We’re hiring! Extant is looking for an Administrator and Projects Co-ordinator
Posted on: 12 Sep 2023
We’re hiring! Extant is looking for an Administrator and Projects Co-ordinator Arts Council England (ACE) has funded us as a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) from 2023-26 to undertake a programme of radical transformation, exploring new ways to enable truly inclusive arts leadership in the future. Extant is seeking a confident, independent worker to […]
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Deadline Extended: Extant is seeking an Evaluation Partner for Extant: EVOLVE!
Posted on: 21 Jul 2023
Deadline extended: Expressions of interest invited to be our evaluation partner Extant is looking for an evaluation partner to join us as we explore new models of inclusive arts leadership for the future. We want to find people who can be our critical friends, unafraid to ask difficult questions as we work to […]
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Pathways Evaluation Report: Blog Post, 6th July 2023
Posted on: 6 Jul 2023
Pathways Evaluation Report: Blog Post, 6th July 2023 By Caroline Jeyaratnam-Joyner, Pathways Programme Manager and Showcase Director, January 2020-March 2023 Pathways (2019-23) is Extant’s flagship professional development programme for visually impaired artists in the theatre industry. The programme – extended by one year due to the Pandemic – included: masterclasses, shadowing, mentoring, […]
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We’re hiring! Director of Operations
Posted on: 19 May 2023
We’re hiring! Extant is looking for a Director of Operations This is a new role created to support Extant at a time of significant and exciting change. As Operations Director, your main responsibility is to lead Extant’s day-to-day operations (HR, governance, finance, project management and fundraising), ensuring we deliver against our business plan. […]
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Guest Blog: Super Power Panto Co-Writer Paula Connolly
Posted on: 15 Feb 2023
Guest Blog: Super Power Panto Co-Writer Paula Connolly My name is Paula Connolly. I am visually impaired and have hearing loss. I’m an actor, director and writer and I am extremely proud to be a co-writer and part of the Super Power Panto Team. For several years now I have been lucky enough to be […]
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Extant turns 25 in 2022!
Posted on: 5 Jul 2022
Extant turns 25 in 2022! “I am proud to have founded this amazing company and steered it through 25 years of innovation, and even more excited now to be launching our plans for steady transition into bold horizons of new leadership” Maria Oshodi Extant Evolve … This summer we moved into our new home – […]
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We’re hiring! Administrator (Full-Time)
Posted on: 6 Apr 2022
We’re hiring! Administrator (Full-Time) Extant is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, pro-active and organised full-time Administrator to support the administrative functions of our theatre company, which is currently undergoing an exciting period of transformation. The Administrator will be responsible to the Executive Director and does not have line management responsibilities. However, they do have […]
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Super Power Panto R&D
Posted on: 14 Dec 2021
On October 4 visually impaired Extant actors joined three actors from children’s pantomime company Simply Smiley to start research on accessible panto for the first time. Artistic Directors Maria Oshodi and Shannon McNab led and were also joined by TV comedy start Kiell Smith-Bynoe to develop the storyline and humour around the theme of super power […]
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Opportunity: Artist Development Manager
Posted on: 3 Sep 2021
Extant is looking for a knowledgeable, supportive and experienced arts professional to lead a new 2-year pilot Artist Development initiative for our theatre company, which is due to be based in the brand-new Brixton House Cultural Hub from 2022. Over the last 20 years, Extant has been supporting marginalised visually impaired artists with more accessible […]
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The Space Arts Podcast
Posted on: 31 Mar 2021
Artistic Director and CEO Maria Oshodi joins The Space’s Creative Director, Fiona Morris and audio producer Clare Freeman for an episode of their new podcast series now available at to listen to on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. During her conversation with Fiona and Clare, Maria chats about the challenges of creating accessible digital content, the […]
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Eye Say, Eye Say, Eye Say!
Posted on: 16 Oct 2020
At the Bloomsbury Festival
Saturday 17 October 2020, 6pm show-time
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Pathways Directors Summer Online Masterclasses
Posted on: 8 Apr 2020
These three summer online workshops will offer our Pathways Directors the chance to explore stimuli, research accompanying themes – and build ideas for our proposed face-to-face masterclass intensive in the Autumn. Tim Etchell’s work has spanned 36 years with Forced Entertainment; as well as his independent work as a visual artist, writer and performance maker. […]
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