MENTORING
What Is It?
Bespoke mentoring for your creative process or specific project from our Artistic Directors Alexander Kelly and Rachael Walton. This might be career development advice, dramaturgy on a particular show, and introduction to our devising processes. Whatever your project needs.
Who Is It For?
Professional artists and theatre makers at any stage of their career.
When Does It Happen?
We are available all year round, depending on what other projects we have running.
When Can I Apply?
Whenever you know you might be interested in working with us. If it is just a day or two, we probably need three months notice. For a more substantial time commitment we could need six months notice or more.
What Does It Cost?
It depends on your budget and your schedule. Get in touch and we can talk about it.
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For over 15 years we have mentored young and established artists and companies, including Irna Qureshi, Molly Naylor, Action Hero, Raquel Castro, Faye Draper, Michael Pinchbeck, Hannah Nicklin, RashDash, Daniel Bye, Claire Hind, Flickbook Theatre, The Other Way Works and Unfolding Theatre, to name but a few.
We work with artists from half a day’s trouble shooting to a week or more of creative mentoring to dramaturgy and co-creation to ongoing career-planning relationships. Read on for specific examples. We have a sliding scale of fees depending on how well funded the company, artist or project is. Usually artists build some of our time into their funding applications, or are supported by a venue or commissioning scheme.
As with all our creative learning work, the mentoring we offer is bespoke and collaborative, responding to the particular needs of the artist/company, and the specifics of the project.
This approach means that mentoring can be career advice, conversation, full and part time collaboration, directing, designing, running devising workshops, feedback sessions, production support – whatever the artists/project needs at the time. Sometimes we are able to offer workshop and rehearsal space with our partners in Sheffield Theatres, or help artists begin conversations with other supportive venues such as Theatre Delicatessen, ARC in Stockton and Bradford’s Theatre in the Mill.
If you think we can help you with your project, please get in touch.