Sherman Theatre wishes to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Literary Associate on a part-time, fixed term contract for one year to enable the Literary Department to build on the foundations laid this past year. This additional year of the programme will once more be supported by Arts Council Wales. The Literary Associate sits at the heart of our artistic process, working closely with the Literary Manager and Artistic Director to cultivate and elevate Welsh writers and writing. We want to empower people from all walks of life to become playwrights, supporting them from grassroots to professional careers. This role will oversee the development of commissioned and produced plays as well as ensuring that voices from all backgrounds are represented within the Sherman Theatre programme. Closing date: 27/10/2022 https://www.shermantheatre.co.uk/job/literary-associate/

Clwb Ifor Bach is an established grassroots music venue in the heart of Cardiff and has been a home for new and emerging artists for over 35 years. For the past six years we have also been one of Cardiff’s leading independent promoters, involved in organising shows across the country, programming live music for events as well as delivering the inner-city multi-venue festival Sŵn Festival. In April 2021, we launched Clwb Music, an independent music group consisting of a record label, management team and publishing company with the aim of developing and collaborating with artists from Wales. Clwb Ifor Bach are looking to recruit a creative Marketing Officer that has a very keen interest in contemporary music to join the marketing team. The ideal candidate would be a music obsessive with experience in a similar role or within the music industry. The responsibilities will include managing various social media accounts across all aspects of our day to day operation, template design work and content creation as well as other key marketing objectives determined by the marketing manager from time to time. The ability to speak Welsh will be essential for this role. If you are interested please send a CV and covering letter to guto@clwb.net by 5pm on Monday 24th of October 2022. If you wish to discuss this role further before applying or if you have any questions – please email: steff@clwb.net Closing date: 24/10/2022 https://clwb.net/blog/new-job-marketing-officer/

The Venue Assistant works to support the operational team to effectively run the Bars, Merchandise and Ticketing areas as a customer-focused proactive operation which maximises the service, presentation, profitability and ongoing development of the theatre's bar, catering and retail operation. Now being managed by Theatr Clwyd, we are looking to grow our team at the William Aston Hall. Come and talk to the team and hear more about the vacancies at our Recruitment Open Day on 13 October from 12-4pm. Below is more information about the roles we are recruiting for. Please have a read and sign up using the link below. If you have further questions, please email: people@theatrclwyd.com £9.71 per hour Closing date: 13/10/2022 https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/recruitment-day

Could you help shape our work to champion the future of performing arts in Wales? We have two trustee positions available to join our board. We are especially looking to recruit someone from a finance background to one of the positions. We particularly welcome applications from those who identify as coming from diverse backgrounds. We encourage people with disabilities and people from diverse ethnic or cultural backgrounds from across Wales to apply, as we want the Board and our work to be informed by, represent, the diverse communities we serve. Over the last two years Creu Cymru has been going through a redevelopment process which has resulted in a review of our programme and management. We are now looking to expand our membership remit to include producing companies, to bring the performing arts sector together to speak with a collective voice, to share resources and expertise, and to promote collaborative working. The creation of this unified ecosystem through an expanded membership hopes to ensure cross-sector representation, new collaborations, aligning of interests, and new partnerships, all things that feel more important than ever in Wales following the last 12 months. By setting off on this new structure we need to make sure that the board is representative of the new organisation and its membership remit so to include venues, companies and individuals. We strongly encourage people with disabilities and people who are from ethnically or culturally diverse backgrounds from across Wales to apply as we are keen for the Board and our work to be informed by, and representative of the diverse communities we serve. Creu Cymru: Setting the Stage for the Performing Arts in Wales Our work: Creu Cymru is, first and foremost, a collaborative network; we share information, expertise, research, touring, advocacy… and above all, a will to develop programmes and audiences. We work together to support an ever more resilient resource at the heart of communities across Wales. Mission To strengthen the performing arts in Wales. Vision To be a vibrant and leading network of performing arts professionals from across Wales. This network will further develop and promote the value and recognition of the importance of the arts to communities by connecting people, championing of ideas, the growth of leadership and by developing a diverse and engaged membership. Creu Cymru will seek to ensure that no one receives less favourable treatment because of having a protected characteristic as defined in the equalities Act 2010. We particularly encourage applications from Welsh speakers and from people who have lived experience of discrimination due to race, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or age. We are dedicated to meeting access requirements; just let us know what you need. Key skills we are looking to recruit include (but are not limited to: Expertise and knowledge within the arts and cultural sector in Wales. Expertise and knowledge of financial management. Expertise and knowledge of equality and diversity. Previous Board experience is not essential. For any successful applicant new to being a trustee, there would be mentoring and training available. To apply please complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form and send along with CV and covering letter outlining why you would like to be a Trustee and the skills you can bring to the role to yvonne@creucymru.com If you would like to talk about this opportunity in more detail please contact Yvonne who will arrange a time for you to speak to a member of the board or Louise Miles-Payne, Director Assessment criteria Creu Cymru is seeking up to six Trustees with experience and skills in one or more of the following areas: A staff member from a member organisation in any role (could be managerial, marketing, programming, operations /technical, administration and finance) Performer or creative professional in Wales in live performance sector with an excellent public and industry profile Theatre Producer or Executive Producer with an excellent industry profile Arts press or media journalist with knowledge / experience of theatre / live performance Candidates for the Trustee roles will also need to demonstrate in their application how they meet the following essential criteria: An understanding of and interest in the aims and objectives of Creu Cymru. An advocate for Creu Cymru with an ability to actively promote its work to wider networks. An understanding of and commitment to the need for promoting cultural diversity and inclusion in the leadership and delivery of Creu Cymru’s work. A passion for live performance and its power to transform lives. There are 4 Board meetings each year and certain Trustees may on a voluntary basis sit on the 2 sub-committees HR Committee and Finance and Fundraising Committee, which each usually meet 4 times a year, ahead of full Board meetings. Other involvement is voluntary and on an as needed basis e.g. if the Executive seeks advice on given topics from particular Trustees. The appointment is for an initial term of three years and is expected to be effective from a mutually convenient date. Click on the link for Recruitment Pack and Equal Opportunities Monitoring form. Closing date: 31/12/2022 https://creucymru.com/resources/exceptional-candidates-wanted-join-board-truste…

Title: Creative Team: Community Projects Salary: £21,000 - £25,000 Duration: Permanent (subject to a 6 month trial period) Working hours: 37 hours per week. Closing date for applications: 12:00 (lunchtime) Monday 10th October 2022 As a social enterprise, our relationship with the community is crucial to us at Galeri because this is what guides our short and long-term activities. It is essential that there is a constant dialogue and relationship between the company and the community, as our aim is to develop happy, confident and prosperous individuals for the future. We are keen to hear voices that have not been heard, and to overcome any obstacle that prevents the community from participating with the arts and feeling ownership over Galeri. Because of this, this role will work closely with the Creative Director in order to create and realize various community projects, developing a deep and solid relationship. If you would like to discuss the position further, please contact Galeri's Creative Director, Naomi Saunders on 01286 685241 or email naomi.saunders@galericaernarfon.com Welsh Language is essential for this job. Closing date: 10/10/2022 https://galericaernarfon.com/eng/vacancies.html

Are you a passionate, creative arts professional with strong marketing, communication and social media skills? Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference? If so, we could have the perfect opportunity for you. We are looking for a Digital Marketing Officer to join our team at Tanio (formerly Valley and Vale Community Arts). Working in a small team based in Bettws, you will be pivotal in our mission; to offer a range of community arts-based activities to help a diverse range of people develop new skills, confidence and self-esteem through creative self-expression. At Tanio, we strive for all community members to have access to inspiring, aspirational and high-quality arts experiences in safe environments. Could you join us and help us achieve our mission? In return we offer the chance to work with a dedicated and passionate team, a competitive salary, flexible hours, and an attractive benefits package including a stakeholder pension scheme. Salary: £23k (pro rata) Hours: 0.8 (28hrs equivalent to 4 days per week) or full time (35hrs) For more information on Tanio and the role please take a look at our job pack To apply for this role please send a CV and covering letter or short video to Helo@taniocymru.com by Monday at 9.30am on 16th October 2022 explaining why you believe you are suitable for this role. Good luck and we look forward to hearing from you. Closing date: 17/10/2022 https://taniocymru.com/vacancy-digital-marketing-officer-2/

Are you a passionate, creative professional with strong administration, attention to detail and interpersonal skills? Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference? If so, we could have the perfect opportunity for you. We are looking for a Programmes and Office Assistant to join our team at Tanio (formerly Valley and Vale Community Arts). Working in a small team based in Bettws, you will be pivotal in our mission; to offer a range of community arts-based activities to help a diverse range of people develop new skills, confidence and self-esteem through creative self-expression. At Tanio, we strive for all community members to have access to inspiring, aspirational and high-quality arts experiences in safe environments. Could you join us and help us achieve our mission? Knowledge of the Welsh arts environment and the ability to lead and inspire facilitators, mentors and trainees are must-haves for this role. In return we offer the chance to work with a dedicated and passionate team, a competitive salary, flexible hours, and an attractive benefits package including a stakeholder pension scheme. For more information on Tanio and the role please take a look at our job pack Salary: £18,500 (pro Rata, actual Annual Salary £11,100) Hours: 0.6 (21 hrs preferably worked over 3 or 4 days) To apply for this role please send a CV and covering letter or video to Helo@taniocymru.com by Monday at 9.30am on the 17 October 2022 explaining why you believe you are suitable for this role. Good luck and we look forward to hearing from you. Closing date: 17/10/2022 https://taniocymru.com/vacancy-programmes-and-office-assistant/

Funding your own projects and want help with Arts Council Wales applications? Next Tue 25 May @ 2pm our Artistic Director, Catherine Paskell, is leading our Writers Gym with a session about funding your work. Now ACW Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales have reopened Lottery funding with the Create, and Arts, Health and Wellbeing funds, lots of you are putting in funding for new projects. Come along and get Catherine's advice and top tips on funding your work. Bring any specific questions you have and let us help you get the most out of these funding opportunities. Writers Gym is Free and open to everyone! Whether you are new to writing and/or funding your own work, or if you're very experienced, this is a place for you DM us for the Writers Gym link to join us on Zoom or email us info@dirtyprotesttheatre.co.uk

Artists of African descent explore better representation and the politics of their work. Imagine freedom of expression where Western views are not dominant, what is needed for change, and what is possible in the future. Do you remember the story that broke lockdown and saw people take over streets and parks? The global pandemic and the world-wide call for change and affirmation that Black Lives Matter threw existing inequalities into sharp focus. The future we want to see emerging from this pandemic is a decolonised one. But how does one begin to imagine decolonised futures when dominant Western worldview shapes our present and our collective imagination? The Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel (SSAP) created ‘Siku Za Mbele’ (Kiswahili) or ‘Days Ahead’/‘DyDDiau o’n Blaenau’ as a space for creative reflection. For the past 15 months, the youth-led (SSAP) Youth Leadership Network (SYLN) has worked with 16 young creatives of Welsh-African heritage to explore deep narratives, trace colonial tropes and create new knowledge in their stead. Supported by The National Community Lottery Fund’s (TNCLF) ‘Emerging Futures Fund’, the project created a safe space where young creatives could reflect on what we are emerging from, where we are, and where we want to go next. Following a public call out, 16 participants were selected to take part in the project and during our weekly online sessions, we invited Black, African and Diaspora artists to share their practice and journey with us, and discussed the importance of creativity, activism and heritage. New artworks, narratives and understandings grew from workshops with leading Black and African creatives. But we also found new questions; what unites the creatives involved in this project? From Black Welsh to White African, Mixed Heritage, Third Culture Kid, Asylum Seeker to Butetown Native or British Ghanaian the identities we carry are individual and unique, and many of us know more than one sense of self. Artist Hazel Ravu describes her hidden selves like an undercover agent, code-switching to fit in as the only Black girl in her school and neighbourhood. There is no one Black or African identity. And yet, this cohort of artists know they carry these labels – it seems the luxury of ‘neutrality’ is reserved for white artists only. To be a Black Artist can be a source of joy, as Gabin Kongolo’s performance ‘My Skin Is My Logo’ proudly states. It can also be a reductive label and a source of conflict. Sean Suter’s poems question Where Do I Belong? African creativity is not confined to Western labels and disciplines, it is multidimensional and cross-disciplinary. We have brought together poems and stories, performance, paintings, zines, photographs and graffiti for this online exhibition. Our artwork explores digital and physical spaces, from Instagram to the pub to football stands, reflecting on how we inhabit our bodies and environments. Through the artworks we share with you, we are telling our stories, speaking of our struggles and experiences in a beautiful way, vibrant and powerful and in your face. We are not a monolythic people, but a movement, rich with global connections. We occupy multiple spaces, at the margins, at the centre and in-between. Some of our work will connect universally, some may challenge or confuse those who do not share our lived experiences. Through this showcase we invite you to question hierarchies and labels. Our artworks reflect on where we come from, where we are, and where we want to go next. We share with you our points of view and our journeys. As Charles Obiri-Yeboah writes in his pilot script: Try this fufu, this jollof and this waakye… Yusuf Ismail’s mural, titled ‘My City, My Shirt’ is part of the project and has already provoked discussions across Wales and beyond. Mr Ismail reiterates that: “a public mural like this will be a powerful affirmation and provide daily comfort and encouragement. For Cardiff City FC supporters, and the wider population it can be an eye-opener, a point of view they may have previously missed, and hopefully a step towards changing mind sets.” Fadhili Maghiya, Director of Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel, said: “A lot has happened over the past year and the murder of George Floyd will go down in history as one of those ‘where were you’? moments. From BLM demonstrations to reviews of statues and monuments associated with slavery in Wales, the introduction of Black History to our new Welsh curriculum and wider societal and institutional changes in relation to race, diversity and inclusion; change is in the air and as we live in the present, we can look back and reflect, and look forward to imagine how we can make this World a better place to live” “There is rich creative talent within Black and ethnic communities and this project has not only brought these young creatives together, it has developed a momentum and space for the public to see what we are capable of. Their artistry represents the youthful energy that led BLM marches across Wales and beyond. The exhibition will be on the 25th May from 1800 as part of Africa Day and commemorates the anniversary of George Floyd. Register via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emerging-futures-by-creatives-of-welsh-african-heritage-exhibition-launch-tickets-152656857771. Young creatives taking part on the project include Abraham Makanjuola Temeka Davies Onismo Muhlanga Sizwe Chitiyo Mujib Yahya Bethan Williams Chembo Liandisha Cynthia Sitei Gilbert Sabiti Hannah Newell Hazel Ravu Joshua Odonkor Nicole Ready You can view workshops, artworks and learn more about the project via our online showcase

27 May 2pm Free, bilingual, accessible (BSL and captions) Following on from our first Beyond The Cities event in March 2021, join Dirty Protest on 27 May at 2pm (UK time) for our second free, interactive, bilingual, accessible (BSL and captions) online Zoom event that brings together artists, producers and communities who live or work in Wales' rural and post-industrial areas. If you're in the valleys, countryside, small towns and villages, farmlands, mountains, hillsides, by the sea and estuaries of Wales... we want to hear from you! For this second meeting, we want to start building a stronger network. Our guest hosts: Jonny Cotsen Lisa Jên Brown Angharad Tudor will run sessions to get the room talking and sharing. We want to know - Who is in the room and what support and resources do you need to do your best work in a rural context? What projects do you have, and what do you want to make happen? What partnerships are you looking for to make your work happen? What do you want from a rural performing arts network? Is it true that urban culture is the "norm" and what should artists, venues, and policy and decision makers do, so that rural artists are better represented and supported? What is 'rural' Welsh culture, is it distinct to 'urban' and are these divisions useful? And more...! There will be time for you to tell each other about your own projects and who you want to partner with, share your ideas and help us to start building a network of rural performance artists and producers in Wales. The event will be live captioned and BSL interpreted. We will also have a Welsh translator in the room and we actively encourage your contributions in Welsh. Please let us know, either by emailing info@dirtyprotesttheatre.co.uk or when prompted at the booking stage on Eventbrite, if you have any additional access needs. http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the-cities-building-a-network-tickets-1525…

Ni Chawn Ein Dileu / We Shall Not Be Erased / Não Seremos Apagados / Ní Scriosfar Muid / Vi Ska Inte Raderas A pan European initiative to bring together disabled/Deaf people from across our nations to discuss and explore the impact of Covid -19 on our lives, captured though debate, sharing and arts commission. Discussion Event On Tuesday 25th May, 3:30 – 4:30pm GMT (4:30 – 5:30pm CET) The topic to be discussed is how the draft additional protocol to the Oviedo Convention will violate the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The keynote speech will be given by Pep Sole, a member of the Board of EASPD and a leading member of the campaign for the withdrawal of the protocol. After the keynote there will be a short Q&A. A creative response will be given by writer Rhian Elizabeth. Followed by the launch of the first round of artist commissions. We do hope you will be able to join us. https://nced.eu/ http://bit.ly/DACNCED2505

So many of you have come forward asking how you can help The Other Room. Well this is how you can lend us a helping hand… and in return you have the chance to win some prizes We’re asking a small favour of you, to complete this questionnaire and share your experiences of The Other Room at Porter’s. In return, we’re giving you the chance of winning this play-text bundle of all of our published plays. All you have to do is fill out this Questionnaire (https://bit.ly/3tyBbgy) to enter the prize draw. We're asking for your thoughts here in order to form a better picture of our past and to guide us in the future; and who better to ask than you, our audiences and artists. Your answers to this survey will help us negotiate the uncertain times that lay ahead, so we really do appreciate your time. Questionnaire deadline: midnight, Sunday 4th July. The bundle includes: A Good Clean Heart by/gan Alun Saunders Constellation Street by/gan Matthew Bulgo Seanmhair by/gan Hywel John (pronounced Shenovar) Escape the Scaffold by/gan Titas Halder All But Gone by/gan Matthew Trevannion American Nightmare by/gan Matthew Bulgo The Story by/gan Tess Berry-Hart Hela by/gan Mari Izzard AND… an extra special Album from our 2016 collaboration with Gagglebabble on Sinners Club by Lucy Rivers. A huge thank you to the playwrights for allowing us to include their work towards the cause. https://www.otherroomtheatre.com/en/get-involved/questionnaire-summer-2021/