Alfie Forever 15 Freelance Director

Rehearsals: Monday- Friday 10am-6pm, 2-13 March 2026 in Leeds

Role: Freelance Director - Alfie Forever 15

Location: Leeds

Fee: £2,900.00 - 14.5 days @ £200 per day (3 days prep/meetings, 0.5 day trauma

informed training, 2x 0.5 days R&D, 2 weeks rehearsal)

About the Project

Alfie Forever 15 is RedBobble Arts’ bold, trauma-informed, multi-arts programme,

co-created with the family & friends of Alfie Lewis, a 15-year-old who tragically lost

his life to knife crime. The pilot programme, in partnership with West Yorkshire

Police, WYCA, mental health & education specialists, will take our interactive theatre

tour to 6 schools in Leeds, with the aim of reducing knife-carrying behaviours,

promoting cultural engagement and empowering young people to explore their

choices.

Role Description

We are looking for a director to work with three actors, the Creative Director,

Dramaturg, Producer and Audio/Visual Content Creator to develop and rehearse a

new play which will be touring to schools in March 2026. The production, aimed to be

40 minutes, will be documentary/verbatim theatre, and include sound and video

elements that will be operated by the actors. We are currently conducting interviews

to develop the script, and are aiming to have a story board by the end of November.

There will be a first draft that will be R&D’d in January 2026 with the director and

actors.

We would love to work with someone who:

● Has experience making work for young audiences and/or experience creating

theatre with socially engaged outcomes

● Is confident interweaving elements of sound and video into the production

● Is able to lead an inclusive rehearsal process

● Having previous experience of working with verbatim material would be a

bonus

● Is based in Leeds or can travel/stay in Leeds as fee is inclusive of expenses

● Is available for all rehearsal dates and has a few days availability for

meetings/prep Dec 2025 - Feb 2026

We are particularly interested in hearing from directors who are underrepresented in

the theatre sector including those who are Global Majority, Disabled and/or Working

Class.

If you’re available and interested, please send a CV and a short expression of

interest outlining your skills and experience to info@redbobblearts.com by Friday 28

November 10:00am.

About RedBobble Arts

RedBobble Arts is a female-led, neurodiverse theatre company based in Leeds,

specialising in live performance, multi arts projects and community wellbeing. We

harness the transformative power of the arts for social change, self-expression,

personal growth, and healing.

Our expertise also includes community engagement, education, and mental health,

by creating safe, trauma informed spaces for children, young people and adults

facing adversity. Our partners include statutory organisations including the NHS and

Bolton and Rotherham Council. We also work with voluntary, community and social

enterprise sector organisations including Bradford City of Culture 2025, The King’s

Trust & SELFA. We have worked with theatres including The Lowry and Oldham

Coliseum and our Associate Artist Rachel Munro-Fawcett recently received the

Portrait of Britain award for RedBobble Arts production Athena.

RedBobble aligns with the National Centre for Creative Health Strategy and the Arts

Council priorities, ensuring programmes are evidence-based, follow best practice

and use robust evaluation methodology.