In Producing Strategies an academic and curator talk to experts from creative spheres (including art, writing, theatre, dance) about how they produce things. We often find that when talking abour creativity things like form and content are what are mostly discussed. In Producing Strategies we consider the other work that goes on when producing things and which is sometimes overlooked.
We talk to Roise Goan, director of Dublin Theatre Festival (https://dublintheatrefestival.ie/dtf-news/roise-goan-announced-as-artistic-director-chief-executive-of-dublin-theatre-festival/) about the practical challenges of being a producer in the realm of theatre, the economic issues in play, criticality, how administration can creative, and trusting audiences.
16 Jun 2026
PS - Space Forms: on realising others' projects
Frank and Sara from Space Forms (https://www.spaceforms.ie/) talk about their production company and helping artists realise their projects. We discuss production-as-practice, working through materials, problem-solving and decision making. We also discuss their long-standing relationship with Ireland at the Venice Biennale (architecture and art) most recently fabricating work and infrastructure for Isabel Nolan's presentation Dreamshook (https://irelandatvenice2026.ie/) (2026).
5 Mar 2026
PS - Vivian Crockett: curator as mediator in times of crisis
We talk to curator Vivian Crockett (https://viviancrockett.com/) about her curatorial work at the New Museum (https://www.newmuseum.org/)(New York) and the museum's Sixth Triennial, co-curated with Isabella Rjeille, Curator at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP).
We consider curation as collaboration, mediation and a hustle in the context of crises in institutions.
This conversation was organised as part of the IRELAND INVITES (https://www.instagram.com/irelandinvites/?hl=en) initiative.
15 Feb 2026
PS - Amanda Wilkinson: curating as translation (live at the Mermaid Bray)
We talk to gallerist Amanda Wilkinson about running Amanda Wilkinson Gallery (https://amandawilkinsongallery.com/)and her role in managing the estate of artist, filmmaker, author and activist Derek Jarman (https://imma.ie/whats-on/derek-jarman-protest-exhibition/). Such activities involve building audiences and communities (particularly of queer and trans people) and strategies of production as processes of translation.
This conversation was recorded live at the What is a Creative Producer? Event organised by Kunstverein Aughrim’s Creative Producer Programme (https://kunstverein.ie/what-is-a-creative-producer), at the Mermaid, Bray.
6 Feb 2026
PS - Anita Reilly: conversation as practice
Anita Reilly speaks about her work which includes disability advocacy and community programming and liaison. This work, centring around communication often intersects with artistic practices and approaches, including Augusto Boa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Boal)'s Theatre of the Oppressed.
In her own words: "I'm community activist and broadcaster based in the Liberties, Dublin. Born and raised in this vibrant neighbourhood, I'm a 55-year-old mother of four with roots deeply planted in community. Family is my world, and the neighbourhood is my comfort blanket. With a knack for juggling many things at once, I take life one step at a time with a smile.I've dabbled in broadcasting, and my work includes disability advocacy, community programming, and liaison, often intersecting with artistic practices like Augusto Boa's Theatre of the Oppressed. I'm always finding new ways to contribute and connect in the Liberties"
Interview in The Liberty newspaper (https://www.theliberty.ie/2023/10/10/if-gray-street-could-talk-gogglebox-irelands-anita-reilly-on-life-in-the-liberties-and-being-on-hit-virgin-media-show/)about life in The Liberties and being on the hit Virgin Media show Gogglebox.
27 Jan 2026
PS - Cleo Prickett: the fashion atelier as shed
Fashion designer Cleo Prickett speaks about running her practice of a contemporary tailoring fashion brand, made 'in house' from her studio and home in the Liberties, Dublin
https://cleoprickett.com/ (https://cleoprickett.com/)
27 Jan 2026
PS - Lian Bell: Interactions with people in space
Lian discusses working across different art forms, media and spaces, and how there is: "no dividing line between artist and arts worker in my practice". With a background in scenography, visual art, cultural project management, and social activism, she has worked for over twenty five years with some of the most significant arts organisations and contemporary performance makers in Ireland.
Alongside her own creative practice, her collaborative work in the performing arts, and her work supporting others through facilitation, she is perhaps best known as Campaign Director of #WakingTheFeminists.
Links:
Website: https://lianbell.com/ (https://lianbell.com/)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelianbell/
(https://www.instagram.com/thelianbell/)Gap Day: https://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/whats-on/artist-support/gap-day (https://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/whats-on/artist-support/gap-day)
Gap Exchange: https://www.irishtheatreinstitute.ie/artist-supports/gap-exchange-international-residency-initiatives-scheme-2025/ (https://www.irishtheatreinstitute.ie/artist-supports/gap-exchange-international-residency-initiatives-scheme-2025/)
#WakingTheFeminists overview: https://www.rte.ie/culture/2026/0118/1538986-wtf-happened-the-legacy-and-impact-of-wakingthefeminists/ (https://www.rte.ie/culture/2026/0118/1538986-wtf-happened-the-legacy-and-impact-of-wakingthefeminists/)
WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the movement that changed Irish theatre: https://www.ucdpress.com/page/detail/wtf-happened/k=9781739086398 (https://www.ucdpress.com/page/detail/wtf-happened/k=9781739086398)
Arts Coaching Collective: https://www.artscoachingcollective.ie/findacoach/lian-bell (https://www.artscoachingcollective.ie/findacoach/lian-bell)
4 Nov 2025
PS - Alice Butler: presenting experimental film
Alice Butler talks about aemi (https://aemi.ie/) (Artists' and Experimental Moving Image, which she founded in 2016 and co-directs with Daniel Fitzpatrick) and curating, commissioning and presenting experimental film.
Some links
Here Is Information. Mobilise by Ian White, https://www.rile.space/books/here-is-information-mobilise (https://www.rile.space/books/here-is-information-mobilise)
Dissolutions 2025 - https://aemi.ie/dissolutions-25/ (https://aemi.ie/dissolutions-25/)
fanvid DIY film club - https://www.instagram.com/fanvid_dublin/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/fanvid_dublin/?hl=en)
Thaddeus O'Sullivan, On a Paving Stone Mounted, https://aemi.ie/event/dissolutions-25-on-a-paving-stone-mounted-closing-event/ (https://aemi.ie/event/dissolutions-25-on-a-paving-stone-mounted-closing-event/)
'First Wave' Irish Cinema - https://ifi.ie/ifiifilmdirectory/international-category/?category=first-wave (https://ifi.ie/ifiifilmdirectory/international-category/?category=first-wave)
Myrid Carten - A Want In Her - https://awantinher.com (https://awantinher.com/)
Myrid Carten - aemi commission - Sorrow Had A Baby - https://myridcarten.com/sorrow-had-a-baby (https://myridcarten.com/sorrow-had-a-baby)
Holly Marie Parnell, Cabbage, http://www.siriusartscentre.ie/visual-art/holly-marie-parnell-cabbage (http://www.siriusartscentre.ie/visual-art/holly-marie-parnell-cabbage)
Experimental Film Club - https://experimentalfilmclub.blogspot.com/p/about.html (https://experimentalfilmclub.blogspot.com/p/about.html)
Plastik Film Festival - https://www.templebargallery.com/news/plastik-festival-of-artists-moving-image-2015 (https://www.templebargallery.com/news/plastik-festival-of-artists-moving-image-2015)
LUX - https://lux.org.uk (https://lux.org.uk/)
IFI film season 'Beyond The Bechdel Test' - https://ifi.ie/bechdel/ (https://ifi.ie/bechdel/)
4 Nov 2025
PS - Nathan O'Donnell: editing and pedagogy
Nathan, editor of PVA (Journal + Books), talks to us about how he uses strategies of editing across his diverse practice, from producing publications to working in educational scenarios.
https://www.instagram.com/nathanhughodonnell/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/nathanhughodonnell/?hl=en)
https://papervisualart.com/ (https://papervisualart.com/)
4 Nov 2025
PS - Mark O'Gorman: collaboration and improvisation
Mark (curator, The Complex Gallery, Dublin) talks to us about the strategies behind his practice of collaborative exhibition making.
https://www.thecomplex.ie/ (https://www.thecomplex.ie/)
30 Oct 2025
PS - First episode: Francis and Vaari
In this first episode, Francis talks to Vaari about her wide-ranging curatorial practice and using strategies of production taken from different ways of reaching publics, varying from films to festivals.
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