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London Sinfonietta hosts a day of provocative discussions inspired by ideas for three groundbreaking interdisciplinary works, which will be developed as part of the Blue Touch Paper programme. Sessions will include artist-led Q&As, intensive one-to-ones with industry professionals and a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style presentation to UK programmers and promoters.
Guests attending the day will include:
Michel van der Aa (Composer)
Maria Bota (Director, Salisbury International Festival)
Elspeth Brooke (Composer)*
Andrew Burke (Chief Executive, London Sinfonietta)
Steven J Fowler (Poet)*
Seonaid Goody (Puppeteer)*
Kélina Gotman (Writer/Dramaturg)*
Anna G Jones (Director)*
Shonagh Manson (Director, Jerwood Charitable Foundation)
Helen Marriage (Co-Director, Artichoke)
Kate McGrath (Co-Director, Fuel Theatre)
Alasdair Nicolson (Artistic Director, St Magnus Festival)
Martel Ollerenshaw (Associate Director–Publishing, Serious)
Abigail Pogson (Executive Director, Spitalfields Music)
Steven Potter (Composer)*
Vanessa Reed (Co-Director, PRS for Music Foundation)
Matthew Swann (Associate Producer, The Roundhouse)
Philip Venables (Composer)*
*Jerwood Blue Touch Paper Bursary recipient
The three new multidisciplinary pieces will be presented at a work-in-progress preview event in May 2012.
Blue Touch Paper is generously supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.
