Community Post Type: Callouts

Royal Northern College of Music are looking for 2 workshop facilitators on 3 February 2023 to conduct two 1-hour workshops on music technology and disability/accessibility as part of the Lucy Hale Festival.

The fee for the workshop is £200, plus £50 contribution for expenses.

If you identify as Disabled, d/Deaf and/or neurodivergent and have experience running workshops in this area please send them, in any format:

– Your CV

– A brief workshop proposal or example (this can be one that has previously been used)

– Your access requirements or Access Rider

Email these to megansteinbergmusic@gmail.com by noon on Monday 10 October 2022. Email Megan if you have any questions.

Convenience Gallery is currently working with Working Class Creatives Database for their 2023 programme. They are working alongside the WCCD team to shape funding, selection, curation, support and locations for the Merseyside section of a UK wide programme of events and exhibitions focused on supporting and championing working class creatives.

More details From WCCD:

‘For our (WCCD) 2023 Programme, The Working-Class Creatives Database are hosting a series of Exhibitions, Residencies, Workshops and Talks in Low Engagement areas across the UK including: Hull, Woolwich, Wakefield, Gloucester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Luton, Preston, Middlesborough and Merseyside.

We will work with local creatives and galleries/project spaces to create exhibitions, host workshops and discussions for the public which centre the theme of class within the arts. We are currently in the process of selecting Creatives to show work. We are also interested in commissioning a working-class writer to work on the vinyl and the press release for the show focusing on new ways of presenting work to the public. All artists will be paid a fee. We are also looking for a Working class photographer to document the exhibitions’

For the Convenience collaboration with WCCD they are looking to champion and exhibit 4 working class artists from across Merseyside for an exhibition that will take place in May 2023 with location TBC.

If you are interested in taking part in the project get in contact. Tell them a bit about yourself and your practice and please also sign yourself onto the WCCD database and map.

What to send:
Name
Pronouns
Contact
Brief overview of you and your practice
Website or social links

Deadline:
14th of September for selection by the WCCD team and CG team on the 16th September.

This project is subject to the funding being granted in early 2023 and anyone selected will be updated throughout the process, if the application has been successful or unsuccessful.

For more information and to complete the short application form head to https://www.conveniencegallery.org/

Future Yard, a community music venue in Birkenhead, and The Learning Foundry, an Ofsted-Good rated local training provider, are expanding their exciting new training programmes to support young people into careers in live events and the live music industry.

From sound engineers to festival bookers, lighting designers to concert promoters, the two training programmes will introduce people from the Wirral and Merseyside to a range of job roles, and the skills needed to build a career in the live music industry.

Sound Check is open to young people 16+ who are living in the Liverpool City Region and have a passion for live music. There are different ways to get involved depending on the time young people can commit: either Monday evenings for 12 weeks, or 4 days per week for 18 weeks. 

The free to attend programmes are made up of study, alongside real-life work experience at Future Yard, to gain hands-on skills at live events. Outside of the programmed training sessions there will be additional hands on experience at weekend or evening shows.

Sound Check is a training programme built by the live music indsutry, for the live music indsutry – it is designed to lead into paid employment in the sector. A large number of previous Sound Check learners have progressed to vibrant live music industry careers – from apprenticeships with local events company Adlib to London’s Royal Opera House, or staging weekend festivals and open mic nights at Future Yard. 

Jacob has progressed into paid work at Future Yard since completing the course. He said: “Sound Check is a brilliant way to get hands on experience in the industry. I’ve enjoyed being here when bands are loading in and helping with the stage setup – it’s not just being told about it in a classroom.

“It’s given me a lot of experience and I hope to stay on working at Future Yard, getting more experience in this venue and then to work at other venues. I would recommend this course to anyone interested in music. It is a great insight and gives you a good foot in the door.”

Current learner Charlotte said: “I would recommend this course to anyone who enjoys music and wants to understand how the music industry works. It’s an opportunity to learn skills you can’t learn anywhere else – things like learning about how a soundboard works and setting up a stage. And getting free tickets to gigs is a bonus! 

“I now know I want to be an event manager for gigs and work with live music in general. It’s given me confidence and shown me how to progress.”

The free to access programme focuses on two areas; Technical Production and Live Music Event Management. These are then followed by an independent group project, in which participants utilise their new skills to deliver a live event.

Future Yard Co-founder, Craig Pennington, said: “Sound Check is a vital part of our skills and training offer at Future Yard. It’s all about inspiring local young people to turn their passion for live music into a fulfilling career. Working with The Learning Foundry on two versions of the programme will allow us to train even more passionate music lovers from the area and show them about the career prospects that are available in the live events sector. No previous experience is needed – just a passion for music!”

The programme is delivered by Future Yard’s hugely experienced team of tutors and boasts a broad range of guest speakers from across the industry. No previous experience is required. 

For more information, and to apply, visit https://futureyard.org/soundcheck/

Paperwork Theatre are seeking an actor-musician for their production of DEEP BLUE produced for the Liverpool Everyman Theatre main stage this autumn.

Breakdown

Alex (also multi-rolling as Mrs Worthington)
Reilly’s best friend from Uni. She’s wild and romantic but flakey as.
Queer female, playing age 30-40.
Accomplished actor musician vocals/guitar (bass guitar and keyboard desirable)

Dates

Rehearsals 26th September -14th October
Tech & show week 17th-22nd October
Fee – equity minimum rates
Travel and accommodation included.

About the play

DEEP BLUE is a raw, tender and comic exploration of what it means to belong, punctuated by an original
indie-rock soundtrack. DEEP BLUE premiered digitally in 2021. It will be staged live in Autumn 2022 in Liverpool Everyman Theatre.

To apply

Please send a showreel and a copy of your CV including a link to your Spotlight profile if applicable to
info@paperworktheatre.co.uk

Include: DEEP BLUE CASTING in the subject title.

Closing date: midnight on Saturday 10th September.

If shortlisted, applicants must be free to attend an audition on 12th September at a Liverpool City Centre
Location.

At Paperwork Theatre, they aim to achieve a balanced portrayal of Black, Asian and minority ethnic, LGBT and
Deaf and Disabled people in their performances.

They are particularly keen to hear from performers from underrepresented backgrounds and to engage with
diverse performers in their productions.

Write to Work is a FREE 6-week course for unemployed residents from the Liverpool City Region, looking to gain confidence in their writing skills, meet a creative community and get published!

Be part of a group, meeting weekly in person, to learn from brilliant writers and agents such as Yvonne Battle Felton, Cheryl Martin, Amina Atiq, Clare Coombes and Ginni Manning.

Closing date to apply is 9th September 2022, midday.

Eligibility: You must be 18+, unemployed, eligible to work within the UK and live in the LCR

To Apply, please click here: https://writingonthewall.org.uk/projects/write-to-work-directions/ For further queries please email Lauren Buxton at Write2Work@writingonthewall.org.uk

Calling all young rappers, beatboxers, dancers, poets and actors. Are you interested in joining 20 Stories High Youth Theatre? Or want to try something new?

Head along to their next skills workshop – where you will get the chance to play games, meet new people and create new kinds of drama!

No active experience necessary.

Suitable for ages 14-21.

When: Tuesday 13th September, 7-9pm
Where: Unity Theatre, Hope Place, L1 9BG

Book your place by calling Donna on 07792 567 112 or emailing donna@20storieshigh.org.uk

From 24th September until 2nd October Booker Flowers and Gifts are celebrating action on climate change and are hoping to raise as much money as possible for an environmental project at Calderstones School in Liverpool.

Booker Flowers and Gifts are spending the week promoting the issues around climate change. They will have a ‘Green’ window display in their shop, and they are revamping the flower barrels outside the row of shops on Booker Avenue. So if you are in the area of Booker Avenue, make sure you come and take a look.

Booker Flowers and Gifts will be running a competition to win lots of amazing prizes and every person that makes a donation will be entered to win a beautiful bouquet (just make sure you include your full name when you make a donation.)

Plus they will be selling a beautiful Charity Bouquet and will donate £5 from every charity bouquet sold to this worthy cause.

They hope you can all support this event and help raise as much money as possible, which will go towards an environmental project at Calderstones High School, to not only protect the environment but also the community in which we live.

The Liverpool Florists, are passionate about being eco-friendly, supporting the community, and helping the environment at the same time, so are really looking forward to taking part in The Great Big Green Week this year. They took part last year and raised £243!

Donations can be made on their Just Giving page https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/great-big-green-week or in their Flower Shop on Booker Avenue.