The Manchester International Festival is now looking for a new Chief Executive and Artistic Director who will drive the artistic vision for MIF, delivering an exceptional festival every two years and contributing to the development of a major new international arts venue in Manchester.
Deadline is 5pm GMT on 02 March 2015
The main role of the CEO/AD will be to:
a) Create and deliver a biennial international Festival that has local, regional, national and international significance and celebrates Manchester’s position as a leading world city.
b) Lead and drive the artistic vision for this artist-led commissioning Festival, working with key international, national and local artists, together with arts education and creative industries practitioners.
c) Develop and deliver one-off out-of-festival events or programs as agreed with the Board
d) Work with key partners to develop plans for the cultural infrastructure in Manchester, including contributing to the development of a major new arts venue, The Factory.
The successful candidate will have an international reputation as a creative producer or practicing artist with experience in commissioning and delivering large- and small-scale new work and the ability to inspire, challenge and galvanize people. For an information pack and details of how to apply, please contact Heather Newill, Director AEM International at info@aeminternational.co.uk.

This conference aims to reflect on theoretical, methodological and artistic work that may throw light on motherhood and creative practice. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, artists, mothers and others who research in this area. Cross-cultural, interdisciplinary and comparative work is encouraged. We are open to a variety of submissions including academic papers from all disciplines and creative submissions including visual art, literature, and performance art/performative lectures. We invite papers in English of 15 minutes length, with possible topics including but are not restricted to the above description. We welcome abstracts and proposals for practice-based, creative presentations (300 – 400 words + up to 3 images for practical presentations+ 100 word bio) on a broad range of approaches to the above and related topics.
Abstract and Proposals are to be submitted no later than February 20th, 2015, to Dr Elena Marchevska using the following email: marcheve@lsbu.ac.uk. Proposers will be informed by 5 March 2015 whether their proposal has been accepted.
Conference Registration:
Registration for conference will open online on 20 February 2015.
Full Conference Early Bird (by 1 May) £120.00
Full Conference £180.00
Full Conference Postgraduate/Unwaged £65.00
Day Rate Monday 1^st June only £80.00

NoPassport presents a two-month, nomadic, mobile, local-to-virtual theatre conference initiated and curated by Caridad Svich (2012 OBIE for Lifetime Achievement) exploring global environmental and human rights issues, as they are reflected in practice and theory in theatre and performance.
From March 1st to May 1st, 2015, on NoPassport’s fragileshore channel on youtube, we will accept panels and work sessions (45-50 minutes) and short performances (20-25 minutes) that in some way address aspects of environmental concerns related to climate change or other issues, and global human rights. For the past eight consecutive years, NoPassport (www.nopassport.org) has held live conferences at LSU-Baton Rouge, ASU-Tempe, NYU Gallatin, Nuyorican Poets Café and Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at CUNY Graduate Center. Our mission has always been mobile and nomadic, and for the first time, we are staging a nomadic, telematic conference, where anyone in the world can take part: local to global. We are particularly interested in sessions that focus on First Nations artists, practitioners and scholars involved in climate change initiatives, and students and practitioners interested in exploring the body politic through theatrical testimony, verbatim theatre, immersive work and hybrid performance practices. What does living on a “fragile shore” mean to you and your communities?
Proposals are accepted effective immediately at fragileshore@gmail.com

Luminato Festival is Toronto’s international multi-arts festival reaching more than 700,000 attendees in 2014. For 10 days each June, Luminato Festival transforms Toronto’s theatres, parks and public spaces into 268 events many of which are free, at 30 venues across the city. Last year Luminato showcased 1,336 participating artists (77% Canadian artists, 305 international artists from 20 countries) celebrating theatre, dance, music, literature, food, visual arts, magic, film, and more. In the last eight years, Luminato has become one of the preeminent arts festivals in North America, having commissioned over 66 new works of art, and featured 7,500 artists from 40 countries.
To review the desired candidate profile click here.
As CEO of Luminato you will inspire the Board, staff, the arts community, the City of Toronto, and visitors by leading the Festival to even greater prominence as one of the world’s most respected leading arts festivals.
Your inspired leadership will ensure that Luminato continues to present innovative artistic programming excellence to attract a diverse and expanding audience, and has the financial and operational capacity to fully support its mission today and into the future. You are a visionary who will shape the overall strategic direction for Luminato while working in close partnership with a dedicated Board and staff.
While strengthening and growing the Luminato Festival’s importance to the City of Toronto, you are driven to establish it as one of the most well known and admired arts festivals on the International calendar.
Please apply by email with your cover letter and resume to no later than Monday, March 9, 2015 Send to Searchlight Recruitment Inc, to fill out the application, click here.

Applications for the grants are due by April 17th, 2015, for projects taking place between July 1st 2015, and June 30th 2015.
USArtists International provides support for American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists from across the country who have been invited to perform at significant international festivals and performing arts markets anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories.
Eligible applicants must:
a) Be a dance, music or theater ensemble or solo artist, including practitioners of folk and traditional forms, that work at a professional level
b) Be designated by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, or have a U.S.-based fiscal sponsor that is designated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
c) If an ensemble, have the majority of its performing members be U.S. citizens or permanent residents (whether a U.S.-based ensemble or a collaborative project with artists in the host country). The lead creative artist of a collaborative ensemble must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
d) If a solo performer, be invited to perform as a soloist without accompaniment and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
e) Be invited for performances of no less than 20 minutes in duration, which may be comprised of single or multiple works or excerpts from longer pieces.
Grant amounts range, on average, from $1000-$10,000; and cannot exceed $15,000. To access the full program guidelines and online application, click here. Questions about USArtists International should be directed to Robyn Busch.

Now in its 6th year, NY Theatre Intensives is a 6-week cross genre program for actors, writers and directors that focuses on the development of new plays and the collaborative experience. In association with the artists of the Ensemble Studio Theatre, is offering scholarship opportunities for its summer 2015 session in New York City, June 20 through July 31, 2105.
Due Date for Application is March 30^th, 2015.
Write a one-page monologue that starts with the phrase “I dare you!” Check that your piece has the following elements: What is the speaker doing? Is the setting in conflict with the speaker? What time of day is it? What is the temperature and how does it affect the speaker? What is the question of the monologue? And how does the speaker change in the course of the speech? What does the speaker learned?
One FULL TUITION scholarship, one HALF scholarships and several honorable mentions will be awarded in the first round of the competition
Please submit your double spaced monologue with contact information to here by March 30th, 2015.