We’re Hiring!

21 October, 2021

Sugar & Spice is an innovative community heritage project running across Tooting. Working with residents from 6-90 years old, we will celebrate the people, the places, and spaces which helped shape Tooting High Street as we know it today. Through a blend of research and oral histories we intend to produce a large scale performance piece and exhibition by June 2022.

We are looking for emerging practitioners (of all ages) to join our freelance team and help shape our project. Throughout the project, practitioners will be paired with established practitioners to provide on the job training, mentoring and support.

All members of the team must be in receipt of an enhanced DBS or be willing to apply for one. Rate of pay will be equivalent to £25-30k pro rata.


VACANCY 1: Associate Artist (Theatre, Dance and Music)
We are looking for practitioners across all disciplines to join us in the project to help create a musical piece of theatre. You would be involved in:

– devising workshops for primary children to explore oral history;
– contributing to research and story development;
– supporting youth theatre rehearsals (with young people age 11-14);
– working on the final production;
– creating digital media content to document the project journey.

Sessions take place on Mondays between 15:00-17:00 and Wednesdays between 16:00-18:00 with additional time paid for research. Candidates can apply for one or both sessions.

VACANCY 2: Associate Artist (Oral History)
We are looking for practitioners with an interest in oral history to support the research and development of the project. You would be involved in:

– identifying and recruiting people to contribute to oral histories;
– conducting oral history interviews;
– identifying material to share with children and young people;

– working with artists to curate a final exhibition.

VACANCY 3: Associate Artist (Photography and Digital Media)
We are looking for practitioners to support the digital development of our work. This will include a digital art project and we are open to ideas as to how this might be done, graphic design / visual art style etc. and:

– planning a digital documentation of the project;
– recording the project through photography and video;
– working with participants to create digital artwork and/or media for the digital web resources;
– working with artists to curate a final exhibition.
(You can view our previous digital art project: www.thingstodoinablackout.com)

HOW TO APPLY
We recognise that the pandemic has impacted on people’s ability to work and build a CV. To that end, we would invite you to apply with a statement of interest in a form that suits you (written / video / audio / creative) that demonstrates:
– which role you are most interested in and why;
– your experience and/or interest in working with children and young people;
– your experience and/or interest in working with heritage;
– your experience and/or interest in working with Tooting;
– how you approach or would approach working creatively to support people’s health and wellbeing whilst participating;
– how you would approach the project.

All members of the team must be in receipt of an enhanced DBS or be willing to apply for one.

Applications should be sent to lauren@bouncetheatre.com by Thursday 4th November 2021. We will invite all applicants to a 15min Zoom call in the week commencing 8th November. In-person interviews for successful candidates will then take place between the 15th-26th November and work can begin immediately afterwards (subject to contract and DBS status).

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