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Jobs

Do you want to work with CRIPtic Arts? See our job opportunities below.

Set, Props & Costume Designer, The Acts 2025

CRIPtic Arts is looking for a Set, Props & Costume Designer for our upcoming show, The Acts 2025.

Fee: £2,400 (£150/day for an estimated 16 full days or equivalent hours, where 1 day is equivalent to 8 hours), plus hotels, transport and per diems as required

Contract: Freelance/self-employed

Location: Pre-show meetings virtual/hybrid; rehearsals, London/Bristol

Job description (PDF)

Job Description (Word)

To apply:

Send the below to team@cripticarts.org, including the name of the job you are applying for in the subject line:

A CV (up to a 4 min video in BSL or spoken English, or up to one page in written English)
A cover letter (up to a 4 min video in BSL or spoken English, or up to one page in written English)

We are particularly keen to hear from applicants who are from the global majority (a collective term for people of Indigenous, African, Asian, or Latin American descent), as well as applicants who cannot work without wheelchair access, BSL interpreters (when working with non-signers), or 1:1 support, as part of our commitment to ensuring we are creating opportunities for those whose needs may not be met elsewhere.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 18 August 2025.

Assistant Director, The Acts 2025

CRIPtic Arts is looking for an Assistant Director for our upcoming show, The Acts 2025. We are particularly looking for an assistant director who requires wheelchair access in order to work. Extensive experience is not required.

Fee: £2,100 (£150/day, where 1 day is equivalent to 8 hours)

Contract: Freelance/self-employed

Location: Pre-show meetings virtual/hybrid; rehearsals & performances, London/Bristol

Job description (PDF)

Job Description (Word)

To apply:

Send the below to team@cripticarts.org, including the name of the job you are applying for in the subject line:

A CV (up to a 4 min video in BSL or spoken English, or up to one page in written English). Your CV doesn’t need to only contain theatre work, it can also be other forms of work, volunteering, and education.
If you have less experience in theatre, don’t worry – there are a number of transferable skills – and any role which involves gathering and communicating information and ideas between people will be very relevant indeed
A cover letter (up to a 4 min video in BSL or spoken English, or up to one page in written English) which tells us why you are interested in directing for theatre, and what excites you about the role
If you require wheelchair access in order to work, please feel free to flag this in your email.

Please note this role is particularly seeking wheelchair using applicants and those who cannot work without wheelchair access. Our Always the Audience research found a shortage of opportunities for people with high physical support needs to grow and develop their careers and works. We are also aware that many opportunities for early-career directors take place in spaces without wheelchair access. As the rehearsal and performance spaces for this opportunity have wheelchair access, we are enthusiastically seeking wheelchair users to apply for this role. All applicants must be disabled (to see what that means to CRIPtic, click here).

We are also particularly keen to hear from applicants who are from the global majority (a collective term for people of Indigenous, African, Asian, or Latin American descent).
The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 18 August 2025.

Care, Access and Support Worker

Fee: £150 per day

Locations: London, Manchester, Bristol (though we are open to hearing from anyone in the UK)

*Please note we do not have any active opportunities – we are creating a database of individuals we can call on for opportunities as they arise.

CRIPtic Arts is looking to build a database of UK-based Care, Access and Support Workers to work with our Artistic Director Jamie Hale, and any other disabled creatives on our creative projects. Your role would be to enable the team member to perform to their maximum potential by reducing and eliminating the barriers they face and helping them manage their support needs in a flexible manner – whether they’re in a writers room, performing on stage, or directing a show.

As CRIPtic puts on work nationally, we often need additional care, access and support work both in London and while based at other theatres. This role may encompass a range of tasks to include creative access support but also manual handling and the provision of personal and medical care.

This is a great opportunity for you to be in exciting artistic spaces, supporting people whether they’re performing, directing, or scriptwriting, including at major artistic venues and with high-level contacts.

We are currently prioritising searching for London, Manchester and Bristol-based individuals but will expand this as work comes up in other locations.