefferson Davis Jnr. on Crosby beach in 1869? Or that in 1910, a third of Britain's registered daredevil pilots were based in Formby?

These, and other hidden histories, will be brough crashing into the present - these will be exciting and thoughful plays for today, not just dusty museum pieces. They will be bold, imaginative, provocative and poetic.

Participants will have access to weekly playwriting workshops, working with professional arts practitioners. Participants should be aged between 13-25, and may work in groups of up to 4 people. The project is also ideal for performers who may wish to devise a new piece.

Further information and a short application form is available at http://www.theatreintherough.com/fest2011.htm

The Theatre in the Rough Festival 2011 is funded by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, and Express Sefton.

The Theatre in the Rough Festival 2009 produced 14 new plays by 24 young writers to sell out audiences at the Southport Arts Centre.

The Theatre in the Rough Festival is a Registered Charity No. 1133246

Immerse Young Actors now recruiting for short film project

The Immerse Young Actors sessions begin again at the Waterside Arts Centre on Monday 13th September at 5.30. This term IYAct will be working with filmmaker Chris McGrail from Gorse Hill Studios on developing skills in acting to camera whilst the sessions will focus on character development. Each participant will get the opportunity to develop and film their own monologue on location which will be copied on to DVD and can be used for future showreel's.

There is also the opportunity for 5 of the participants to work on a short monologue based film. This will be rehearsed, developed and shot on location around Manchester.

The full IYAct term runs from September to February during term time. If you are aged 15 to 21, available on Monday evenings between 5.30 and 8.30 and would like to join the IYAct group please contact: immerse@trafford.gov.uk or call Jeff on 0161 912 5093.

http://www.watersideartscentre.co.uk/Immerse.asp

Writers urged to tell secrets and lies in short story comp, Chorley & District Writers' Circle

Chorley & District Writers' Circle have launched their first national short story competition. The theme is secrets and lies, the maximum length is 1500 words and the deadline is Sept 30th. There are cash prizes of £100 and 2 x £50.

The competition is sponsored by critique service Fiction Feedback. More details are on their website,

http://www.fictionfeedback.co.uk.

Winners will be published in the Circle's annual collection of writing, and on the Fiction Feedback site, but copyright always remains with authors.

Entry costs £3 for one story, or £5 for two and you can enter as many times as you like. To enter, please post a cover sheet with your contact details and the title and first line of your story, and your typewritten manuscript which should not feature your name, together with a cheque made out to Chorley & District Writers’ Circle, to: Secrets & Lies Story Competition, 27 Thirlmere Road, Blackrod, Bolton BL6 5EB.

Contact the Writers’ Circle by email: mail@chorleywriters.co.uk

CUBE Open

"One of the coolest and classiest galleries around. CUBE continue to stage exhibitions that cover our cities' cultural intermix of fine art, architecture, interior design and contextual theory. While this might sound a bit over-chic and academically dry, in fact CUBE shows tend to be an aesthetic and intellectual delight. CUBE Open is no exception" Robert Clarke, The Guardian

Deadline for entries: 5pm Monday, 4th October 2010

CUBE, Centre for the Urban Built Environment is delighted to be announcing its annual open submission competition. Now in its fourth year the competition attracts entries from around the globe. Artists, architects and designers are invited to submit work that responds to our theme of the urban built environment.

We are delighted to announce that this year's selectors are: Peter Kelly (Editor of Blueprint), Office of Subversive Architecture and Manchester Modernist Society.

The most outstanding project will be awarded £1000 and the applicant will be offered a residency as part of CUBELab 2011- two runners up will awarded £250 each. The shortlisted entries will form part of an exhibition at CUBE later this year.

Please post submissions with dimensions and a brief statement of how you feel your practice relates to the urban built environment to 'CUBEOPEN 2010', CUBE, 113-115 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 6DW or email submissions to: CUBEOpen@gmail.com

Submission fee: £10* cheque made payable to 'University of Salford' or through webshop

(https://shop.salford.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=122&modid=1&compid=1)

or by postal order. (*£7.50 for CUBE members see website for details)

To apply please send:

1. Up to 6 images (each image no larger 1800 x 1800 and 300dpi). Please ensure that it is a standard package such as powerpoint, or standard image files such as jpegs

2. Film or video works as Quicktime files on DVD (by post). For video submissions please send a DVD accessible by menu. Please do not send exhibition versions, which cannot be navigated.

If we cannot open your files your application will not be accepted. Please do not send originals.

3. Details for submitted works, including year of production and dimensions.

4. Statement of up to 500 words about your work.

We will not consider applications without a submission fee

Download application form at: http://www.box.net/shared/tgve2g0d9u

Applicants will be notified by the end of October, please include your contact details. For more information please visit our website at: http://www.cube.org.uk

Casting for David Copperfield – calling all 10-15 year olds!

Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield

Friday 19 November 2010 – Saturday 15 January 2011

A new adaptation by Deborah McAndrew

Director: Elizabeth Newman

The Octagon Theatre Bolton is looking for local young people, aged 10-15 years, who would like to audition for the upcoming festive production of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield. Auditions will be taking place from 9am on Saturday 4 September at the Octagon Theatre Bolton.

This is a great opportunity for young actors and those wanting to get into the profession, and for anyone who’d like the experience of working with a professional director and actors in a large scale production. Octagon Assistant Director, Elizabeth Newman, commented on the production: “We are so excited about having a young company in David Copperfield. The young people can expect to be even more involved than last year. They will perform using puppets, masks and even water pistols! David Copperfield’s not only one of our most loved classical stories, it is also playful and full of adventures. They’ll get the opportunity to audition to become young David and his two life loves little Emily and little Agnes.”

There will be two teams of young people required for this production. They will perform two shows per day on alternate days. No professional acting experience is required, just enthusiasm, total commitment and lots of hard work!

Applicants must be prepared to make a weekly commitment every Saturday from Saturday 25 September - 13 November 2010. This will increase to three weekly sessions, Tuesday and Thursday evenings (4-7pm) and Saturdays, from Tuesday 19 October – Thursday 11 November. You must also be available for the full week from Monday 15 November – Saturday 20 November, rehearsing every day, and you will need to be available to perform every other day from Friday 19 November 2010 through to Saturday 15 January 2011 which includes Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. A full rehearsal and performance schedule will be included in your information pack.

For an information pack and an application form please email info@octagonbolton.co.uk or call 01204 529407

David Copperfield is at the Octagon from Friday 19 November 2010 – Saturday 15 January 2011. Tickets are from £8.50 - £18.50, with family tickets (2 adults, 2 concessions) available from £44. Book on 01204 520661, or at http://www.octagonbolton.co.uk

Three Minute Theatre Festival, Ghosts in the Machine

Submissions invited for the forthcoming Three Minute Theatre Festival

To be held at the recently opened Three Minute Theatre, Third Floor, Afflecks, Manchester

Ghosts in the Machine Theatre Co. invites you to participate in this exciting adventure in association with the Manchester Fringe.

Submissions can be in any format, but must be original and scripted and must only last THREE MINUTES.

The Theatre is really small, with limited resources so bear that in mind when writing. The stage is about six actors wide, so large scale epics may be a problem.

Apart from that, it’s wide open. Original vocal work or songs, mime, monologue, poetry, plays in any style or genre; let’s see what can be done in one hundred and eighty seconds!

For full details and an application pack contact: John Topliff: ghostsinthemachine2010@hotmail.co.uk

Text or call 07908 651871 or call in and see us on the third floor at Afflecks, Church Street Manchester Mon -Sat

Hands On: Deaf Cultural Leaders Project

We are inviting Deaf arts & cultural workers – paid or unpaid, who are at a ‘mid-stage’ development to apply for an unique and exciting opportunity. Working within Direct Communication principles, a Cultural Leadership Project is being established to bring together 20 Deaf leaders for three different days over the next six months to learn, share and be inspired from top leaders from within the Deaf community both in the UK and abroad.

Contact the office for information on how to apply. Video and written applications are welcome.

Closing Date: 3rd September 2010

Date of First Network event: 13th September 2010 in Birmingham.

All travel and expenses will be paid.

DaDa, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX

Text Phone: 0151 706 0365 Voice Phone: 0151 707 1733 Fax: 0151 708 9355

Email: info@dadahello.com

http://www.dadahello.com

You can also download an application from http://www.dadahello.com/news

Funded by Cultural Leaders Programme, Museums Archive and Libraries and Arts Council England

EAC’s Over 60s Art Awards now open

Amateur artists over 60 are invited to enter works in the EAC’s Over 60s Art Awards , in any medium and on any subject matter. Artists may submit more than one entry (maximum five entries per person) and group works are also accepted.

This year, the entry fee is held at £9 per work and multiple entries are open to special offer – five works for the price of four (£36), and four works for the price of three (£27).

There will be prizes of at least £250 in each of the following categories:

• Landscape/seascape;

• Still life;

• Watercolour;

• Drawing;

• Oil;

• Photography;

• Portrait (any medium);

• 3D work;

• EAC People’s Choice Award Prize.

Two additional £500 prizes will be awarded in memory of the founder of EAC, Angela Farnell. These prizes will be for the best entries from artists living in sheltered/retirement housing or a care home, or who entered through a day centre. These prizes are divided between the artist and their sheltered scheme, care home or day centre.

For more details and to download an entry form, visit http://eacartawards.org.uk

Submissions wanted for online writing project, Birkbeck Institute for Social Research

Out On A Limb is a new, online visual art and creative writing project based on the Wirral. It is hosted at http://www.outonalimbwirral.net and we're looking for people to submit stories to the collection.

Out On A Limb is the outcome of a four-month project, commissioned by Art for Places, a public art initiative delivered by Liverpool Biennial. Since April, Wirral artist Elaine Speight and novelist Jenn Ashworth have been working with eight budding writers from the Wirral: Doreen Etes, Louise Jones, Barbara Lamb, Jensen Wilder, Robbe Law, Keith Szlamp, Margaret Stocker and Dot Phillips, to produce a collection of short stories about the area.

The stories, which include tales of ladybird invasions, phantom wedding dresses and adventurous cows, were created on individual blogs, which also include photographs, drawings and video, and provide an insight into the writers’ experiences and observations of the project and other aspects of their lives on the Wirral.

The Out On A Limb website has been designed to bring together the nine stories produced by Jenn and the group, and to encourage other people to add their own Wirral stories to the collection.

For more information about the Out On A Limb project, please e-mail info@outonalimbwirral.net.

Volunteer Performers

Of All The People In All The World is a performance installation in which provocative global and local statistics are measured out in rice, one grain per person. By doing no more than making abstract statistics tangible and placing them in careful relation to each other, Stan’s Cafe create a powerful and informative work. Each day a team of performers carefully weigh out rice to represent different population statistics. The show responds to the interests and suggestions of its audience and these statistics become an ever changing sculptural landscape, their combinations tell true stories that are by turns shocking, celebratory, witty, thought provoking and deeply moving.

Stans Cafe artists will be present throughout the installation carefully researching new statistics, developing themes, weighing out and placing the rice, maintaining the installation and engaging with the public and we need a team of local performers to assist and support them.

The installation will be held in Tokyo at the same time as Oldham and is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in performing arts, challenging and interactive theatre and working with a world renowned, innovative arts organisation.

As a volunteer you will be required to perform and interact with the visitors, as well as gathering statistics and weighing out the rice. You may also be asked to help lift large sacks of rice and help with the get in and get out of the installation.

We are looking for volunteers who

•Have an interest in the performing arts

•Are friendly and affable!

•Have knowledge of the local area

•Have an interest in current affairs

•Are a team player

•Have a willingness to get stuck in

•Are in good physical health

If you are interested, you will need to be available between the below dates and times:

Tuesday 7th - Tuesday 28th September 2010

Monday to Saturday: 10am – 5pm

Sunday: 10am – 4pm

The installation runs every day, performers are not expected to volunteer every day but commit to as many or as few shifts as they please.

Contact emmaBawn@festivalofdiversity.co.uk for an application form

Young Liverpool Film Night

Young Liverpool Film Night will take place this year in November (date to be confirmed) and FACT will be showcasing the best of young filmmakers from the North West. There will be a special guest judge partaking in the night and great prizes. This year, feature films will be responding to the Liverpool Biennial 2010 theme Touched which looks at art that moves us in mind, body and soul. FACT are inviting young filmmakers to make a film which could be screened at Young Liverpool Film Night.

Films must be made within the last year and be no longer than 10 minutes. All genres are welcome, drama, comedy, animation, documentary, experimental, music video or horror.

For more information and to enter your film visit http://www.fact.co.uk, email laura.oreilly@fact.co.uk or call 0151 707 4444.

Deadline for film submissions: Friday 24 September

Panoply!! - Call for proposals

The 'Volkov Commanders' are inviting artists, fashion designers, textilists and performers to collaborate together to create ambitious projects culminating in an event staged over three evenings in a central Manchester location in February 2011.

The event is based on the theatrics of contemporary fashion so we want ideas and pieces based in costume/fashion and performance.

Deadline for proposals: 30th October 2010

Piccadilly Place is opening one of it's ground floor retail units to the artist community to bring life to the complex and make use of it's prime location in the centre of Manchester and next to Piccadilly train station.

Go to http://panoply-manchester.blogspot.com/ for images of the space and more information

Deadline Guidelines:

Please send your ideas (one side of A4) to The Volkov Commanders at volkovcommanders@gmail.com please try to include any images of previous work or examples of your idea attached as .Jpeg or .pdf files.

Feel free to get in touch if you are interested in participating in the project but do not have any concrete ideas.

http://panoply-manchester.blogspot.com/

Liverpool's Write Now Festival 2011, One Act Play Festival

Write Now Liverpool's Festival of One-Act Plays, running between FRIDAY 15 and SATURDAY 23 APRIL 2011 and are currently accepting submissions

The Festival will be held at The Actor’s Studio, Seel Street, Liverpool city-centre.

Submission Guidelines

Two strands Adult audience & Family audience (ie plays for children)

Any / all one-act play submissions will be accepted except for adaptations.

All pieces MUST be original

Running time MUST be 50 - 60 minutes or 35 – 45 minutes (Family audience section)

Settings should be simple or suggested

Other then that there are no limitations!

Deadline

Script submissions will close on FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2010 – pieces received after this date will be returned

Final selection of plays to be invited will be made by end of November 2010

Submission Details and Application Form available at http://www.writenowfestival.co.uk

In addition, if you'd like to keep up to date with Write Now, simply visit the website, register and you'll then receive regular eBulletins about casting, recruitment, special offers and the festival itself.

If you have something ready to submit, get it to us. If you haven’t, then get writing!

Piccadilly Self Publishing Fair and Exhibition

Piccadilly Self Publishing Fair and Exhibition is a new self publishing event in MANCHESTER, U.K.

The fair will take place on SUNDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2010 from 11am-6pm in Piccadilly Place as part of the Free for Arts Festival.

Some of the paper-artistry will remain exhibited for the rest of the week while the Festival is still on. If you would like a stall at the fair we need self publishers, small presses, art collectives and individuals...We are also after some intriguing and innovative hand bound beauties for the exhibition...

To be considered for A STALL at the fair to sell your work please email caitlinandsophielee@live.co.uk with some info about your work and and a couple of images or a link to your website.

DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 10TH 2010

To be considered for the EXHIBITION please email caitlinandsophielee@live.co.uk with some info about your work and and a couple of images or a link to your website.

DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 10TH 2010

FEEL FREE TO APPLY FOR BOTH EVENTS! For More Info check out the website:

http://publishpiccadilly.blogspot.com

There may be a small charge to cover table hire cost for the fair-but we will let you know about that nearer the time.

Film Nation opens for competition entries

London 2012’s short film competition for young people is now open for entries. The interactive website where films can be uploaded, viewed and commented on is also live – http://www.filmnation.org.uk

The first round of Film Nation is now open for young people between the ages of 13 – 25, with prizes available for the film that gets the most votes each month by viewers.

The closing date for the first round of Film Nation: Shorts is 1st October, with a star-studded red-carpet awards ceremony taking place in December 2010. In 2012 the best films from the 2 year programme will win the chance to be shown in iconic sporting venues during the Games in 2012 as well as at high profile screenings around the country.

To view films, find a favourite, and upload your film to share with your friends go to http://www.filmnation.org.uk

Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs (UK)

The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation is giving disabled entrepreneurs in the UK the chance to win a £50,000 prize to fund the further growth of their business, and become the Stelios Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2010.

To be eligible to enter individuals must own at least 25% management stake in their company, have a turnover in excess of £10,000, have been trading for between 1 and 5 years and the business must be registered in the UK. This Award is sponsored by Sir Stelios Hajiloannou, the serial entrepreneur best known for founding easyJet.

Entry for the Award will close on the 3rd September 2010 at 5pm.

For more information, visit:

http://www.stelios.com/entrepreneurship/disabled-entrepreneur-award.html

Voluntary Arts England launch the epic awards

Voluntary Arts England Supported by Arts Council England present The epic awards, an award scheme designed to recognise and shine a spotlight on the excellent work taking place within the 50,000 voluntary and amateur art and craft groups operating throughout the country. Nominations open now.

The epic awards invite voluntary and amateur art and craft groups to nominate themselves in four categories; engagement, partnerships, innovation and creativity, with the winners receiving a package of benefits including training, equipment and publicity as well as being invited to a winners’ reception towards the end of the year.

http://www.epicawards.co.uk

Simple Sites For Complex Things

We are a website design company specialising in portfolio-based websites for artists, designers, photographers, craftspeople & galleries.

We offer a low-cost standard package designed for the presentation of image and text. This tried and tested format provides effective, affordable site design with a fast turnaround.

For practices that require a different format, our bespoke service offers solutions tailored to your needs.

We believe that a professional web presence is essential, so our sites are built to provide you with a simple, functional design which sits quietly alongside the content.

The company is run by a practicing artist with a background in architecture. We therefore understand the needs of those in the creative industries, their audiences and the importance of good design.

We provide the highest levels of service and support, and always strive to meet your requirements.

For further information please visit: http://www.simplesitesforcomplexthings.com/

Call for Submissions - Cornerhouse Projects, Cornerhouse

Deadline: Ongoing

Cornerhouse is now renewing its call for submissions to Cornerhouse Projects – our regular exhibition strand dedicated to North West based artists.

Cornerhouse Projects is an opportunity for early-career artists from the region to exhibit their work in Cornerhouse’s public spaces. It is now taking advantage of new developments in the building to provide opportunities for a greater diversity of artwork.

In addition to wall-based 2D work in the Café and Bar, and moving-image on LCD screens, there will be opportunities to present online or computer based projects, as well as performative, music or one-off events.

As one of our core programmes, Cornerhouse Projects has a unique relationship with the international art and film events taking place in the rest of the building. It takes advantage of Cornerhouse’s location in the city, acting as a focal point for a wide range of people with an active interest in film, contemporary art and culture.

We are seeking proposals from artists, curators and other creative individuals and groups, who wish to present new or existing work. We are especially interested in ideas that engage with context, our audiences and our position as a social hub in one of the busiest parts of the city.

To submit a proposal, please send the following:

Current CV. Short artist’s statement / proposal (Maximin 1 side of A4). Maximum 10 images (300dpi+ format jpg or pdf).

Please send submission to: Tomas Harold, Exhibitions Coordinator via email:

mailto:tomas.harold@cornerhouse.org

Postal submissions will also be accepted, please send to: Tomas Harold, Exhibitions Coordinator, Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH

Multiple proposals will be accepted.

CUBE Gallery Information Assistant Volunteers, CUBE Centre for the Urban Built Environment

Cube Gallery Information Assistant Volunteering Opportunities

CUBE is one of Europe's most exciting architecture and design culture centres, dedicated to broadcasting the ideas and issues that lie behind the buildings and spaces that make up our built environment.

CUBE is looking to recruit a number of new volunteers to join its team. We are looking for creative and enthusiastic individuals who have a strong interest and understanding of contemporary art, architecture and design and/or in gallery management.

We have a host of opportunities for individuals to get involved in. All roles are flexible and we can support those who want to be involved as much or as little as they want.

Below is a list of some of the activities that CUBE volunteers can get involved with:

Assisting in the daily running of the gallery, including invigilating the exhibitions and events.

Assisting in CUBE private views, workshops and educational visits.

Assisting during the installation of new exhibitions.

Assisting with planning of exhibitions and other gallery administration.

Assisting with exhibition design and layout.

Helping with the marketing of the gallery.

Our timetable

CUBE runs a flexible timetable for its volunteers, as we understand that you have other commitments. Each day is split into two shifts of 3-4 hours and all rotas are drawn up a week in advance, and sent out via e-mail.

How to get involved

Contact one of the gallery assistants at mailto:info@cube.org.uk call 0161 237 5525 or pop in for a chat to find out more.

We could not do what we do without the help of our volunteers. Working as a volunteer not only helps us, but can help you by giving you the edge over others to future employers as it demonstrates that you are committed and passionate.

New Reviewer (NorthWest), Total Theatre

Total Theatre magazine, covering new performance and the spectrum of contemporary theatre practice, is looking to expand our pool of reviewers at this time, particularly in the NW region.

If you have an interest in writing about performance, if you are a writer (emerging or emerged), practitioner or academic who would like to critically engage with contemporary theatre in your region, then please get in touch. I am looking to develop through close editorial support a couple of new writers to review new work in the region.

For further information or to apply contact Beccy Smith via mailto:magazine@totaltheatre.org.uk

You will need to submit a sample 250 word review for us to assess: the editorial policy can be found on our website http://www.totaltheatre.org.uk