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Opportunities & events

We offer lots of opportunities and events as part of our Furnace programme to help locally-rooted artists develop their career and projects.

The best way to find out about the current crop of opportunities and events for artists at the Playhouse, and to get exclusive previews of what’s coming up, is to sign up to our Furnace newsletter.

You will find free workshops below and on our What’s on pages.

Jobs and paid opportunities on our Vacancies page.

And regular updates about exciting opportunities and events right here.

 

Workshops
Scratch

29 Nov 2024

BSL
BSL Interpreted

Scratch is back! Join us for an evening of new work by local artists testing out new pieces and looking to share and receive feedback.

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Furnace Festival 24

28 – 30 Nov 2024

Furnace Festival is Leeds Playhouse's annual celebration of the new work, artists and partnerships we develop each year through our Furnace.

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For artists
Furnace x Arts at the Arms

21 Dec 2024

BSL
BSL Interpreted

Following another successful collaboration in June, the Leeds Playhouse partnership with Arts at the Arms is back and will be taking over the Bramall Rock Void for December’s Furnace Scratch night.

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For artists
Last few
Different Stages: A Creative Networking Event for New and Established Theatre Makers

14 Nov 2024

Are you a local artist who is looking to build your network & find new collaborators? Do you struggle with traditional networking events? Is applying for funding a daunting prospect?…

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Current opportunities
Yorkshire Disabled Creatives

Every two months

The sessions will be a mixture of professional development, industry talks from established disabled creatives, and an opportunity to connect with other local theatre makers.

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  • MAJOR FUNDERS

    Arts Council

  • Leeds City Council

  • LTB Foundation

  • Principal Partner

    Caddick Group

  • Principal Access Partner

    Irwin Mitchell