CIISA announces its first board
The Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority, CIISA, is proud to announce the appointment of four board members who join Baroness Helena Kennedy as CIISA’s first Board
Author: Rebecca Ladbury
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Can new regulator clean up entertainment industry?
A new watchdog for standards of behaviour in TV, film, music and theatre aims to create “a much safer environment” for workers after years of revelations about abuse, bullying and harassment, its bosses have said.
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Portholes Guest edited by Sunila Galappatti
Five writers from Afghanistan share days from their journals of exile. This edition is a collaboration with Untold Narratives.
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The art of the turnaround
In light of the huge challenges that so many arts and culture organisations have faced in recent years, Watershed’s Clare Reddington shares five ‘rules’ for turning your organisation round.
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Researchers, activists, survivors, donors and policy makers to gather in South Africa for the 8th Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum
Leading global researchers and activists to open SVRI Forum 2024 including me too. founder Tarana Burke, Kolbassia Haoussou MBE Survivor Leadership and Influencing at Freedom from Torture, and Jac sm Kee, co-founder of first dedicated fund for feminist tech, Numun Fund
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The Royal Opera House presents Current, Rising – the world’s first opera in hyper reality
From 19 December 2020 the Royal Opera House will present the world’s first opera in hyper reality: Current, Rising – a unique collaboration between the Royal Opera House’s innovation programme, Audience Labs, award-winning Figment Productions and Royal Holloway, University of London. Developed by a female-led creative team and funded by UK Research and Innovation, Current,…
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Meet Container: the new online magazine about creative technology
Container is a new online magazine that puts the spotlight on the people and processes behind creative tech, and provides a platform for voices outside the mainstream. The magazine will be a home for different stories about creative technology: an emergent and expansive field that harnesses the powers of technology for social and cultural means….
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Soundworlds: new podcast series bringing theatre to your ears
Soundworlds is a new four-part series of theatre podcasts directed by dramaturg Patrick Eakin Young and produced by Eleanor Turney using binaural sound to transport the listener to new worlds. The series takes the best bits of radio, theatre, sound art and story made by exceptional artists, musicians, ensembles and theatre-makers from the UK and internationally,…
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Still here to tell your stories…
As we reach the end of a very tough week, the team at Ladbury is sending out a message of solidarity to all of our clients and friends in these unprecedented times. We want to thank the amazing health care workers who are at the front line of this pandemic. We also want to spotlight…
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Watershed hosts European Cinema Night
Watershed was one of only two cinemas in the UK to host this year’s edition of European Cinema Night with a special free preview of the German arthouse hit System Crasher followed by a Q&A with the film’s producer Frauke Kolbmüller. The special screening of the MEDIA-supported title ‘System Crasher’ was presented in partnership with…
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Watershed supported artists scoop top awards at IDFA
Victoria Mapplebeck’s The Waiting Room VR and Duncan Speakman’s site responsive audio tour, Only Expansion, were awarded the IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling and the Special Jury Award for Creative Tech in Immersive Non-Fiction respectively, at a ceremony in Amsterdam last week. Both projects are supported by Pervasive Media Studio – a diverse community of more than 100 artists, creative companies, technologists and academics exploring experience design and creative technology based in Watershed,…
