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North East Deaf Youth Theatre: Community Champion Call Out

 We are looking for a Community Champion to join us as at North East Deaf Youth Theatre!

• You might create visual arts, drama, music, filmmaking, animation, photography, creative writing or something else!

• You might be interested in developing skills in marketing, admin or events planning.

• You might be passionate about your community and want to get more deaf children involved in the arts.

We are looking for deaf creatives who are based in the North East and have experience of - or are interested in - working with children and young people.

About

NE Deaf Youth Theatre is led by Unfolding Theatre Creative Associate, EJ Raymond.

NE Deaf Youth Theatre aims to support deaf children and young people to develop their creative skills, build confidence and form new friendships. Together with deaf arts organisation, Turtléar, workshops explore theatre-making, creative writing, storytelling, acting, lighting and backstage skills to create performances to share with friends and family.

NE Deaf Youth Theatre has been running since Summer 2022. We run monthly Saturday sessions and a summer camp. Our 2023 summer camp attracted 20 children and young people. Around 8-10 children attend monthly sessions. The group are aged 5-11. Workshops take place at Gosforth Civic Theatre.

Workshops are led by EJ Raymond. EJ is profoundly deaf and a BSL user and graduated from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow in 2018 (BA Performance). EJ is an actor, writer and founder of Turtléar.

Members of the group use a mixture of speech and BSL. A BSL interpreter supports each workshop.

You can find out more and see photos and videos at https://www.unfoldingtheatre.co.uk/north-east-deaf-youth-theatre

North East Deaf Youth Theatre is supported by the Community Foundation, Arts Council England and the Newcastle Cultural Investment Fund.

Dates & what it would involve

Workshop dates:  

9.30-11.30am on 3rd Saturday of the month plus a summer camp in July 2025. 

We are looking for deaf creatives to support the sessions at our North East Deaf Youth Theatre. This would include planning and leading a creative activity as part of the workshop, and supporting EJ to deliver creative activities.

We are also looking to support deaf creatives to develop their skills – for example by creating social media campaigns to advertise the sessions, or supporting the Unfolding Theatre team with planning events and activities to deepen our relationships with the deaf community in the North East.

Fee

£90 per half-day, and up to 18 half-days spread across the year (June 2025 – March 2026).

How to apply

Please send an email or link to a video to info@unfoldingtheatre.co.uk .

• Tell us about your creative skills. This could be examples of your work, links to websites or a CV.

• Tell us about why you like working with children and young people.

• Tell us about why you’re excited about the community champion role.

• Let us know whether you hold an Enhanced DBS certificate issued in the last 3 years. No problem if you don’t – we can cover the cost and process a DBS check if needed.

• Any access needs – Unfolding Theatre has an access budget to support artists to apply for and work for the company. We welcome applications from disabled creatives.

We welcome applications in different formats in BSL or written/spoken English. Whatever works best for you!

Any questions? Email EJ Raymond at ej@unfoldingtheatre.co.uk

Closing Date - Monday 30th June, 5pm

Working with Unfolding Theatre

We are proud to have worked with talented, inspiring and inventive artists and technicians on all of our projects.

Since the company was founded in 2008 we have worked with writers, David Almond, Daniel Bye, Chloe Daykin, Wambui Hardcastle, Carina Rodney, Luca Rutherford and Selina Thompson, actors Jane Arnfield, Michael Blair, Hannah Boyde, Maria Crocker, Alex Elliott, Ruth Johnson, Kat Pierce, Pady O'Connor, Mark Lloyd and Tom Walton, designers and visual artists Lily Arnold, Imogen Cloet, Simon Henderson, Bethan Maddocks and Andrew Stephenson, musicians Tom Bancroft, Ross Millard, Brendan Murphy, Beccy Owen, Fred Phethean, Mariam Rezaei, Paul Smith, Kathryn Tickell, Tin Men & The Telephone and Boff Whalley, sound and AV artists John Alder, Reed Ingram Weir, Nick John Williams and Andy Playford, lighting designer, Kev Tweedy, architect Tim Bailey, dancer Tim Rubidge and production managers, Jill Bennison and Simon Henderson.

We are also proud to have worked with producers, Leyla Asadi and Morag Iles, who helped the company grow from an idea into a palace-building, darts-throwing reality.