We are looking for a Freelance Support Facilitator to join the Fifth Word team.

Are you passionate about practical, clear and kind support for all writers, enthusiastic about playwriting, and local to Derby or Nottingham?

Could you bring your skills to the paid role of Support Facilitator for 10 playwriting sessions, in-person and online, between November 2024 and May 2025?

Click here to apply for the role of Support Facilitator (supporting Zodwa Nyoni, Fifth Word Playwrights Facilitator) by Wednesday 23 October 2024.

Support Facilitator – Fifth Word Playwrights

This is a freelance part-time role, supporting the planning and facilitation of the Fifth Word Playwrights group, in close collaboration with Fifth Word Playwrights Facilitator, Zodwa Nyoni. 

About Fifth Word Playwrights

Fifth Word Playwrights is a free playwriting group for people aged 18+ who are living in or with a strong connection to the East Midlands. Fifth Word Playwrights has been created in partnership with Derby Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse, with support from Writing East Midlands and In Good Company.

The project is aimed at people who want to create new stories for the stage. It is for people who are first-time writers or people who are already playwrights but have no more than two plays professionally produced. It is for people who have a passion for storytelling, a talent with words and an interest in writing for the stage.

Fifth Word Playwrights will get:

  • 10 free workshops on playwriting, in-person and online, from November 2024 to May 2025, facilitated by playwright Zodwa Nyoni
  • Guest sessions, insights and exercises from exciting playwrights, theatre-makers and people working in the Industry 
  • Their chance to create a brand new play 
  • To experience an extract of your play performed by professional actors in an East Midlands theatre in Summer 2025 
  • To connect to an ongoing network of writers in the East Midlands

Contract: Freelance

Timescale: From Nov 2024– July 2025

Fee: £125 per session plus planning days and travel allowance

Application deadline: Wednesday 23 October 2024.

For more information and details on how to apply, please download the 

Support Facilitator Job Description. Also available in LARGE PRINT

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