Bec Martin:Confessions of a Programmer
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- Date
- Archive Event
- Time
- 3.30 - 5.00pm
- Venue
- New Diorama
- Type
- Masterclass
FULLY BOOKED
In this informal session Bec Martin discusses her roles as Head of Programming at Vault Festivals, Artistic Director of New Diorama Theatre, and addresses the age-old question - “how do I get my play programmed!?”
For Bec, it is all about rigour and authenticity. She believes that theatremakers should not change to fit specific venues or programmers. That the world deserves a variety of stories with different forms. The challenge is finding the venues, festivals and programmers that fit your style. The place that will best serve your work.
In this 90-minute Masterclass, Bec will provide top tips on how to develop your voice as a theatremaker, understand where you fit in the cultural landscape, and what to do to best frame your work so that it connects with funders, collaborators and audiences.
A vital and energising Masterclass for anyone with a burning desire to make new work.
This is a LIMITED capacity Masterclass, on a first come first served basis.
Let us know what you’d like Bec to cover HERE.
AFTERCLASS
Stick around after this Masterclass to grab a drink, meet your community, connect and create possible future collaborations!
This session will be held at the New Diorama Theatre, 15-16 Triton St, London NW1 3BF
Biography
Bec Martin
Bec is the Artistic Director of the New Diorama Theatre. She is an Off-West End Award winning director, programmer, and until recently the inaugural Head of Programming at VAULT Festival. Under her artistic tenure, VAULT Festival grew in both audience and artist reach, with a particularly marked increase in diversity, growing global majority-led shows from 12% in 2019 to 37% in 2023. Martin has pioneered engagement and community work at Orange Tree Theatre and Arcola Theatre, winning the Adiaha Antigha Award for Most Imaginative Approach to Outreach and in 2019 was named one of Hackney’s 100 most influential women. Martin has supported thousands of theatre-makers, artists and practitioners in their early careers and is particularly passionate about pathways from emerging to established artist. Her own work has been performed at the RSC, Soho Theatre, Arcola Theatre, Orange Tree Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Griffin Theatre Company and internationally.