Autumn ON TOUR Dates to include ON TOUR Podcast. Production Futures, the organisation founded to create opportunities for young people to learn, train, network and develop real careers in every sector of the production industries, has announced the dates for its autumn ON TOUR events. They will take place between 10am and 3pm on Tuesday...

A national campaign is being launched to educate young people about the vast range of exciting career opportunities available in the ‘Live Events’ sector. The campaign is being coordinated by leading events technology provider Adlib in partnership with key industry organisations such as PLASA (The Professional Lighting and Sound Association trade body), The Power of...

Festival setting proves perfect platform for engaging with young people about roles in the production sector… In another creative bid to engage young people with the production industries, Production Futures  recently staged a brand activation at BLUDFEST, which took place at Milton Keynes Bowl on August 11th. The genre-defying lineup, curated by dynamic singer-songwriter, YUNGBLUD,...

Production Futures Breakthrough Award-Winner designs Production Futures ON TOUR event stage lighting for AO Arena … The Production Futures mission to create opportunities for young people to learn, train, network and develop real careers in production, was brought sharply and positively into focus recently when Peter Bird, last year’s winner of its Breakthrough Award for...

More than 200 students from institutions around the UK tuned in live to Production Futures’ new YouTube channel for the launch of the Production Futures Studio TALKS podcast last week. Cheshire College, LIPA, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Norwich University were all represented, with in some cases, tutors bringing whole classes...

Visual Artist Newcomer of the Year Jason Philips talks to us about his career highlights and why networking is so important. Did you study? If so, where and what?     – Yes, I’m a third year student at the Academy of Live Technology (formerly Backstage Academy)  What was your very first industry role and how...

Live Event Production Newcomer of the Year Becky Barwell talks to us about her career highlights and why networking is so important. Did you study? If so, where and what?     I studied at Academy of Live Technology (before they changed their name from Backstage Academy!) and the course I studied was Stage and Production Management....

Lighting Newcomer of the Year Peter Bird talks to us about his career highlights and why networking is so important. Did you study? If so, where and what?    I am currently studying at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts for a degree in Theatre and Performance Technology, specialising in lighting design, electrics and programming....

Join Cheshire College tutors and students for their insightful open evening event where one of their employer partners Sterling Event Group will be there supporting learning and skills development, promoting the different career options and pathways for working backstage, in technical theatre or stage management.  Staff who are all industry professionals themselves and current students...

Production Futures has announced that TALKS, a feature of the organisation’s ON TOUR events, is to be developed as a Studio podcast and YouTube platform. The new format will feature a series of live-streamed, recorded discussions with a variety of production industry experts covering a range of topics, all of which will be designed to...