Announcing Series 3 The Good Creator Sessions
The Dukes Theatre, in partnership with online professional development platform, Good Creator, announce their third series of The Good Creator Sessions, a free, online lecture series for artists and theatre-makers.
Beginning on the Thursday 30th March 2023 with a one-off session from award-winning poet, playwright and curator, Inua Ellams, on adapting stage writing to tv and film, the series will return again after Easter from 19th April, to run every Wednesday evening for six weeks.
Whilst Inua Ellams’ session is supported by Film Hub North through the BFI Audience Network, the ongoing collaboration between The Dukes Theatre and Good Creator, which began in 2021, receives support from Lancaster University as part of their commitment to working with external organisations to provide professional development opportunities for their students. It has already attracted over 300 people to its live online and in person event programme from across the UK and around the world, including, Canada, Greece, Germany, North America and many more.
The programme for series three will explore how to work at the intersection of creative arts. It will look at how to drive innovation in creative practice whilst maintaining creative, mental and emotional integrity and ensuring care for audiences, and consider questions such as:
· What happens when we push ideas out of their comfort zone?
· How can we scale our imagination so that our ideas have impact outside of our usual delivery space and audience pool?
· What are the benefits of working at the intersection of different industries and/or in different environments and market spaces?
· How do we protect our creative and intellectual integrity when working with partners in other industries and ensure care for our audiences?
· How do we maintain our confidence and wellbeing in times of transition, change and growth?
Each 75-minute session will be rich with information and experience from professional theatre artists and creatives who will share their work, their process and their vision to help artists energise their thinking and take actionable steps to build and develop their careers in theatre and the arts and break new ground in their practice.
Alex O’Toole, founder of Good Creator, said,
“Quality, affordable and accessible professional development can be hard to find when you’re a freelancer. It’s always a choice between earning and training, and in today’s climate, it’s a choice that most of us can’t afford to make. Often the development opportunities available are expensive, located miles away, or they’re part of a residential, or they’re held at times that simply won’t work for artist parents or carers.
Good Creator aims to bring genuinely interesting and useful development opportunities directly to where the artists and creatives are, regardless of their level of expertise or personal circumstance. The Sessions are part of that offering, and I’m delighted to be working in partnership with The Dukes once again to offer an exciting and accessible option for theatre makers.
With each new season of The Sessions, we’ve added more value to our online events by building in extra support that people can access on their own terms. As well as a recording of each session that can be watched back on demand, attendees also receive a supporting document written by the lead artist for each session, a list of reading recommendations connected to the theme of the season, a curated playlist, and a subscription to The Make, our quarterly newsletter.”
Karen O’Neill, CEO of The Dukes, said,
“The Dukes is excited to be working with Good Creator and Lancaster University once again on another season of the Good Creator sessions as part of our wider talent development and creative learning offer. Working with a range of artists and creative professionals these sessions provide insight for students and theatre-makers looking to enhance their work and gain knowledge about different ways of working within the creative sector. They also provide a chance for emerging artists to connect and learn from their peers.”
Following the Adapting Stage to Screen session with Inua Ellams from 6pm – 7.30pm on Thursday 30th March The full programme of online sessions in this series includes:
- Developing a Safer Way of Working with award winning writer and performer, Alexandra Donnachie, who appeared in the BBC’s Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley, from 6pm – 7.30pm (GMT), Wednesday 19th and 26th April 2023.
- Collaborating With Knowledge Experts: Adding Value, Authenticity and Integrity to Art & Performance with award-winning theatre director and Inside Theatre app designer, Beck Gadsby, from 6pm – 7.30pm (GMT), Wednesday 3rd May 2023.
- How to Scale Your Creative Work Through Partnerships with writer and performer, Liz Richardson, from 6.30pm – 8pm (GMT), Wednesday 10th May 2023.
- How to Make Work About Tricky Topics with theatrical trauma consultant and forensic psychologist, Dr Julia Langley from 6.30pm – 8pm (GMT), Wednesday 17th May 2023
- How To Use Immersive Technology in Theatre with award-wining theatre director and Inside Theatre app designer, Beck Gadsby from 6pm – 7.30pm, Wednesday 24th May (GMT) 2023.
All sessions are free to attend, but tickets must be booked in advance to secure a spot.
Tickets for all sessions are available to book now.