It's very easy in the arts to get down in the dumps if your not getting auditions regularly, or you have had a few knockbacks from a casting you really wanted or your stuck in your day job & struggling to stay motivated. Well we are here with comedy sketches, discussing all the funny things that happen to us all in the industry & of course our hilarious audition/ industry stories of the week sent in by you. So basically we are here to cheer you up & make sure you start your week of grafting with a big smile on your face. To all our grafters, keep grafting! Hosted by Tom Stocks & Ellen Lilley.
Pure Graft
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It's very easy in the arts to get down in the dumps if your not getting auditions regularly, or you have had a few knockbacks from a casting you really wanted or your stuck in your day job & struggling to stay motivated. Well we are here with comedy sketches, discussing all the funny things that happen to us all in the industry & of course our hilarious audition/ industry stories of the week sent in by you. So basically we are here to cheer you up & make sure you start your week of grafting with a big smile on your face. To all our grafters, keep grafting! Hosted by Tom Stocks & Ellen Lilley.
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October 21, 2020
Casting Director Aisha Bywaters Lockdown Q&A
Joining me this week is the incredible Aisha Bywaters. We will be discussing all things casting, COVID, diversity & taking your questions AISHA BYWATERS STARTED WORKING IN CASTING IN 2007. AISHA WORKED FOR SHAHEEN BAIG FOR 6 YEARS, SHE ASSISTED SHAHEEN ON NUMEROUS PROJECTS INCLUDING FILMS THE IMPOSSIBLE, STARRED UP, BLACK MIRROR AND PEAKY BLINDERS. IN 2015 SHE SET UP HER OWN COMPANY, HER CREDITS AS A CASTING DIRECTOR INCLUDE CYBERBULLY (STARRING MAISIE WILLIAMS), THE WATCHMEN (STARRING STEPHEN GRAHAM) AND ENTERPRICE (WRITTEN BY AND STARRING KAYODE EWUMI) FOR TV. HER FILM CREDITS INCLUDE DIRTY GOD AND THE LAST TREE (WHICH BOTH PREMIERED AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2019). FOR HER WORK ON THE LAST TREE SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR A BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARD FOR BEST CASTING ALONGSIDE SHAHEEN BAIG. HER UPCOMING PROJECTS INCLUDE CHANNEL 4 COMEDY LADY PARTS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY NIDA MANZOOR AND FEATURE FILM COUNTY LINES (WHICH PREMIERED AT THE LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2019 AND WILL BE IN CINEMAS IN 2020). IN SEPTEMBER 2020 AISHA WAS NAMED ONE OF SCREEN INTERNATIONAL'S UK & IRELAND STARS OF TOMORROW.
October 6, 2020
Executive Director of HOME Jon Gilchrist Lockdown Q&A
This weeks Q&A is with Executive Director of HOME in Manchester Jon Gilchrist Me & Jon will be discussing the difficulties of reopening a major venue over Covid, discussing in house producing, theatre marketing & questions from you. Jon is Executive Director of HOME, a multi-arts venue in Manchester which with 2 theatres, 5 cinemas and gallery spaces. HOME has a year-round international programme, and over 800,000 visits last year alone. It is one of few organisations in the UK to produce, commission and present visiting work across theatre, visual arts and film. Prior to this Jon worked as Executive Director of the Bush Theatre between 2014 and 2018. In this time he led on their major capital redevelopment, and helped expand the organisation’s reach as a centre of excellence for new writing. Before this he worked in marketing roles at theatres across the North West for ten years, including The Lowry in Salford, the Octagon Theatre Bolton, and the Dukes in Lancaster.
October 1, 2020
Literary Agent Isobel Gahan
Our second Q&A of the week is with Curtis Brown literary agent Isobel Gahan I talk to the amazing Isobel Gahan who is a literary agent at Curtis Brown. We talk what literary agents do, how to get 1 & of course taking questions from you Isobel Gahan works with Stephanie Thwaites at the Curtis Brown literary agency. Prior to that she worked at J K Rowling’s company Pottermore. She was long-listed for the 2020 Trailblazer award, which celebrates publishing professionals who demonstrate creativity and ambition. Isobel was nominated especially for her work with the Original Talent Green Team. She enjoys fantasy and plots with a mythical twist, for Middle Grade and YA readers, and a strong and distinctive writerly voice that will draw her into a child’s world.
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