Imperfect Action: Fostering Change in the Arts
Sometimes in the pursuit of change, the desire to quickly make radical change can lead to a paralysis of action. How do you take the passion and drive for change and balance it with the hard practicalities of enacting real, authentic transformation? In this episode of the Arts and Everything In Between podcast, host Lucy Costelloe talks to Katie Parry, Director at Supercool Design about how arts and culture organisations can channel their passion for change without getting overwhelmed.
The Art of Inclusion: Harnessing EDI to Strengthen Your Arts and Culture Organisation
Embracing equity, diversity, and inclusion enriches artistic expression and broadens audience engagement, and also ensures that the arts remain relevant, accessible, and representative of our evolving societal landscape. Diverse teams mean diverse perspectives which can drive creativity and innovation. But how can arts organisations get started with EDI in a meaningful way?
Social Shifts: The Changing Tide of Audience Engagement
Audience behaviour is changing social media in dramatic ways. Marketing Manager, Meg Edwards of HdK Associates explains what is changing and how arts and culture organisations can adapt.
Benchmarking Best Practices with TRG Arts
TRG Arts' Senior Consultant,Tom Stickland joins host Lucy Costelloe to discuss how to use data and metrics as the foundation for strategies that help build loyal audiences for arts and cultural organisations.
Rising Stars: A Conversation with Young Performers on Arts and Culture 2.0
Being a professional artist has always been challenging but rewarding. It is a competitive industry, where you have to have persistence and a thick skin to make it. But what do young performers think about their future in the industry?
Live from Recharge! Sustainability and the Arts
This week we head back to Recharge to hear from Ticketsolve’s Emma Young on one of the most pressing issues we are all facing today: sustainability and the looming climate emergency.
The Show Must Go On with, Dr. Kirsty Sedgman
We’ve seen the headlines: misbehaving, rude and disruptive audiences threatening and even assaulting staff and ruining performances for everyone. What is going on? What happened to the unwritten rules of audience etiquette? From customer-facing industries to public transport and cafes, interpersonal altercations seem to be happening everywhere.
Live from RECHARGE! Getting to Grips with Google Analytics 4
Data and analytics guru, Chris Unitt, CEO of One Further takes a tour through Google Analytics 4 and shares his insights on what to expect from Google’s latest analytics release.
Live from UK Theatre, Theatre and Touring Summit
UK Theatre and Society of London Theatre's Theatre and Touring Summit, (formerly ‘Symposium’) took place this summer at The Brewery, London, bringing together theatre professionals from across the UK to highlight the issues facing the sector, and explore solutions to improve the landscape for theatre in 2023 and beyond.
Live From UK Theatre, Theatre and Touring Summit
We were live at with arts and culture colleagues at UK Theatre's Theatre & Touring Summit held at The Brewery in London in June.
About Our Guest
Featured Guest
Nick Stevenson
Head of Sales and Marketing, Ticketsolve
Nick has worked extensively in the arts and held a wide variety of roles, most notably with Theatrau Sir Gar as head of marketing. Within Ticketsolve, Nick works closely with UK customers to show them how to get the most from Ticketsolve. Keenly interested on the business side of the arts, Nick creates practical and useful arts industry content for the sector and enjoys working closely with industry organisations and others that are influencers.