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Hello STRANGER !

 We've got some great opportunities and shout outs below. Enjoy!

SHOW UP & WRITE launches soon!

The first session starts this Sunday and every Sunday in April. JOIN US!

IN PERSON: Attend sessions at Theatro Technis (26 Crowndale Rd, NW1 1TT). 

We are capping the in-person sessions to 12 writers based on the space provided.

ONLINE: Check in at the top of the session with a wave at 1pm. Microphones off for the 3-hour writing period though we encourage you to keep your camera on to stay on task. Then stay after for the hour discussion. Online sessions will be capped at 15 writers.

COST: No cost! Free to join!

WHEN: Sunday, April 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th -- 1pm to 5pm

Discussions will be facilitated by MENA Arts UK Steering Group or Hyphen Artist Collective members.

We encourage you to attend all, but we understand freelance schedules don't allow that sometimes.

HOW TO APPLY: We welcome all MENA+ writers and/or writers with a “hyphenated” artist skill set or cultural background to apply. Writers of all levels and experience are welcome. 

Please email HyphenArtistCollective@gmail.com sharing a bit about yourself, where you are based, what you’re working on, whether you wish to attend in-person or online Zoom sessions and specify what dates you can attend.

Have an opportunity or want us to give you a shout out? Our next newsletter will be on FRIDAY APRIL 14th. Please email member@menaarts.uk before Wednesday April 12th to be included.

 Sharing Conversations and Opportunities 

•  SEEKING DYCP APPLICATIONS Developing your Creative Practice is now open for applications. For cultural and creative individuals who want to take time to focus on their development. Deadline: April 27th, 2023  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING PERFORMERS Join Amal on Sunday 2nd April to welcome Amal to Rowley Way. 

  Rehearsals on Saturday 1st April at 11.30am - 1.00pm and Sunday 2nd April 10.30am - 2.00pm Performance on Sunday 2nd April at 2:00pm Deadline: ASAP

  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION   

   

• SEEKING GRAPHIC DESIGNER & STUDIO MANAGER As MIGRANTS IN CULTURE begin to operate as a CIC, we are now calling out for a 1-day-a-week Graphic Designer and Studio manager to become an integral part of shaping and growing our organising work, alongside a network of associates. Initially, the roles are on a 1 year freelance contract (42 days, May 2023 - April 2024) at £10,500, with the possibility of extension, dependent on fundraising by the Migrants In Culture team. Deadline: April 23rd, 2023  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING DRAMATURGS Sheffield Theatres New Dramaturgs Group is open now to applicants based within 25 miles of Sheffield and with less than two years of professional experience working in theatre. Deadline: 10am April 4th, 2023 

  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING THEATRE MAKERS The Polar Bear is Dead collab is offering a creative workshop for Barnsley based performers & theatre makers to explore new/existing creative ideas
  FREE event, max 10 places plus bursaries on Fri 28th April 10-5pm. Priority given to those based in Barnsley, but please apply if interested wherever you are based. Please email info@outercirclearts.co.uk  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING PRODUCER & COMMS COORDINATOR Transform are recruiting for two brilliant new roles Deadline: April 24th, 2023  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING COMPOSERS Co-create new music alongside Streetwise Opera performers, culminating in a new three-act opera. The project will draw inspiration from, and respond to, the music of composers of African and Caribbean heritage like Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges), George Bridgetower and Margaret Bonds.

  Deadline: April 7th, 2023  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING DIGITAL ARTISTS Apply to join Time and Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth as Artist in Residence to co-design new digital artworks with young people, exploring historic and contemporary international connections and reflecting on legacies of colonialism and migration.  Deadline: MAY 7th, 2023  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING YOUTH THEATRE MAKERS Tiny Ideas Oxford is commissioning a scratch performance for babies and/or very young children. Deadline: April 28th, 2023 

  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING DANCE ARTISTS The Place is seeking two dance artists to join the Artist Development team at The Place as Artist Associates. Deadline: April 20th, 2023 

  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING LECTURERS Two new full-time, permanent posts at the Manchester School of Theatre, teaching Movement and Voice on our BA Acting conservatoire programme.

  Deadline: April 23rd, 2023 

  CLICK HERE FOR VOICE POST  CLICK HERE FOR MOVEMENT POST

   

• SEEKING ACADEMIC REVIEWERS The Northern School of Art are urgently requesting expressions of interest from Academic Reviewers to support periodic review/validation events for its BA (Hons) Costume Interpretation with Design programme. If you are interested in providing an expression of interest please email Adam at quality@northernart.ac.uk including a copy of your up-to-date CV.  Deadline: April 5th, 2023

   

• SEEKING EXTERNAL EXAMINER Seeking to appoint an External Examiner for the Foundation Performing Arts course at University of East London. The post is for a September 2023 start, for 4 years. Please email expressions of interest and an academic curriculum vitae to the programme leader: cgriffiths2@uel.ac.uk Deadline: April 28th, 2023 

  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING EXTERNAL EXAMINERS The Northern School of Art is looking to appoint External Examiners and Academic Reviewers for the following programmes: BA (Hons) Model Making & Visual FX and BA (Hons) Production Design for Stage & Screen. To express an interest please email a recent CV which includes the following information: Higher Education and professional qualifications, Recent employment history, Recent HE teaching experience, Research and Scholarly activity/consultancy. If you are interested in providing an expression of interest please reply to quality@northernart.ac.uk including a copy of your up-to-date CV

  Deadline: April 7th, 2023 CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING EXTERNAL EXAMINER The University of Salford in Greater Manchester is looking for an External Examiner to cover BA (Hons) Theatre and Performance Practice. If you wish to apply for this role please complete an application form at https://forms.office.com/r/1ZrA7e7dbb. After completing the application form you will be asked to submit your CV.  

  Deadline: April 17th, 2023  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL THEATRE The renowned performing arts school RADA is seeking a director of technical theatre.

  Deadline: April 11th, 2023  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• SEEKING LECTURER The University of Melbourne is seeking a lecturer in Theatre Studies. Deadline: April 12th, 2023  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

 Directory Shoutouts 

Part of our Directory and have a show/project coming up? Let us know so we can shout about it in the next mailout! In the meantime, check out the following work featuring our wonderful Directory members:

• Our wonderful Philip Arditti is helping organise and run a disaster relief fundraiser for Turkïyeh & Syria at the renowned Royal Albert Hall featuring an incredible lineup of artists.

  Saturday, April 16th @630pm CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• Our fantastic Laïla Alj is in a reading of The Selkies by D R Hood as part of the Cockpit Theatre's Monthly Rehearsed readings. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• Our brilliant Oğuz Kaplangı will be composing the music for the critically acclaimed Hamnet adapted to the stage by Lolita Chakrabarti and directed by Erica Whyman. The play will be performed at the RSC Swan Theatre between 1st April -17th June.

  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

• HUGE congratulations to our stunning Sharif Afifi for his Olivier Award Nomination for his wonderful performance in The Band's Visit at the Donmar Warehouse.

   

• A BIG congratulations to the cast and creative team of two palestinians go dogging for their Olivier Award Nomination featuring our amazing director Omar Elerian and wonderful performers Sofia Asir and Sirine Saba

   

• A GIANT congratulations to the genius Maryam Hamidi for being selected as a finalist for the highly sought after international Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. BRAVA!

  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION 

CHECK OUT

The U.K. premiere of the Moroccan documentary Fragments From Heaven at the ICA next week, alongside the short film Takbir, from Afghanistan. Thursday 6 April, 6.40pm To book your ticket CLICK HERE

And that’s everything! For the new members, mail-out is usually sent on a fortnightly basis. Please keep sharing and sending me any of your wonderful work or opportunities you want including in the next mail-out to this email. Now more than ever let's keep circulating our brilliant stories; whether it's past work, articles, videos, or something you think the membership may find interesting, please do drop me an email! Please continue to sign up to our directory, and share our community with your friends in the industry!

 Have a great weekend from us all at MENA ARTS UK 

Our position on endorsements:

Our main areas of work are to help connect the creative industries with UK MENA+ talent, so we will always share castings, job opportunities, or marketing information. We will track these projects in the hope that they are a great example of how MENA+ talent is used. But by sharing this information, this should not be seen as an endorsement of the project. We will call out work that is appropriating a MENA+ narrative and does not have MENA+ talent at the heart of the creative process; and we will always champion, front and centre, work that is made for and by MENA+ talent.