From the little’uns..
In Good Company and Notnow Collective Parent/Carer Consultation session, April 2019 Photo: Fernando Notnow Collective did not get the ACE Emergency funding. We cried. The uncertainty just became an even bigger space. So now, although we are small, with no real capital or loud voice, we want to make this weird position open and transparent. Take part in the choir of those voices who are not delighted nor relieved. Firstly, we acknowledge and a ...
CALL OUT: PARENT AMBASSADOR
Notnow Collective is looking for a Parent Ambassador for our audience development programme in collaboration with Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester. Notnow Collective specialise in the baby-friendly, baby-welcoming and baby-proof shows for adults. We welcome babies into our performances and want to enable our audiences to enjoy a great night out at daytime, without needing to spend money on the babysitter. Parents of young children often feel isolated and found a great benefit in coming ...
Call out: Performer
Notnow Collective would like to hear from male actors who can move, sing and/or play an instrument!! We are looking for a male performer (25-50) to join DadMan: The Bathtime Warrior team and play the part of DAD #2. You will be required to work for 1 week on the final R&D phase, and then rehearse for 4 weeks before the show goes out on a national tour. All relevant dates are below. We are looking for a terrific team player, hard working and versatile performer, comfortable with devisi ...
Call Out: Production/Technical Stage Manager
Production/Technical Stage Manager Notnow Collective are hiring a Production/Technical Stage Manager for our forthcoming tour. We are looking for a hard working and organised individual to support the rehearsals and tour of our new show “DadMan: The Bathtime Warrior”. DadMan: The Bathtime Warrior is the second show by Notnow Collective, supported by Arts Council and Sir Barry Jackson Trust. The project includes a nationwide tour throughout 2018 and early 2019, and Audience Development a ...
Call Out: Project Manager
Notnow Collective are hiring a Project Manager for DadMan: The Bathtime Warrior project. We are looking for a passionate, driven individual, curious about finding the variety in the way we engage with the arts and “baby-friendly” set-up of performances, and excited about supporting a young and ambitious theatre company. DadMan: The Bathtime Warrior is the second show by Notnow Collective, supported by Arts Council and Sir Barry Jackson Trust. The project includes nationwide tour throughout ...
Call Out: Audience Development Officer
Notnow Collective are hiring Audience Development Officer for DadMan: The Bathtime Warrior project. We are looking for a passionate, driven individual, curious about finding the variety in the way we engage with the arts and “baby-friendly” set-up of performances, and excited about supporting a young and ambitious theatre company. DadMan: The Bathtime Warrior is the second show by Notnow Collective, supported by Arts Council and Sir Barry Jackson Trust. The project includes nationwide tour ...
Sociology meets Theatre
guest blog post by Professor Esther Dermott, University of Bristol @estherdermott When Tina and Kristina emailed me, saying that they had come across my sociological work on fatherhood, and was I interested in collaborating on a new theatre piece, I was excited. There was an element of feeling flattered (for sure) but mainly interest in the prospect of doing something new; this was a very different prospect to writing a journal article or designing a research project. I was al ...
On time management and productivity from a dad’s perspective
guest blog post by Daniel Bye I don’t know if anybody has ever mentioned it before, but becoming a parent really eats into your productive time. My wife works full-time and I am a freelancer so in order that our one-year-old daughter is not with a childminder all the time (which in any case we couldn’t afford), I look after her on Mondays and Tuesdays. The theory was that it would be just about possible to do in four days (Wed-Sat) the work I used to get done in five (Mon-Fri). Especially ...