Metamorphosis'

Convener: Emma Ghafur

Participants: Emma, Elina, Helen


shifting landscapes
changing tides
uncertainty, danger and excitment
personal and professional
pushing boundaries
new partnerships
resilliance
leaving mental health job
to focus on being a theatre director
being committed to that
getting a lift from LIFT festival
flexible, creative
key words for this time
clean break theatre stable but still affected by cuts
forging new partnerships with colleges
skills exchange for tutors
working with new organisations collaborations
networks diminising
contacts leaving
local authority contacts and work diminished
turning funding on its head
approaching potential partners with something instead
snowball effect of interest and support
all three linked to clean break seen Soho work,
or worked with and have an immediate connection
london arts in health forum
for opportunities and funding
ITC group meetings for directors, producers
good conversation in first open space
came to its own conclusion
and stopped in time to move with two feet
buzz or flit to the next conversation station.