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PLAY HERD ARTIST 

HULL  

 

THE ROLE

We are recruiting a pool of Artists based in Hull and the surrounding area, with an interest in co-creation with babies and young children, for our ongoing weekly creative play sessions called PLAY HERD. 

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Play Herd is a creative play session for 2-4 year olds and their grown ups.  A session that allows children to be the creative, imaginative, curious artists that they all naturally are. This is a time for children and their grown-ups to be together and we invite grown-ups to follow their child in play. 

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During delivery artists would offer families the opportunity to take part in a variety of creative activities - from cardboard play, to exploration of musical instruments, to mark making to movement and dance.   We are looking for artists who are willing to share their own practice, explore other artforms and are excited by the prospect of playing alongside children as co-creators.  You might be a dancer, a fine artist, a circus performer, a musician - as long as you’re interested in sharing your experience with young children, we’re interested in you!

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DATES AND LOCATION

We have been delivering this project since February 2025 and have secured funding for the next 2 years of delivery. All sessions are drop in and free of charge for families. Sessions are every Wednesday and Thursday during term time:

Wednesdays AM  for 0-12months at Gipsyville Library, 728-730 Hessle Rd, Hull HU4 6JA (starting October 2025) 

Thursdays AM 2-4yrs at The Octagon Family Hub, Walker Street, Hull, HU3 2RA (running since February 2025)

 

Thursdays PM, 2-4yrs at Fenchurch Family Hub, Fenchurch Street, Hull, HU5 1JF(running since September 2025) 

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You don't have to commit to a block of sessions, we are very flexible around other availability as we want to offer our families a variety of artists and practices to explore. 

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​All sessions take place in Hull but we are very open to working with artists in the wider Yorkshire region as long as they are able to travel into the city.

 

FEE​

The Artist fee is £80 per session delivery, including set up and pack down, around 3 hours in total. 

 

A morning shift would be 9am - 12pm, with delivery with families from 10am - 11.30am within this time. An afternoon shift would be 12.30pm - 3.30pm with delivery with families from 1.30pm - 2.30pm.  You can deliver 2 sessions on a Thursday if available and desired. 

 

Due to the nature of the project, planning mostly happens ‘in the moment’.  Additional planning term planning time or training will be paid at £20 per hour. 

 

APPLICATION

To apply for this role please send your CV and an expression of interest, and availability during the above dates to ruby@theherdtheatre.co.uk by Friday 17th October 2025.

 

Potential applicants will be invited for a conversation to be agreed between The Herd and applicant at a later date. 

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

The Herd Theatre is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief.​