Over the past 16 years I have held key roles with a range of innovative arts and music festivals, and event production companies. I have worked on events happening for over 25 years, fledgeling events in their first year, old favourites making a come back, and festivals doubling in scale.
Well over a decade's practice at adaptive thinking. Establishing working relationships with new teams in a leadership role, quickly orientating myself in new systems and environments, and training new teams on the job during a demanding operations schedule.
Curator & Outdoor Programme Lead, Dreamy Place Crawley
- Curator & Production Manager for videoclub on Dreamy Place Crawley 2024. Part of Creative Crawley’s Pop-up Culture programme and supported by Arts Council England.
Overseeing the installation of a two art works in public space using light and creative technology by Megan Broadmeadow and Limbic Cinema. Liaising with contractors and Crawley Borough Council. Operational running of the event including briefing a team of 10 including Art Fund Student Pass Stewards and security, and producing the Event Management Plan & Emergency Procedures.
Image: Audience with Megan Broadmeadow’s Dewiniaeth, originally commissioned for Green Man, by Green Man Trust, with Arts Council Wales and the Collwinston Charitable Trust. Photo: Rosie Powell.
Production & Site Manager, Galatea
- Production & Site Manager for Wildworks on Brighton Festival commission Galatea. Designed by Mydd Pharo, directed by Emma Frankland & Subira Joy, produced by Andy Kesson, Marlborough Productions & Wildworks for Brighton Festival 2023.
Overseeing the installation of a marquee, seating bank, bespoke wooden stage, video wall and other scenic elements. Recruiting & managing build crew, tech team, and liaising with contractors and site services. Operational running of the site including site services, security and emergency procedures with Brighton Festival.
Image: Bea Webster-Mockett & Steve Jacobs in Galatea, 2023. Photo: Kaleidoshoots.
Area Management, at events in London’s public spaces
-The link on the day between whats happening on the event site, liaising with venues, traders, site services, security and the Event Management Team including local council representatives. Requiring knowledge and understanding of the Operational Event Plan, Major Incident Plan and Child Protection Plan. Working closely with Event Management, H&S, Security and the Police to monitor crowd behaviour and maintain safety of the event, often in communities with real risk of crime and disorder. Often working with volunteer stewards and local community members on council run events.
London Mela with Remarkable Productions. Lewisham People’s Day; Hackney One Carnival; The Elephant and the Nun; Brent Respect; and Enfield Show with Continental Drifts.
Image: Hackney One Carnival, Continental Drifts.
Build & Venue Management, at large-scale ticketed arts and music festivals
-Pre-production, build management and operational running of a venue, requiring managing large and complex budgets; recruiting, training and managing a volunteer front of house team for a luxury experience venue with high customer expectations, liaising with contractors and site services, dealing with customer requests and complaints.
Wilderness, Lakeside Spa, with MAMA Festivals (Live Nation).
Green Man Visual Arts Producer with Plant Pot and Green Man Trust.
Image: Lakeside Spa, Wilderness Festival.
Visual Arts Producer, curating, commissioning and production managing for Green Man Festival
-I set up the visual arts programme at Green Man in 2016. With the support of Green Man Trust and Arts Council England we have since commissioned 10 new temporary art works, for audiences of 20,000 each year.
Pre-production, curating, commissioning, management of install and operational running of art installation sites, requiring managing large and complex budgets; managing a team of specialist rigging crew, and liaising with contractors and site services.
Read Creative Boom’s article: Green Man Brings the Visual Arts out of the Gallery and into the Festival Field.
Image: The Eavesdropper, Freya Dooley, 2021. Photo: Anna Arca & Max Zoccheddu
Production Office & Logistics, at large-scale ticketed arts and music festivals.
-Providing administrative support for the event team, and manning central communications for events between 8,000 and 45,000 capacity. Running a team and working in a fast paced and demanding people facing role.
We Are FSTVL with Continental Drifts and Lime Green Events; Secret Garden Party and Glade with Secret Productions; Bermondsey Carnival with Continental Drifts: Glastonbury Festival, Accreditation Office Manager and Production Office Duty Manager for Silver Hayes and Good Groove: Wilderness for MAMA Festivals (Live Nation); London Mela, for Remarkable Productions; Shambala Festival, Production Office Assistant, for Kambe Events.
Content Curator: Dance
-For five years I looked after dance content programming with the Non-Musical Entertainments team at Secret Garden Party, a 36,000 capacity festival with participation at its heart. Booking and co-ordinating seemingly impromptu performances from Krump to ballet, and a Battle Jam act between Swing Patrol and Tension Breakers that toured later to Swingamajig, Birmingham, and Bestival, Dorset.
Image: Secret Garden Party, Swing Patrol.