Having delivered another series of successful live events during the course of the year, Production Futures will hold its flagship ON TOUR event at Production Park, Wakefield on Thursday September 28th. Following last year’s success the event will once again be live-streamed by Production Futures and feature as part of Leeds Digital Festival, which runs...
Production Futures Promotes AFEM Code of Conduct at Flagship Event When Production Futures embarked on its 22/23 programme of ON TOUR live events last year it adopted the code of conduct drawn up by the Association For Electronic Music (AFEM), which seeks to address issues around sexual harassment and gender discrimination. AFEM actively advocates best...
A Degree of Satisfaction – Pranav Mahesh Thrives at Carallon While Pranav Mahesh was working on one of his school’s music productions, something clicked. He was so inspired by the way different teams worked creatively together to deliver the best possible experience for the audience, that by the end of the show’s run he was...
Network of Women In Events has today announced its inaugural Board of Advisors. NOWIE was founded in 2013, adopted a newly constituted committee and team in late 2021 and the Board of Advisors marks the next step in its growth. The Board’s specialisms include Diversity and Inclusion, PR, Organisational Operations, Fundraising, HR and more. NOWIE...
Production Futures is an initiative created to provide opportunities for young people to learn, train, network, and develop real careers in production across every area of the Live Event, Music, Touring, Festival, Theatre, TV, Broadcast and Film industries. At its most recent On Tour roadshow event in Manchester, which was opened by Greater Manchester Mayor...
LED by Ambition – Maisie Osborne Building a Future at 4Wall This summer, hundreds of thousands of young people will attend festivals all over the UK. The vast majority will be out front, enjoying the acts and taking full advantage of the hospitality, but for some, the festival season will be an altogether different experience....
Production Futures is currently running a series of ON TOUR events, where young visitors from schools, colleges and universities all over the UK are able to directly connect with representatives of its brand partners to learn more about and explore employment opportunities in the industry. The next event will take place in partnership with Access...
Production Futures is an initiative created to provide opportunities for young people to learn, train, network, and develop real careers in production across every area of the live event, music, touring, theatre, TV, broadcast and film industries. Following the success of its recent roadshow at the Confetti Institute in Nottingham, which was attended by more...
Full Steam Ahead at Pearce Hire for Dan Pratley Steam enthusiast Dan Pratley is twenty-three and hails from Thetford, Norfolk. Regular visits to the Weeting Steam Rally near Brandon might not at first glance appear to be connected to a career in production, but as will become clear, they played their part in this professional...
This year, the six winners received their awards at the Production Futures ON TOUR event which took place in late September at Production Park in Wakefield. The event was the first of a series taking place across the UK in the coming months, and saw more than six hundred young people through its doors. Thirty-five...
frame:work is hosting their first in-person conference for the creative video community frame:work is a community organization for creative video professionals working in screens dominated live events, installations and virtual productions. frame:work:london is a conference for conversations about the unique challenges of creating video for physical spaces, live performance and virtual worlds. Attendees range from...
Production Futures exists to create opportunities for young people to learn, train, network and develop real careers in production across every area of the live event, music, touring, theatre, TV, broadcast and film industries. As the organisation prepares to embark on its Production Futures ON TOUR programme of events for the autumn, it is pleased...
Having delivered a series of successful live events from 2016 to 2019, Production Futures produced several equally popular online events during the pandemic, and is now set to return to the road in company with world-leading industry experts and brand partners, to open more doors of opportunity by engaging directly with young people . The...
Truck Festival, the Oxfordshire-based music festival founded in 1998, returns to Hill Farm from 22-24 July 2022. This year, the festival features a number of new elements delivered by independent production company Method Events. It is also supporting UN Women UK’s #SafeSpacesNow campaign to tackle harassment and ensure all who attend have a safe, inclusive...
Neko Trust has joined forces with Gallowglass to launch Future Crew – a training scheme to tackle the lack of diversity in backstage crew and support the reskilling of the sector. The programme is being piloted between June and August 2022 to inspire young people most in need to access jobs and training. The initial...
Co-op Live, the new 23,500 capacity and £365m entertainment venue opening in Manchester, will be the biggest in the UK and attract the best global events and fans to the city. Backed by investors, Oak View Group, City Football Group and international superstar Harry Styles, the venue will announce its first acts in September and...
AlphaTheta Corporation announces an upcoming series of workshops hosted by its brand Pioneer DJ to celebrate the LGBTQI+ community. Throughout the months of June, July, and August, aspiring DJs and producers from the LGBTQI+ community will have the chance to learn new skills and gain insight into effective ways to pursue a career in music at the...
On 29 September, Backstage Academy will be the next stop for the Production Futures tour, hosted on Production Park in Wakefield. Join us for an exciting day packed with training, networking and work opportunities, as well as live demos with the latest technology. Come and meet our world leading partners, speakers and panellists talking about...
Tour / Production Manager Jake has recently set up brand new company Advocate AV with his business partner Callum Yates. Currently touring with ‘The Reytons’ we spoke to him following their ‘sold out’ 4500 capacity hometown show at Magna in Rotherham. We asked him to share his career highlights and insight … How did...
