Wonder Fools: Youth Board Call

Wonder Fools:
Youth Board Call-Out

Closing date:
Fri 9 Jan 2026: 11pm

An opportunity for young people aged 16–24 in Scotland to join the Wonder Fools Youth Board and work towards an accredited qualification.

Are you 16–24, based in Scotland and interested in theatre, storytelling, or making change in your community? Wonder Fools would love to hear from you.

Positive Stories for Negative Times is an international participatory project by Wonder Fools (with plays co-commissioned by the Traverse Theatre). They are now recruiting a new Youth Board – a group of young people who will help lead the next phase of Positive Stories for Negative Times and shape how Wonder Fools works with young people across Scotland.

They are especially keen to hear from young people who experience barriers to accessing the arts, but the Youth Board is open to everyone, and you don’t need any formal experience to apply. You can tell them more about your circumstances in the application form.

• Change the way theatre is made with and for young people
• Have a say in how Positive Stories for Negative Times is run
• Make creative things happen in their own communities

• Take part in online meetings every fortnight on Mondays, with occasional extra sessions when guest writers or artists are available.
• Join in-person workshops and sharings during the year (with support towards travel costs).
• Work towards an accredited SCQF qualification in creative producing, theatre-making and facilitation, developed with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
• Develop your skills in dramaturgy, theatre-making, play reading, producing, co-creation and asset-based community development.
• Collaborate with commissioned playwrights and artists to read, workshop and shape new plays.
• Stage your own version of one of the PSFNT plays, collaborating with the Wonder Fools core team and Associates.
• Be paid to help design and lead creative projects in your own community, working with local groups of young people.

• Fortnightly online meetings on Mondays (early evening)
• Occasional extra online sessions with writers and artists
• A small number of in-person workshops/festivals each year

Applications are via a short online form on Google Forms:

If it’s easier or more accessible, you can instead record your answers in a short video (up to five minutes) and email it to eve.

Final date to receive applications: 9 January 2026

If you have any questions about the Youth Board or the application process, please email contact, and one of the team will get back to you.

For more information about Wonder Fools and Positive Stories for Negative Times, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

We are a remote-working organisation.

Our Registered Address For Mail Is:

Youth Theatre Arts Scotland
5 South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AN

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