Current Opportunities

Throughout the year at Curve there are opportunities for local artists and creatives to get involved and share their work.

You’ll find the latest opportunities on this page.

We are inviting artists to apply to take part in our upcoming Black History Month Scratch Night at Curve on Friday 16 October 2026.

This paid opportunity is open to emerging and established artists who want to share new work, work in progress, or an early-stage creative idea with a live audience.

We welcome applications from artists from African, Caribbean, Afro-Latinx, and mixed white and African or Caribbean diaspora heritage artists.

Artists working across all disciplines are encouraged to apply, including theatre, dance, music, spoken word, visual arts, live performance, interdisciplinary work, and other creative forms.

Scratch Night is a space for experimentation, exploration, and creative risk-taking. We are particularly interested in bold, original ideas that spark conversation and invite audiences into the creative process.

If you are an artist who would like to test new material, develop an idea, or share work with an engaged audience, we would love to hear from you. Please also share this opportunity with any artists who may be interested.

Deadline to apply: Mon 17 Aug 2026, 12pm midday

Applicants will hear if they have been successful by Fri 4 Sep 2026 

We are delighted to be a partner venue for Frantic Assembly‘s Ignition programme.

Frantic Assembly will be hosting Trials at venues across the UK throughout September and October, including here at Curve.

What is Ignition?
Ignition is Frantic’s free, nationwide talent development programme for people aged 16 – 24, with little or no previous experience of the arts. Working with 13 regional partners, Ignition sets out to find people with the potential to work in the Arts, opening doors and making them feel their presence is welcome.

How does it work?
Throughout September and October, Frantic Assembly will travel across the UK to deliver trial workshops.

Visiting theatre and non-theatre spaces, these workshops are created for young people with little or no experience of theatre, who face barriers accessing the Arts, and may never have cconsidered a pathway in the industry possible. Ignition tells them they can be part of it, and that their voice is not only welcome, but needed.

The programme culminates in five days of training and devising with their team, in London, producing original shows for a public audience.

What is a trial?
A high-energy, movement-based workshop with professional theatre-makers. No experience necessary, all abilities welcome. Two trial sessions will take place at Curve on Thursday 1 October:-
– Session 1 – 5pm – 7pm
– Session 2 – 7.30pm – 9.30pm

What is the intensive?
Selected from the trials, 24 participants will join each other for a week in London. Guided by Frantic Assembly, they will create two original performances for a public audience.

All aspects of the Intensive (travel to London, accommodation and food) are paid for by Frantic Assembly, thereby removing financial barriers to participation.

Trial sign-ups are now open! Click the link below to sign-up:- 

We are looking for budding local writers who would like an opportunity to receive free mentoring and to showcase their work at Curve on April 2027.

To apply, you must:

· Be over 18 years of age.
· Currently be living in one of our NeighbourHub areas:
o Saffron
o Evington
o Highfields/St Matthews
o New Parks
o Braunstone

· No experience necessary, just an eagerness to tell a story

Successful participants to the programme will receive:

· Five playwriting workshops lead by professional writers and dramaturgs at Curve.
· Bursary to cover your travel expenses.
· 1:1 support from Curve to develop a 10-minute play.
· Two ‘script in hand’ performances of your work, with a professional director, actors and a stage team.

If you are successful, you will need to be available to attend workshops at Curve Theatre on:

· 6th October
· 3rd November
· 1st December
· 5th January
· 2nd February

All workshops will take place from 7.30pm to 9pm.

You must be available for one day between 5 April and 10 April 2027 to rehearse your play and for the performances.

How to apply?

Complete the Neighbour Hub Writers application form, which includes providing a sample of your writing by 14 September 2026.

All applicants will hear back by 22nd September 2026

If you need the form in another format or have any questions, please email artistdevelopment@curvetheatre.co.uk or call on 0116 402 6348.