Intern producer and facilitator

Main Duties

Key activities

• Support facilitation in theatre workshops with children, young people and adults
• Administrative support to the company producer for the preparation of summer shows
• Supporting and leading on workshops in schools across Brent

What will the internship offer the student and what will they learn while they are with you? E.g. skills they could learn/develop and experience they could gain.

Unique Community is a performing arts organisation that uses theatre to connect with individuals often overlooked by society. By working collaboratively with the local community, it creates powerful, new theatre that tackles real-world issues. Through performances and workshops, Unique Community engages diverse audiences, aiming to spark a ripple of positive change in society.

Unique Community creates work across three program areas:

• Unique Youth Theatre: An open-access, free performing arts service for young people.
• The Stork Project: Centred on theatre creation with migrants, this program aims to amplify their voices and stories.
• DYCE (Developing Young People’s Critical Thinking & Empathy): This initiative involves taking the most poignant shows developed across our services and turning them into workshops, which we tour to schools across North West London. This enables the conversations that begin in our sessions to continue beyond our walls.

Through these programs, Unique Community strives to make a meaningful impact in the lives of those it serves, promoting inclusivity and understanding through the transformative power of the arts.

This role is for someone who is curious about how a small performing arts charity functions during the devising, rehearsal and production period. The candidate will be interested in a combination of direct delivery with children, young people, and migrants, as well as the background work it takes to make theatre shows happen.

Funded as part of the ViBrent initiative, this placement will benefit from rotational opportunities among the ViBrent partner organisations. This could include mentorship and/or shadowing, and offers the opportunity to apply new skills in different environments while building a professional network that spans multiple organisations. These occasions can be tailored around the successful applicant to make sure they suit their individual interests and professional goals.

What you will learn

Facilitation skills developed through supporting staff:

• Creating a show from scratch in collaboration with participants
• Inclusivity and how this can be instilled in all facilitation practice
• Directing a show with and for children, young people and migrant adults
• How to structure and deliver a high quality, inclusive and effective workshop

Producing skills developed through supporting the company producer:

• How to write a risk assessment
• Methods and techniques of contact – writing emails, making phone calls
• Developing good relationships with partners
• Creating plans for getting into a theatre and everything that goes into the planning of a show
• Some knowledge of backstage theatre crafts including set, costume, props, lighting and sound will be gained

What we are looking for

• An interest in theatre – even if you haven’t seen much theatre, an interest in it is useful
• An interest in people is vital – wanting to hear people’s stories and understand why things are the way they are
• Some understanding of the importance of community, especially for people from traditionally marginalised backgrounds
• An open mind and willingness to try new things and challenge themselves