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Homegrown is Nottingham Playhouse’s pre-professional theatre artist programme, designed to support young adults who are keen to work professionally in the theatre industry.

What is Homegrown Creatives?

A bespoke programme for pre-professional and emerging theatre makers. During the year-long course you will meet over three terms, in which you will develop your own work, participate in workshops, receive professional mentoring and broaden your network of industry contacts. As part of Homegrown Creatives you will receive up to 81 hours of artist led workshop as well as a further 6 – 20 hours of self-led rehearsals at Nottingham Playhouse.

What will I do over the year?

• Create and produce a one act work in progress performance which will be performed as part of the Homegrown Creative’s festival evening.
• Learn/Develop skills including:
  • How to run safe recruitment and audition processes.
  • How to create rehearsal schedules and run healthy rehearsal rooms.
  • How to use marketing to reach the audiences you want.
  • How to make theatre that is sustainable and transportable.
  • How to facilitate theatre workshops.
• CV surgery.
• 1-2-1 meetings with industry experts.
• Support the Homegrown Performer’s performance, including participating in production meeting, studio rehearsals, technical rehearsals and the production week.
• Production photographs and reduced prices for headshots.
• Watch two Nottingham Playhouse productions.
• Discounted access to wider participation programme*
  *Playhouse Insights, Masterclasses, other opportunities where available.

Who is Homegrown Creatives for?

You must be aged 18 – 25, hard working and passionate about making new theatre. You should commit to the whole year of the Homegrown programme.

To participate, you will be asked to go through an interview process. The criteria we will be assessing each applicant on will be as follows:

• Commitment to and experience of making theatre.
• Desire to build a career working in the arts in the future.
• Explanation how Homegrown Creatives can support your personal development.
• Demonstration of your ability to work well with others.
• Demonstration of your ability to be self-motivated and lead projects.

To apply, please send a cover letter to us explaining why you would be a good person to join Homegrown Creatives. You should explain why you want to be part of the programme, what experience you have that will help you make the most of your time with Homegrown and a description of the work you want to explore in the arts. This should be no longer than 400 words. Send this to participation@nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk by 17:00 on Wednesday 1^st October.

Note: This project is for pre-professionals, we do not expect every applicant to have relevant work experience to justify each criteria. You can use examples from non-work settings, for example studies, volunteering or previous theatre experiences.

Homegrown Creatives is led by Nic Harvey.