Job Details

Extant is the UK’s leading professional performing arts company that explores visual impairment to create unique and innovative artistic experiences, placing visually impaired people at the centre of all it does: from the productions we create, to the artists we support, to the audiences we perform to and the participants we work with. Extant is an award-winning company and are funded by Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation as well as several trusts and foundations.

Since our inception in 1997 we have produced 8 ground-breaking national/international theatre productions led by visually impaired artists, including pioneering work on 3 site-specific and multi-sensory productions. We have developed 11 visually impaired-led Associate Artist productions since 2016, and our pioneering Pathways programme was the first programme in the UK to support emerging visually impaired artists. We have supported the career development of over 250 visually impaired artists, and our ongoing programme of training, participation and access consultancy provides a 360 approach of interlinked activity for visually impaired participants, audiences and artists.

DBS: We will ask you to complete a DBS check, which will cover you to work with vulnerable groups.
Access: We can provide support for any access requirements you have.

Recruitment

We are holding 1 x 1hr Zoom FAQ session at 11am on Monday 18th August where you will have a chance to ask our Trainee Artistic Director Tam Gilbert and Operations Director Ian Abbott any questions about the role. To attend the FAQ sessions please email admin@extant.org.uk at least 48 hours before the session you would like to attend, and you’ll be sent the Zoom link.

Closing Date: 10am, Wednesday 10 September 2025

Interview Date: Wednesday 17 September 2025

Start Date: Monday 27th October 2025

As part of its commitment to fostering innovative approaches and fresh ideas in visual impairment and the performing arts, we are excited to recruit its first visually impaired Thinker-in-Residence. Our intern will be an imaginative, dynamic and articulate visually impaired person with experience of working outside of the performing arts.