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Production Futures ON TOUR event to return to Manchester on May 3rd

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 ON TOUR to visit University of Gloucestershire’s School of Creative Industries

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...

one to watch – Dan Pratley

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...

Production Futures Breakthrough Award Winners Announced at ON TOUR Event

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: London 2022 November 3&4 at CodeNode

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 Joins Creative UK

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...

Production Futures ON TOUR Goes Hybrid in Partnership with Leeds Digital Festival.

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...

Method Events to deliver expanded Truck Festival supporting UN Women’s #SafeSpacesNow campaign

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 and Gallowglass launch ‘Diversity in Crewing’ programme

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 to Bring World’s Best Events to Manchester

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...

Pioneer DJ Presents : Start From Scratch workshops to celebrate the LGBTQI+ community

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...

Next stop announced for Production Futures ON TOUR 2022

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...

one to watch … Jake Mazzuca, 27

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...

2022 Vectorworks Design Scholarship Now Open for Submissions

Students Can Win up to $10,000 USD in Sixth Global Design Competition Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. opens its sixth Vectorworks Design Scholarship. This global competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students in major disciplines related to architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design, entertainment and interior design who can now submit either...

The 3T May 2022 Course Applications are now OPEN!

The 3T May 2022 Course Applications are now OPEN! The Tour Tech Training Course is a free, practical training course for people form underrepresented gender and ethnic groups, equipping them with valuable skills, industry knowledge and connections to begin careers as touring technicians. Apply here https://lnkd.in/dYV_vEgb Applications Close April 10th!
Production Futures On Tour

Production Futures On Tour Begins!

Production Futures On Tour kicked off the first leg of its 2022 UK tour in the beloved city of Manchester at the super cool live venue Depot Mayfield, with hospitality courtesy of Escape to Freight Island. Students and freelancers across all disciplines of entertainment and production industries attended to take advantage of the training workshops,...
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