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 Night

4 Apr 2025

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.

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.

  • MAJOR FUNDERS

    Arts Council
  • Leeds City Council
  • LTB Foundation
  • Founded by UK government
  • Suppoprted by west Yorkshire
  • Principal Partner

    Caddick Group
  • Principal Access Partner

    Irwin Mitchell