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The first ever newsletter for the East 15 Creative Producing Course is here!
As we are the uk's only Creative Producing BA, we thought it was about time that we advertise some of the amazing things that we are getting up to on this course. Each month this newsletter will be providing a sneak peak behind the scenes of what we are up to. From film making to theatre tech, we'll be giving an insight into what we are doing across all three years of this degree. We will also be introducing former and current members of the Creative Producing family, showing what industry opportunities are available to graduates of this course.
Meet our Industry Professionals.
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First Year Fun
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Third Years in Loughton
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Our Industry Professionals
Alex Lyons - Dissertation Tutor
Alex is a performance artist, researcher and creative within her own right Her research and performance examines gender, sexuality and the representation of bodies in contemporary performance; analysing how artists employ their bodies as a tool for activism and pedagogy
As well as being a working creative and pursuing a PHD within East 15, Alex works with the 3rd Year CP's to assist and coach their final year dissertation projects. She has a comprehensive knowledge of the Arts from her Masters Degree in Theatre and Performance and is a working practitioner, most recently hosting a series of events in London with the Vagina Museum
Professor Rosemary (Rosie) Klich - Context & Dramaturgy
Rosie is the Director of Research at East 15 Acting School She specialises in multimedia, immersive, and participatory theatre Prior to joining East 15 in 2017, she was Head of Drama and Theatre at the University of Kent where she taught since 2007 Her current research investigates media, sound, and spectatorship, and her teaching expertise is in the theory and making of contemporary performance practice Her coauthored book Multimedia Performance was published with Palgrave in 2012 and she has since published in journals such as Contemporary Theatre Review, Performance Research, International Journal of Performing Arts and Digital Media, and Body Space Technology She has also undertaken various practiceas-research projects working in collaboration with performers, videographers, sound designers and photographers Rosie holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and has presented keynote talks at conferences and symposia in Poland, Korea, Belgium and the UK
Rosie founded the Creative Producing course in 2019 and currently works within all three years of the degree teaching a range of subjects including Theatre Theory, Dramaturgy, Producing and Managing Skills and Live Events
Sadie Hasler - Playwriting Tutor
Sadie Hasler is a multi award-winning columnist, playwright, and actor She is represented for plays, television, film and theatre She is also co-Artistic Director and playwright of theatre company Old Trunk Sadie has written and performed extensively in television, radio, and on the international comedy circuit As a writer/performer she has worked with Harry Hill & Al Murray, on series 4-7 of Russell Howard’s Good News, SKY’s Rebecca Front’s Little Cracker, and BBC’s Walk On The Wild Side
As well as being a playwright, Sadie is an accomplished columnist She has been Columnist of the Year for both the Society of Editors and EDF Media Awards’ She has written for the Lancet, The Echo, The Gazette, Life & Homes, Standard Issue Magazine, Total Production Magazine, Trawler magazine, and SALT.
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Our first years have been taking full advantage of the range in their modules this month So far they have been keeping busy planning live events, sharpening their graphic design skills and developing their networks with other courses. Within their documentary module, the first years were invited to film with the first year BA Physical Theatre cohort They got to grips themselves with our collection of cinematic cameras and worked as Directors of Photography to practice their documentary filmmaking technique.
"As a former actor, it has been great to experience the rehearsal room from a brand new point of view. I have realised that acting as a videographer under a documentary setting, I had so much control over what story I wanted to tell, by where I focused the camera and who was in frame. The module has helped me realise that there are so many roles in the creative industry that I could enjoy besides acting."
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WORKING ON A REAL PRODUCTION SET
The second years have been working on some very exciting projects this term so far. Most recently they have had the chance to work alongside multi-award winning film production house, 49 To Midnight Films
“THIS WAS MY FIRST PROJECT FILMING IN WATER, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO LEARN ABOUT THE EXTRA ROLES NECESSARY TO MAKE IT AS SAFE A SHOOT AS POSSIBLE”
- LILLIS, 2ND YEAR
The project gave our second years a chance to experience the many roles within a production team from camera operation, boom operation, continuity checking to clapping and marking takes
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TYRA HARTMAN
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Tyra is a nonbinary creative who found their passion for digital theatre and live streaming while studying on the course Their contributing to extra curricular projects while taking the degree allowed them to livestream performances at our Clifftown theatre, extending the reach of our in house productions. Ty is especially keen to develop their techniques and research into the working relationship between digital media and theatre to make the arts more accessible. In their free time, Tyra volunteers their skillset to up and coming theatre work and queer led/focused events. Right now, Tyra is a production assistant for Flux Broadcast, developing theirtraininginvisionmixingwiththecompany‘TheSpace’
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Producinghasgiven me friendsand connectionsforlife. TheopportunitiesI hadonthiscourse haveallowedmeto continuetoworkwith amazingactorsand producersboth professionallyandin myowntimeon passionprojects.
The project was submitted as a video essay and short film exploring their love for live streaming. With moments of humor, LIVE explores this subject through the visual journey bouncing from scene to scene capturing only the essence of what digital theatre could be. Watch 'LIVE' HERE :. - Tyra Hartman.
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Assistant producer Sky Arts credit for National Theatre Wales’s GALWAD Producing work for BFI’s first publicly funded trans short film TV credit for ITV’s Catchphrase
A V I D E O E S S A Y O N D I G I T A L T H E A T R E Live is Tyra Hartman's graduating film from East 15. '
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Within her first year Rachel was the Winner of the Royal Opera House Design Challenge with a poster she made during her Graphic Design lectures.
Rachel has found a particular passion for producing and coordinating creative projects and landed a Job as Assistant Producer at Focal Point Gallery over the 2022 Summer term. She is currently taking an optional module building her own Media Production Company with classmate Leah Ebbrell
Rachel is currently working as a producer for Director Mark Duncan Their project has recently made its debut at a scratch night in London's Cockpit Theatre, where Rachel also filmed the production and was on hand taking company photographs Rachel was introduced to Mark through the course, demonstrating capacity for extracurricular experience alongside the degree.
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