Events
Here is a list of events directly organised by Stage Sight, along with a range of external events that may be of interest to our members.
Upcoming Events
| Event Date | Event | Event Information | Event Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 13th May 2022 @ 1pm | Stage Sight ‘Insight’ Session – ACE DYCP Grant | Insight sessions are open to all Stage Sight members, providing an insight into particular industry topics. We’re delighted to host two Insight sessions with one of Stage Sight’s Individual Members, Hannah Bentley, who is an Arts Council England Relationship Manager. Session #1 will focus on Arts Council England’s Developing your Creative Practice grant. Developing your Creative Practice supports Individual cultural and creative practitioners thinking of taking their practice to the next stage through things such as: research, time to create new work, travel, training, developing ideas, networking or mentoring. | Online |
| Wednesday, 18th May 2022 @ 1pm | Stage Sight ‘Insight’ Session – ACE Project Grants | Insight sessions are open to all Stage Sight members, providing an insight into particular industry topics. We’re delighted to host two Insight sessions with one of Stage Sight’s Individual Members, Hannah Bentley, who is an Arts Council England Relationship Manager. Session #2 will focus on Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants. National Lottery Project Grants can support individual practitioners, communities and cultural organisations with projects that focus on: combined arts including festivals and carnivals, dance, libraries, literature and museums. | Online |
| Friday, 27th May 2022 @ 1pm | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session | Green Room sessions are open to all of our individual Stage Sight members wishing to use the free online drop in space to connect, discuss and explore a variety of topics. We organised this as a direct response to the pandemic and understand that freelancers will continue to need support from us, and the sector, over the coming months. | Online |
| Saturday, 25th June 2022 @ 2pm | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session | Green Room sessions are open to all of our individual Stage Sight members wishing to use the free online drop in space to connect, discuss and explore a variety of topics. | Online |
If you are a Stage Sight Individual or Organisation member and have an upcoming event you’d like us to add to this page, please click here to provide us with the information.
If relevant to our members, we will post your event’s information here, in chronological order.
Previous Events
| Event Date | Event Information | Stage Sight Representative(s) | Event Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 15th April 2022 @ 1pm | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session : Green Room sessions are open to all of our individual Stage Sight members wishing to use the free online drop in space to connect, discuss and explore a variety of topics. | Online | |
| Wednesday, 6th April 2022 @ 12.30pm | Stage Sight ‘Co-directors Meet Up’ Session – an opportunity to meet with Stage Sight’s Co-directors at an open event to discuss projects and a variety of sector related topics. Representatives of organisations and freelancers were welcome to reserve a space to join the conversation. | Online | |
| Saturday, 26th March 2022 @ 2pm | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session : Green Room sessions are open to all of our individual Stage Sight members wishing to use the free online drop in space to connect, discuss and explore a variety of topics. | Online | |
| Wednesday, 9th March 2022 @ 12.30pm | Stage Sight ‘Co-directors Meet Up’ Session – an opportunity to meet Stage Sight’s three new Co-directors – Tony Gayle (Freelance Sound Designer), Michelle Rolfe (Producer at Birds of Paradise Theatre Company) and Mark Dakin (Technical Director at The Royal Opera House). This was an open event where a range of topics were discussed. Representatives of organisations and freelancers were welcome to reserve a space to join the conversation. | Tony Gayle, Michelle Rolfe & Mark Dakin | Online |
| Saturday, 26th February 2022 @ 2pm | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session : Green Room sessions are open to all of our individual Stage Sight members wishing to use the free online drop in space to connect, discuss and explore a variety of topics. | Adiam Solomon & Michelle Rolfe | Online |
| Wednesday, 23rd February 2022 @ 3pm | Stage Sight ‘Professional Conversations’ Sessions give our Organisation Members the opportunity to introduce themselves and their work to Individual Members, providing a space to discuss both their initiatives/projects and wider industry related topics. Emma Rees (Executive Director) and Rob Watt (Artistic Director) from Theatre Centre will be hosting our second Professional Conversation of the year. | Online | |
| Wednesday, 2nd February 2022 @ 5pm | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session : Green Room sessions are open to all of our individual Stage Sight members wishing to use the free online drop in space to connect, discuss and explore a variety of topics. | Online | |
| Friday, 28th January 2022 @ 3pm | Stage Sight ‘Professional Conversations’ Sessions give our Organisation Members the opportunity to introduce themselves and their work to Individual Members, providing a space to discuss the Organisation’s initiatives and projects alongside wider industry related topics. Jessica Antwi-Boasiako, from Fuel Theatre’s CF:SLR team, hosted our first Professional Conversation of 2022. | Adiam Solomon | Online |
| Saturday, 15th January 2022 @ 2pm | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session : Green Room sessions are open to all of our individual Stage Sight members wishing to use the free online drop in space to connect, discuss and explore a variety of topics. | Adiam Solomon | Online |
| Friday 25th June 2021 at 2pm | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session : Green Room sessions are open to all of our individual Stage Sight members wishing to use the free online drop in space to connect, discuss and explore a variety of topics. | Tony Gayle | Online |
| Wednesday 23rd June 2021 | Stage Sight ‘Professional Conversations’ Session – Professional Conversations sessions give our Organisation Members the opportunity to introduce themselves and their work to Individual Members, providing a space to discuss both their initiatives/projects and wider industry related topics. June’s guest host was Michelle Rolfe from Birds of Paradise Theatre Company. | Adiam Solomon | Online |
| Friday 28th May 2021 | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session – Green Room sessions are open to all of our individual Stage Sight members wishing to use the free online drop in space to connect, discuss and explore a variety of topics. | Tony Gayle | Online |
| Friday 23rd April 2021 | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session – Green Room sessions are open to all of our individual Stage Sight members wishing to use the free online drop in space to connect, discuss and explore a variety of topics. | Online | |
| 29th March 2021 | Meet the Agents #3 – Come and listen to an informal talk by two agents with experience in the creative field and then have the opportunity to ask general questions about like ‘Why would I need an agent?’, ‘What does an agent do?’, ‘Is it worth paying an agent commission?’, ‘How do I become an agent?’ | Online | |
| 22nd March 2021 | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session – Green Room sessions are open to all of our individual Stage Sight members wishing to use the free online drop in space to connect, discuss and explore a variety of topics. | Online | |
| 2nd March 2021 | Meet the Agents #2 Come and listen to an informal talk by two agents with experience in the creative field and then have the opportunity to ask general questions about like ‘Why would I need an agent?’, ‘What does an agent do?’, ‘Is it worth paying an agent commission?’, ‘How do I become an agent?’ | Online | |
| 9th February 2021 | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session | Tony Gayle | Online |
| 2nd February 2021 | Meet the Agents #1 Come and listen to an informal talk by two agents with experience in the creative field and then have the opportunity to ask general questions about like ‘Why would I need an agent?’, ‘What does an agent do?’, ‘Is it worth paying an agent commission?’, ‘How do I become an agent?’ | Online | |
| Wed 16 December 2020 2-3pm | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session | Prema Mehta, Mark Dakin & Tony Gayle | Online |
| 18 November 2020 1pm – 2:30pm | BACKSTAGE GOALS; is an opportunity for you to join a webinar with Stage Sight and two charity organisations from the sports sector (Saints Foundation and Level Playing Field) who share Stage Sight’s values and goals. We will discuss the challenges and successes across sectors, and look at how we can learn from each other to reach our goals. #StageSightSportsForum | Prema Mehta | Online |
| 26 October 2020 2pm – 3.30pm | Stage Sight Green Room Session – ‘Developing Your Creative Practice‘ | Tony Gayle & Hannah Bentley | Online |
| Friday 25th September 2020 2-3:30pm | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session – Guest speaker: Sam Hunt, Programme Director of Festival UK* 2022 | Prema Mehta, Mark Dakin & Tony Gayle | Online |
| Tuesday 18th August 2020 2-3pm | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session | Prema Mehta, Mark Dakin, & Tony Gayle | Online |
| Tuesday 28 July 2020 | Stage Sight ‘Green Room’ Session | Prema Mehta, Mark Dakin & Tony Gayle | Online |
| Wednesday 29th July 2020 | Invitation to Launch of Equity Guide to Good Practice in BSL | Online | |
| Tuesday 16th July 2020 | An Introduction to Sound Design with Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme | Peter Rice | Online |
| Tuesday 7 July 2020 | Lighting design careers Q&A with Mountview | Prema Mehta | Online |
| Thursday 2 July 2020 | ABTT Diversity panel | Emma Rees | Online |
| Thursday 2 July 2020 | Wise Children Q&A ‘How to get into technical theatre’ | Tony Gayle | Online |
| Thursday 18 June 2020 | Scene Change: Dialogue in Strange Times in association with The ALD | Prema Mehta | Online |
| Wednesday 17 June 2020 | Lighting design careers Q&A with The Guildhall School of Music and Drama | Prema Mehta | Online |
| Thursday 11 June 2020 | ALD AGM ‘Life After Lockdown – The Elephant The Room’ | Prema Mehta | Online |
| Tuesday 2 June 2020 | JMK ‘Creative Collaborations’ | Prema Mehta | Online |
| Thursday 23 January 2020 | Stage Sight forum | SOLT and UK Theatre / London | |
| 26 September 2019 | Stage Sight forum | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama / London | |
| 19 June 2019 | Stage Sight forum | Bristol Old Vic / Bristol | |
| 20 March 2019 | Stage Sight forum | SOLT and UK Theatre / London | |
| 30 October 2018 | Stage Sight forum | National Theatre / London |