Ambition AXA Awards

AXA, in association with Arts Council England, have recently launched the Ambition AXA Awards, making available £200,000 to 5 talented 11-18 year olds in the UK.

Each winner will receive up to £40,000 worth of personalised mentoring, to help develop their ambitions in their chosen field of arts, enterprise, science, community or sport.

The prize will be judged by an expert panel, which includes Laura Gander Howe, ACE Director of Learning and Skills Strategy as well as musician Alex James.

Applications are now open and the deadline for entries is Friday 14th October 2011. The public can vote online for...

May 18th 2011

Marketing and Theatre Technician Creative Apprenticeship

Work with Oval House Theatre and Jonzi D Productions! This dynamic and varied role combines working as a Theatre Technician at Oval House Theatre with Marketing Assistant duties at Jonzi D Productions. Both organisations have outstanding reputations and this is a great opportunity to join their teams. You need to be aged 18 and live in Lambeth. You'll earn £190 pw.

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May 20th 2010

Industry Takeover

The music industry revolution is here... are you ready to take control? Urban Development, in association with Rich Mix, will be ‘taking over’ the multi-media arts complex in Shoreditch, East London to bring you performances from top names in the urban music industry, essential master classes, open mic sessions, a music market and vocal/production workshops, as well as a series of exclusive video and short film screenings. The Midi Music Company, of course, will be part of this - as I hope will you!
12pm – 8pm, Saturday, March 6th, 2010, at Rich Mix, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London,...

February 9th 2010

CALL FOR WRITERS, The Albany, Deptford

For all you young writers out there, get your work seen!

The Albany Theatre is allowing a call out for young people with bright, new ideas and a desire to write for theatre and performance poetry. We are looking for scripts based on young people’s experiences of living in London, a fiercely debated topic in the media as of today.

The person chosen, will be developed into an illustrious writer by professional actors and director and the piece will then be performed as a rehearsed reading at new writing night, Freshly Squeezed, in the Albany studio...

February 2nd 2010

Music for Haiti @ The New Cross Inn

Come and help raise money for Haiti and enjoy a great line up of DJs and live performances! Thousands of people have lost everything - lets do what we can. The night runs from 6pm - 2am and features:

Live sets from:
UNITED VIBRATIONS, OGGIE, AKATRIEL,
UNDAWURLD, DAVINAH, CONCISE ONE,
CONRAD THE SCOUNDRAL, CARRIE MARTIN,
JAI CHAI and more..

With DJs: DJ NG, DJ AKSTEPPA, DJ ALEX MADDEN, DJ MV, DJ SMIFFY P, and more!

All this and more for £5 - lets make this a night that counts! The night is organised by

January 28th 2010