Category Archives: Employability

Actress for short outdoor christmas show

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Knuckle and Joint (www.knuckleandjoint.co.uk) are creating a brand new short outdoor christmas show commissioned by Folkestone Living Advent Calendar which is run by JimJam Arts (www.folkestonelivingadventcalendar.org.uk).

Throughout December, JimJam Arts will be transforming Folkestone into a living Advent Calendar with a different door opening each night to reveal a free Live Performance. There’ll be music, dance, drama, puppetry and more with lots of fun for all ages!

Knuckle and Joint are creating a 20 minute outdoor interactive show presenting a character of christmas that none of us have ever really heard from before. This is going to be very silly, funny and warming christmas story. We are looking for an actress who is 40 or over with experience in playing comedy roles. The essential skills we require are:

– experience in outdoor/immersive/interactive theatre

– comfortable with performing outside in cold weather for 20 minutes

– experience in improvising directly with audience members

– happy to travel to Folkestone for the performance

– can attend all of the rehearsal and performance dates

Desirable skills:

– experience working with puppetry, as the actress will be working alongside a puppet

– experience in performing in children’s/family theatre

There will be two full rehearsal days or 4 half days and performance will be half a day. The fee will be £240.

The performance is on the 18th December at 6pm.

The rehearsals are likely to be on 20th, 21st, 24th, 25th, 28th November but have not been finalised and are negotiable.

If you would like to apply then please email rebecca@knuckleandjoint.co.uk with your CV, headshot and a brief cover letter about your relevant experience by midnight on 18th November.

Production Assistant/Runner Opportunity – Kent

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The Kent Film Office has been contacted by a production company working on a commercial entitled “Salonpas” and they would like to offer the below Production assistant/runner  which may be of interest:

  • Summary of project

The project is a 3-day DRTV commercial shoot, with some additional online content being filmed. The spot is delsigned to generate traffic to a website rerailing a pain relief patch.

  • Available positions –

Entry level, runner / production assistants – interested in art department / set  dressing or camera/lighting would be good

  • Pay rates

£75/day plus lunch.

  • Dates and rough hours

Tuesday 15th, 0800 – 1800

Wed 16th, 0900 – 1700

Thursday 17th, 0900 – 1700

  • Location they need to be at

Tue – Kingston, KT10 – we can pick up from Canterbury or there abouts

Wed – Whitstable

Thu – Petham

  • Other requirements – maybe someone looking to get into editing. Car may be needed to access locations in Whitstable and Petham

If you would like to apply, please send a CV and cover letter to filmoffice@kent.gov.uk

Applications now open for International Youth Arts Festival 2017!

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Applications Deadline; 27th January 2017 at 5pm.

Theatre, music, dance, film, comedy, circus, cabaret, visual arts, workshops and other art forms will be celebrated and championed for the 10 days of the festival by emerging young artists from all over the world.  Hundreds of events across various venues including Theatres, Pubs, Parks, Streets and Galleries will be showcasing the best of youth arts in the most dynamic atmosphere that is simply not worth missing.

More information about applying is available here: www.iyafestival.org.uk.

Festival dates; 7th to 16th July 2017

Performers wanted

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Blean Pre-school, a registered charity and committee run pre-school based in the village hall in Blean, Canterbury are looking for a brave volunteer who would be able to come and entertain around 20 children aged between 2-4 years at our Christmas party on Friday 16th December at around 10 a.m. They enjoy the usual kind of party entertainment – silly magic tricks, balloon modelling, slapstick etc.

This is a voluntary position, however, thanks will be paid in chocolate.

for more information, please contact bleanpreschool@hotmail.co.uk

Job Opportunity; London Short Film Festival

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Young Programmer
London Short Film Festival, London

Flat fee: £750 (1 day per week Nov 2016 – Jan 2017)

London Short Film Festival are recruiting for a Young Programmer to take up an exciting role within the LSFF team from November 2016. The successful candidate will curate, produce and deliver an event that will take place at the ICA during LSFF 2017, with support and guidance from senior LSFF staff.

We want Young Programmers to come to us with an event idea, which LSFF staff will help to shape and realize for LSFF 2017. The resulting event will bring together film and creativity with an understanding of representing diversity and appealing to under-represented audiences. For further reading on diversity, please review the BFI’s diversity standard guidelines: http://www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/policy-strategy/diversity/diversity-standards

We would expect your proposed event to feature one or more ideas that showcase and represent diversity.

LSFF has a reputation for programming challenging and unusual events, featuring everything from British filmmakers to cat films to groundbreaking International artists. When applying, it may be useful to reference the LSFF 2016 programme to get an idea the kind of events LSFF already programme: http://shortfilms.org.uk/lsff13/

Applicants should be aged 18-25, London-based, with a keen interest in independent festivals and programming. No previous programming experience is necessary – this is an entry-level role, designed to develop the successful applicant’s skills and experience within a festival environment.

The Young Programmers role will give the successful candidate a good overview of programming and producing a successful event. Responsibilities will include:

-Developing an event for LSFF 2017, which will aim to appeal to diverse audiences
-Contributing to marketing ideas and plans for the event
-Contacting filmmakers and industry partners
-Managing a small event budget
-Planning the event, which will be produced by LSFF
*All responsibilities will be fully supported and supervised by LSFF staff

Please apply with a CV and covering letter outlining (on no more 1 page of A4) a proposal for the event you would host if you are successful in applying for this role, and send to info@shortfilms.org.uk.

Your event should be maximum duration 120 minutes, to take place in Cinema 1 at ICA, and will feature a film element. The application process is as a creative brief, and we’re looking to be impressed!

The Young Programmers role at LSFF is part of talent development activity supported by the BFI.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 11 November

Student Promoters for the Canterbury Festival

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Become a Canterbury Festival Promoter!

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Canterbury Festival takes over the city every October. It is Kent’s International Arts Festival and hosts over 200 events in the space of 3 weeks including live music, comedy, cabaret, theatre, circus, dance and talks.

The Festival is looking for Student Promoters to help spread the word about the festival which launches in July and runs from 15 Oct – 5 Nov 2016.

Organisers are looking for outgoing, self-motivated, media savvy students who love the arts and want to share this with a far reaching network of friends and contacts. You will be distributing posters and brochures around campus in late September and promoting our events to your mates through innovative media relevant to the student market both for fun, and for events related to your degrees. In return promoters are offered:

A pair of tickets for two different core Festival events of your choice

  • An opportunity to come and see how the Festival is run (a tour of the offices, meet the team and join the Festival focus group)
  • Reference

If you are currently in your second year of studies or above, and would like to become a promoter for the Canterbury Festival 2016 please contact Rachel@canterburyfestival.co.uk no later than Friday 25 March 2016.

Further details can be found here