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We’re recruiting new Trustees!
We’re looking for two to three new Trustees to join Fifth Word’s Board as we start an exciting new chapter. We’ve recently become a registered charity and are growing our…
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Calling All Playwrights!
Fifth Word is planning its next workshops, artist offers and commissions – and we want to co-design them with you. Your voice matters: whether you are starting your very first…
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Fifth Word announces Pop-Up Plays 2026
We’re thrilled to announce Pop-Up Plays 2026, our first-ever season of short, site-specific plays popping up in unexpected spaces across Derby and Leicester this March. Presented in collaboration with Derby…
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We’re Hiring Again – View Our Latest Job Opportunity!
Fifth Word are recruiting an Engagement Producer! We’re seeking a enthusiastic and motivated Engagement Producer with a strong track record of producing high-quality, creative participation projects across a range of…
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Fifth Word Job Opportunity
Fifth Word are recruiting an Executive Producer! We’re seeking a dynamic and collaborative individual to join us as our Executive Producer. They will work closely with the Artistic Director/CEO in…
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POP-UP PLAYS COMMISSION CALLOUT
Produced by Fifth Word in collaboration with Curve and Derby Theatre, with support by Fuel Do you want to explore new ways of creating theatre that “pops-up” to forge unexpected…
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Meet the readers for Fifth Word Playwrights!
We are delighted to introduce our brilliant panel of readers for Fifth Word Playwrights group. The four-strong panel comprises; afshan d’souza-lodhi, Nathan Ellis, Omar Khan and Hannah Stone. All eligible…
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Your Voice 24: New Participation Project
Your Voice 2024, will be working with a group of young people aged 14-19* (or up to 25 if you identify as having a disability) in Mansfield, to lead them…
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ANNOUNCING LIBERATION SQUARES
A world premiere co-production by Fifth Word and Nottingham Playhouse in association with Brixton House Join us next Spring in Nottingham or on tour for this sharp, funny, brilliant new…
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See Me: Creative Participation Project
About See Me is a creative participation project which ran over Spring-Summer 2023, alongside the development of our play, Liberation Squares by Sonali Bhattacharyya. Supported by funding from Awards for…