Creative Call Outs

Artist Callout: Large-Scale Participatory Game

Work with Creative Crawley

Creative Crawley is looking for an Artist or Creative Practitioner for the Festival of Play 2027 to create a large-scale participatory game to take place across the town as part of the festival programme.

About The Role

We are looking to work with an Artist or Creative Practitioner to work with us to design, develop and produce a large-scale participatory game. An important part of the process is working in collaboration with local residents to shape, inform and produce the game. The group of committed residents are called Playmakers. You can read more about the Playmakers HERE.

Contract: Fixed term contract, freelance.

Fee: £5k (incl. of VAT)

Place of Work: Crawley, West Sussex and working remotely.

Please read the Full Callout HERE.

Listen to an Audio version of the Full Callout HERE.

About You

You may be a Theatre Director who works in Immersive Theatre experiences or you may be a Visual Artist who produces participatory artworks or you may be a Games Architect with experience in escape rooms. We are interested in hearing from Artists and Creative Practitioners who have a clear, bold vision and are very experienced in the mechanics of a large-scale participatory game.

How To Apply

Please email [email protected] with: 

• A short introduction to you, your practice and your approach to and experience of collaborating with communities.
• A brief starting provocation and approach for a large-scale participatory game in Crawley and a sense of how you would allocate the budget.
  • This can be in any of these formats; 
    • Voice Note (no longer than 4 minutes) in .wav or .mp3 or .mp4 format
    • Video (no longer than 4 minutes) 
    • Written Statement (no longer than 1 side of A4)  
• Examples of relevant projects or workshops (please include videos and photos where possible)
• Links to your website, portfolio or social media (if available) 
• Where in the UK you are based

Ensure you complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form https://forms.gle/uiRhscSJgZSytcgB9

The deadline to apply for this role is Wednesday 6 January 2027, 5pm.

Interviews will take place online on Tuesday 19 January 2027.

Image: Super Normal Extra Natural by Requardt & Rosenberg, March 2025. Credit: Ian Greenland.