Creative Facilitators and Workshop Leaders
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We are seeking skilled artists who can create inclusive, engaging, and impactful learning environments. If you are local to Coventry and experienced in delivering workshops across various disciplines—such as theatre, music, creative writing, visual arts, and digital media – we want to hear from you.
Job Description:
The Albany Theatre is expanding its pool of (predominantly freelance) Creative Facilitators and Workshop Leaders. We are committed to investing in the local arts community and reducing our carbon footprint by working with talent close to home. Thanks to funding from Coventry City Council, The Albany has completed a major capital programme, creating two new Studio Theatres and three multi-use spaces, alongside our historic main auditorium. With these new spaces, we aim to establish The Albany as a creative hub for Coventry through a range of multi-artform participatory workshops.
Engage – Inspire – Create 2025: supported by public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England, this programme will showcase community-driven co-productions, emerging artists, and established professionals. The Festival Weekend will feature performances and work in progress, strengthening our creative partnerships and laying foundations for long-term community engagement.
Job Requirements
You will have:
* proven experience in delivering workshops and generating artistic outcomes
* the ability to work with diverse groups and foster inclusive learning environments
* a passion for community engagement and the arts
* and if you already have links with any of the many communities we work with and seek to establish links with, that will be a significant advantage to you, to us, and to that/those community/ies
Job Responsibilities
You will:
* deliver a variety of participatory workshops, from taster sessions to longer programmes
* engage with a wide range of people of different ages and abilities, from novices to experienced professionals
* help to generate positive artistic outcomes and foster creativity within the community.
* and contribute to the Engage – Inspire – Create 2025 programme, centred around a two-day Festival Weekend in June
If this excites you, and you are interested in becoming part of this project, please send your CV and a short introductory letter outlining your experience and what you can offer to applications@albanytheatre.co.uk.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Salary will be dependant on experience.
Closing Date: Friday 11th April 2025
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Human Resources
* Performing Arts
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