It has been a pleasure to run two ‘seeing the wood for the trees’ workshops for SpaceUK Companies during EdFringe. I used to have the pleasure of doing these for the Fringe Society open to all companies, but their programme…
Tag: Training
Empowering your graduation
The following I posted on Facebook with one finger phone typing as I was on the train back from a very enjoyable visit to a 3rd year production. I am adding it as a Blog so it is captured for…
50 years on,,,
This weekend I met a wonderful array of folk I had last encountered at school 50 years before. We were there to celebrate an inspirational teacher & producer of epic plays. It was a pleasure to be able to raise…
Launching Essential Creative Producing – London Intensive
It has been fascinating using zoom over the last 4 years to lead Diplomas and short courses for Creative Producers from around the world. But now I’m being encouraged to move away from the confines and opportunities of Zoom and…
CGO Institute Door is Open ….but
I have just had a very hectic week attending conferences/gatherings including the Federation of Scottish Theatre (Dundee), Culture & Business Scotland (Edinburgh), Producers’ Pool (London), and What Next ? (online). Add to that some great theatregoing and the fabulous 10th…
Producers – balancing openness/generosity with confidentiality/business sense
I’ve been having a few conversations recently around how different established producers treat those who are aspiring and entering the industry. At the core of the teaching which I have been doing since first starting for the Arts Council leading…
Make Stuff Happen & Solve a Crisis
The first question on my one-day course with the Hope Street Theatre in Liverpool was “What do Producers’ Do?”. This was followed by an Agenda list created by 15 SPAs (self producing artists), festival and venue programmers, writers, and creative…
Gatekeepers and Amplifiers – Grady goes fishing
A wise person told me yesterday that working with social media was so so so much more difficult now than 6 years ago. And this from an expert in the field who lives and breathes the virtual world. Well that…
CGO Institute / partners in sector producer development
It is a pleasure to launch two new partnerships this week with Projekt Europa and Omnibus Theatre in Clapham. In both case CGO is making available support for an individual producer to join the DipCP4 – diploma in creative producing…
No Producer is an Island
In a few weeks time audience at Southwark Playhouse will be electrified by Anyone Can Whistle and hear these lyrics from the late Mr Stephen Sondheim. I hope his estate won’t mind my using these as words of advice to…