Are you passionate about inspiring the next generation of deaf talent? Do you want to grow and develop your skills as a youth theatre director and/or workshop leader? Do you believe that storytelling and the arts have the power to change lives?
If you’ve answered “YES” to any of the questions above, then come join the Solar Bear team!
We are looking for:
- Deaf Youth Theatre (DYT) Co-Director
- Salary: £100 – 120 per session
- Part time: weekly term time
- Fixed Term: Sept 2025-July 2026 (dependent on freelancers’ availability)
Note: We are offering a flexible contract so a freelancer can commit to other projects during this time, upon negotiation.
Deadline for applications: Friday 11th July 2025 (noon)
For BSL promotional video CLICK HERE
To apply:
Part 1
Please send us:
A short paragraph in English OR 2-minute (max) BSL video letting us know:
- Why you want to work with us? Why Solar Bear? What do you like about what we do?
- Why you want to work with young people at DYT?
- Do you have any experience leading workshops, working with schools or community groups or delivering inspiring talks or presentations?
Send your application to: angela@solarbear.org.uk
Deadline for applications: Friday 11th July 2025 (noon)
Part 2
Complete the equal opportunities online form – CLICK HERE
Interviews will be a workshop, not a sit-down chat. We will invite you to prepare and lead a short 5 minute activity for young deaf people aged 11-21. This can be a game or an art activity or even a chat about something important to you.
Workshop Auditions: Wednesday 23rd July 2025, 6pm-8pm
For an informal chat about the role and/or the application process please contact: jen@solarbear.org.uk
Deaf Youth Theatre (DYT) Co-Director
DYT is for deaf, hard of hearing and CODAs aged 11-21 who are interested in being creative, building confidence, making friends and having fun!
You will co-lead DYT Tuesday evenings (term time) starting August 2025. You will also be involved in planning sessions. This will be co-led with Solar Bear’s Youth Theatre Co-ordinator & Associate Director, Craig Andrew McCulloch. This role also includes co-leading Summer Project 2026 and DYT’s participation at YTAS’s National Festival of Youth Theatre (TBC), this is a fantastic opportunity for all youth theatre directors.
Training & Support
As part of our commitment to training and developing of deaf freelancers we will provide regular training opportunities – previous DYT co-directors have had the chance to learn and develop at YTAS’s Interchange weekend, have quarterly 1:2:1s with Solar Bear’s Creative Director Jennifer Bates to discuss personal development and goals and in-house training sessions.
About Solar Bear
Solar Bear is a Glasgow-based theatre company that does things differently. Inclusion and collaboration is vital to what we do: we work with deaf and hearing actors, theatre makers, photographers, filmmakers, digital artists and young people. We reach out to those often excluded from the arts.