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During these two terms the Birkbeck Creative Producers had classes and sessions with
Tim Jones & Annette Mees
about their acclaimed work with Coney
(Tim returned to take several further classes later in these two terms, including sessions on the evaluation of projects and a case study of his work with The Red Room)
Jackie Elliman (Legal Officer ITC)
two sessions on 'Employment Law' and 'Setting up a Company'
Simon Pittman (Creative Learning Associate, Frantic Assembly)
on devised theatre
Laura Kriefman (Creative Producer, Tristan Bates Theatre)
on programming, programmers and pitching work
Julius Green (Producer, Bill Kenwright Ltd)
continuing his detailed work on developing productions and creative teams, and in the Summer Term an intense series of sessions on the practical aspects of being a professional producer
Neil Laidlaw (NML Productions)
continuing on the work of the independent producer and in particular 'marketing on no money'
Lyn Gardner (The Guardian)
on writing a high-profile review
George Perrin and James Mansfield
the new artistic directors of Paines Plough
Mary Caws, Ali Fellows and Alix Hearn
senior managers at the Theatre Royal Stratford East
Jonathan Kennedy
Executive Director of TARA
Chloe Dear of Iron Oxide
on her recent large scale projects (including the forthcoming CARGO)
Dr Fleur Rothschild
continuing from last term on research and research presentation
Rachel Feuchtwang (Executive Producer of ‘motiroti’)
on international aspects of producing and planning
Rachel Tackley (Director, English Touring Theatre)
on co-production and touring
Karen Poley
on the practicalities of outdoor performance
Louise Jeffreys (Barbican)
on fesival programming and planning
Hilary Salmon (BBC TV Executive Producer)
on working with writers
Andrew McKinnon (Programme Leader)
on audiences and communities, creative contexts, support structures; and also several private sessions with students tailored to individual needs
Students also attended
'Blood Brothers' at the Phoenix Theatre
‘Devoted and Disgruntled’ at the end of January
a production at Tristan Bates Theatre
Filter’s Three Sisters at the Lyric Hammersmith
In addition each student took an individually chosen MA Option offered by the Department of English and Humanities during the whole of the Spring Term. This year their choices include Playwriting, Screenwriting, Life Writing, Literature of Elizabethan London, The Early Modern City and Spanish Golden Age Painting.
For updated information about the MA application process for 2010-11, please go to
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/eh/programmes/postgraduate/ma_creative_producing
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