The Stage has today announced its keynote speaker and a whole host of experts and presentations at its award-winning Future of Theatre conference, which takes place online at the end of the month.
Highlights include:
Keynote speech delivered by principal of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Josette Bushell-Mingo on the future of drama training.
An exclusive interview with Michael Harrison, The Stage Award-winning producer behind The Drifters Girl and Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
An introduction to Arts Against Racism, presented by Kenneth Tharp, interim chief executive at Eclipse Theatre and Pooja Sitpura, the National Theatre’s equality, diversity and inclusion manager.
Simon Friend, Colin Ingram and Eliza Lumley, the producers behind The Life of Pi, Back to the Future and Message in a Bottle come together to discuss how to bring movies, music and books to the stage and make a theatrical hit.
An insight into theatrical rights in the digital age with NT Live creator, David Sabel and Harbottle & Lewis lawyer Neil Adleman.
Paddy Dillon, the Theatre Green Book coordinator is joined by Royal Shakespeare Company’s Rebecca Cubbitt, Citizen Theatre’s Graham Sutherland and Theatre Alibi’s Nikki Sved to discuss sustainability and how to put environmental guidelines into practice.
The Stage’s award-winning Future of Theatre conference is back for three days full of fascinating insights and discussions centred around the most pressing questions for the future of theatre. The conference will take place online from Wednesday, March 30 to Friday, April 1.
Josette Bushell-Mingo delivers a keynote speech to open the Future of Theatre conference on Wednesday, March 30 on the future of drama training. Josette is an award-winning actor and director whose career has included performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and the Manchester Royal Exchange. Before being appointed principal and chief executive of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Bushell-Mingo was previously the head of acting at Stockholm University of the Arts, Sweden.
Attendees will also hear from leading theatremakers and industry figures as they explore topics ranging from theatre digs, fair pay on the fringe, the theatre talent drain, how the theatre sector can speak with one voice and an introduction to lobbying.
Alistair Smith, editor of The Stage says, “UK drama training is facing a period of unprecedented change, so we’re delighted to have Josette Bushell-Mingo, the new principal of one of the country’s leading schools, discuss her vision for the future of the sector. Her opening keynote speech is just one example of what we are confident will be an engaging and thought-provoking three days of presentations and panels that grapple with the key issues that the theatre industry is facing – now and into the future.”
Tickets can be purchased on The Stage website here: https://www.thestage.co.uk/events/future-of-theatre-event
